Greetings members of the Arrow Fandom! I am Love To Laugh. This is my first ever post in this archive I have seen some AMAZING fanfics out here in this archive, and I do hope you will like my first attempt. I love this show so much, and hope I do it justice, even though this will probably be OOC as I'm still working on getting the hang of writing for Arrow.

This may or may not be just a oneshot, that will be decided by the response the story gets. I personally would love to turn it into a multi-chapter fanfic.

[I am currently on season 3 (just finished 'Origins of Felicity Smoak'), so after the beginning episodes, if this becomes multi-chapter, this will most likely deviate from the storyline of the show.]

Anyways, without further ado, I present

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The Disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

Now that that's out of the way, I present...'Together'

Oliver finally let out the breath he'd been holding, as he climbed out of Slade's prison cell. He gazed down at the beach, to see his partners waiting for him.

A smile made its way onto his face at the thought.

Partners.

Finally he was able to call them his partners again. A recollection of the past month played through his mind as he thought of all they had gone through together. With several additions to the team, and several complications within, it ended up finally, with the 3 of them.

Just as it had started.

Digg's voice brought him back to the world around them, as he stepped once again out of the dense forest, and onto the sandy shore.

"You okay man?" He turned to face the soldier, the man, the brother that had stood by him through everything, and gave him a genuine smile. One of the first in a long time.

"Yeah. I'm good."

As he turned away, his peripheral vision caught the small smirk that appeared on Diggle's face, and Oliver knew that Diggle knew him well enough to know that was his default response. But he didn't say anything as they continued walking towards their partner.

Felicity stood there, her arms hugging her body, as she gave them a smile before proceeding to swat away a mosquito.

"Once again, couldn't you have been stranded on some nice resort. That happened to be mosquito free?"

Oliver and Diggle let out sincere laughs in what felt like forever.

"I wish."

Digger glanced between the two, before giving an imperceptible roll of the eyes. The tension between had thickened to the point that it was intolerable.

"I got to go call Lyla. I'll se you guys in a minute."

Both of them knew he was lying. If there was service on this island, they wouldn't be here in the first place. But neither commented, because they also knew, that they had to sort out whatever was between them.

If there was something between them.

Felicity let out an awkward cough.

"Well, you did it." She gave him an awkward smile.

"I had help." He returned with a soft, genuine one.

"Yeah. That's really smart. How you out-foxed him. Talk about unthinkable. You and me, I mean." She rambled. "When you told me you loved me, you had me fooled. For a second, I thought. Maybe you might have meant it. What you said. You really sold it." Tears pricked her eyes as she finished. But she was determined not to let them fall in front of him. She'd already had her heart broken. She wasn't going to lose her dignity too.

Oliver let out a short laugh, that almost sounded like a scoff. Almost.

"Felicity, do you remember the first time I came to you for help?"

Felicity chuckled reminiscing what felt so long ago.

"With the bullet ridden laptop that you 'spilled a latte on?'" She teased. Smiling Oliver nodded his head.

"And then when I came to you for help with the Count."

"Yup. You had a 'sports drink' you wanted me to analyze. A sports drink. Inside a syringe."

"And with that usb?"

"Oh yes. Who could forget the USB from your billionaire friend's scavenger hunt. With information on a classified bodyguard agency."

The two laughed along as they remembered those far away memories.

"What about those times." She asked, sobering up again.

"Any one of those times, was I ever able to lie to you?" Felicity shook her head.

"So what makes you think that I was lying to you that night?" Her breath caught in her throat at his words, as his eyes pierced her own.

"Wait, but. The syringe?" She manage to stutter.

"Was part of the plan. But that didn't mean that I was lying. I meant every word I said." He found himself closer to her than when they started.

"But I thought you said you could never be with someone you cared about." Her voice was quiet and soft, her eyes focused on the sand at her feet, until his finger rose to grip her chin delicately, forcing her to look into his eyes. She was too lost in his blue orbs to even understand the meaning behind the bold words that she had just spoken.

"I thought so too. In fact I still believe that. But if I realized one thing, from everything we just went through, it's that I can't be the Arrow every night, risk my life every night, without knowing that you know how I feel. I know it's selfish, and that I'm putting you in danger. But maybe selfish is what I am. And I can't go on like this any more. Because frankly Felicity. I don't think that I can live without you." His lips were dangerously close to hers now. She finally met his eyes on her own for the first time that day.

"So don't." She whispered. And with that, he leaned down and captured her lips with his.

His strong arm encircled her waist, as hers moved up to wind around his neck. His lips caressed hers tenderly while her hands played with the hair at the nape of his neck. Finally they both had to come up for air. The kiss was not as demanding as the ones he'd shared with others, but the passion within it, the love within it, was more than he had ever felt before in his life.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." He breathed out.

She let out a small laugh.

"I have some idea."

"I love you." Felicity's heart constricted. Despite having heard him speak the exact same words only hours ago, tears welled in her eyes at the sound of them, at the sight of pure emotion and vulnerability his eyes. She rose to meet his lips again. As they pulled back for oxygen once more, she wrapped her arms around him. He buried his head into the crook of her shoulder, pulling her close.

"I love you too," she whispered into his ear. She finally let herself admit what she'd been denying to herself. She felt his arms tightened around her as she finished, but she didn't see the grin on his face when he heard those words. The two were trapped in their own bubble of euphoria.

Until they heard someone clear their throat behind them.

Felicity jumped apart from him, or she would have, had he not had an iron grip on her. Oliver merely lifted his head to see who it was.

Only to be met with John Diggle attempting to suppress yet another smirk.

Attempting.

"The captain said we're ready to leave. Whenever you guys finish up," his teasing gaze resting on Oliver before moving to Felicity. She directed a glare at the obviously amused man, though her flushed cheeks betrayed her eyes. Her demeanor changed suddenly, an overly sweet grin replacing the previously pursed lips.

"Didn't you need to call Lyla, Digg?"

Digale simply released a chuckle, before holding his hands up in surrender. Oliver himself was trying incredibly hard to fight a smile. No doubt an unsuccessful battle. But one of the few he had no problem losing.

As Diggle walked in front of them to the awaiting ship, Oliver turned to face the woman at his side. Placing his lips to her forehead, he whispered those three words to her once more. She gave him a bright smile, and he loop his arm around her waist. Leading her to the future.

Their future.

Once again, I hope you all liked it!

And please review! Reviews are my encouragement to keep writing!

See you soon, or next time!

~Love To Laugh