Disclaimer: Obviously not.
Oliver and Felicity didn't jump from cliché to cliché. They were better than that; it was more of a slow burn. As both Oliver and Felicity and The Arrow and his It Genius, their relationship built up slowly right in front of their friend's eyes. All the clichés did was bind the two together even closer.
Diggle was the first to see the connection between the two. Oliver had gone to see her a few times alone when they needed some IT help on the down low. Digg waited in the lobby and every time Olive came out of the elevator, he could've sworn his friend was a little lighter than when he'd initially went in. Oliver didn't do light. He was intrigued, so when Vertigo became a problem on the streets and tech help was needed he decided to take the trip with Oliver to see Felicity. He caught on quickly as to why Oliver was always less brooding after he'd met her. The girl had an impressive capacity for constant inappropriate babble. It only stopped when she became more serious; she tilted her head to the side slightly and poked holes in their cover story. Oliver's response was the least believable lie Digg had ever heard. He had to walk away before his straight face dropped into the same sceptical look that had settled on Felicity's face. When he'd called the elevator and looked back towards the pair, Oliver was smiling.
The second time he met her he knew they'd be friends for a while to come. Emergency surgery on a vigilante brings people together. She had questions of course and Digg found himself opening up to her with an ease he'd never felt before. She'd definitely be good for his friend that lay on the metal slab between them. By the time Oliver woke up she'd rebuilt his entire computer setup and formally joined the team temporarily. Diggle saw the same smile cross Oliver's face, after Oliver shook Felicity's hand and welcomed her to the team. It was a smile that was already reserved for the IT girl, wether Oliver was aware of it or not. And when he raised his concerns to Oliver, already feeling protective over the petite blonde, Oliver swore they would protect her. Digg was sure Felicity's position one the team was going to be anything but temporary if Oliver had any say in the matter.
They became friends. Laurel noticed it when she first met Felicity. This awkward rambling blonde IT girl that was helping Ollie with the tech in his club knew her. Laurel had never met Felicity but Felicity addressed her as 'That Laurel'. Felicity clearly already knew so much more about her than Laurel knew about Felicity. It confused her at first, had they met before? Even though post island Ollie wasn't very chatty it hit her later that he was probably the one that had told Felicity about her. He was opening up, he was talking to someone, it used to be Laurel. It's not anymore.
It surprised Laurel even more that Felicity had stuck around, she wasn't just a result of Ollie back on his playboy streak. A year later she encountered Felicity again. She knew of course that this woman was now Ollie's EA, he trusted her. As much as Ollie before the island had liked his woman, it was usually a one or two time deal (she was the only exception) because as close as he got with them under the sheets, he kept his distance after, she was no stranger to his commitment issues. This was different, she was no longer the only exception, Ollie kept Felicity close.
The Lance family was privy to a couple of stages in their relationship. Though it was Sara and Detective 'call me officer Felicity, I'm not a detective anymore' Lance that saw Oliver and Felicity grow into partners. Only Detective Lance didn't know it, he saw The Arrow where Sara saw Oliver. Nonetheless it was noticed. Before the fall of the Glades he'd picked up Felicity under the suspicion that she was working for the Hood. Later between the Doll-maker case and the death of The Count, he came to realise the difference between working for and helping. Felicity was helping The Arrow, by choice. In return The Arrow listened, the vigilante trusted her instructions and was there to help, protect and defend her. They were partners.
Sara saw it too. When Oliver first introduced her to the team she was wary. The league had trained her to work alone but watching Oliver, Diggle and Felicity work was something else. They are in sync and each has their job to do, this cute blonde was definitely handy with a computer. By the Clock King case she was glad to have joined the team and Felicity had shown what she was truly made of, saving Sara another bullet scar. She sewed Felicity back together and said her thank you, but it had been Oliver with the last word. Despite the anger and worry he had that she'd faced Tockman alone, relief was the dominant feature on his face and it matched that little hint of pride too. He had definitely helped but Felicity had saved the day this time round. Like she had seen Diggle comforting Felicity earlier, Oliver was doing the same now. They were partners and it made Sara start to seriously reconsider her opinion on teams.
Roy saw them take their relationship to the next level. A couple of times. He'd won fifty bucks off Sara and Digg that night Oliver and Felicity had told the team they were seeing each other. He had to give Digg his money back along with giving him Sara's money and his own when the couple told the team it had been going on for about a week. He would later have the unfortunate pleasure of walking in of the couple making out a few times. After one such awkward moment, Roy had even taken the chance to slyly suggest holding it over Oliver's head the next time Oliver went all big brother on Thea and him. Oliver sent him a glare, Roy let it go, quickly. While a blushing Felicity just watched and giggled and the two from over Oliver's shoulder. She may or may not have been sitting up on the desk which had seemingly been cleared judging by the mess of paper that had been brushed to the floor.
Roy didn't really want to read too much into that though.