( closed ) i want my friend back

[aviate]

WHO: Hal Jordan and Clark Kent
WHERE: Clark's place
WHEN: Some random date before Christmas
WHAT: Hal Jordan whines about Oliver Queen
WARNINGS: n/a


[Oliver Queen had told Hal he had no idea who he was and it was like his whole world came crashing down. Their friendship should have been a universal constant. He didn't think it was possible for them not to know each other. He had refused to believe it at first, but as time passed it slowly started to sink in. It got harder to live under the same roof as him. Every time he saw the other man he kept expecting a moustache to appear and for him to make some remark on poverty or chilli and then Hal spent less and less time at the apartment given to him.

Today he's avoiding going back by hanging out with Clark. Hal had asked to meet up but he's mostly moping and flicking through all the channels available on tv. Eventually he sighs and turns it off before looking over at Clark.]

Did you know Ollie's here?

[He had to say something about it to someone eventually.]

Comments

[aviate]

[He points at him accusingly.]

You started it. Keep this up and I'm never going to be able to look at him ever again.

[andaway]

I did not, you're the one that talked about this being harder than making him love you. [Again.]

But to summarize: be nicer, be less on-his-face about it, become his friend. And remember he's not Ollie.

[aviate]

[Hal slouches back into the couch.]

But he could be. I thought it was just because he didn't have the-- [He gestures at his mouth to indicate the beard.] but he might just really be young.

I didn't know him back then. I know I gotta keep Oliver and Ollie separate, but it's so weird.

[andaway]

[He opens his mouth, then closes it. He really is at lost on what to do- even if he told him about Bruce heir situations are so different it might even make things worse. (Or maybe that's him trying to justify his need to keep the promise he made the other Bruce.)]

You could talk to Oliver. Explain this, tell him that you understand he's another person altogether but it will take you some time to adapt.

[aviate]

'Sorry, but I'm probably going to come across as rather creepy for a while because I'm having trouble coming to terms with the fact that you're not the guy I literally resurrected because possessed me doesn't know how to deal without him.'

[Hal's forced to laugh at how absurd this all is.]

Wish me luck.

[andaway]

[Clark shares the laugh... but it's a bit strained and awkward because what are their lives, really. He wishes he could do more to help.]

Good luck, but maybe leave that last part out? Sharing too much weird stuff will probably get him on edge again if he's really as inexperienced as you're making him sound.

[aviate]

Little late for that. When I got back to Earth I flew in through the roof and he was already there.

[He phased through the ceiling and blew his cover on his first day on this Earth.]

I know I should have stuck around to hear explanations before leaving the planet, but I really needed to get out of there I was on Oa before and we'd just gotten some big news.

[andaway]

[Welp.]

Well, there goes not scaring him with weird stuff. How did he react?

[aviate]

He didn't freak out or anything at least.

[Hal didn't realise it, but it was the frozen in shock type of surprise.]

[andaway]

A man in a green suit crashes down the ceiling and probably tells him weird stuff about space and he just nods along and goes with it?

I mean, Ollie was always on board bout this stuff but that's pretty ridiculous.

[aviate]

It can happen. I didn't flip out when I met Abin Sur and got my ring.

[Yes, you did.]

[andaway]

Well, I can assure you I freaked out when Jor-El's hologram popped out of my spaceship and started talking to me. Are you sure he wasn't just in shock?

[aviate]

[Hal hesitates and that's probably a good sign.]

Any other time I'd say yes, but considering we've spent all this time telling me to stop pretending he's exactly how I know him now I'm not so sure.

[He lets himself fall onto his side along the couch and groans.]

I'm never fixing this. I'm gonna have to suck it up and live like this.

[andaway]

[He smiles, reaching to squeeze his shoulder.] Don't be so dramatic. You're already making progress, you'll adapt to this.

You always manage to adapt yourself to everything. [He... doesn't mean to sound so condescending, but alas.]

[aviate]

[Hal knows that's one of his strengths, he's good at improvising and making things up on the fly to counter his tendency to ignore plans.

But he's not sure if he's meant to take that as a compliment.]

...thanks I think. I'm lying on your couch and whining about it, is this really how other people deal?

[andaway]

In my personal experience there's usually more ice cream involved. And a bad telenovela or two, but that's my secret and don't tell Lois.

I can get some ice cream if you want.

[aviate]

That sounds like something out of a chick-flick, are you sure about this? You're not pulling my leg?

[Although he can see the appeal as long as he blatantly ignores how much it sounds like something girls would do. Maybe if they add beer to it it would be much more manly.]

What the hell, let's do it your way. Go get your ice cream and whatever else you need and tell me what shows I need to watch. Kyle got rather worked up about it when he realised I missed the X-Files so do your worst.

[andaway]

[Clark is rather obviously doing his best not to laugh.]

Okay, okay, but you have to tell me what flavor of ice cream is your favorite. It's not comfort food if it doesn't actually comfort you, right? And please tell me he also got you caught up with Bill Nye the Science Guy...

[aviate]

Isn't that a kid's show? [Is that why he's trying not to snigger? Because he wants to inflict children's entertainment on him?]

And just grab whatever you've got, I'm not picky. Do you know how expensive ice-cream is?

[andaway]

Considering it's my ice cream you're going to eat, yes I'd say I know. You get chocolate then, my favorite. [And it's one of the few non-vegan things he eats, so he always savors every scoop.

He stands up to get it, still very obviously amused.] I guess you could say it's kind of a kid's show, in a way. I loved it, though. And I thought it'd be better than whatever telenovela we might catch.

[aviate]

Can we watch it?. They don't even have Mickey Mouse here.

[Thanks KH cast.]

[andaway]

I think so, yeah. It's... pretty weird, isn't it? Some stuff from our world is here, some isn't. Some is still here but with a completely different name.