Olicity - Birthday party (Drabble)
Summary: Felicity is organizing Oliver’s birthday party. After 5 years in Hell and another 5 years saving the city clouded by darkness Oliver memory of the passing of years had ame void and forgotten. Not this year, the Mayor of Star City birthdate would be celebrated.
The planning was harder than she thought. It was not the planning, nor the organizing but the keeping it a secret. From Oliver of all people.
To her infinite happiness they had found the balance. They were on the same page, every time, and when they weren’t they talked and got an understanding. Hiding anything from him was hard.
But it didn’t matter, it secret would end soon enough, and Oliver would love it but still, it was something she was hiding and Oliver was clever. Clever enough to spot her cover up.
Controlling her sense of urgency, Felicity presses send on the message she was typing to the caterer.
“Nothing. And Star City is calm.”
“Doubt it. But they are either hiding or just left town.”
Oliver stands hovering at her side. His usual stance, she was reading way too much on it.
“SCPD is still out there. People need to see them. To feel safe.”
Felicity nods distractedly.
The softness of his voice adds to the hand on her shoulder.
Oliver smiles. And she loves his smile, she missed it more than she thought.
“Probably too late. Like before.”
Felicity hears his intake
“Hey. It wasn’t your fault.”
She still wasn’t sure of that. Something had triggered the EMT and she was sure it was something she did.
“Chase put the bombs in here.”
With that she fully agreed.
“And yet we aren’t closer to get him.”
“He’s close. You will find him.”
Oliver’s phone rings. Felicity doesn’t catch the words.
“I need to go. Will you be okay?”
Felicity smiles. He’s still afraid Chase will come storming inside the Bunker. He could, of course, but this time it wouldn’t be that easy.
“With all the traps I set up with Curtis? Of course.”
For a moment they eyes lock. For a moment Felicity wishes Oliver would kiss her. For a moment she can feel Oliver wants the same. But they both know Oliver is not ready, not yet. And it’s with a smile that Felicity shows she’s still there waiting, for him, for when he’s ready.
Felicity’s phone rings as the elevator doors close. The image on the screen has her reaching for it in haste.
“I have a killer to catch.”
“It can wait… in fact it can’t, but doesn’t matter. You have to eat and I need someone to go with me.”
“Don’t be mad at Felicity. I asked her to do it.”
“I’m not mad at Felicity.”
Thea kept following Oliver along but now she stopped him
“But… wait what did you ask her to do?”
“To undo whatever you two had done to Susan.”
Thea struggles to form words
“You asked Felicity to do that? How could you?”
“It was wrong it should be corrected. No one better than the persons that did it. Being you were unwilling.”
“You asked Felicity, to do it.”
Thea turns away with Oliver on her heals
“I don’t know what’s worse. You asking her, Felicity doing it, or you not seeing how many levels of wrong that was. How it must have hurt.”
He never thought about it. At the time Felicity was so far, so terribly far away, everything was so impossible but now he saw it.
“…over you? I would laugh if it wasn’t so pitiful that you ever thought that. Or her.”
Thea was already at her car.
“I need you to come with me, Ollie. Please.”
She had won she knew it the moment she heard the sigh.
The building was light up. All of Oliver’s friends, acquaintances and coworkers were there.
“I could have gotten him. It would have been much faster”
Barry plan would have worked on anyone except Oliver.
“He would turn you into a pretzel, Barry.”
Felicity had to laugh at Cisco. She was glad they were here. She had no idea how Oliver would react and having friends, close friends, helped.
“He’ll be thrilled, Felicity.”
Diggle and Lyla stepped closer.
But she didn’t. Inside she still felt that maybe it was too much too soon. Diggle and Lyla smile trying to ease her nerves. Didn’t help.
“Looks like all the city is here.”
Oliver canvas the entrance while Thea locks the car.
“Only missing the Mayor.”
“The Mayor is a bit busy at night.”
“Tonight he’s busy here.”
Oliver walks in the room and after a moment it all goes silent. He has been getting used to being the center of attention again but not like this. Everyone looks at him expecting some reaction he can’t fandom. It’s Thea that gives him the clue.
The room explodes and only now he remembers. It’s his birthday. Over the years he almost forgot. But someone remember and he knows better to think it was his sister. His eyes search the room until he finds her.
Getting to her is harder. Compliment after compliment, handshake, hug. He loses track of all the faces. Until he finds the one he wants. She had met him halfway.
“This was what you were hiding from me.”
The “I love you” is right there. Threatening to come out.
