"Stop!" Felicity squealed as Adrian chased his lips gently down her side. It tickled to her. He grinned against her velvet skin purely enjoying the reaction he was emitting from the woman beneath him. He decided to get off of her and lay to her side. She bashfully covered her face with the blanket from his bed. She giggled and he laughed.

"You're adorable, stop hiding come here!" He said pulling the blanket off her face before kissing her nose and pulling the blonde into his bare chest. They stayed like that for awhile content to be in each other's arms.

His phone rang breaking their spell. He gently got away from her now asleep frame and groaned at the name on his phone.

"Agent Chase," he answered.

"You are being directly called in to the office. Please report to the server room." An automated voice rang. It was Director Michael's code for when they were required for a mandatory meeting. It usually meant that something was occurring. Felicity's phone went off next and she stirred to answer and groaned after hanging up.

"Chase, I need coffee. Lots of amounts of coffee if she's really requiring my ass to be there too."

Felicity had been working till 4:00am decoding and attempting to hack into the Russian government room that was home to Helix. Somehow they had kicked her off the system. She supposed that they found her bug and removed it. It's been weeks of her doing this and Adrian was worried, but knew she wouldn't stop until she solved it.

He obliged to her coffee request and got out of bed. This isn't the Sunday morning he had planned.


"Agents Chase and Smoak will be on this mission. This is the first time in months China White has been spotted. I can't stress how important it is to capture her or any information." Michaels spoke harshly at the two.

After the meeting Adrian had followed Felicity back to her office. She was quiet which bothered him.

She fidgeted the empty coffee cup on her desk as he stood in the door frame watching her. Next was moving pens on her desk. Then her keyboard and titling one of the computer monitors down. What the hell was she doing?

"Felicity…" he spoke softly, not knowing how lost in her own mind she was.

"I don't want to go. I know it's stupid, selfish actually because who wouldn't want to go to Spain? But this, it's so much more. If I tell Michaels I can't go she's going to suspend me. I shouldn't be so stupid…"

"Felicity." He had to stop her rambles as he came close facing her he placed both hands on her shoulders.

"What's going on?" He was gentle and she wasn't used to a man actually being that gentle with her rambles.

"My ex-boyfriend lives there." Her blue orbs looked into him. Why did she look so afraid?

"Okay." Gosh, he should've said something more to encourage her.

"He's a hacker that works for the Spanish mob. It's a long story, but that mob had to let China White in and if they're watching her and we show up then they'll be watching us then me then…"

He hushed her bringing her to his chest as he trailed his hands around her to brush her neck.

He whispered in her ear so softly she thought she'd imagined it. When he pulled away he squeezed her hand. She heard it.

'She's testing you.'


Their hotel in Madrid was beautiful. Felicity had wanted to spend the day making out with Adrian because well frankly the man was stunning. She had forced herself to believe that as soon as this was over she'd summon him to the bed. They'd never leave and she'd have her lips all over his body. After she was done with the last kiss, the last lick, the last touch - he'd return the favor.

She shook the thoughts as he came into the bedroom from the bathroom. His hair was now slicked back. Face clean shaven - a look she hadn't seen since he been her teacher. She cursed at how real she now wanted her fantasy to be. Her jaw must've been open because he chuckled at her breaking her stare.

"Like what you see, Smoak?" He smirked at her.

She stuttered and he chuckled more. He thought she was adorable.

She turned back to the mirror finishing her makeup. She didn't even know how she had got her face to look this good with her thoughts distracting her.

Announcing she was going to put her dress on in the bathroom Adrian sat watching her, studying her.

She came out minutes later in a stunning navy blue dress. His breath caught in his throat as he stood up to the woman before him.

"Beautiful." He muttered as his hands went around her waist. His lips pressed softly to her forehead and down to her neck as her hands swam around his lower back.

"We can stay here. Report nothing happened. Get drunk off the mini bar - wait is that a Kesha song? Anyway I'd like nothing more than for you to rip me out of this dress and smear my makeup," she looked up at him intently, "Adrian."

