The words she needs to hear
She needs to hear him say he loves her.
She needs him to let him know he care about her in more than a platonic way.
Little did she know that he said it in more ways than one.
It was in the way he looked at her. The smile he reserved for only her. The sparkle in his eyes at the QC board meetings. The way his chest puffed out proudly when she had a witty comeback to Isabelle's underhand comments and the way it always said with a smile. His thankfulness when he came back from a mission alive because of her alerts in his comms. The way he said her name to interrupt her ramblings about his lack of clothing or his leather trousers.
What Felicity didn't realise was that he longed to say the words to his girl Friday even if they were the last words on his lips.
One night during a mission with Roy and Diggle, Oliver was contemplating the very way to tell Felicity he loved her when her voice came through his comms.
"Guys you've really got to get out of there"
"Why Felicity?" Oliver countered
"There are more security guards coming up the back stairwell and they're going to have you surrounded in less than a minute" he voice was nervous and rising in pitch as she spoke.
"We will be fine felicity" he countered with
"Oliver even with all of you, you don't have enough arrows now hurry"
At that moment the rooftop door shot open and around 35 men dressed in black body armor burst out. The three vigilantes gathered back to back in the centre of the roof top as the men
"Guys I can't get a picture of you on the roof are you okay"
"Guys come on at least one of you answer"
Roy looked to his left towards Oliver and was about to reply when Oliver turned and shook his head and mouthed "let me"
"Felicity don't panic we will be back shortly" Oliver lied even he wasn't sure how this was going to pan out especially if these men turned out to be Slade's mirakuru dosed men which he highly suspected.
At that point all three men loaded there bows and fired which started an endless round of gun fire which all three managed to avoid after about five minutes there were still men left to engage in combat with and all three were becoming tired. At one point during the fight Oliver whispered Felicity's name with pure emotion in his voice
"Yes Oliver" she replied her own voice shaky
Diggle and Roy still able to hear what was transpiring between the two exchanged a glance.
"Felicity don't panic promise me you won't because we will be back shortly but I just need to..."
She interrupted him with "Oliver you're babbling that's my job"
He smiled and said the four words she needed to hear "Felicity I love you" at that point he disconnected his comms and started to battle more fiercely as did the other two. They were getting out of this predicament alive. He needed to hear her response.