Dear Readers! This one was so difficult to write, and I admit it turned out to be very short, more of an epilogue of the story. I hope you're all gonna enjoy it. I really can't tell what an amazing experience was with all of you, with having your support, even the times when you didn't agree with the story line, I loved debating with all of you. Thank you for all the faves/follows, the reviews, and everything, it meant a lot.
Special thanks for Gin2a who was the beta of my story for the last chapters.
(Corrected version is coming later, so sorry about my current mistakes)
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It was incredible how much Felicity improved in the last year. From a clumsy IT girl who sat behind the desk she slowly become one of the most graceful fighters I've ever seen. I was watching her practicing with Oliver. They were like dancers. All of their movements were calculated and still they managed to make it look effortless, and natural. Oliver was the strength, and Felicity was the balance.
Of course she could barely use her newly found talents in the real world as Oliver fought until his last breath to stop her from getting way too involved into dangerous situations. It was a constant topic of heated arguments between the two of them. Just like in all of their fighting sessions they were going back and force when it came to this topic as well.
Felicity of course always gave a hard time to Oliver. The reasoning with her was almost impossible as she being the smartest in our team, she always found her way around every issue, every reasoning to get her point across.
The road to this moment that I could watch them together day by day, finally without any of them pretending that they were only working together, or that they were only friends was anything but easy. I always thought there would be only two ways for them to end. These two options were them falling apart completely, losing everything they built up, or with them getting together, letting their walls fall down.
It was a long and painful journey for both of them until they could reach the point where they are at now. It took countless lies and secrets kept, out of so called protectiveness, fear of disappointing each other, and many sleepless nights to be here today.
They had a perfect dynamic between them, and not only when they were practicing. Felicity was anything if not difficult to play out, keep secrets from. She was always one step in front of him, had this "don't mess with me" attitude when it came to Oliver. She saw through his acts of pretendness. Oliver needed that. He needed someone who could stop him from being wreckless, who could stop him from turning into a ruthless killer. He needed the light in his life, and Felicity offered that to him.
Of course, Felicity needed Oliver in her life just as much as he needed her. Before Oliver she spent her life behind the safety of her computers. She didn't let anyone close to her, terrified she would get hurt again.
After the fall out they had, I wasn't sure if they would be able to find their way back to each other. They were alike in many things, one of them was their stubborness, and pride. I wasn't certain if after everything that happened between them they would be able to move on, and start again.
Both of their trust were so fragile, I thought it would be impossible to rebuild what they slowly but surely managed to destroy completely. Or shall I say, I thought they destroyed it completely. It turned out the ties between them were stronger than even I imagined. They relied on each other, and they were smart enough to realize that.
However, I got a feeling that this peace would only last so long. They had many fights in front of them, and I know my life is never going to be boring with these two but I'm happy they gave me a break for the time being I thought as I watched Felicity placing a small kiss to Oliver's lips, telling him to be safe while chasing another threat to the city.
