One More Day With You

One More Day

Kara takes a deep breath as she walks towards the tomb stone, a bouquet of flowers resting in her trembling hands. She kneels down slowly and sets the bouquet atop the granite structure. She feels her lips begin to quiver, just as they had done every time someone mentioned his name, as she reads the carved writing across the stone. Every letter, number— each thing that was engraved into his tomb stone had the same affect on her mind. It was a picture that would never leave her. It was just another image in the never ending nightmare her life had become since he died.

"Oliver Queen:
May 16, 1995– December 9th, 2019
Beloved husband—"

She feels her cries overcome her as she breaks into sobs. She abruptly places her hand over her mouth in attempt to stifle the loud weeps that were leaving her mouth. She doubles over, her face only inches from the grass beneath her. It was almost as if everything that had not felt real to her suddenly had. For Kara, everything she struggled to process over the last week had become comprehensible.

Oliver was gone and she knew it.

She had only known him for three years— but not long after meeting him, it was as if she'd known him her whole life. He always said Kara was his better half. She brought out the best in him and she was a reminder to him that there was always hope. One of his favorite things to tell her before they'd fall asleep at night, was that Kara was brightest light in his life. Of course, that would bring out a radiating smile from Kara that only solidified the thought in Kara's mind.

He always knew that Kara was the best part of him but he most never understood that he was the best part of Kara. She would hold his hands to her chest and tell him that he was the reason she woke up smiling every morning. She told him that he made her feel worthy of every ounce of love that he gave her. He would smile and kiss her in response. It took him awhile to truly believe in the words Kara told him but once he did, he was ready to give his life away to her.

Upon meeting through their mutual friend Barry Allen, they very soon began dating. It was a complicated relationship, as Oliver lived on a different earth than Kara. They'd have to, quite literally, cross the universe just to be with each other. But with nifty tech from their friends at S.T.A.R Labs, they were able to spend all of the time together that they desired and they treasured every second of it.

They would take turns visiting the other's world, each trip being a new adventure into the other's universe. There were similarities in their realities but also many differences in the way their realities are created. There was no Oliver Queen on Kara's earth, no Queen family at all actually. Somewhere in the early days of civilization, that family bloodline failed to exist as it continued all the way down to Oliver on his earth. Kara also ceased to exist on Oliver's earth. Her counterpart's pod in her escape from her home planet of Krypton did not land on Oliver's earth.

Even though they did not have doppelgängers on the other's respective earth, they believed that they were soul mates. They thought that they were fated to meet in the way that they did. They were both masked heroes who fought to protect their cities. They believed in truth. They believed in justice. They both had immense capacities of love, compassion, and respect for other people that propelled their initiatives in their heroic journeys. They, of course, bonded and connected over these things as they played such key roles into who they were as people.
They were different just as much as they were the same— Oliver was a pragmatist. He saw the world in a more grounded standpoint solely based on his experiences. He believed in realism and he had a more practical approached towards life. Kara however was an idealist. She saw the world in a different light. She believed in the good always. On occasion, the two of them would argue due to their contrasting philosophies. Whether it be a question on how to handle a certain situation or a frustration with how the other was acting, it sometimes would cause a strife in their relationship.