"We both did." rang I Oliver's mind over and over on the flight back to Starling City. "Why? WHY? Did I have to say that to her?" he thought. He could have told her the truth, that he really did mean it, and that he was too chicken shit to admit to it, but he didn't.
Felicity's light snoring broke him from his mind babbling, and he asked Diggle to take control. When Dig gave him an evil eye, seeing he was making his way back to Felicity, he challenged him. "Oliver, don't. She's been through a lot, she needs to sleep."
Oliver sighed. "Diggle, I just wanted to check on her."
Dig shook his head in disbelief. "Oliver, you'd better get your head out of your ass, soon, before you lose her forever. I don't think she could take having her heart broken by you again. She loves you, I mean REALLY loves you. The girl is head over heels IN love with you."
A pained look plagued Oliver's face. He knew that sooner or later he'd have to tell his girl Wednesday the truth, that he loved and was in love with her more than he'd ever thought was humanly possible. Dig was right, he had broken her heart more times in the last couple years than anyone should ever have to endure in a lifetime, and there she was, still his shining light through the darkness. She never knew him any other way, never cared how he was before. She loved him here and now, despite and because of everything he was and would be. He had rubbed her face in every stupid fling he'd had since he'd been back from the island, not realizing until recently, just how much it hurt her. She had been willing to put her throat at the edge of Slade's blade without question to help him save the city, putting every ounce of love and trust into him. His Felicity.
Before he could protest Dig, Felicity began breathing erratically in her sleep, choking out Oliver's name. No doubt, a nightmare from the recent events plagued her, and it tore Oliver up. A tear slid down his cheek, as he gently shook her awake. "Felicity, I'm here. Wake up, you're having a nightmare." Felicity's eyes darted open, searching Oliver's face and before he could stop it, her lips were crashing on his in a desperate hunger.
Oliver couldn't stop her either. Her lips set his entire body on FIRE, and his heart beating so fast, he was sure it would burst out of his chest. Instead, he cupped her face, slowing down the kiss, and in turn, increasing the effect it had on them both. In this kiss, he had realized, that no matter what he had to do, he would fight for her forever.
He broke their kiss, and Felicity sighed in protest, but he hushed her with his calloused finger. "Diggle, find somewhere to land the plane, now." Dig nodded, and laughed at the same time. "By the way Oliver, it's about damned time."