A/N: So this is my first foray into anything Arrow...which I've made only slightly better (maybe) by going AU. This will be a collection of Drabbles, one-shots (and maybe the occasional two-shot) that covers all sorts of prompts, both in cannon and not. If you have any ideas leave them in the reviews or find me on tumblr at cupcakemusings!
Disclaimer: I don't own them or I would have smooshed Oliver and Felicity's faces together ages ago.
Her blonde hair was swishing behind her in the early morning sunlight, the park nearly deserted and Binary, her chocolate lab was easily keeping in pace with her as she jogged along the paved path. She had only been in Starling City for a week now but Queens Park had quickly become her favorite place to go. Especially to jog in the mornings.
Binary hated being cooped up in her small studio apartment that was nestled in downtown Starling City only blocks away from her office and she felt bad so she countered with as much time in the park as she could spare. Her new job in the IT department of Queens Consolidated had kept her busier than she had expected when she took the job.
Felicity slowed to a stop and leaned down and rubbed Binary's head as he panted his happy pant.
"Alright buddy, let's go play."
She was surprised to see another dog in the dog park area before seven AM, but she tossed the ball as far as she could into the field and watched as Binary took off towards it. It didn't take long for the German shepherd to come trotting towards her and Binary.
"Hey sweetie," she cooed to the dog and petted his head softly. "Where is your owner?"
She looked around but there was no trace of another human around. Felicity reached for the collar and read the tag.
"Regina, huh?" She said with a smile and another rub between the dog's ears, "Hi Regina. Of course there is no number on here. Your owner must be an idiot."
Felicity pulled out the pack of treats from her pocket and fed one to her new friend. Binary nudged her hand and she laughed and feed her companion one of her treats as well.
"Don't worry Binary," Felicity told her lab with a shake of her head. "I'm not going to forget about you. Let's play some okay?"
She tossed the ball for them for a while while still trying to keep an eye out for Regina's owner. Her owner never appeared. After twenty minutes of playtime and it inching dangerously close to making Felicity late she re-leashed Binary and grabbed the leash that was hanging off the fence and matched Regina's collar and leashed her as well.
"I'll just take you home with me for now and then see if you're micro-chipped on lunch and get in touch with your owner."
Felicity was nearly to the edge of the park when she heard someone yelling behind her.
"Hey! Hey!"
She paused and turned to see a rather tall, good-looking guy headed her way. He was a few feet away when he came to a stop, his face distorted into a frown.
"That's my dog."
Felicity tried to ignore the fluttering in her stomach when he spoke, his voice deep and soothing despite his apparent anger.
"You have my dog."
Felicity stood up a little straighter, determined to not let him fluster her even as he took a step towards her.
"Then maybe you shouldn't have left her alone in the dog park for more than thirty minutes. Or left your phone off her collar."
He stilled but only for a moment.
"I didn't think anyone else would be there that early."
Felicity shrugged, "Doesn't matter."
"I know," he admitted and rubbed a hand through his hair. "I had to make a phone call for work and left my phone at home and ran back to get it. Gina doesn't always want to listen to me and didn't come when I called. I thought I'd be back before anyone noticed her."
Felicity cocked her head to the side, "A work call, at six in the morning?"
"Conference call with my offices in New York and London. Much later there."
"You should have your number on her collar."
"She's more of my sister's dog, I'm just kind of watching her for a few days."
Felicity handed over the sparkly purple leash and sighed. "Just be more careful."
"Yeah, sure."
She turned and stalked away before she let her anger grow anymore.
OOOOO
The next morning she went through her routine like normal and was only partially surprised to see Regina in the dog park again only this time the handsome stranger was sitting on a bench by the gate.
"Good morning," he said with a smile that could make an iceberg melt. "I just wanted to say sorry again about yesterday…"
"It's fine," Felicity answered with a shrug. "No conference call this morning?"
"Thank god no." Regina came up to Felicity and nudged her pocket and the stranger laughed. "She likes you."
"I gave her a treat yesterday," she answered with a smile and pulled out the treats, "She probably just remembers that."
She threw the ball and Binary ran towards it with gusto, running it back and dropping it at her feet. "Good boy!"
She threw it again and let him run off his excess energy, which even at eight he seemed to overflow with.
"Will I see you tomorrow?"
The stranger's voice pulled her out of her thoughts and she turned to look at him surprised.
"What?"
"Do you come here on weekends too?" he asked, "I…I was wondering if I could bring you a cup of coffee in thanks for taking care of Regina yesterday."
"That's not necessary…"
"I'd still like to do it."
"I…uh," Felicity started and then shrugged, "I'm usually here a little later on Saturdays. Usually by eight."
"See you tomorrow at eight then," he said and then leashed Regina and headed out of the dog park. "What's your name?"
Felicity smirked, "bring me a mocha tomorrow and maybe I'll tell you."
"Deal."
OOOOO
Felicity came to a stop in front of the dog park five minutes before eight the next morning to several more dogs with their owners playing in the area but there was no sign of the stranger she'd meet two days before.
Felicity rolled her eyes, "Figures."
She pushed thoughts of the handsome guys, whose name she still doesn't know, out of her mind and focused on her game of catch with Binary. Felicity didn't notice the pair of eyes following her with a smile. Not until there is a steaming cup of coffee in front of her nose.
"Hey…"
"Mocha," he said with a grin, "as promised."
"Thank you."
"Now your name."
"Mmmm…"
"A deal is a deal."
"I never said for sure," Felicity reminded him with a smirk and pushed her sunglasses up on her nose. There was some movement that caught her eye and she turned to catch Binary starting to roll in some mud by the fence.
"BINARY!" she yelled and the lab stopped what he was doing and ran towards her and jumped up on her. "Ugh, Binary stop! DOWN!"
The stranger was laughing. "Binary?"
"I'm kind of an IT nerd," she said with a shrug. "Binary is numerical system for computers."
"I would not have pegged you for IT."
"What would you have pegged me for?" she asked her hands firmly on her hips and she could tell he could sense the agitation in her voice by the way he put up his hands in surrender and stepped back.
"I didn't mean anything bad by it," he replied. "I just…you know what, I'm going to stop, right now."
"Good plan pretty boy."
He smirks a little and shoves his hands into his pockets. "So…name?"
Felicity smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'm Felicity."
"Fe-lic-ity," he said slowly and her insides flip at his smile. "I like it."
"Thanks. And yours?"
"Oliver." He answered quickly. "I'm Oliver."
Felicity outstretches her hand and he grasps his softly and warmth spread up through her arm. "Nice to meet you Oliver."
A/N: So...What do you think?
