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"You know he's not going to let you go alone right?" Sara asked him, knowing that Roy would understand she was referring to his inevitable meeting with his dad today.

"I know. I wish he would." Roy responded, clearly remembering the threat from his dad not even twenty four hours previously.

Before Sara had a chance to respond her phone rang and she stood and walked away for a moment.

"I need to go pick something up." Sara said as she walked back to where Roy was sitting. "Will you be okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Roy answered, not wanting her to worry. "I'll come in soon. I just need a few more minutes."

"Okay, be safe Roy." Sara said as she made her way down the fire escape and away on her bike.


Chapter 8: Peace

Roy sat in silence for several minutes and watched the sleeping city wake. It was in the early hours of the day that Starling City was the most peaceful. The sky was just changing from the brilliant colors of sunrise to the different shades of blue that come with early morning. The city was at peace, and the Team should have been as well, but they weren't. Because of him and his drug and weapons dealing, abusive father his Team was on edge.

He couldn't believe that every time the Team thought they were safe, that they could enjoy some peace, something happened to rob them of that. This time it was Roy's dad threatening the life of Oliver and the Team. Oliver and Felicity didn't deserve this, they had just found their complete happiness with each other and were on their way to living happily ever after. Now all ofthat was threatened because of Roy. As he watched the city wake he thought of the night that Oliver had finally proposed.

One Month Ago...

Oliver had had Felicity's engagement ring for a month now. He had also been trying to pop the question for the same amount of time, however, every time he tried to do so something happened and the date was cut short, or even cancelled. Oliver had spent the last seven days complaining about how he couldn't seem to make it happen. That was when Thea, Roy, Diggle, and Sara called a meeting. They came up with a plan that they ran by Oliver, although he didn't really have any say over the matter, and the preparations began.

Thea, Sara, and Felicity were preparing for a special party of just the Queen and Lance families as well as Team Arrow. At least that's what Felicity had been told. A simple 'happy we're not being held hostage by a maniac' party really, although since the Queen's were hosting it was a very formal affair. While the girls were getting ready, the guys were decorating the lair and trying to keep Oliver from pacing a trench into the concrete floor. Roy had never seen Oliver as nervous as he was that night. Finally Diggle managed to talk the man into a shower and changing into his tux while they waited to hear from Sara.

Finally the lair was ready, Oliver was dressed, and the women were close. Roy and Diggle left Oliver in the lair and went up to the club to greet the women when they arrived a few short minutes later.

"Where's Oliver?" Felicity had asked when she realized the man in question was nowhere in sight.

"He's downstairs. He asked that you go down there and help him with something as soon as you arrived so that you could both be available when the rest of the guests arrive." Diggle said in his best bodyguard voice.

"Please tell me it's not another mission." Felicity pleaded as she headed for the back door. She was too distracted trying to figure out what Oliver could possibly need tonight that couldn't wait one more night. As soon as she was out of sight the Team, including Thea, made their way, very quickly, to the office where they had the video feed from the lair up. If anyone asked the excuse was that Felicity would want a record of this happening so they were simply recording it for her. They would just have to watch closely to make sure they got the whole thing.

Felicity started her descent of the stairs rather quickly, however, she slowed considerably when she heard the sounds of soft, romantic, instrumental music filling the lair. She paused halfway down the stairs as the lair came into full view and the sight before her took her breath away. There were candles of all different shapes and sizes covering every inch of flat surface, the only light in the lair. At the bottom of the stairs there was a path of white rose petals that led to the center of the room, where the man of her dreams stood. She looked at Oliver. He was decked out in his best tuxedo with a dark green tie to complete the look. But what really took her breath away, what caused her heart to beat frantically and her breathing to become unsteady, was the look of pure love that was on his face. He smiled at her, a smile that reached his blue eyes and made them light up, a real smile.

Oliver's nervousness intensified one thousand percent when he heard the door at the top of the stairs open. He could tell from the click of the heels on the stairs that Felicity was coming down. He watched, transfixed, as she slowly came into view. First he saw her black dress sandals, decked in rhinestones that sparkled in the candlelight. As she stepped down another stair he could see the bottom of her floor-length gown. When she stopped two steps later he had followed the slit in the dress up to where it stopped at her thigh. As his gaze traveled up further he noticed that the gown fit her like a glove, showing off every single curve. It was a very simple dress with small, off the shoulder, sleeves and it just happened to be the same deep green as his suit in the case just to his right. She wore a simple emerald necklace that he had given her shortly after they defeated Slade and her hair was down in waves around her shoulders. As his eyes met hers his breath caught in his throat and he could feel is heart racing as he saw the shock which morphed into a look of such love that he thought his heart was going to stop altogether.

