For all my hard talk, I'm still just a daddy's girl In this hard shell, there's tiny cracks from a big world And there's still monsters in my closet and they want to come and play There's still sounds in the dark, I wish they'd go away I know, I know, I know, I know, I'm a big girl now I know, I know, I know, I know, I better work it out In the circle game, no one ever stopped to say "Soon it's gonna change, it all just goes away."
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He said, you look so lonely. And I told him he was wrong, I wasnât lonely at all. And he smiled and said, oh Iâm sorry, guess I got it all wrong. But he hadnât. I was lonely.
âaw, man,â all it had taken was a badly timed sneeze. that probably ( definitely ) said something ( bad ) about him, as a person - especially as a person who was meant to be, you know, deft - but for the time being, clint was caught less on THAT and more on the scalding coffee that he had just spilled all over himself, in spectacular fashion. shaking off one hand and wondering, silently, briefly, when his suffering was going to end, clint threw the cup to the nearest bin ( to, not in, because it hit the rim and managed - somehow - to fly in a whole other direction ) and tried not to be too sheepish when he asked the smal coffee shopâs tiny crowd, âanyone got a towel? paper..- paper towels? a pocket mop?â
she shouldnât have been laughing, hals knows that, but itâs hard not to considering the situation that clint has managed to get himself into. besides, theyâre friends and heâd know it wasnât malicious. âthink you might need more than a pocket mop there, have you heard of a regular mop or like a giant hair dryer?â hals teases gently, her own drink briefly forgotten as she rolls firstly to the counter to grab a fist full of napkins before then rolling to clintâs side and holding them out to him. âlet me guess, youâre not having a good day,â
Theora wanted to be at her apartment, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders, take out container in front of her and a glass of wine in her hand. Instead she stood in line, waiting for a coffee before she went in for a last minute shit, and listening to inane chatter. She pinched the bridge of her nose. âIâm sorry but what the fuck are you going on about?â
âitâs alright,â hals spoke with a slight shrug almost awkwardly. she had only really started to make conversation to pass the time. sheâd just stopped to grab a drink before she settled in to grade papers âi was just asking what brought you to a cafe so late, i didnât expect anyone else to be here so close to closing time,â
⧟ willa fitzgerald, cis!female, she/her / circle game by p!nk + flowers growing where they shouldnât, neat planners, the comfort of being with family ⧽ ââ let me tell you a thing or two about HALEY LAUREL LANCE QUEEN. the TWENTY-SIX year old daughter of OLIVER QUEEN & DINAH LANCE is a TA of ETHICS & MUSIC at paragon academy, and has sometimes been referred to as THE FINAL GIRL. theyâve always seemed very PERSEVERANT & IDEALISTIC, though iâve heard that they can be pretty JUDGEMENTAL & BLUNT, too. itâs common knowledge that they have the power of the CANARY CRY; guess we shouldnât get on their bad side, huh?
tw: injury
BIO:
Haley Laurel Lance-Queen was an accident. Ollie and Dinah had never had the most stable relationship and so they did not even know that Dinah was pregnant until she was badly injured when a mission went sideways and she wound up in a hospital room.
At this point the foetus was already quite badly damaged and it was made clear to Ollie and Dinah that the baby would likely not survive to term, and if it did then it would likely be severely impaired.
Against all odds Haley was born four weeks prematurely, and even more surprisingly that tiny baby lived despite all the odds stacked against her.
She was named after her godfather Hal Jordan who would go on to play an incredibly large role in her life.
Such a traumatic birth however did leave itâs scars. Haley is disabled having a condition called CEREBRAL PALSY meaning that her amount of movement she has in her legs was severely impaired, what little amount of walking she can do is incredibly painful, sheâs been going to therapy to try to improve it.
You would think that Haley being born would have had a massive impact on Ollie and Dinahâs lives, that they would have gotten their act together. This did happen for a while but it wasnât long before things fell apart again.
Her childhood was frustrating, as she never got to do a lot of the things her younger siblings got to enjoy, it was hard for her to even get up in the morning never mind learning martial arts or how to manage her powers.
