rcgrisms:

    “YOU make it sound as if we mean to cause this city harm.” the captain said before shaking his head. “its a free world, we can choose to live where we please and right now thats gotham.”

“Did you ever consider that descending upon a city that’s already hurting and trying to insert yourselves into the open wounds could actually harm?”

trcmcrsx:

   “NOW i should probably know your name before running off to get coffee with you.”

“Oliver. Though you—you can call me Ollie.”

brryallen:

“ALRIGHT, don’t want to talk about it?” Barry asked, but more so meant it as a statement. He wasn’t going to push him to talk about Dinah unless he wanted to. “Which ones do you think won’t want to be a part of it?” He thought about the Titans and which ones would want to help. He liked to believe most would. “Maybe if we get Wally and Victor on board they can talk with the other Titans with us.”

Oliver shook his head. At Barry’s question, the answer was immediately on the tip of his tongue. “Arsenal,” he said almost before Barry had finished his question. As much as Oliver would like it to happen, he knew that Roy wasn’t going to work with him again, not after what had happened the last time. He knew that he had ruined that relationship—just like he was doing with Dinah now. “That might help. We’re down three people—we’re going to need everyone we can get.”

wcaponscobbler:

   he shook his head, letting out a heavy sigh. roy really was trying here, but he knew that things were going to be strained between them. he didn’t think there was any way to really fix what had happened. oliver had abandoned him at a time where roy desperately needed his father figure, kicked him out and left him to deal with things on his own. thank goodness for dinah and hal helping him out of that tough spot in his life. “right, because there’s no one else to do it or anything. the league should probably call a meeting to figure this out, not have people just randomly stepping up.”

“we already talked about it, sp—arsenal.” he spoke quietly. oliver had almost called him speedy—but stopped himself. he knew that if he let that old name slip from his lips, that would turn this conversation in a direction he wasn’t sure he’d be able to handle, not now, not when everything seemed to be sitting on his shoulders. “we talked about it, and i’m the one they asked to step up. it’s the flash, green lantern, and me. and there’s really—there wasn’t anything else we could do. there wasn’t any other choice.” he paused, a frown tugging down at the corners of his lips slightly as he leaned forward, his elbows resting on his knees. “are you still running with the titans?”

xtheblackcanaryx:

“Just leave me alone, Oliver” Dinah said looking away from him.

“Dinah.” He wasn’t going to press if she really didn’t want it. “I’ll drop your bike off in the morning, then.”

Oliver Queen, CEO of Queen Industries, attends Gotham City’s First Annual Charity Ball for The Fallen, Saturday, April 8th, 2017, dressed in a Burberry suit. Despite having attended most events for the past few years with Dinah Lance, this year, he is attending alone.

wcaponscobbler:

   roy had his reservations whenever it came to oliver, but he was willing to put those thoughts aside for the time being. right now, there were more important things to deal with than past issues between people. silently, he moved to sit beside oliver, peering over the city. “someone has to step up, take charge of the league, right?? i know you probably think you should do it. you don’t have to put that pressure on yourself, y’know.”

oliver hadn’t expected to see roy. moreover, he hadn’t expected roy to speak to him so kindly—oliver knew he had screwed up. he had understood that from the minute that he threw roy out, and he had never stopped regretting how he had treated roy. never. he just didn’t know how to fix what he had broken, and so he had given up trying. “i have to do it,” he said, sitting back up, his hands resting on his legs. “it has to be me.”

thcaqueen:

thea raised an eyebrow as she looked at her brother, “what did you do now?”

“we had to break things off.”

thcaqueen:

“i am surprised you’re joining me and not going to a certain someone’s apartment. i always keep a spare pair of clothing in my duffle bag.”

ollie’s jaw clenched slightly, just for a moment. “dinah and i aren’t on the best of terms right now.” 

thcaqueen:

thea sighed as she put her bow behind her back before nodding her head, “i think it’s time for thea to eat some burgers and fries and a milkshake but don’t forget the apple pie.”

“i think i could go for some apple pie. we should probably change first, though.”

xtheblackcanaryx:

“I can manage to get home just fine by myself” Dinah told him, her voice void of all the warmth it used to hold when talking to him. She still loved him, but he had hurt her and she wanted him to know that.

“Dinah.” Ollie looked at her with a slightly tilted head. “My car is right here. Let me drive you home.” He paused, “Please.”

rcgrisms:

    “THEN you should stop asking questions.” he said to the other before taking a few steps back to walk away. “we are staying in this city whether you like it or not.”

“I have as much a right as anyone to know why a gaggle of supers are suddenly descending on Gotham City.” He stepped forward. “Sounds a lot like a dictatorship, pal.”

trcmcrsx:

   “HOW about we go get one then? –– you can tell me all about seattle.”

A crooked smile settled onto his features. “Yeah, sure. Why not?”

brryallen:

“I DON’T doubt that Arthur would join us. How are you and Dinah?” Barry asked, leaning back against his chair. “The Titans aren’t kids anymore, they’re grown up. I don’t know if they’ll want to quit their team to join ours, but maybe we can like, come up with something where if we need more help we can call them in. What do you think? I could talk to Wally about it.”

“Let’s just gloss over that one,” he said with a vague gesture, wanting nothing more than to avoid talking about the mess he had made of his relationship with Dinah. “I know that some of them won’t want to help us,” Ollie mused, thinking about Roy. How many people was he going to alienate in this crusade of his? Too many. “But Wally would be good to have around. Maybe Victor, too.”

thcaqueen:

“oh god, i am never getting rid of you, am i?” she teased as she faked a groan of annoyance.

“not a chance, kid.” oliver collapsed his bow. “i think patrol’s done for the night, don’t you? it’s almost 4.”

brryallen:

“I’LL talk to Hal about it. The three of us can do some good, I know we can.” Barry even considered that maybe one day they could recruit other heroes that they trusted to join their cause. This could be something great and worthwhile. He just wished they were here too.

“I could get in touch with Arthur,” he said, pausing for a moment. “And—And Dinah.” His voice trailed off. Maybe Arthur would do it, but Dinah...he and Dinah were complicated, to say the least. He knew what her answer was going to be before he even asked. “Do you think any of the Titans are ready for it?”

uncvenged:

“Guess it should be expected if you choose to run riot around a city in a damned mask. Or helmet. Same thing. You know?” A part of him wished this was all a cruel joke. Another price to pay of his trip between life and death, like the others he had grown used to now. That he’d wake up — gasping for air in the middle of the night, only for it to have been his imagination running wild. But he couldn’t think like that. It had out stayed its welcome. “Sounds more like an ideal. If we don’t do it, we’ll only have another million copy cats running wild again.”

“Yeah, there’s some shit that we all have to wade through,” he replied thoughtfully, tilting his head as he listened to Jason speaking. He pressed his lips together for a moment. “I don’t think anyone is going to copy him,” Oliver mused, pursing his lips slightly. “At least, not people from Gotham. No one here is going to start running around as him after what happened. Not for a long while, at least.”