Finally he blinked, bringing him out of his trance and he took a step forward, reaching out a hand to her, encouraging her to come to him. She obliged and slowly descended the remaining steps, not once taking her eyes from Oliver's. Finally her hand slipped into his and he drew her into the middle of the lair.

"Oliver?" Felicity asked, obviously curious as to what was going on. Roy laughed as Thea let out a squeal of delight at watching this all unfold before their eyes.

"Felicity." Everyone in the office of Verdant could have sworn that of the many times they had heard Oliver say Felicity's name, it had never sounded like that. He had said her name with anticipation, nervousness, and pure love. The kid was definitely head over heels in love with the woman before him.

"For the last month I have been trying to find a time where we can be alone without being interrupted by Arrow work. Our lives have been crazy the last few months and I finally decided that enough was enough. It was time I had a few moments alone with the woman who has stolen my heart."

"Oliver?" Felicity said his name hesitantly. She didn't know where he was going with this or what he was trying to tell her and it was making her nervous.

"Do you remember the first time we met?" Oliver asked her as he took both her hands in his, drawing her closer to him.

"Yes, in my office in the IT department at QC." Felicity answered with a smile. "You brought me a laptop riddled with bullet holes and claimed you spilled coffee on it."

"When I walked into your office that day my life changed. I met this bubbly blonde, in a pink shirt, hair in a ponytail, with glasses and a red pen in her mouth. This blonde's rambling brought out the first real smile I had worn in five years. She listened to my bullshit about a computer that had coffee spilled on it, a treasure hunt, a friend who liked to shoot arrows, and an energy drink in a syringe." Oliver laughed at all the horrible cover stories that he had told her and yet she never called him out on.

"This same blonde saved my life one night. She found me laying in the back of her itty bitty car in the Queen Consolidated parking garage after my own mother shot me in self-defense. She brought me here, without question, when I asked her to and I'm alive today because she stayed until I woke up. That night that remarkable woman, you, became a permanent part of my life. You help me each and every night with my father's list. You've guided me through missions where I would have been injured, or even killed, if you weren't there to guide and help me. You help patch me up when I get hurt, and are there to yell at me when it was because of something stupid that I did." Oliver took a deep breath and smiled as he placed a gentle hand on her cheek, noting her eyes shining with unshed tears. "Felicity, you followed me to Lian Yu after the Undertaking to convince me to come home. You showed me that the darkness doesn't have to control me, that I could be something, someone, better. You remind me of all the good in the world and for some crazy reason you've stuck by me when two of my worst enemies tried to kill me and everyone I care about."

"Felicity, without you I am just a shell of a man. It's only because of you that I am the man that I am today. I know I don't deserve such a remarkable woman as you, and you deserve someone that is so much better than me. Someone who isn't broken and damaged. Yet you're still here, with me, despite everything." Oliver reached into his pocket as he lowered himself down onto one knee. He opened the box in his hand and looked up to meet Felicity's eyes. "And so, Felicity, I lay my heart at your feet and simply ask you one question... Will you be my girl? Always? Will you marry me?"

The entire Team in the office of Verdant held their breath. They had never heard Oliver open up like he just had with Felicity and they knew already what the blonde's reaction would be to the heartfelt words from Oliver. They weren't disappointed as less than a second later they heard Felicity's answer.

"YES! Of course yes Oliver." Felicity squealed almost as soon as the man before her finished speaking. Oliver then placed the ring on her finger, before standing and pulling her into a tight hug, and then placing a gentle kiss on her lips.

The rest of the Team had then left the office to join their Teammates in the lair with a couple of bottles of champagne and a LOT of congratulations.

Present Day...

Roy hated that he could be the reason that Oliver and Felicity might not get to have their fairy tale ending. As he remembered the looks of pure happiness on his Teammates faces he made his decision. He was going to deal with his dad and keep Oliver out of it, completely.

Roy stood and pulled his hood up. "Sorry guys, but this is something I have to do alone." He said as he looked back to the side entrance of the club that led down to the lair. He took a deep breath, steeling himself for the task ahead, before he turned away and started to make his way across the Glades on the rooftops as Oliver had taught him.

He was going to meet with his dad, and put an end to this, and he was going to do it without dragging his Team into the madness.


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