There was a small knock at the door. Felicity Smoke slowly rose from the computer in front of her and made her way to the door. She half expected Oliver to be behind that door. Oliver. He'd gone off to fight Raz in the mountains in order to protect his sister Thea. He'd been gone five days. Roy and John had already accepted that Oliver was dead, but not Felicity. She just couldn't accept that Oliver was dead, not with solid evidence. The man she loved just...couldn't die, he couldn't!
With a swift movement, Felicity opened the door to find not Oliver, but a face she'd long forgotten: Adam, her cousin. She hadn't seen him since going off to college. He was just seven years old then. Felicity used to babysit him, and God knows what a chore that was.
"Adam? It's been such a long time. What are you doing here?"
"We moved to Starling City last week. Mom tried to call, but she couldn't get a hold of you." Adam replied.
"Well, I'm, uh, very busy, like a lot. So, uh, come on in I guess."
She closed the door behind Adam and had him sit on the couch. "How long has it been since I last saw you? Five years?"
"Nine."
"Oh wow, time's crazy, huh?"
They talked for some time before Felicity got a call from John and had to leave. Curious about what Felicity did, Adam followed inconspicuously, sticking to the shadows. He had the hood of his blue sweatshirt up and over his head to help in concealment. He followed Felicity into the Arrow Cave, and she never even noticed. That was, until he marveled at Oliver's bow and accidentally knocked something over.
John noticed him first. "What the? How'd you get in here?"
Felicity came over. "Adam?!"
She turned to John and said, "This is my cousin Adam. Sneaky kid he is."
"I'll say."
"That's a, um, really cool bow..." Was all Adam could say.
"Mmhmm. I think you should leave." John said.
"Right..." Adam scrambled upstairs. He paused a moment poking his head over the railing. "Seriously, really high-tech. My crossbow's nothing compared to that."
"Go home already, Adam!" Felicity said.
"Yep, uh, sorry!" He pulled his blue hood up and promptly left.