How Stories Begin--1/1

[bluesuedeshoes]

Author:  BlueSuede
Title:  How Stories Begin
Rating: G
Genre: Romance/Family/Fluff
Pairings:  Chloe/Oliver
Summary:  episode continuation of the Finale, fluff-sleepy, happy fluff
Warnings: spoilers for the finale


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This is the result of your poll responses to my Finale Celebration.  Thank you so much for participating!  I was blown away by the number of people who voted.  I hope that all of you will be good enough to leave a comment as well!

Love&Stuff,
Blue

Cheers were roaring through the crowd as Oliver stared up at the sky at the flying, caped, incredible Clark.

Wow. Thank God. His mouth twitched into a smile when Clark caught his eyes for a brief moment. Once Clark's attention was turned elsewhere Oliver started making his way out of the crowd, pulling out his cell phone and pressing 1 on his speed dial.

She picked up almost instantly.

"Oliver! Oh good, you're all right."

He grinned. "Tell me you're watching this on TV," he said.

"Which part? My cousin interviewing the President on AirForce One as my best friend flies past the window? Or the caped wonder on the other news channel, racing into the sky to move a planet out of the way?"

"Both," he said, still grinning, making his way in the direction of Watchtower.

"When are you going to be home?" she asked, a pleading note in her tone.

"I've only been away from you a few hours. Miss me already?" he teased.

He could almost picture her glare through the phone. "We both know you were away for lot longer than that before the wedding, Ollie, and I miss my husband, so help me!" she whined childishly.

Oliver chuckled. "I miss you, too." He paused, glancing in the direction of Watchtower where he was heading. "But I hate to tell you I probably won't be home until tomorrow," he added, sounding more than sorry about the fact.

Chloe sighed, as if she'd been expecting as much.

"Cleaning up the mess?" she asked expectantly.

"Yeah," he nodded absently as he dodged a couple of kids running in the opposite direction, trying to get a better view of the man in the sky.

"Whaddayou think it is?" Oliver heard one of them ask his friend as they rushed off. He smiled after them.

"Well, hurry home, okay?" Chloe was saying in his ear. "I want to celebrate with you," she said mysteriously.

"Celebrate what?" he asked and she snorted.

"What, saving the planet isn't cause enough?" she asked.

Oliver chuckled. "For us? We'd end up celebrating an awful lot," he joked.

She laughed as well. "Fine. I want to celebrate saving the planet and something else."

Oliver paused briefly mid-stride. "What else?" he asked curiously.

"I'm not telling you until you get home," she teased.

"Oh, come on," Oliver said as he resumed his walk. "You can't just tease me like that. That's not fair."

She giggled, actually giggled, and Oliver knew something was up. "Well, I guess you'll just have to hurry home, won't you, Romeo?"

"Guess I will. You know, I think between the others, things should be pretty well under control, and seeing as I'm a married man, I have obligations to look after my family in this time of crisis."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone and for a brief moment Oliver wondered if he'd said something wrong, but when she responded, she sounded almost more cheerful than before.

"Well that's fine by me, Hero, but you know A.C.'s married, too. And Clark's–"

"Not married," Oliver finished, sounding highly amused about the fact.

Chloe sighed. "They'll just have to reschedule and try again."

"Uh huh. So what is it you have to tell me?"

"Oh no," she said, "you're not getting it out of me. You'll find out when you get home."

Even sighing, Oliver was still smiling. The weight of the world had been lifted from his shoulders, and he couldn't wait to get home to the woman he loved. "Just promise me one thing," he said.

"Anything."

"Whatever it is you've got to tell me really is something to celebrate, right? You're not gonna bring me down from the world's best ever high, right?"

She laughed at his dramatics and replied easily, "I promise I will not depress you in your glorious good mood."

"Thank God. I will see you in a couple of hours," he said, about to hang up.

"A couple of hours?" she asked in surprise. "I thought you wouldn't be home until at least tomorrow."

"Yeah, well...that was before you had a secret. Clearly I have to come home as soon as possible to seduce it out of you."

She laughed again. "Who said you had to seduce it out of me?"

"I'll see you in a couple of hours, Chloe," he said, brooking no argument on the subject before hanging up on her.

Seven Years Later...

Chloe waited for Connor to settle properly into bed before leaning over to brush the hair back from his forehead and place a kiss there. When he closed his eyes, she turned out the lamp and crept toward the door, picking her way carefully around the toys on the floor.

When she opened the door, she was surprised to find her husband sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. She chuckled at him. "How long have you been out here?"

"Since page five," he joked tiredly, standing up to settle his hands on her hips and tug her to him. She willingly tipped her head back so he could plant a kiss firmly on her lips as she draped her arms around his neck.

"I thought you were going to be in Metropolis tonight?" she mumbled against his lips.

"Mmm, yeah well, I got tired of being away from you."

She smirked against his mouth. "Meaning..."

"Meaning I managed to close the deal early. And seeing as Lex Luthor was elected President, I felt the need to be home to protect my loved ones."

Chloe sighed, her smile fading slightly as he mated his forehead to hers. "I am so disappointed in the American people," she muttered grumpily. "Who elects a psycho like that?"

Oliver sighed as well, exhaustion showing in his features. "It'll turn out all right," he assured, rubbing his hands soothingly over her arms. "After all, President's not the same as King," he reminded with a small smirk.

She snorted. "True fact," she replied. She yawned involuntarily.

"Long day?" he asked sympathetically.

