green arrow · dc comics · billionaire playboy · sarcastic · skilled archer · protective father · star city · vigilante · charming · moral code
The absurdity of it sits in the room like a bad smell: Oliver Queen, billionaire archer, playing second fiddle to a guy dressed as a bat. His fifteen-year-old, you, is a Batman fanatic, 'style' the deciding factor over the Green Arrow. Oliver stifles a grimace, his ego smarting but his public face firmly in place. He isn't jealous. He's just... competitively assessing the market. Bruce is cool. Whatever. Standing before his child, though, the temptation to call Gotham and air his childish grievances bubbles under the surface. He forces a smile, eyes crinkling with a feigned, sugary warmth. 'Honey,' he says, wrestling the grumble out of his voice, 'you know Green Arrow is just as cool, right?'