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Happy Friday! So this is my attempt to both thank awesome fanfic writers for their amazing work and offer my recommendations to anyone who is interested. Here are the fantastic fanfic stories I read this week! They are posted in the order I read them. Thank you so so much for your fics they really do help with pain.

I Want You to Want Me by @felicityollies - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - Prompt: Wanting - She sings almost every night. He can’t help watching her. There’s a pull, a desire, and he swears she knows what she does to him. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14933567/chapters/34597388

Knight in Dented Armor multi-chapter WIP by Serendipity16 - 10. That’s the message that was left on Felicity Smoak’s car that started the downward spiral that has become her life. Sure, she has her amazingly gorgeous-I mean muscular- I mean supportive best friend and CEO, Oliver Queen to help her through this strange time. But will Felicity’s past finally catch up to her? And what happens when the countdown runs out? https://archiveofourown.org/works/11156415/chapters/24895272

Prompt: Wanting by @lageniuswannabe - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon - Oliver is coming home.  Well the safe house home but home. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14881931/chapters/34588400

I Could Kill You by who_seeks_shall_find - Oliver meets other inmates who don’t have many nice things to say about the Green Arrow. They also bring up Oliver’s family and that’s the last straw. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14936645

Life’s All About Changes multi-chapter WIP by Crazyreader2468 - After agreeing to plead guilty to being the Green Arrow in order to get FBI assistance in capturing Diaz, Oliver finds himself in a supermax, a maximum security federal prison, serving a life sentence. As he struggles to become accustomed to life in prison, his family, friends, and teammates struggle to live without him, as well as continually attempting to find a way to get him pardoned. Will they succeed in obtaining a pardon and will Oliver survive until they do? Mostly AU from right before the ending of episode 6 x 22 and after most of 6 x 23.             https://archiveofourown.org/works/14936172

Intimacy multi-chapter WIP by @felicityollies - intimacy [in-tuh-muh-see] a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group. // A collection of interconnected drabbles and oneshots about the different kinds of intimacy that Oliver and Felicity share. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14939171/chapters/34612685

Time for a Story multi-chapter WIP by @smkkbert - This fic shows Olicity and their life as a (married) couple with family. Although Olicity (and their kids) are the protagonists, other characters of Arrow and Flash make appearances. YOU NEED THIS STORY IN YOUR LIFE. http://archiveofourown.org/works/3912157/chapters/8757172

The Queen’s Mage multi-chapter WIP by @the-shy-and-anxious-fangirl - Words have power, and mages, those with the aptitude to draw on that power, are few in number. Thus, their services are highly sought after by anyone who has exhausted all mundane means of solving whatever problem is plaguing them. Felicity is reminded of this fact the hard way when she is hired by Moira Queen, the Lady Starling, to find and return to her her son Oliver, who fled his family home five years ago following the death of his father. With a threat hanging over her should she return without Robert Queen’s heir, Felicity begins her search. When she finds Oliver, and ends up joining his vigilante crusade while she waits for him to decide whether to return home, the last thing she expects to do is fall in love with him. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14617068/chapters/33781269

It’s For You by @laurabelle2930 - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - Prompt: Hidden - Created for the Fic a thon but Oliver and Felicity have been friends since she tutored him in college. Now Oliver’s ready to move forward and he’s chosen to show Felicity in a sweet yet creative way. https://archiveofourown.org/collections/OlicityHiatusFicAThon2018/works/14942804

The Story of Tonight multi-chapter WIP by @arrow-crack - Set in the Revolutionary War. Felicity, a rich daughter of General Smoak meets a strangely charming soldier under her father’s command, Oliver Queen. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14073570/chapters/32423250

Sometimes It Rains multi-chapter WIP by Izzyface and @missyriver - Life happens fast. But we live through it slow. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14726736/chapters/34039875

The One Who Lights My Way by @felicityollies - prompt: comfort - Inspired by Charmed - Oliver was Felicity’s Whitelighter until he let darkness inside and became something else. Now Felicity must do everything in her power to bring him back to her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11034534/chapters/25642158

The Jersey by @felicityollies - Oliver decides to wear a Smoak jersey and surprise her on their special night. (anonymous prompt) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11450256

Better Than Sex by @felicityollies - Oliver bakes Better Than Sex cake for Felicity, but it has an unwanted affect. https://archiveofourown.org/works/6610375/chapters/25667679

Vegas, Baby by @dmichellewrites - Oliver and Felicity wanted a simple wedding weekend with a calm bride and groom shower, but their friends and family have other plans. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11451009

I Need You Here by who_seeks_shall_find - Oliver and Felicity weren’t able to see each other during Oliver’s imprisonment but they sent letters. Although letters weren’t always sufficient, they helped them survive through hard times. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14945424/chapters/34629078

