Felicity usually woke up feeling all warm and comfortable snuggling with Oliver but today she woke up to the light streaking through the window. She somehow slept late and Oliver had already gone for his run. The only thing she manages in the kitchen is making coffee and while Oliver never once complained she knows she is not the best cook. If there ever were a title in the world for Champion of screwing up boiling the water, it will be her; but today is special. It is Oliver's Birthday and she wants to cook a decent breakfast for him.
In the past years since she knew him, Oliver never really celebrated his birthday. This year she wanted to surprise him and she was already late. Getting out of the shower in a hurry, she didn't bother with her hair or anything and took the cookbook she secretly bought from the store last week because she wanted to surprise Oliver. The clerk recommended the book because not even a child can mess up the recipes in it which gave Felicity all the boost she needed.
You can take Oliver out of Starling but you cannot take The Arrow out of Oliver. She was so immersed in her cooking that she missed him coming home. Had she been paying attention, she would have watched the contented smile on his face when watching her. She yelped when the cook book was torn out of her hand and she was lifted right off the counter. Kissing Oliver will never get old for her. Oliver kisses her like drinking water after a long travel in a desert. He always longs for it and dives in like he may never get to do it again.
The smell of burning food and the fire alarm made them break the kiss and Felicity decided the powers above doesn't like her anywhere near the stove. "All I wanted was to make you a nice breakfast and it is all ruined. You mister distracted me with your kisses and ….." she never got to finish the sentence before being kissed by him again.
Later much later in bed, Oliver had ordered her to not get out of bed and went into the kitchen. She knew he is baking something. Oliver, The Arrow, the grumpy guy who until 2 months ago wouldn't crack a smile is an expert at baking. The world will never believe it even if she said it out loud. While waiting for Oliver to bring whatever he was baking, she decided to surprise him. She wore his hood and giggling to herself, wore a little black mask that she had bought from the costume store and waited for him kneeling on the bed.
Oliver didn't disappoint her when he brought in 2 soufflés with whipped cream on top. Entering their room with a smug smile, he just stopped and stared at her. There she was wearing his green Hoodie (he will never admit it but he kind of understands why Roy always wore his red one, it is that comfortable) with a mask on her face and kneeling on the bed with her hands extended as if aiming an arrow at him and much to his amusement "Oliver Queen, you have not failed this Felicity." Felicity never even knew a Souffle could be eaten in that many ways and whipped cream could be licked like that.