Tommy climbed in his car after helping his father for the day. That man can be extremely frustrating at points. He rubbed his eyes and then started his car. His phone rang, and was going to ignore it, and he did, but as soon as it stopped ringing, it began again.
Pulling it out, he saw Thea's name on it, so he immediately answered it.
"Thomas Merlyn, handsome sort-of boyfriend, speaking." He teased.
"Tommy." Her voice was shaking.
"Thea, what is it?" Tommy asked, the smile quickly leaving his face.
"It's Oliver, Laurel's dad arrested him." She said.
"Why?" Tommy asked. "Why the hell does he always do this when I am gone?" Tommy groaned, driving towards the court house.
"Lance is accusing him of being the hood guy." Thea said.
"What?" Tommy asked, his eyebrows furrowing together. "Is he crazy?"
"Yah." Thea chuckled without humor. "That's exactly what Oliver said."
"Listen, I am about ten minutes away from the court house." Tommy told her, taking a right turn. "I will be there soon."
"Thank you." Thea said, releasing a breath.
"Yah. See you soon."
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Thea sat there with Walter while Moira went down to talk to Laurel about representing Oliver. Her mind spun in a hundred different directions, not quite processing what was going on.
"Walter? Thea?" Tommy's voice rang out.
Thea jumped up and saw Tommy walking over to them with John Diggle.
"Oh my God!" Thea exclaimed, launching herself into his arms.
"Mr. Merlyn, I do not think I have been more happy to see you in my life." Walter stood up and shook Tommy's free hand.
"Hey John." Thea greeted, moving over to give John a professional hug.
"Miss. Queen." He responded.
"Please you no longer work for my family, can you find it in you to call me Thea?"
"Fine, Thea." John smiled a little.
Thea's phone rang and she let it go once, when she did not recognize the number, but then it rang again.
"What?" Thea snapped when she answered.
There was a chuckle on the other side and the fury left her face. Tommy looked at Walter for some kind of confirmation, but he found none. They had no idea what happened since Thea had not put the phone on speaker.
"Is that how you always answer your phone?" Lawton asked.
"What do you want?" Thea hissed.
"Thea?" Tommy asked. "Who is it?"
"Well kid..." Lawton continued. "I heard about your brother."
"And?" Thea bit out.
"Always so much patience." He chuckled.
"Look out the door."
Thea turned to see a man in a brown leather jacket and sunglasses. Tommy, John, and Walter followed her line of sight.
"I-I'll be right back." Thea told them.
After she walked away John turned to Tommy.
"I take it you don't know who that is?" John asked.
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You Are the Reason
FanfictionSo what if Tommy and Thea were not related. Thea was the daughter of Moira and Robert Queen. Set in season one of Arrow, I hope to follow all the way through the show, exploring what could have been with the characters if they had not been related...
