This prompt came at the perfect time because I just reached 1000 followers! And what better way to celebrate than with Olicity fluff! Thank you so much to everyone who follows me :)
Anonymous said: I have another dialogue prompt (or just a normal prompt if you don't want to do dialogue)…. Felicity sends Oliver out to buy groceries and he somehow comes back with a puppy!
"Felicity?"
"I'm in here!"
Just from the way he said her name, she could tell Oliver was nervous.
He poked his head around the bedroom door where she was sitting with her laptop, working.
"The store was out of eggs but I got everything else," he smiled.
"I guess I won't be baking any cakes tonight then," she laughed, knowing fine well she would never be able to bake anything anyway.
"I'm so glad," Oliver teased.
There was uncertainty in his voice and Felicity could tell he was definitely nervous about something.
"C'mere and give me a hug. I missed you,"
"I was only gone for an hour," he laughed softly, not budging from where he was standing.
Felicity pouted and moved her laptop from her lap.
"Are you okay?"
"Um…"
"Did something happen? Are you okay?"
Standing up, Felicity rushed over to Oliver, worriedly.
"I'm fine, honestly. I just… I may have done something silly,"
He was still standing in the doorway, most of his body covered by the door, almost as if he was hiding something.
"Oliver… have you been texting my mom again?"
He laughed sheepishly and shook his head.
"I'm always texting your mom. She's a great conversationalist. But that isn't what's happened today,"
"Then what is it? You're freaking me out,"
"Okay, you have to promise you won't get mad at me,"
"Oliver, I can't promise that. You can be particularly infuriating sometimes," she sighed, smiling.
She was teasing, but not really. And she knew he knew that.
"So I was just coming out of the store and um- there was this- I saw-" he cut himself off, at a loss for words and started nibbling his lip.
"Would you spit it out? You look and sound more nervous right now than you did when you put an engagement ring in the souffle and while it's really adorable, you're really starting to freak me out,"
Oliver laughed at that which made her smile. She'd missed the signs at the time but now she knew he'd been planning to propose that night, it was painfully obvious thinking back. She'd never seen Oliver so nervous and the whole night he'd been fidgeting and twitching as they ate dinner and even now she still couldn't believe she'd never had any idea what he'd been planning.
"Felicity… I accidentally got us a puppy,"
"You did what?"
"I got us a puppy. Accidentally,"
"Accidentally?! How do you accidentally get a puppy?!"
"I couldn't help it! I left the grocery store and there was this old guy sitting out there with a box full of puppies and he was looking for people to adopt them and give them good homes and I only stopped for a second just to look at them but then I just couldn't stop looking because they were all so cute and the guy asked if I wanted to hold one and I accidentally ended up adopting it,"
His sentence was rushed; he babbled seemingly without breathing so that when he finally finished speaking, he had to take a deep breath.
Sometimes Oliver reminded Felicity so deeply of herself lately and it never failed to make her heart warm. Now however, was not the time for sentimentalities.
"Did you even think about whether we can look after a puppy? We both work long hours Oliver! I'm at the office all day and then we're both in the bunker for most of the night! We're hardly ever home! When are we supposed to have time to look after a puppy?"
"I figured the puppy could stay down there with us? Or your mom could look after her? Oy Lyla? I'm sure she and your mom would love a little puppy to look after sometimes! She'd be a good companion for baby Sara too, I'm sure of it. I honestly did think about this before I got her; I would never have adopted her if I didn't think we could keep her safe,"
Felicity softened a little at that. Oliver could be really and truly precious sometimes.
"She's a girl?"
Oliver smiled at her question, and she could see the tiniest speck of relief leave his body.
"Yeah. The guy said he's been calling her Peach, but we can rename her if you want?"
"I like Peach. Like Princess Peach, from the Mario video game,"
She knew she'd lost Oliver with the video game reference and she laughed at the temporary blank expression on his face.
"So you're okay with this?" he asked, cautiously after a few seconds of her laughter.
"I'm still mad that you did this without telling me, but I'll probably be less mad when I see how cute she is," she smiled, her eyes warm, excitement slowly starting to overpower the anxiety she felt about suddenly becoming the owner of a puppy and the annoyance she felt that Oliver had done something so huge without so much as a text to tell her what he was up to.
"Well, she's waiting outside to meet you," he smiled.
"She's already here?"
"Yeah, the guy wanted to get rid of the puppies straight away if he could so he handed me a little box, slipped Peach inside and told me to look after her,"
"Tell me you at least got his number so we can contact him if we need to!"
"Of course, Felicity. He gave me his email as well, don't worry. We're gonna have to go out and get supplies this afternoon but I couldn't not bring her straight home to meet you,"
Oliver was so excited; Felicity could see his eyes gleaming with excitement.
She loved this man. She loved this man so much. This man had killed people, fought criminals for a living, spent time with the League of Assassins and had taken down Mirakuru soldiers yet here he was, an excited bundle of nerves over a puppy. A puppy he saw and simply couldn't say no to taking home. There really weren't words in any language to describe how much she loved him.
"Oliver?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you so much sometimes,"
"Just sometimes?" he teased, smiling.
"No, all the time," she laughed. "Now, shut up and let me meet our new puppy,"
