History Fanfic / BabyWontYouPleaseComeHome

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Basically explains how Laurel ended up staying with her mother despite their strained relationship, as she ran through most of her savings after leaving Starling City and didn’t have anywhere else to go.

* RebuiltPedestal: Thea's lowering opinion of Oliver rapidly picks up once she learns that he’s the Arrow, justifying his previously inexplicable absences.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Moira has taken on this role, as she is to date the only person aware that Malcolm Merlyn is alive and that he is Thea’s father. She is also secretly aware of Oliver's identity as the Arrow and that he has taken Thea into his confidence.
* SequelHook: This has been explicitly identified as the first in a series, the first fic ending with [[spoiler:Laurel having given birth after being exposed to the particle accelerator explosion, Oliver expressing a desire to marry her in future, and Slade adjusting his plans for Oliver to accommodate Oliver’s daughter]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Slade’s words strongly suggest that [[spoiler:he sees Olivia as just another way to hurt Oliver, despite the fact that she’s literally just been born]].

* SinsOfTheFather: A major reason that Laurel fled Starling City is that [[spoiler:she was afraid people would target her and her unborn child, as retribution for Moira's involvement with the Undertaking. So Sins of the ''Grandmother'', but whatever]].

!!''Baby Won’t You Please Come Home'' contains examples of:

* DemotedToExtra: Arguably applies to Roy, as so far he is unaware of Oliver’s identity and has shown no sign that he will be injected with Mirakuru.

* ImperiledInPregnancy: [[spoiler:Laurel goes into early labour after being caught in the particle accelerator explosion and has to be taken to hospital by Eddie Thawne]].

* MeaningfulEcho: When Thea explains to the Arrow, not knowing he's Oliver, that she suspects her brother knows something about Laurel's disappearance, she lists all the reasons why she thinks so: he was one of the last people seen at Laurel's apartment, Laurel asked Thea how she could contact Oliver before she disappeared, and when Oliver came back, he was initially dead set on finding Laurel before later seemingly giving up. Oliver repeats this to Thea before revealing to her that he is the Arrow.

* RebuiltPedestal: Thea’s lowering opinion of Oliver rapidly picks up once she learns that he’s the Arrow, justifying his previously inexplicable absences.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Moira has taken on this role, as she is to date the only person aware that Malcolm Merlyn is alive and that he is Thea’s father. She is also secretly aware of Oliver’s identity as the Arrow and that he has taken Thea into his confidence.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8813671/chapters/20208136 Baby Won’t You Please Come Home]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ray_Writes/pseuds/Ray_Writes Ray_Writes]] is an AU version of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' starting early in the second season when Oliver returns to Starling City and learns that Laurel has been missing since shortly after he left himself. Now alternating between his own efforts to save the city and find Laurel, Oliver’s concerns for Laurel significantly impacts his actions even before he learns the reason for her disappearance…

* SinsOfTheFather: A major reason that Laurel fled Starling City is that [[spoiler:she was afraid people would target her and her unborn child, as retribution for Moira's involvement with the Undertaking. So sins of the ''grandmother'', but whatever]].

* TookALevelInBadass: It hasn’t become obvious yet, but [[spoiler:when Laurel was caught in the particle accelerator explosion and screamed herself hoarse while giving birth, it is inevitable that she will gain her ‘Canary Cry’]].

* AscendedExtra: [[invoked]]WordOfGod suggests that this will apply to [[spoiler:Eddie Thawne; after he was present when Laurel was giving birth, the author has stated that he will go on to become a contact between Starling and Central's vigilante teams as Laurel learns more about the consequences of her exposure to the accelerator]].

* BigBrotherWorship: Thea’s relationship with Oliver drastically improves back to this once she learns that he’s the Arrow.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Thea’s criticism of Oliver’s apparent lack of interest in finding Laurel hurt him, but when she tried to contact the Arrow to ask him to interrogate Oliver for information about Laurel’s disappearance, Oliver acknowledged that he had to tell her the truth.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Isabel Rochev is this as in canon, but has trouble getting as close to Oliver as her plan requires due to his attempts to find Laurel distracting him.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Played with; [[spoiler:Oliver and Quentin each initially assume that Tommy was the father of Laurel’s baby before they establish that the baby is two months premature]].

* SecretSecretKeeper: Moira has taken on this role, as she is to date the only person aware that Malcolm Merlyn is alive and that he is Thea’s father, although she is also secretly aware of Oliver’s identity as the Arrow and that he has taken Thea into his confidence.
* SequelHook: This has been explicitly identified as the first in a series, ending with [[spoiler:Laurel having given birth after being exposed to the particle accelerator explosion, Oliver expressing a desire to marry her in future, and Slade adjusting his plans for Oliver to accommodate Oliver’s daughter]].
* ShippingTorpedo: Not only does Oliver reject Isabel’s advances, but his relationship with Felicity loses its existing potential to become deeper, with Oliver ignoring Felicity’s objections to the idea of telling Thea the truth about his activities and clearly interested in Laurel once again.

* WouldHurtAChild: Slade’s words strongly suggest that [[spoiler:he sees Olivia as just another way to hurt Oliver, despite the fact that she’s literally just been born]].

* AscendedExtra: WordOfGod suggests that this will apply to [[spoiler:Eddie Thawne; after he was present when Laurel was giving birth, the author has stated that he will go on to become a contact between Starling and Central's vigilante teams as Laurel learns more about the consequences of her exposure to the accelerator]].

* RebuiltPedastal: Thea’s lowering opinion of Oliver rapidly picks up once she learns that he’s the Arrow, justifying his previously inexplicable absences.