#arrow150

[how the 150th episode should have ended ;) and an ode to my need for Oliver to tell Felicity about the first time he saw her]

If Felicity held on to Oliver a little bit tighter that night, he didn’t mention it. He just brushed his hands over her back and pressed a kiss to the head resting snuggly against his chest. Her ear found its place over his heartbeat and she nestled in close, letting the familiar rhythm comfort and reassure her. Today’s conversation about the sacrifices their family may yet have to make had brought back heartbreak and fears she was trying so hard to leave behind her.

“I wish I could’ve told the documentary crew the truth about the first time I saw you,” Oliver’s voice rumbled softly above her, his breath moving her hair.

She smiled against him and affectionately nudged him with her nose. “They didn’t need to know your ‘broken laptop’ was actually bullet riddled or that it was the start of my vigilante activity,” she laughed. “No one knows I’m Overwatch and I’m fine with keeping it that way.”

“There is no Arrow without Overwatch, I wish I could’ve told them that as well. About the hero and partner you are. But that’s not what I’m talking about....... I saw you before that day in your cubicle.”

“What?” She breathed. Her head lifted from his chest as she pulled an arm from around his waist and used it to prop herself up on his stomach so she could look in his eyes. He took a deep breath and she rose and fell with the movement of his body. “Remember in my vows when I said you walked into my life?”

“Yes...” she whispered. “But then you corrected yourself and said you actually showed up at my cubicle.”

Oliver slid one hand under his head and the fingers of the other played with the soft strands of her hair. He stared at the ceiling and the corners of his mouth ticked up as if he was remembering. She watched him, enthralled as he pulled the moment out of its hidden place in his heart and prepared to share it with her. He found her eyes again and told her she did walk into his life. Heels clicking, ponytail swishing, doing one of his favorite things in the world: thinking out loud. “You said I was cute,” he went on. “You looked at that picture of me... a version of me I had so much animosity towards and called me cute. Even then— you somehow saw the best in me. When you said it was too bad I was dead... for the first time, I thought so too. Too bad I couldn’t introduce myself, too bad I couldn’t get to know you, invite you to be a part of my mission, find my once in a lifetime and ask you to be my wife.” He winked at her and brushed away a tear cutting a slow path down her cheek. “You made me do two things that day I didn’t know I still had the capacity to do... you made me want to live. Not just survive, but have a full life. And you made me smile. You were a bright spot in those 5 years of darkness. You brought me light before I ever even knew your name. And when I showed up at your cubicle and saw you again... you were just as I remembered.”

“Oliver,” she breathed. She finally released her unwavering gaze to lower her head and press a kiss over his heart. “Why now? After all this time...”

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Huh?

Boy, what you been smokin'?

Please tell me more about how you had each other's back

Was it when you decided to play Argus soldier and basically moved on or was it when you reprimanded Felicity when she was trying to get her husband out of prison?

Sometimes it feels like as soon as the writers are done with an episode, they wipe it from their memory. I bet if we go up to them right now and ask about alien Diggle, they'll deny the whole thing

A few of my fave moments from #Arrow150. A few of mine include Felicity (obvs)

Felicity Smoak on Arrow, 7x12, Emerald Archer