Roy Harper/Thea Queen

Roy/Thea is a het pairing of Thea Queen and Roy Harper from the Arrow fandom.
==Canon==
Roy and Thea first meet after Roy steals Thea's purse. He's caught by Quentin Lance, however, Thea is moved by his story about his mother and decides not to press charges Arrow Season 1 Episode 15 "Dodger". Thea sets Roy up with a job at Verdant, however he doesn't show up because he doesn't want any charity. After leaving him, Thea is nearly mugged but Roy steps in and saves her. She takes him to the hospital, and where it's revealed he's afraid of needles - this leads her to kiss him in order to distract himArrow Season 1 Episode 17 "The Huntress Returns". Sometime after that, they enter an intimate relationship as revealed by the next episodeArrow Season Episode 18 "Salvation". They have a rocky relationship but both love each other very much. 
They eventually break up in the second season due to Roy being on the mirakuru drug and his struggles in dealing with how to deal with it. He keeps it a secret from Thea and joins secretly joins Team Arrow in order to help him control his rageArrow Season 2 Episode 12 "Tremors". This causes strain in their relationship and eventual break-up: in order to protect his sister The Arrow asks Roy to break up with Thea. Thea refuses to accept the break up, however in order to break it off with her, Roy cheats on her with some girlArrow Season 2 Episode 17 "Birds of Prey". Both take the break up badly. They briefly get back together in the season finale after Roy is cured of the mirakuru drug, before Roy joins Team Arrow to fight Slade Wilson and his army. He leaves Thea at his apartment and she finds his bag of arrows, learning that he was lying to her. She breaks it off with him in a letter and takes off with her real fatherArrow Season 1 Episode 23 "Unthinkable".
 
==Fandom==
Roy/Thea is a fairly common pairing found in the Arrow fandom, although it's often a secondary pairing/background pairing in fanfiction where another (usually Olicity) is the primary pairing. Roy/Thea pairing immediately appeared soon after Roy's first appearance and it was revealed that Roy would be Thea's love interest.
There is no official pairing name for the ship, although on Tumblr there are a lot of suggestions such as Speedyroy-thea ship should just be called (after Thea's nickname in the show and Roy's codename in the comics), Throy or Royalwhat is the shipname, Thoy, Rhea, Harqueen or Harpeenis there a tag for thea-x-roy.
===Common Tropes & Themes===
* Futurefics - mainly married fics, but also just both being on Team Arrow
==Fanworks==
===Fics===
* Be Careful with That Heart of Yours (That’s Where Mine Is, Too) by chalantness, He got shot in the leg with an arrow. The fact that he loses some of the coloring in his cheeks over a little bit of blood running down her arm seems kind of ridiculous.
===Arts===
* Rebel by veilaks
* Unless I know you're safe. by wanda-soulmeetsbody
* The Princess and the Pauper - Thea/Roy by siquia
* roy harper appreciation week - day three: one relationship
===Vids===
* incomplete
* let her go
* Heart by Heart
* Fallen in love in the worst ways
* cruel one (2x18)
* All of Me ♥
* somebody to die for (+2x20)
* Turn The Lights
* Don't Deserve You
* Hate and Love
* I know you love her. (2x12)
* Clarity
* Blue Jeans
==Archives & Fannish Links==
* Roy/Thea works tagged at AO3
* Roy/Thea works at FFN
* thea_roy, a defunct LJ community
 
===Tumblr===
* thea x roy and roy x thea tagged works at Tumblr
* royandthea
* Speedy-Arsenal
==Resources==
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Category:Het Pairings
Category:Arrowverse Relationships
Category:DCU_Relationships