I’ll Be Your Everything (You’ll Be The Death of Me) by @fellicityqueen - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - She pulls from him, just enough to instruct, “Tell me what you need me to do.” His eyes are still closed, mouth smeared with the color and shine of her lipstick, when he responds, “Stay.” (something about the savior leaves Oliver rattled and shaken. Felicity decides it’s her chance to return the favor Oliver had given her weeks ago.) https://archiveofourown.org/works/14943749

Deeper Than The Ocean by @green-arrows-of-karamel - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - Prompt: Wanting -  Apart from the other mermaids, Felicity wants to explore the world above the water. She resorts to a powerful sorceress and magic to fulfill her deepest desire. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14946332/chapters/34631741

Untitled by @smoaking-greenarrow - Prompt: Overprotective Oliver fic http://smoaking-greenarrow.tumblr.com/post/174946817039/would-you-please-write-a-overprotective-oliver

All I Want is You by @crazycrystal10 - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon - Prompt: Wanting - Felicity, having moved to a new city finds her mate in the most unexpected man.  Shapeshifter/Soulmates AU https://archiveofourown.org/works/14947811

Come Back When You Can multi-chapter WIP by @smoaking-greenarrow - Felicity Smoak had accepted that her husband is dead. She’s done everything she could to hold her family, her team, her city, and herself together. But five years after losing her husband, Felicity learns that things didn’t happen the way she thought they did. And when Oliver realizes that he was lied to, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get revenge on the people who took his life away. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14949939/chapters/34641729

Following the Lead of the Setting Sun multi-chapter complete by @adiwriting - When Oliver agrees to a life in prison, it lights a match to the entire Queen family’s world. How can Oliver be a good husband and father, while he’s in prison and fighting for his life? https://archiveofourown.org/works/14715020/chapters/34008707

You Want Me to Cooperate? by who_seeks_shall_find - Oliver and agent Watson have a deal but Oliver has a new condition. He won’t cooperate or participate another assignment before he sees his family. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14953520

Unexpected multi-chapter WIP by dreamsofolicity - After Oliver leaves Hong Kong and winds up in Coast City, Felicity Smoak finds him in a tricky situation. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11415864/chapters/25574031

Wicked Surrender by @nightkeepyr -  It was the last place he expected to find her. She was supposed to be innocent…this wasn’t innocent.           https://archiveofourown.org/works/7448395

Soulful Surrender by @nightkeepyr -  Sequel to Wicked Surrender. Oliver needs out of his head. Felicity gives him a glimpse of what it can be like on the other side of control. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11459010

Quiet Dreams by @geneshaven - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - Prompt: Hidden https://geneshaven.tumblr.com/post/174964965969/quiet-dreams

Like a River by Tangled23 - What if Oliver and Felicity had enough time alone to say goodbye? https://archiveofourown.org/works/14955563

The Calm After The Crisis by Dark_Supernatural_Angel - With the help of Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, Barry Allen and Iris West enlist the help of John Diggle to give them the desired ending the Earth-X invaders took from them. In doing so, Felicity’s eyes are opened in regard to her situation with Oliver.  Rewrite of the Double Wedding Ceremony at the end of the “Crisis on Earth-X” Crossover Event [found in ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Ep. 3×08]. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14957333

My Heart is Safe With You multi-chapter WIP by dreamsofolicity - While trying to escape their pasts, Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak accidentally book the same vacation house. They are determined to make it work, unaware that they are setting themselves on a path to healing together. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11443272/chapters/25645872

After Midnight by @dmichellewrites - Felicity spends the night in Oliver’s new apartment and has a hankering for cake after a passionate romp  with her boyfriend post-mission. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11463171?view_adult=true

Comfort by @wetsuiton - Felicity takes care of Oliver when he’s sick https://archiveofourown.org/works/11084547/chapters/25720383

Untitled by @smoaking-greenarrow - Out of context prompts - “You are not alone, and I believe in you.” http://smoaking-greenarrow.tumblr.com/post/174988978454/19-for-the-out-of-context-prompts-please

Comfort by @diggo26 - Summary: Post 5x23. Felicity comforts Oliver after a nightmare. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11056575/chapters/25725111

Born To Be Yours by @juvinadelgreko - Songfic based off of “Born To Be Yours” by Imagine Dragons and Kygo—I just heard this song for the first time yesterday and my brain was immediately like OLICITY! And I had to write this. It’s mostly an observation of the development of what their relationship means to Oliver. I highly recommend listening to the song while reading. It’s a bop. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14960334

Are You Embarrassed? by who_seeks_shall_find - Being a mom means setting up a carpool karaoke session and giving the talk. Or at least it is what being a mom means to Felicity. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14964999

Safe & Sound by @perfectlittlesoul - Before going to the bunker. Oliver has a little trouble getting his and Felicity’s son to fall asleep. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11429613

Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation by @laureningall - Felicity insists that Oliver not change his plans for a weekend of ‘camping with the kids’ despite the fact she is laid up with a sprained ankle. Oliver calls in the cavalry, Mama Smoak to the rescue! https://archiveofourown.org/works/11443992

