One sentence prompt from anon: "I couldn't save her"
Genre: Angst (I hope) :)
It's unbelievable how fast one's life can change. It just takes a second, sometimes even less, for your world to stop spinning, for time to stop ticking, for your body to shut down completely. And it took a fraction of a second for Felicity's life to end and a phone call to tear apart Oliver's.
"Oliver Queen?" the voice over the phone asked when Oliver picked up.
"Yes that's me. Who is this?" he asked confused.
"It's officer Lanely. I'm sorry to inform you, but Miss Smoak was in an accident-"
"What?" he cut him off. "No, no, no. Where is she?" His voice rose and the pain in it was clearly noticeable. "Is she-"his voice broke. He couldn't even imagine his life without her; he couldn't imagine a world without her in it. "Is she alive?"
"She's at the intersection of Wayne's and Smith's. And I don't know Mister Queen, I saw her and I don't know if she's alive but if she is, she won't be for long. I'm sorry, Mister Queen."
"NO!" Oliver screamed and threw his phone into the wall and time seemed to stop at that moment. Everything was in slow motion. The phone traveled for ages before it hit the wall. And Oliver was unable to move. Unable to do anything. Despite the heaviness in the air and paralyzed muscles, Oliver pushed himself to move. If she was still alive but dying slowly the least he could do is say goodbye to her, but if she's dead already he could say goodbye to her lifeless body, wishing her soul would find peace and happiness where ever it was going to. Oliver never believed in God and Heaven but he prayed that she would be in a happier place. "Don't burry her yet. She's not dead, she can't be dead." Time finally started ticking again and Oliver was able to move. He jumped to his bike and drove off to Felicity.
He got there faster than he expected, which was probably because he almost broke the gas pedal by pressing it a bit too tightly. He jumped down his bike, not caring that it fell on the ground and made his way to the crush site. And there was quite the scene unfolding. He saw two cars, one with its front side smashed and Felicity's mini that looked even smaller, flipped over, windows were crushed, metal was bent, and it was almost unrecognizable. Oliver heart broke. He knew that her car must have turned a couple of times before stopping and he knew she was fragile and even if she was strong she wasn't that strong. He also saw a stretcher with a black bag being pulled to the coroner's van. But it wasn't until he saw a blond hair in that body bag that he completely lost it. "No! Please no!" Oliver pushed past the police but they caught him and tried to stop him from going to the coroner's van.
"Sir you are not allowed back here-"
"Let go of me! I have to-. Let me say goodbye to her! Please just." Oliver yelped, his voice feral. "Please, I need to see her. I have to tell her something." But the hands holding him back didn't release him. "IT WASN'T A LIE, FELICITY. I LOVE YOU!" He realized the police men aren't going to let go of him, so he just screamed to her, for her. He hoped she would hear him. "She is dead", he thought, "of course she can hear you". Tears rolled down his cheeks. "I love you so much, I will always love you, okay? I will never forget you, never." He whispered and brushed off police men's hands and walked away.
The ride to his house was much longer than his ride there. His vision was blurred because of all the tears in his eyes and he almost had an accident himself. When he finally came home, he fell on the floor, not caring that Thea was there with Roy. He started crying again, this time the screams were present.
"Oliver-" Thea crouched down and put a hand on his shoulder.
"She's gone. I couldn't save her. She's gone. I have so much to say to her. I still need her. I can't take this pain. I just can't."
"Oliver, what are you talking about?" Just as she asked him, there was a knock and the door opened.
Digg rushed over to Oliver when he saw him on the floor screaming and crying.
"Hey man, are you okay? I was just there." He helped him up and Oliver immediately hugged him.
"I couldn't save her, Digg. When I came there it was already too late. I couldn't save her. I'm sorry. I should have told her how I felt about her."
"What are you talking about, man?" Digg stepped back out of his hug and looked at him confused. "She is not dead. She is pretty banged up, and she was dead for few seconds but now she's alive and in the hospital."
"Wha- What? Don't mess with me, Digg. She's dead. I saw her, I saw her in a freaking body bag!"
"No, Oliver, she's alive. You most likely saw the driver of the car that ran Felicity of the road, she's the only one dead. Felicity is alive, I would never joke about something like this."
Oliver felt the weight of the world lifted off of his shoulders and he let out the breath he was probably holding since he saw the blond hair in a body bag. He was never as grateful for anything in his life as he was grateful now, that the love of his life was alive.
"Now that you are finally ready to accept your feelings, go to the hospital and tell her how you feel. Tell her how you felt when you thought she was dead. Tell her everything."
"I will, trust me. I will." He smiled, wiped away his tear and made his way to the hospital.
She was there. Lying on the hospital bad with bruises and cuts on her face. She was there, hurt and bruised but she was alive. That's all that mattered to him. He walked up to her, her eyes slowly opening and he sat on the bed and held her hand while he told her everything he was feeling towards her.
"I love you. I truly love you." He looked into her big, deep ocean blue eyes that were so full of life and he kissed her forehead.
"I love you, too." Closing her eyes, she let darkness consume her.
Hello :) If I tricked you, I'm glad because tbh I tricked myself too. I wasn't sure if Felicity is dead until my best friend got mad at me for killing her so yeah I brought her back :P But seriously I didn't know her fate until i was halfway through and I decided I will let her live, because I just couldn't kill her :)
Btw thank you all for support I'm really really grateful for it :) Thank you all :D I love youuu all :*
Hana ;)
Also Belle97 thank you so much that was one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me :D Thank you so much, lovely :) That week was a little rough so I was feeling a little bit self-esteemless (idek if that's a word) anyways thank youu soo sooo much I lovee youuu :D :*
