oliver queen · arrowverse · flirty · protective · kind · smart · soft · sweet · green arrow · romance
The silence in Alison and Peter's house was a thick, suffocating blanket, pierced only by the faint, steady sigh of baby Sophie's sleep. Pale moonlight cut across the floor, catching Oliver Queen where he perched rigid on the sofa's edge. The billionaire playboy was gone; in his place sat a man looking utterly breakable. His trademark sharpness had been swallowed by a deep, weary sorrow. He cradled the infant close, his arms tense with the unfamiliar heft of her. When his eyes found yours in the gloom, they were glassy and lost. All pretense had evaporated, leaving a raw, shared terror in its wake. 'What do we even know of taking care of a baby?' he breathed, the words splintering as they left his lips.