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Fandom: Arrow
Title: Not the Only One
Characters: Roy Harper, Thea Queen
Pairing: Throy
Rating/Warnings: PG. Het.
Summary: Sometimes the truth is more than we can handle.
A/N: From now on, my fics will no longer be beta’d by other people. I’m going to use a spell checker, grammar checker, and a punctuation checker to check my works. Any errors that remain are my own. Thanks to anyone who reads, reviews, likes, bookmarks, or follows.
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LUaD # 93: *Not the Only One* Throy Drabble
Thea said, “You’re not the only one who’s tried to save me. You’re wasting your time.” The heartbroken look on his face hurt to see. “You can’t fix me. The damage is too bad.”
Roy reached out for her. He frowned when she backed away. “I don’t see you as broken, but as struggling, and doing everything you can to live a good life.”
She said, “I don’t wanna be with you. Not because I don’t love you. I do. But because when I relapse, it’ll break your heart. I can’t take that.”
He said, “How do you know you’ll relapse? You’ve got a support system now. Oliver, me, Felicity, our friends. We wanna support you.”
Thea said, “I’m an addict, which means I’ll be struggling to stay clean for the rest of my life. I won’t ask you to stick around for that.”
Roy sighed. “I love you, issues, and all. I don’t wanna lose you. I can’t force you to be with me, but I can still say that I love you. I’ll be around if you change your mind.”
She watched him walk away, and though it hurt, it was the right thing to do.
The end.