Toliver

Toliver is the slash ship between Oliver and Tommy from the Arrow fandom.

About
Tommy and Oliver were best friends since they were young. After Oliver was believed to had died, Tommy mourned him, but also went through different ways to try and find a way that Oliver could be alive. Once Oliver returned to Star City, Tommy wanted everything to be the same, but Oliver was too changed by his time on Lian-Yu as well as taking up his time being the Hood. Tommy finds out that Oliver is the Hood and a rift is driven between them. The two make mends but are driven apart again. When Tommy goes to the Glades to save Laurel a building falls on top of him. Oliver reaches a dying Tommy but is unable to save him. To honor his friend Oliver vows to stop killing as the Hood.

Canon
HISTORY

Oliver and Tommy grew up together. They became best friends when they were very young and Tommy always found comfort and solace in being at the Queen Mansion, where Robert Queen was a sort of father figure for Tommy, something Tommy needed in lieu of his own cold and distant father, Malcolm Merlyn. Tommy's mother died when he was 8 years old and Oliver was by his side at the funeral. Tommy's father left him for two years and Tommy considers the Queens his family, much more so than his father. A few years later they meet Laurel and Sara Lance, becoming lifelong friends with the Lance sisters too. As they grow older, both Oliver and Tommy become increasingly reckless party boys, who with all their riches can do whatever they want, including raucous parties that get them in trouble with the law.

After high school they both start college, but Oliver drops out. Not long after Oliver starts dating Laurel Lance. Tommy and Oliver continue their reckless lifestyle until Oliver goes missing when the Queen's Gambit capsizes in 2007 and is presumed dead.

2007—2012

While Oliver's on the island and everyone believes him to have drowned along with Sara Lance and Robert Queen, Tommy, in the first while, doesn't believe it's true and goes looking for Oliver. He even thinks he sees Oliver in 2009 while in Hong Kong, which he does and it further fuels Tommy's deep belief that Oliver is still out there somewhere, even though he eventually stops searching. Tommy also takes to looking after Oliver's sister, Thea, who becomes unhappy and lonely following the deaths of her brother and father.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Oliver is typically averse to hugging people but always hugs Tommy
 * Both have dated Laurel Lance
 * In the comics Tommy Merlyn is also an archer, but is a mercenary and not a hero like Oliver