As she got older however she grew more determined to win rather than lose. She practiced archery until her fingers burned, learnt how to do martial arts in her chair, until she was as good a fighter as her siblings, albeit with a few restrictions.
As a teenager Hals spent was very much a loner. She had to learn to fend for herself and be comfortable in her own company while Ollie and Dinah were busy being Ollie and Dinah. Something that culminated with Nora going to boarding school. Haley was around seventeen when she learnt she was better simply expecting nothing from her parents, although they both tried their best.
On the whole her unstable childhood, and not so great relationships as a teenager lead her to the belief that everybody leaves, with the exception of her siblings who she sees as her responsibility, itâs a viewpoint she hasnât been able to shake even now.
At the age of nineteen she really didnât know who she wanted to be, but at the age of twenty two she had become a TA at Paragon Academy, mainly to keep an eye on her siblings but she also found that she quite enjoyed teaching. Even if sheâs a fan of the tough love approach in a lot of cases.
NOW:
Hals has been a TA for five years now and at this point and feels like sheâs seen it all. as always her focus is on looking after nora and her students but i can also see her being drawn into the chaos if she gets a chance. chair or no chair sheâs never really been one to sit back passively.
FACTS:
Sheâs a singer. Thereâs a small cafe in town were she sings sometimes but itâs something Hals likes to keep to herself.
Despite how much sheâs tried to distance herself from the man she does have quite a few traits from Oliver; wanderlust, passion, impatience there are plenty of ways you could call her her fatherâs daughter.
Hals is a big plant lover (her succulent collection is impressive), she has a polaroid camera that roy gifted her for her twentieth birthday which she only trusts about three people with, and she keeps a planner almost obsessively.
CONNECTIONS:
OLIVER QUEEN: father // sperm donor // frustration :: Despite what the above might lead you to believe Haley does not hate her father rather instead it is the opposite. When she was a child she idolised him, it was just when she got older she became less and less blind to the mistakes he seems to make over and over again. sheâs come to the conclusion that she doesnât need him, but at the same time she knows if she needed her that sheâd be there in second to help him clear up his mess.
DINAH LANCE: mother // idol :: When she was younger haley wanted nothing more than to be just like her mother from the jacket to the singing. she makes up a big part of of haleyâs personality. even now the distance between them isnât quite as large as between haley and ollie. she still blames both of them for leaving and what happened to both of her siblings but she had far more sympathy for Dinah than sheâll ever have for ollie and tries to keep her in the picture where she can.
HAL JORDAN: godfather // parental figure :: Hal is haleyâs godparent, but really she classes him as a second father. He wasnât around too much when she was a kid, he couldnât have been thanks to the lantern ring he wears, but whenever he was he made sure to make a fuss of her, even now she makes sure to check in with him every once and a while.
NORA LANCE-QUEEN: little sister :: Haley has always adored her younger sister. Their age gap large enough that she also wanted to be someone she could lean on. Their relationship was not however always the best, Nora took great pleasure in the socialite lifestyle while haley herself had always tried to steer away from it. Then the incident happened and Nora was hurled into this whole other world and as much as Hals tried to be there for her sister another wedge was forced in between them. Theyâre in the same place now but things are still a little disjointed compared to before.
CLINT BARTON: Â understanding adult :: A disabled superhero isnât that cool ?? teenage Hals certainly thinks so. The two of them have a very interesting dynamic in that they bonded over nothing more than arrows and now she turns up at his office with pizza every so often needing to vent.
EMMA FROST &Â SCOTT SUMMERS: teachers she works with :: despite her natural talent for music itâs ethics that Haley really has the passion to teach. as a result she has an enormous amount of respect for both Emma and Scott even if she tries to stay out of the way of their personal lives (even if she thinks they should get back together).
WANTED CONNECTION:
summer love: mamma mia style no strings attached romance? sign me up
more students: sheâs a good teacher i swear
a girl squad: girls supporting girls whats not to love
all the friendships: (the more unlikely the better)
a disability support group thingy: idk but theyâre around all these extra able people i bet it can be a lot
people from her past: (exes, once friends etc) just angst in general ok guys because hals really isnât perfect
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