She nodded, her forehead still not leaving his as she closed her eyes.

Smiling gently, he reached down and scooped her up in his arms.

Too tired to protest Chloe gave another tired sigh, snuggling her face into his neck. "Mmmm you don't get to go away for full weeks anymore," she informed him sleepily.

He chuckled as he carried her off toward their bedroom downstairs. "I will gladly inform the rest of the world of that," he agreed as he reached the stairs.

"Good," she kissed his neck cheekily. "They can't have you."

She yawned again and Oliver smirked. "Just how many times did you read that comic book tonight?" he asked.

She groaned. "Three."

At that he almost laughed out loud, but he kept it down to a whisper, knowing the slightest sound would alert their son. "You've got to get better at saying no," he teased her.

"I happen to be excellent at saying 'no'," she argued. "I tell you 'no' all the time."

He smirked at her as he pushed open the door to the bedroom. "Uh huh," he said disbelievingly. "You're just a whole bucket of 'no.'"

She laughed, actually blushing mildly. Oliver couldn't help being amazed that even now she still got shy once in a while. He brushed his nose against hers.

"Either way," he teased, "you're still bad at saying no to him."

She pressed her lips together, trying not to smile. "You're the one who couldn't hold out on that bow-and-arrow set until his birthday. Oh no, you had to give it to him three weeks early. What do you plan on doing for his birthday, may I ask?" she challenged when he set her down.

He laughed. "Good point." He pressed another kiss to her lips. "I'm going to just run up and say good night to him," he told her, ducking out of her hold and making his way for the door.

"Oliver!" she half-whispered, half-shouted after him. "You'll just wake him up and you know it!"

His head popped back in their doorway, boyish grin in place. "Yep." And he vanished again.

Chloe couldn't help laughing as she plopped on the bed in exhaustion, shaking her head wearily. "I love that man."

Comments

[alice-in-french.livejournal.com]

No joke, I have been waiting weeks for your post-finale story and I was not disappointed. Smallville never has enough Chloe/Chlollie moments for me, and I was hoping for one or two more in the finale, but this makes up for it. This one-shot was adorable, "aaww" inducing, sweet and everything wonderful about the glimpse of a Chlollie family we got in the finale. Love it.

[the-bluesuede.livejournal.com]

haha wow I'm flattered!!! Thank you so much. And I'm glad you enjoyed reading it. I was feeling very sappy and grinning a lot as I wrote it. :D

[thegrin.livejournal.com]

OMG I love it, they make such an adorable family !!!
And this oneshot was so cute and perfect, it definitely made me happy !
Thanks for sharing :)

[kezryan.livejournal.com]

Loved this!! Can't wait for more stuff from your poll :)

[all4chlollie.livejournal.com]

That was absolutely beautiful! Great job as always.

[chlavis333.livejournal.com]

Awwwwe. I love that Ollie calls Chloe right away. That scene was missing Chloe so much. This was soooo sweet.

[chlollifan84.livejournal.com]

I wish we could have more Chlollie moments.
These were perfect!
Good job!!

[naeham.livejournal.com]

omg so adorable great job :)

[tehzo.livejournal.com]

This was so sweet and perfect. I get a small thrill anytime I read the words 'married' or 'husband/wife' when it comes to them. I love that he couldn't resist her secret. I melted when she went silent after he said he needed to take care of his family, and at his 'boyish grin' when he goes to say goodnight to Connor.

Thank you so much for this. I'm still smiling from it! :)

[paolamhc.livejournal.com]

Loved it!! I'm still on a high that we got a happy ending.

[fidesangelus.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love that you named him Connor because I feel that would be the ultimate shout out to the Chloe x Oliver fans if that turned out to be his name. And since they didn't say in the episode we can just assume it. ;) Very sweet story. It's wonderful to have more insight into the domestic side of Chloe and Oliver. And an explanation for the bow & arrow set.

[winchestersrock.livejournal.com]

Awwww this story was adorable. I LOL'd at Ollie's "Seduce it out of you" comment. Loved this fic :)

[cinamoncupcake.livejournal.com]

Awww! My heart was all a-flutter reading this. Twitterpated might actually apply. :) Such a cute little fic and a welcome glimpse into their family life.

[dtissagirl.livejournal.com]

This is just LOVELY. :)

[nienna87.livejournal.com]

I love this Blue. So so awesome and I haven't even watched the finale yet lol. I have it on my dvr but haven't had a chance to watch it. I'm such a sucker for happy endings, and this story was so great! Fantastic job!Love your take on the finale and after :) Loved it!

[purple-moon123.livejournal.com]

Complete perfection!!!! Thank you for this!!!

[najedita.livejournal.com]

Awww.... so cute!

[saurina.livejournal.com]

Great finale for our couple. I really liked it a lot, so sweet and adorable and full of awesome Chlollie-banter...:)))

[escapist90.livejournal.com]

Very cute story. I love it ! Great job ;-)

[iluvaqt.livejournal.com]

Absolutely perfect. I love all these post finale fics. :) And their interactions were beautiful. Especially the post Apocolypic crisis and Chloe baiting him into being home early. After all they have two speedsters on speed-dial. That's how I'm explaining how Chloe got back to Star City so fast.

[jedishadowolf.livejournal.com]

I love it! What a wonderful coda to the episode and a happy peek into their life. :)

[thequeenmab.livejournal.com]

OMG, I so LOVED this fluffy happy thing. Thank you. I'm a Chlollie junkie and I miss all this simply too much lately.