God was she something. He had to keep his composure though, "Baby I will do anything you want. After this mission."


Another elite party. This seemed to be how to get all The Depot members to come out of hiding. Ghosts were easily spotted. Spanish mob members with their cigars. Random people that had some importance here. No China White though.

She should've been here by now.

Felicity and Adrian decided to split up. They both had comms to communicate with each other as well as Cisco.

Felicity grabbed a flute of champagne on her way to a man who seemed on edge. Everything about his body language screamed at her to follow him.

She followed him down a hallway and turned right when she was grabbed. She tried screaming but was quickly shoved into a dark closet.

"Shit." She spoke before reporting in her status, "Vibe, AD, some asshole trapped me in a closet."

"Anything around you can see to get out?" Cisco asked. She grabbed her phone and turned on the flashlight. "Just a mop and bucket. AD, what's your status?"

"A ghost is following me and…" His comm made a terrible sound. Someone had dropped it in liquid, shit.

"Vibe, I need you to have visual on AD. I'm going to try to pry myself out of here."

"Copy."

She needed to jam the lock. There would be two consequences to that though. One she'd actually get out and two she'd really trap herself in.

"Fuck," she muttered and Cisco heard her.

"Hey Overwatch, got those silver sexy heels on?"

"...Yes."

"Pop the heel off your right foot. Left you a little present."

She did what he said. Inside the heel was a lock picking kit. Genius. She was out of the closet in a minute. Trailing down the hall to Adrian's last position.

"Overwatch, he's in the south hallway. Second door on your left."

She skillfully pulled out the knife from between her breasts as she approached the area.

The door was locked and she was happy to have picks on her. Opening the door there was a bloody faced Adrian with a woman standing over him who had white hair, China.

Felicity took a stance with her knife as China raised a gun at her.

"Look at you so fragile. Tell me sweetie what agency sent you?" China spoke.

Adrian was barely conscious. Felicity noticed China shift to him as she took her eyes off of him.

"Why are you here China. Didn't like living in a hole anymore?" The woman didn't shake Felicity.

"I'm not whom you should be seeking." Before Felicity could question her further she shot at Adrian and flung herself out the window.

She wasn't leaving Adrian here to bleed out. Using the knife she cut him out of the chair. He was coherent now that Felicity had shoved her finger into the bullet wound in his arm. She made sure it didn't damage anything major before dragging him up from the chair.

God he was heavy. Much heavier than she imagined. Telling him they had to move didn't help. His weight was all on her as she told Cisco the situation.

They had to get to a safe house.

Cisco led her out the nearest exit as Adrian held a little bit more of his weight for her to aid him.

Blood was everywhere. He had already lost a lot from his face, hands, and now gunshot wound. She had nothing to press to the wound. If she took his jacket off it could cause more damage. The safe house better be close.

Once outside Felicity, in her blood covered dress, swiftly ran to the parked cars after making Chase sit down. She had to find one that she could manipulate with her phone to make the car think that was its key. Push to start technology was just making her job easier as she quickly got into one and pulled up to where Adrian lied. She helped him in the back seat of the car before quickly driving off.

Cisco provided her directions to the safe house as she sped through the streets of Madrid at night.

The safe house was in an unexpected part of town. Felicity quickly parked the car and gave her codes to the keypad at the back door. Once it was open she went and got Adrian who was now alert.

She set him on the couch and quickly moved to grab the medical supplies. Scissors cut through his suit. The dress shirt and jacket being discarded as Felicity went to work on the bullet wound. Swiftly she pulled the bullet out a bandaged the wound. He needed more blood. The fridge was stocked with every type so she grabbed his and hooked him up to an IV and transfusion.

"Look at you, Smoak. Saving my life and all." He spoke clearly and she smiled.

"I learned a thing or two… I think you're stable enough for me to leave you for twenty minutes."

"Why?"

She cut herself out of the dress not bothering to properly take it off and get blood on herself more. Tennis shoes, sweats, and a hoodie were in her hand as Adrian watched her.

"Got to go ditch the car…"

"You stole a car for me, you shouldn't have." He laughed and winced as his face hurt.


