Sammieathome: Thea is not sure how she feels. She is seeing a side of her brother she thought was lost. Love suited him.


When Oliver drove off into the sunset Thea presumed he was rushing into yet another relationship like all those previous ones. When they came back completely relaxed and at peace, she knew she couldn't have been more wrong.

She watched with baited breath waiting to see him do what he always did when things got serious, he'd run, he'd leave it all behind. But he didn't. Instead she sees Felicity bring out a side in Oliver she had thought died with him when he was gone for those 5 years.

She sees it in the small things. The looks they share, where 1000 words are spoken without a single mouth moving. The smiles they exchange, shy and timid, bold and flirty, but always at each other. The small touches, his hand on her shoulder, hers on his arm in comfort, in joy, in sadness, in everything. Even in the way they shared a small kiss before he leaves for every mission. The way she always patches him up even after arguments, even when she told him not to, she still takes care of him.

Thea watches carefully as their relationship grows, notes how much her brother has changed. How even when in past relationships his eyes would wander but now he was oblivious to the women throwing themselves at him. He only had eyes for Felicity, and every time he saw her he'd light up, completely. His whole posture and demeanour changed. But she noticed Felicity was the same, she sparkled, her eyes shining brightly around him.

Thea couldn't believe it, the brother that was closed off when he first came back was starting to open up even more and it was only now she realised why. Because of Felicity, because of the light she brought into his life. She made him lighter, she made him enjoy life, she made him, him. And thanks to this remarkable women Thea was finally getting to know her brother completely, every part good and bad, slowly but surely he was telling her more about his time away, he was asking for her opinion, letting her be a part of every fraction of his life and finally after nearly 9 years she felt like she had her brother back.

So as she sat watching the pair from across the lair, Felicity curled up on the medical table Oliver holding her hands as he reassured her, whilst Diggle patched her up. The anguish had been as clear as day on his face when he thought he had lost her, it was seared on Theas brain, and the dopey smile he had now as Felicity babbled and he caressed her cheek, finally made her comprehend that love suited her brother. That he had finally realised the true meaning of loving someone so whole heartedly (who wasn't family), and she would do anything to keep that for him, she would do anything to keep that smile on his face to never see that pain in his eyes and certainly to never have the man that returned off the island.

She wanted this brother, this man right now, and the only person she could thank that for was Felicity, the light in all their lives.