Reconcile || An Arrow Fanfiction

《 Reconcile 》

Author's Note: For this short imagine the phone call from Felicity at the end of Fallout never happened, or hasn't happened yet. So basically the photo of Oliver in the Green Arrow costume hasn't been released yet. I hate to go around changing canon events but i figured what the heck this is a simple fan fiction so why not. 

"I'm not ready to be a dad." 

It was still true to this day, Oliver Queen was NOT ready to be a dad. 

The man felt guilty before, knowing he had a son whom he wasn't raising, however he knew William was safe with his mother in Central City. It still ate at him and kept him up most nights.

Now Samantha was gone and Oliver was determined to fulfill her dying wish. 

Oliver knew the risks, the troubles, and the challenges he would face while raising a son. However, he was also the mayor and the Green Arrow. He worried he wouldn't be able to devote enough time toward his child...

Five months had passed since the events of Lian Yu. Things began to return to normal, however Oliver knew nothing would ever be "normal" for him and those around him. 

William still blamed Oliver for his mother's death, he saw his father as a monster. The child even had nightmares since the island. 

Oliver struggled to connect with his son. For the past few months ever since living with him William had gone very cold and quiet. He only interacted with Raisa, Oliver's maid who looked after William when he had to stay at the office. Oliver was sure his shy interaction was effecting him in school. So far Oliver wasn't sure if William had even made friends yet. 

He felt like he made some progress days ago when William actually called him "dad". In fact the two watched a baseball game together a few nights ago. Oliver was grateful to find one thing they had in common, it was a relief.  

It was a late afternoon at about six thirty. Oliver has just returned from his office. He skipped his "night job", he figured Diggle and the others had things covered on their own. Besides, he did need some time off here and there. Tonight had more of a purpose besides relaxation, he was going to try to bond with his son. 

Oliver was greeted at the door by Raisa. He stopped to ask about his son, "how is William?" 

"Same, sort of-" she paused, "he was out in the loft area doing homework earlier" she added. Oliver simply nodded, it didn't sound like much but at least William was out of his room for once. 

The man turned and began to walk toward his room, however an unfamiliar sight made him stop dead in his tracks. William's door was actually open. Not halfway open, all the way open. Oliver was shocked, for the past few months William had practically secluded himself away into his room. 

Oliver continued forward and stepped into his son's room without knocking. 

"Hey" Oliver paused, he was unsure what to call him, "how was school?" he added. 

William paused his game and looked up toward his father. He was silent for a moment before answering. 

"Good - I made a new friend today!" William finally replied with an excited tone in his voice. 

Oliver wasn't sure what to say now, for one thing he was relieved. 

"Who? What are they like?" Oliver invited himself to it on his sons bed beside him. 

"His name is Tommy, he is in a few of my classes" William started. 

Oliver was stunned to hear that name, it had been so long since his friend Tommy passed, yet it felt recent. In spit of that he was still glad to hear that. "Hmm? I had a friend named Tommy once" Oliver gave a slight smile as he though back to some of the memories he shared with an old friend.