Shine,

If your heart tells you to then who are you to question it?

Shine,

If the world gets you down don't be afraid to wrestle it

-Shine, Birdy


It had been almost four weeks since Felicity had woken up from surgery, three since she was moved out of ICU, and today was finally the day she was let home. Donna had flown back to her home, leaving Felicity and Oliver in almost complete and utter pure bliss - something neither of them had felt since she had been kidnapped.

Despite the fact that she had woken up, almost hearing his own mini proposal, he refused to let her accept until he could properly propose. He needed to do it - he had planned out the speech and he wasn't going to let it go to waste.

Felicity had been scouring newspapers, news reports, every form of newsreading really, while she was in hospital to see if there was any sign of an obituary for Damien Dhark, anything that would tell her that her father was dead. It was sick, but she wished that he was.

Oliver had repeatedly told her to stop worrying, everything was safe - they had left him in a burning building, he was injured. He was pretty much dead already, but it did almost nothing to soothe her nerves. She knew Oliver was probably right (as always, but she refused to admit that to him), but she was still on edge.

The cab pulled up in front of their house, Oliver had had to go home two days before release and tidy everything up - fix the broken tiles, get rid of the broken glass from the picture frame that he had broken, and reframe the photo. The house was in working order, but he wasn't sure if, Felicity being Felicity, she would just know. Sometimes there was a problem with being in love with a genius.

"Oliver, sweetheart," Felicity used two fingers to guide Oliver's face to look at hers. "You look scared. What's the matter?"

"Not scared, so much as nervous. Last time we were here, together, was the night before you got taken. I have a lot of excuse to be anxious."

Felicity pressed a kiss to his hand, in a comforting gesture. "Hey, I never said you didn't. I was just checking that you were okay, which you clearly aren't. I'm nervous too - the last time I saw this house was when Damien forced me to pack my things and leave you behind. I didn't think I was going to see you again. But if you're not ready to go back in there-"

"It's not that I'm not ready, Lis." Oliver mumbled. "It's just that... I feel like it's partially my fault that you got hurt as it is, like if I had been there, maybe thing's would have had a different outcome."

"Oliver, you're a superhero. You're my hero, sure, but you're also the whole city's hero too. People needed you, I know that." Felicity smiled softly at him, gently locking their hands together.

"Yeah, but you needed me more. And I put the city first, and it makes me feel so guilty. I could have stopped it if I hadn't have been so goddamn busy." Oliver sighed. "I can do it. We both can. I just don't want it to happen again - I can't take even the single thought of losing you. Ever."

"I'm pretty sure we had this conversation before, just the other way around." Felicity smiled at him, pressing her lips to his forehead. "You're not going to lose me."

With a sigh, Oliver pulled open his door, taking Felicity's single bag of stuff that she had brought back from the hospital with them. "Okay. Let's do this."

Their home wasn't half as scary as he had imagined it to be. Despite the fact that he had stepped in there alone, and he knew it was in almost pristine condition, going back in there with Felicity had made him feel so uneasy, that it almost didn't matter. He just kept focusing on the worry and the doubt that was nagging at him saying that something bad was going to happen.

Oliver opened the bedroom door, cleaning that part of the house had been the hardest for him, but he knew it would be harder for Felicity to come back and see it the way it was left when she was taken. So he'd cleaned the floors, fixed the curtains, picked up all the broken glass - he'd even repaired the window and put new covers on the bed.

He placed her bag on the bed, he'd unpack it for her later to save her having to do it (although, she'd probably just go through and rearrange it all later), before he walked out, shutting the door.

Felicity was already getting comfy on the couch, the fire was on, and she looked all cosy with a fluffy blanket covering almost her entire body except her head. She smiled at him, a shy, sleepy smile.

"Felicity Smoak, you... are my kryptonite." He laughed, as he walked over to her, perching on the couch arm. Oliver closed his eyes, as he let her rest her head against his chest, enjoying the feeling, this blissful, happy feeling - one that he had missed oh so much.

"I need to talk to you. It's important." Oliver mumbled, pressing a kiss to Felicity's blonde, unruly curls (no straightener, meant her natural hair took over. Oliver loved it, but Felicity couldn't stand it).

"Yeah? What's the matter?"

He stood up, moving so he was stood in front of Felicity, shaking his head. You can do this. "My whole life, I've been afraid of falling in love. I grew up with parents that faked being in a happy, functional marriage to the point where my mother cheated on my father, and so on and so forth, which you already know." Oliver's palms were slick with sweat. He wiped his hands on his jeans, only then did he notice the slight quiver in his hands.

"I've been with a lot of people, I've told a lot of people that I love them, but I've never really believed it. Until I saw you. I've always been really skeptical about love at first sight, and I know it's highly unlikely that it actually exists - but I knew I liked you, I knew I had some sort of feelings towards you, ever since the day I brought you the bullet hole ridden laptop - actually no, before that."

Felicity's eyebrows furrowed together. "Babe... Where are you going with this? You didn't know me before that."

"Actually, I did. I came back to SC in the five years I was away... I broke into Walter's office, and... You were there. You were talking to my picture, you called me cute. I think it was the first time I had smiled to that extent." Oliver smiled, a small smile. "When I came back, I spent my time looking for you. Then, one time, I saw you. I found out your name, found out your job expertise, and it just so happened, I needed an IT girl at the time."

"This is so cute." Felicity grinned, giggling.

"Let me finish." Oliver shushed her, as Felicity grinned, suppressing a laugh. "I never knew what love was until I fell for you. The day I told you I love you, despite the raging battle outside, it was one of the best day's of my life. Because even though it was 'too fool Slade', I knew it wasn't." Oliver smiled. "You make every day, every fight, every battle worth it. You make me a better person - a person that is better than I ever thought I could be. And, I'm pretty sure I love you more every passing day I spend with you."

He pulled himself down so he was on one knee, pulling the box out of his pocket, before opening it up. "You're crazy, but I love you... Will you marry me?"

Felicity wiped away a tear. "Do you even have to ask? Yes, silly, of course. I wouldn't dream of marrying anybody else."

Oliver grinned, a huge, cheesy grin, before pulling himself back up onto two feet, placing the ring on Felicity's ring finger. "Hello, future Mrs. Queen." He laughed, before pressing his lips to hers.


Wow. That was a long chapter. I know Oliver might have been a bit OOC in this chapter (but then maybe not, he's crazy romantic when it comes to Felicity), but I enjoyed writing it like this.

But the proposal being done means... It's is officially over. I felt this was the perfect place to leave it off, and I'm so happy with how this story has turned out. I have the epilogue left to write/publish (and I'll be uploading them one after another), and I'll be (cheating, probably) and making the epilogue be split into two parts, both around the same event, but if I were to make it how I wanted to into one chapter it would be so, so long, plus it gives you guys a slightly longer story.

I really hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was by far my favourite to write. Thank you to all of you who has reviewed on the last chapter, I'm so pleased that all of you like it.

Lots of love x