I have not had a chance to write an Olicity fic in a very long time! I've been so busy with work. I am so far behind on Arrow! Thankfully Netflix will be getting Arrow very soon and I can catch up! I really hope you enjoy and feel free to leave a review and a like! I value every opinion!
"Okay can we all take a vote?" Felicity asked as the jet began to descend towards the runway. "Let's always take missions that have the phrase beach house in it."
"I'd vote yes," Diggle agreed pulling his sunglasses off his blue tank top and placing them on his face. "Miami here I come!"
"Well I did shipwreck on an island for a very long time. I think I will pass," Oliver remarked. Oliver had remained quiet the majority of the flight.
"Not even the Queen of sulking can kill my positive vibes," Felicity said ignoring Oliver's grumpy mood. She had noticed something had been eating at him these past few days. Ever since they agreed to take the case Felicity had found in Florida .
Felicity had been trailing an illegal drug operation that had originated in Starling City. They were using a spin-off drug of Vertigo known as Oblivion. Oliver and the team had come very close to busting their drug operation a month ago, but sadly a few of the more important members higher up the drug chain were not present when Oliver and Diggle busted the operation. After trying to find leads for weeks Felicity final caught wind of the operation rebuilding in Miami, Florida.
Felicity had intel that a big deal was going to take place in two days. According to the text messages she had hacked into, the deal was supposed to take place at twelve o' clock at a place yet to be disposed yet. If all went according to plan,the location was supposed to be revealed tomorrow.
Oliver had originally just wanted to go down for the one day. After continuous pleading and begging on the behalf of Felicity, Oliver caved h zin and decided the team could head down early. Oliver's family had purchased a beach house several years ago. It used to be a frequent vacationing spot for the Queens. Felicity had pointed out the a little relaxation could be good for the team. Also she noted that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a lay of the land. Miami was a bit larger than Starling. Surely Queen Consolidated could survive three days without the two of them.
The jet touched down on the runway and after a minute came to a complete stop. They grabbed their luggage and headed toward the exit. Their flight had only taken them three hours.
"Owning a private jet sure does have a multitude of advantages. No luggage check, no paying for overpriced tickets, no flight delays, and not having to sit in front of a future soccer star," Felicity said as she carried her luggage down the stairs. Instantly the humidity hit her. "Well I am glad I wore my tank top. Phew it's hot."
"How far of a drive to the beach house?" Diggle asked curiously.
"About thirty minutes unless we hit traffic," Oliver answered reminiscing on his vacation here. He remembered Thea splashing him with the salty ocean water while his parents watched from their beach chairs planted in the sand. Thea would always to try to build sand castles but fail miserably. She would always build them to close to the water line and the tide would always rise and destroy her creation. Oliver had always preferred the sea life. His parents had gotten him a snorkel and he would spend hours attempting to catch fish with his bare hands. He never succeeded but that never kept him from returning the next time and trying it all over again. He did try to pick up a crab once, but quickly changed his mind after its pinchers latched on to his fingers.
In that moment Oliver wished he could return to the innocence of his childhood. He closed his eyes and pictured his whole family returning to the beach house together. His father still alive with his arm wrapped around his mother. His mother laughing at a joke his father had told. Thea gearing to go to the beach with a shovel and a castle mold in her hands. Then there was him. A snorkel dangling from his neck . He was ready to explore the sea life.
A hand on his shoulder jarred him from his vision and brought him back to reality. The reality where his father committed suicide and murder in front of his eyes to ensure that he survived. Where his father gave him a list of people that had failed the city he thought so proudly of. The reality where his mother worked with Malcolm Meryln to destroy the glades. The reality where Thea had become defiant and started using drugs. How he longed to go back to the vision he had devised. The reality where he spent five years in living hell.
"Oliver are you ready? The rental car is here," Diggle said looking a little concerned.
"Yeah sorry I was just remembering a few things," Oliver explained knowing that he needed to return his focus on reality. He picked up his luggage off the ground and caught a glimpse of Felicity. She was looking at him as if she was concerned. She was always harder to convince than Diggle was. She was highly talented at seeing through his lies. He was glad that she decided not to press on the matter. He helped her place her luggage in the trunk and then opened the door to her seat.