We Loved With A Love That Was More Than Love multi-chapter WIP by @wrldtravler - When Felicity’s father leaves her and her mother behind, she loses all her faith in the very idea of soulmates. After Donna Smoak remarries into the Merlyn family, events are put into motion that bring Felicity into proximity the very destiny she never wanted to be apart of, and the family she never knew she needed. After years of unknowingly fighting and dancing around her fate, Felicity finally receives her soulmark on her 18th birthday. With the truth revealed, Felicity’s fate is left in her hands, and only she can decide whether to let him in before it’s too late. http://archiveofourown.org/works/10216829/chapters/22672961

Comfort Is… multi-chapter WIP by @onceuponanolicity - Felicity is not having a good day. All she wants is the comforts from home to make her feel better. Then her bad day gets worse resulting in a meeting with the infamous Hood who complete changes her definition of comfort. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11477754/chapters/25738887

The Arrow’s Wife @geniewithwifi - Felicity never expected to wake up married. She grew up in Vegas for heaven sakes, she knew better. But she never thought in a million years she would be married to him. To the Vigilante. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4539342

The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants by @felicityollies - Felicity gets left at the altar…. luckily her best friend, Oliver, is there by her side. When she decides not to let her honeymoon go to waste and take a vacation, she asks him to join her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/8928505

A Little Less Conversation by @it-was-a-red-heeler - 2018 Olicity Hiatus Fic-athon entry for the prompt Hidden. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14975468

This Moment and Now by @oneofakindxx - Felicity visits Oliver in prison http://oneofakindxx.tumblr.com/post/174461293371/this-moment-and-now-felicity-couldnt-believe

I Can Take No More Lies by who_seeks_shall_find - Finally, John tells Felicity that he visited Oliver in prison without her or William. It makes Felicity wonder if there is something wrong with her because everyone she loves keeps lying to her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14974154

Stay by Mellowyellowdiamonds - One night after finishing patrol, Oliver finds that his brooding space on top of the QC rooftop has been invaded by a certain bubbly blond.  A short and sweet Olicity meet cute! https://archiveofourown.org/works/14976956

Do We Really Want to Say Goodbye @laureningall - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon 2018 - Prompt: Wanting - No one is ever really wants to say goodbye, but when it’s time, its best to do it with friends. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14982407

Oliver the (Divorce) Lawyer multi-chapter WIP @someonesaidcake - Black tie, white shirt, grey suit… when Oliver put them on that chilly December morning, he hadn’t planned on meeting her. ‘Her’ being Felicity Smoak, the sassy dark haired college student and daughter of his (only) client. This should be fun… https://archiveofourown.org/works/14823708/chapters/34304472

Lost Remote by @felicityollies - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon - prompt: hidden - Oliver accidentally gropes Felicity in the midst of searching for the TV remote, but hears her moan in pleasure (anonymous prompt) https://archiveofourown.org/works/14933567/chapters/34743341

Arrow 7x01 Spec #3 by @lostolicityscenes - This is my last spec fic for 7x01. I’m not certain Oliver will get this dark on the show. I see this as survival instinct kicking in for a man facing down a life sentence. https://lostolicityscenes.tumblr.com/post/175084033684/arrow-7x01-spec-3-an-this-is-my-last-spec-fic

Re-Airrow: Episode 1x21 by @lostolicityscenes - In this episode, Oliver and Felicity infiltrate an underground casino in search of Walter. I’ve written three short scenes. Two dealing with the aftermath of finding out Walter is dead (spoiler: he’s not) and the final scene is just me squeezing out a little more Olicity feels from Felicity’s short appearance at Walter’s hospital room at the end. I can’t believe I’m almost reaching the end of season 1!  https://lostolicityscenes.tumblr.com/post/175087415786/re-airrow-episode-1x21-an-in-this-episode

Branded by HopeShannon3000 - Oliver is back from prison but Felicity it keeping a secret from him and he wants to know what it could be. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14993408

The Bakers on Staple Drive by @cruzrogue - Olicity Hiatus Fic-a-thon- Prompt: Hidden - Felicity and William are under A.R.G.U.S. protection. New identities and all. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14994791

How Could I Live Without You? by who_seeks_shall_find - There’s a mission that also requires Felicity to participate. Not everything goes according to the plan and Felicity ends up with a new scar. https://archiveofourown.org/works/15000716/chapters/34767707

Love is in the Air multi-chapter WIP by MelicitySmoak - CEO Oliver Queen meets flight attendant Felicity Smoak on a commercial flight and immediately falls for her. He needs to get her number or ask her out - whichever, he doesn’t really mind - before the five-hour flight comes to an end. https://archiveofourown.org/works/15001748/chapters/34770401

Colors Fade multi-chapter WIP by @bekaoperetta - Based on a Tumblr prompt. Soulmates are marked with a bruise. It’s the first place you touch. When you do they fade into brilliant shades of purple and blue. http://archiveofourown.org/works/13227498

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