She came back to him washed up and changed into clean clothes. Securing the house she did the final check in of the night with Cisco. They'd be out of there in five hours.

Adrian had crawled into the bed in the studio like room. His body ached. She came and sat next to him checking every wound again to make sure he was okay.

"I'm fine, Smoak."

"Well I didn't get info from China and all you got was a beating a bullet wound. I don't think we are fine. Michaels is going to eat us. Should've stayed at the damn hotel room." She gently ran her hand across his cheek.

"There's another player involved that we aren't seeing."

"She told you the same thing?"

"Yeah, that was after her men beat me. What are we missing?"

Felicity signed, "I think that's a question for Michaels. There's always more information than what meets the eye with her."

She looked away from Adrian as the words he spoke earlier haunted her.

'She's testing you.'


Knife after knife she launched into the target. She was aggravated with herself and this job. This wasn't Felicity. She ignored the burn throughout her body from her work out. The pain in her shoulders from throwing knives so precisely. She didn't care. She didn't want to feel.

As expected Michaels' had torn her apart. The old Felicity would've ran to the nearest restroom and cried. This Felicity just wanted to repeatedly stab at something.

"Felicity, what happened?" she didn't hear Helena enter the room. She threw one more knife before seeing that she was accompanied by Cisco.

"She suspended me."

Both friends were shocked by the words as Felicity grabbed her towel to wipe the sweat from her chest.

"What? Why?"

"China White crawled out of her hole for the first time in months and all I got was my partnered injured and a very mysterious 'I'm not who you want' before she flung herself out the window. Beating Chase was a message to stop coming for her. I'm suspended for a week because I didn't do my job."

She didn't let them answer as she stormed out of the room just wanting to be home.


A knock on her door startled her from her accidental nap on the couch.

"What are you doing here!" She yelled at Adrian as he walked into her apartment.

"She suspended you!" He yelled angry at the situation and not her.

"Don't remind me." She practically barked at him her eyes wide.

"You didn't let me die." He spoke softer now.

"She probably would've rather I left you and chased after China."

"She wasn't giving us any information. I told Michaels that!"

Felicity rubbed her hands over her face in frustration she changed the subject, "You're injured you shouldn't even be standing this long," she motioned to her couch as she shut the door behind him.

He obliged as she sat next to him. No words were spoken as they just sat in silence. Everything that could've gone wrong did. Felicity felt guilty that Adrian got injured like she could've done more. All the doubts started to fill her mind. Why did she choose this? She should be behind a desk and not in the field. Maybe that's what she needed. She'd go straight to Michaels in the morning and ask to be a computer nerd again. Never going back into the field.

His hand rubbed up her back. She didn't realize that she leaned forward with her head in her hands. She spoke all this aloud too. Cursing she groaned as she knew exactly what Adrian was about to say.

"Felicity, in the field everything can go wrong. You know that. At the end of a mission it doesn't matter if you got the intel or not. You're alive. That's what matters. This job can take our lives and everyday it doesn't is a victory. You wanted to serve a bigger purpose. There isn't a single agent out there with your computer skills and field skills. Michaels values you."

He sat up to pull her hands away from her face as he took his own to make her look at him. Tears ran down her cheeks as he spoke, "You know one thing? Out of all of us in that agency you're one of the ones that still has their humanity. Keep that Felicity hold onto it as tight as you can."

She kissed him, hard. She expected him to pull back or stop her in some manner but he didn't. He kissed back just as hard as passion ignited through them.

The fire went out the second Adrian winced. Now remembering he was injured and was in no shape to do what he wanted with Felicity.

"Damn it," he cursed causing her to giggle.

"Are you okay?"

"No, I can't have the very attractive woman before me right now. Bullet wounds hurt." He pouted and she kissed his cheek tenderly.

"Well Agent Chase, this very attractive woman can take care of you so you heal faster...and you know other things…"

"Miss Smoak do inform me of these other things."

The sound of her giggles all night made him fall for her harder. Felicity had no idea how incredible she was.


A/N: Please review!