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They paused. Oliver took a moment and slowed things down and just looked at Felicity asking her if this was real for her. If this meant they can move forward. If this was about more than just sex. He gave her his whole heart and future and hope asking her if that would be okay and she said yes. She accepted it. She accepted what he gave and assured him that it was real. That this meant something. She essentially promised. And Oliver trusted that with Felicity because Oliver trusts her. He trusted her to not take his heart and throw it back at him. But she did anyway. Worse she left it on the ground and just walked away.

And yet even after all of that Oliver still trusts Felicity with his heart. Even after she went back on her word he still left his heart there on the floor trusting her to pick it up and keep it safe when she was ready.

Then 5x05 happened and that was the first time Oliver had to pick his own heart up and figure out how to protect it again. He heard her loud and clear, she didn’t want his heart anymore. She didn’t see him as her always and that hurt so much. So to move on from that hurt Oliver did what he has always done with his heart. He gave pieces away to other people- Rory, Dinah, Rene, Curtis, Thea, Susan, Lance, the man with the gun, Diggle, Black Siren, Evelyn, Barry, Kara, Star City. He gave everyone else so much he didn’t have anymore left for himself.

I wish this would have been addressed in the show. I wish that they didn’t pause to look into eachother’s eyes and have Oliver confirm that this was okay. I wish they didn’t giggle and have Felicity make that crack about not telling anyone and instead had her rush out because she got scared. Because the way the scene was framed it looked like she lied to Oliver to get laid.