The Emerald-Steel Collection

81 Holidays and Heartbreak PART 3

NOTES: Thanks for waiting and I'm sorry it took me a bit longer to update.

I'll be honest with u all: sadly, is taking me a bit longer to write because since I got Covid for the second time back in 2022, I ended up with Long Covid and it's affecting my memory (nothing too serious, but it's annoying) and I forget small things (A few days ago I forgot half the things I thought for the end of this Xmas story, gladly it came back to me)

So, if I ever take a bit longer to update anything again, it's because I'm probably (either going nuts doing 3847346365 things at the same time) or I'm reading everything so I can remember what I wrote lol

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Oliver tried to get some sleep after days of waking up in the middle of the night having the same dream. He knew what happened between Kara and him the last time they were at the bunker would haunt him and there was nothing he could do about it because it felt like all the lunatics in the world decided to attack at the same time.

Team Arrow had their hands full with a few criminals and gangs in Star City, Supergirl team were after a few rogue aliens that were giving National City Police nightmares while Clark had an emergency in Metropolis. Team Flash as usual, were arresting metas up and down Central City, it felt like pure chaos everywhere so they didn't have any time to see each other since that day. Oliver knew he had to do something because he cleared everything with Kara about the misunderstanding with Susan, they talked, he said everything he ever wanted to say to her, but he still needed to hear from her and that didn't happen. He got up and went to the bathroom, to wash his face with cold water and stared at his reflection in the mirror, remembering that in two days they were all going to Lena's Mansion for the Holidays. He smiled, knowing they would have time to figure things out with no way for her to run.

A few hours later, Thea and Clark met in the bunker, finding Oliver, Diggle and Sara training there. They both looked a bit nervous, something Oliver found really weird, but decided to say nothing and just wait.

- Can we talk? – Thea asked Oliver, feeling really excited.

- Sure... It's everything ok? – Oliver asked, staring suspiciously at Clark

- Everything is great! – Thea said.

Sara and Diggle nodded and left the bunker, leaving the three of them to talk alone.

- I'll rip it from Thea later – Sara whispered to Diggle, making him laugh as they left.

- So... - Oliver stared from Clark to Thea and crossed his arms. – What do you want to talk about?

- I just wanted you to be the first to know, since you're my brother and basically only living relative and we all will be spending Christmas together... Clark and I... We're seeing each other.

- Oh... That's great – Oliver opened a smile, he had a feeling they would tell him something like this sooner or later – I'm really happy for you two. – Oliver said, hugging Thea.

- Thank you – Clark said as Oliver reached for his hand, shaking it – Just one thing... I don't care how strong you are, if you hurt my sister I'll find kryptonite and you'll be really sorry.

- That's fair... But it won't be necessary, I would find kryptonite myself before I could ever hurt your sister – Clark said, shaking Oliver's hand back.

- We'll stop by at CatCo to tell Kara and then we'll go pack, so I'll see you later. Thanks for being such a cool brother – Thea said giving one last hug at Oliver – And don't look at me like this, I'm your sister and I'll keep hugging you, even if you don't like hugs, I don't care – She teased, letting him go and reaching for Clark's hands.