Felicity sat on her couch on her tablet like she always does when her son was patrolling, the only difference is that Oliver was not sitting next to her, she had asked Connor to come home tonight, tomorrow was the weekend and she had re arranged her meetings so that she could be home for Oliver and the kids.
"Hi mom" Felicity turned her head to see her 10 year son in his e=mc2 pyjamas.
"Baby, what are you doing out of bed?" she reached her arm out to him.
"Actually never went to bed" Louie said walking towards her.
"Let me guess science project, monkey you have two weeks, but I know you're excited" she says as Louie sits on the edge of the couch leaning back against Felicity.
"Sorry, just had a few ideas wanted to get them down" he sleepily said, as Felicity stroked his hair. "I knew you would be down here waiting for Connor and with dad … you know dad, I thought I'd wait with you".
"Hmm" she kissed his temple bringing him closer to her, "thank you" she whispers. She pulls one of the pillows and sets it against the armchair rest where she is sitting, Felicity puts her feet on the footrest as Louie places is head on the pillow and is lying down on her. "I love you monkey" she rubs her nose against his.
"Love you too Mama".
Oliver was plagued by nightmares, he dreamt about Slade, Amanda Waller, Malcolm Merlyn, Hong Kong, now that he knows he has a family he dreamt them being in danger. He woke up in a sweat, trying to reassure himself that all of that was long in the past. He stood, he needed a glass of water, he made his way to the kitchen, and he noticed the burning fire in the fireplace and a shadow. Oliver walked into the living room; the picture in front of him filled his heart of joy. Felicity was on her tablet her other hand played with Louie's hair as he was fast asleep across her.
"Hi" he said quietly to not wake Louie.
"Hi" she put her tablet down, "Couldn't sleep?" she asks in a low voice,
"Nightmares" he manages a smile at her.
"Oh, really you haven't had nightmares in such a long time" she stated shaking her head trying to remember the last time he had been haunted.
"Well Oliver in 2014 had nightmares … I'm sorry I should have let you sleep in your room, you're on the couch" he quickly changes the subject.
"No, no, don't worry about it, it's your room too, besides I will crash with Sky, this … I am waiting for Connor, when he goes patrolling, I always wait to hear from him" she smiles, "Oliver I'm so sorry with everything I didn't tell you that they knew, Digg mentioned that he told you …"
"It's ok, I'm really glad that they know it would make this whole thing harder if they didn't know that" he stated earning a nod and a smile from her. "Let me guess, I usually wait up with you, because I that is something I would definitely do" he smiled locking his eyes with hers.
"Yes, that's why this little man is here, keeping me company although the moment his head touched the pillow he fell asleep" she giggled, her phone beeped checking it she sees a text from Connor. "That's Connor, he is done for the night and is heading home, I guess I should wake this one up and take him to bed" she shifted only to be stopped by Oliver who places a hand on her knee, he gets up and picks Louie up in his arms, carefully ensuring he didn't wake him up.
"Which one is his room" he smiles at her as he uses his free hand and holds it out for her to take.
"The first one on the right of the staircase" she takes his hand and gives it a tight squeeze, she felt crazy but she had missed touching him today, and she held his hand just a little longer than necessary, things were going to be different, he did not remember getting with her, therefore she was sure touching and kissing and all of that other stuff was a no no for a while.
Once they had put Louie down, Felicity closed his door and leaned against it, looking up at Oliver. Their gaze is interrupted when Connor comes through the door; they went downstairs to greet him.
"You alright, any cuts or bruises anything that needs the med kit?" Felicity asked as she took his face in her hands and studied him,
"No mom, it was a quiet night" he said cheekily.
"I know that look, please tell me you did not pay Emma a visit" she slapped his arm.
"You told me never to lie right" Connor smirked.
"Who's Emma?" Oliver asked, approaching more closely, he too had started to worry if his son was hurt.
Connor laughs "sorry, for a second I forgot that you forgot" he chuckled.
"Emma is a girl that works at QC in the finance department, she also works at Starling National Bank during the weekend and this one here makes it his mission to follow her, make sure she gets home alright and sometimes visits her in his Green Arrow attire" Felicity lifts her eyebrow glaring at her son.
"Does she know who you are?" Oliver asks.
"No and she has only met me as me a handful of times, first time she met me the boss's son didn't really go down well and the other few times, let's just say it is easier to talk to her when I am the Green Arrow, because me talking as Connor Queen is very hard apparently" Connor laughs.
Oliver laughs too, he is happy that his son has found someone, "Well I guess Ollie Queen before the island has to teach his son how to act around women" he laughs.
"All of your pickup lines that you've told me to use are horrible, they haven't worked" he joked.
"Remember what I said, you don't need pickup lines just be you, she will like you for you, take a breath and talk to her" Felicity chips in.
The two men laugh, "Ok I'm exhausted, I'll see you in the morning, night mama" he kisses Felicity on the head, "Night dad" he pats Oliver on the chest earning a pat on the back from him.
Alone again Oliver looks at her, she really is exactly the same, she may have the smallest of wrinkles near her eyes but her appearance was the same, you wouldn't know it that she was 45. He noted that her breasts were looking larger; he figured it must be because of the 4 children that she gave birth too.
"Until I can get into a rhythm here and know what is going on, can you please let me know when he is patrolling, and I'll stay up with you" he squeezes her shoulder.
Felicity can feel her legs wobbling, she had no idea why she was acting this way, he was her husband, they have been together for 18 years, but the idea of this Oliver being the same one as the man who didn't really see her in that way even though he had admitted to being in love with her, he made her feel uneasy and all gooey around him again. All the sexual tension that was between them all those years ago was back and she found herself feeling nervous around him.
"Yeah, of course, I'll let you know" she blushed.
"Ok" he chuckled, he notices her blush, and he feels like it is actually 2014, the way they were with each other.
"Ok" she bites her lip, "I'm going to go to ermm" she bumps into a table near the staircase, "bed, off to bed goodnight" she turns around and sprints up the stairs.
"Goodnight" Oliver chuckles. When Oliver goes back to bed he is no longer haunted by nightmares, yet he dreams about Felicity and his children.
This came to me as I went to bed and I quickly typed it up, I thought it would be nice to have a short chapter to show the this.
Thank you for the reviews and the followers and favourites I appreciate it. Also I find myself really enjoying writing this, I am somehow always finding time to write something for this story, me as the person writing it gets very excited. Reviews are welcomed
BTW I am aware that i made a mistake with Connor's age he should deffo be older 26 or so and, was going to change it but i thought it might make it confusing but yes he should defoo be at least 26 later i will mention that he was 6 when Oliver found out about him so that would make him 26 maybe in the next chapters to come i can do something but yeah sorry for the confusion.