The car ride to the beach house was a quiet one. Oliver stared out the window most of the time and Felicity knew something was really going on with him. Deciding that she didn't want to make him even more upset than he already was, she avoided poking the bear with a stick. Diggle would spark up a conversation every now and then between the two of them, but sadly she couldn't keep the conversation flowing.
They pulled into their destination after forty minutes. They had hit a small patch of traffic, but nothing that was too time delaying.
"Wow Oliver, this place is amazing," Felicity complemented in complete awe. She had a mental debate with herself on convincing Oliver to let her move into the beautiful house before her.
"Thanks. Please make yourselves at home," he offered seeing the excited looks on their faces. They quickly unloaded their luggage into the four bedroom beach house. After unpacking a few items, Felicity quickly slipped into her bikini. It had been years since she had been on a beach. She had been to busy with her schooling and her I.T. job. Felicity had just bought the bikini yesterday. She decided to go with a red Victoria Secret bikini. Sure it may look a little bit skimpy, but maybe it would attract the attention of a certain someone.
Even though he was extremely moody and she knew nothing would ever happen between them, she had still fallen for him. It was one of those feelings that made her feel like a school girl fawning over the handsomest boy in class all over again. She knew he was out of her league, but her fantasies didn't seem to get the memo. Every now and then he would just glance at her and her stomach would turn into a acrobat. The way he would say her names at times would make her want to collapse to her knees. Why was he so irresistible?
She finished putting on the bikini and got a glimpse of herself in the mirror. The bright red really popped on her light skin tone. Hopeful she could get his eyes to pop when he got a look at her. Satisfied with her appearance, Felicity headed toward the door and swung it open confidentiality. A figure was standing with his fist up in a knocking position where the door once was.
"Oliver?" She asked baffled. Her confident swagger deflated like a balloon. She felt her stomach tense up as she met his eyes.
"Felicity, hi..oh wow um you look beach ready," Oliver said noticing the red suit. She could tell he was taken aback by the bikini.
"Wha... what are you doing outside my door? Oh and this?" She asked indicating to her bikini. "This is just something I uh.. I pulled out of my closet." She wanted to downplay the bikini. As much as she wanted him to know that she bought it in hopes to impress him, she absolutely would die if he found out.
"I just wanted to make sure you were settling in okay. Diggle already headed out to the beach. I was seeing if you were ready to join him?" Oliver answered still taking in the sight in front of him.
Felicity was about to say yes when she felt that her knot that was holding the top part of her bikini up was feeling a little loose. "Yeah just give me one second. I need to retie this knot up here. It's so hard to get it right when you are tying it from a weird angle," she said getting ready to excuse herself into the bathroom.
'Let me help," he offered. Felicity felt her stomach drop. Was she living in fantasy or reality right now?
"What?" She asked truly at a loss for words. She was pretty sure her cheeks were now matching the color of her bathing suit.
"Let me fix it for you. You said it was hard to tie by yourself, so let me tie it for you," he responded. She could not believe her ears. "Turn around."
Still in shock she followed his instructions. She felt the heat of his body as he moved behind her. He gently brushed her hair out of the way to the side. His fingers grazing her bare shoulders. His fingers gently began undoing the loose knot she had created. His fingers brushed against her skin. She felt shivers run down her spine. He finished the knot with a tightening pull, and his finger trailed a string down her back. Her breath caught in her chest as he returned her hair to its original position. She turned around and found she was looking at his chest. She slowly raised her gaze and was met by his eyes.
"Well uh... th... thank you for uh... for uh helping me put my suit on. Not that you actually put it on me or anything! That would be highly inappropriate and super awkward. I mean you just retied the tie that I had done originally but since I can't do simple things I messed up,"She rambled super nervous as to how close she was to him. He didn't say anything for a minute and she was getting super nervous. "Well uh... you wanna..uh go to the beach?"
"You go on ahead. I will catch up with you guys in a few," Oliver answered. He then broke eye contact and back a few steps away.
"Alright, see you in a few then," Felicity responded as she tried to keep a calm composure while exiting the room. When she was out the back door, she took a second to let her brain catch up with her heart. Her heart felt like it was beating faster than it ever had before. She was still trying to wrap her mind around what just happened as she began heading towards the beach.