Its All
In The Eyes
Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. Got to watching Chronicles of Riddick and thought up this.
Summary: Oliver's five years away left him with a different set of eyes that's a little un-nerving to see.
Moira Queen was a truly happy woman, albeit a bit nervous at the prospect of seeing her beautiful baby boy for the first time in years after believing him to be dead. Getting the news had been such a shock to her and Walter had found her passed out after she'd hung up. The wait for him to arrive in Starling had been nerve racking as the older woman just wanted her son home and her daughter was feeling the exact same way in that regard. And learning of her son's scars and potential PTSD was horrible enough, but also learning that someone had gone so far as to experiment with his eyes? It was utterly heart breaking! When she had asked the doctor if he'd been given anymore details, all the man told her from the little Oliver had told him is that the one responsible wanted to see if a set of eyes that could see in the dark would really and truly work.
And judging by the fact her son wasn't stumbling about like a blind man, it was rapidly apparent the experiment had been a success! It honestly made her want to find and bury the one responsible for doing such a thing to her beautiful baby boy! Moira had inquired if whether or not there was a way to reverse it but the doctor had told her it was highly unlikely and even if an attempt was made, it could permanently blind her son. Taking a deep breath as she looked into the window of the door that contained her son beyond its boundaries, she stepped inside and gently walked up to her son as he continued to face the room's window. Observing the view in front of him and she wondered what it may look like to him with his new eyes.
"Oliver?" Spoke up the woman tentatively.
At first, he did nothing but then he turned around and what she saw surprised her greatly. As while being warned about it was one thing, but seeing her boy's eyes looked kind of silver in a way and could see why the doctor had described it as 'Eyeshine' as it certainly fit! "Mom..." He spoke softly and before she could really stop herself, Moira wrapped her arms around her son and hugged him.
She felt a sense of relief when he hugged her back seconds later. The following day would see him finally arriving at his home and wielding a pair of black wielding goggles, something that he explained help with bright sources of light. Though she privately suspected he just didn't want to scare people with how his eyes were now. In the days to come, Oliver could rarely be seen without his goggles and so far only Moira knew why that was. Though she had a feeling someone would soon find out and it was likely to be Thea considering how darned curious she was.
Author's Notes: I realize I didn't get too heavily into this but I always figure a future update for this one could work. Especially where reveals are concerned. Granted, this probably would make it hard for him considering the Vigilante thing, but that's always an easily worked around thing.