The Emerald-Steel Collection

13. Is not that hard to say I love you, except it is.

Notes: 

(the fanart in this fic (AMAZING, AWESOME AND CUTE ART BTW)) in from pockeypocketpie's sister. I found it on DeviantArt and just found out this account here in wattpad. She has a fic here called Seeing Green)

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Chapter Summary: Prompt from WritersBlock039: "five times Oliver and Kara were scared to tell the other they loved them, and the one time no supervillain could have stopped them from telling each other. Can be episode compliant, doesn't have to be."

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Oliver got up really early on that morning and went for a hot shower. It was winter so the cold was insane, but thankfully, his apartment had a decent heater. He changed his clothes and looked to his reflection on the mirror, thinking about his life and everything he had been through these past 6 years.

Since the day his dad's ship wrecked on Lian Yu his life has changed forever. He was a spoiled rich guy that couldn't care less about anything other than hook up with as many women as he could, party and drink. That was him before the island. After, he became another person, someone harsh, full of traumas, skilled in fighting, a killer... And from that day up until now, 6 years later, he had become someone better. He had his ups and downs for sure, but he felt like it made who he was now. He never again killed, he chose another way of fighting crime.

He was the Green Arrow.

And after years of having a messed up love life, he was finally happy. He was in love for an alien from another universe. He never thought we would say or even think about it in his life, but there he was, finally admitting to himself he was in love with her.

Oliver never did this kind of thing. He was never the one to admit he fell for someone. He gave all of himself to the person; he tried to be the best he could ever be, but to acknowledge that his heart was fully somebody's out there, to admit he would give his life for this person... That was something else.

Since the day he met her, he knew there was something about her that wouldn't let him have a calm and nice night of sleep again. They had a rough start, he was rude to her, but once he apologized after she saved his ass, things got better. The second time they saw each other was at Barry's wedding that was invaded by Nazis. He got to see a doppelganger of his married to her doppelganger and it was something really weird and awkward. For him, it was because he had developed a crush on her so to see their doubles together, well, it was something... He had broken up with Felicity at the time.

The third time they saw each other was not long after the wedding. Kara came to visit and they ended up going on a date after they talked about their terrible love lives. It started innocent, but it developed to something great. They saw each other sometimes, went on a few dates and time passed by, when they noticed, they were seeing each other for almost 3 months now. They decided to make things official a few weeks ago but Oliver always felt inside him that she was the one. He felt his heart beating so fast when he was near her, her kisses gave him chills and the desire to spend the rest of his life kissing her. He wondered if she felt the same as he did, because he knew what this was, he just needed the perfect occasion to tell her.

The problem was: every time he had tried, something had happened.

FLASHBACK

Oliver slowly opened his eyes, feeling everything at once: soreness, he felt tired but he also felt loved, happy, relaxed. He looked to his side, just to see Kara's eyes on him. She had one hand on his shoulder and under her chin and the other hand caressed his chest.

- Hi. – She smiled at him

- Hi there. – He smiled back at her – Were you watching me sleep?