It was a normal evening in the foundry for Felicity, or as normal as it gets nowadays. After Oliver found out about her new job and boss, he was rather vague about his feelings towards the situation. He didn't ask her questions or even say anything to be honest. He doesn't make eye contact or touch her shoulder anymore. And it hurt Felicity but she now just ignores her pain and has moved on with life.
Anyway, so it was a "normal" night in the foundry. Dig was at home with Lyla and the baby, Roy and Oliver were out on patrol and Felicity was furiously typing away at her computers. All of a sudden, she heard Roy and Oliver come down the steps.
"Oliver, is everything alright? You normally aren't back for another hour or so. Did something happen?" But Oliver just ignored her questions and stared at Roy, who was viciously attacking a sparing dummy.
"Roy is everything alright?" She said walking over to him.
"Just go away Felicity." He sounded distressed.
"I'm not going anyway until you tell me what's wrong." At this, Roy walked over to the couch and put his face in his hands.
"I tried Felicity. But I couldn't … I couldn't stop them." He said with a strained voice. "She died... She died and it's my fault." He began to cry. This was the most vulnerable Felicity had seen anyone in over two years.
"Hey. Hey, Roy, it's okay" she said as she crouched down in front of Roy and took a hold of his hands. "Roy, you need to breath. What happened?"
"Well, Oliver told me that we should split up for a bit so I was by myself. Um, I heard a scream and I followed the sound. That's when I saw them, the two muggers. They were beating this poor girl and when the saw me, they ran. Oh Felicity, I'm such an idiot."
"It's okay Roy, you can tell me" Felicity said.
"Um, instead of helping the girl, I tried to chase after the muggers. But I didn't catch them. And by the time I can back to her, she… she was dead." Felicity then sat up on the couch next to Roy and pulled him in for a hug. And they just sat there, Roy crying and Felicity consoling him, until he fell asleep. Oliver just sat at his work station sharpening his arrow while Roy slept against Felicity. Once Felicity knew that Roy was well asleep, she lifted up his head and headed back to her computers.