Who would come home to the other one having bought a puppy?
Felicity comes home after a long day at work trying to get Archer up and running, she had been working night and day running test upon test trying to find all the glitches. She walked through the door and immediately took her heels off with a sigh of relief, she loved her heels don't get her wrong, but some days were harder than other when it came to wearing heels. She loved that they made her feel like a badass but after a whole day of meeting with a bunch of investors she couldn't wait to put her slippers on. Felicity looked around and noticed that there was no one around in the living room or kitchen area and was a bit suspicious knowing that both Oliver and William should be home.
"Boys? I'm home!" She went into the kitchen and immediately grabbed a bottle of water the open fridge door hiding the hallway to the bedrooms from her view. She was taking a big gulp of water the hallway still hidden by the fridge when suddenly she felt something on her legs that resembled a paw. She yelped and jumped back and slammed the fridge shut looking down at what just touched her leg thinking it would be something incriminating and scary but instead it was a golden retriever puppy.
The puppy sat there and just stared at her his head tilted to the side in curiosity, she couldn't be angry with that face, but she could in fact be angry with her husband for bringing home a puppy without asking her.
"Hello there." She set her water down on the counter and squatted down in front of him and gently pet his head which made him smile and trot over to her and jump up placing his paws on her shoulders as he started licking her face making her giggle. Felicity wasn't always a dog person, but she had to admit that he was adorable and super friendly, she could definitely become a dog person after meeting this cute little guy.
Oliver and William came running into the room knowing that Felicity wasn't going to be the happiest that they brought home a puppy without asking. Oliver stopped in his tracks and stood by sheepishly while he watched the puppy practically attack his wife with kisses causing a gorgeous smile to grace her face.
"Fletch stop it." Will tried to get him to stop the assault, the dog however had other plans to continue licking Felicity, until William finally picked him up and cradled him in his arms.
William had been living with both Oliver and Felicity for a few months now and even though his dad was built and tall and sometimes scary it was obvious that Felicity ran the household. William would never admit it, but he was more scared of Felicity then he was of Oliver, she was scary whenever she used her loud voice and he had the sneaking suspicion that she was about to use it.
Felicity looked at William holding Fletch, assuming that was in fact the puppy's name, she had to admit that it was a clever name and she knew instantly that this was all Oliver's doing. She stood up and silently looked to Oliver who was watching Felicity with bated breath waiting for her to yell or say something about the dog.
"Okay, honey, I can explain." Oliver starts off with, but Felicity crosses her arms across her chest raising her eyebrow with a knowing look that she knew that there couldn't possibly be a good explanation for Oliver bringing home a puppy. She was going to play off this anger for however long she could get him to believe it or until she caved, she couldn't stay too mad at Oliver for very long. Especially when she looked over at William and saw him chuckling as Fletch had his paws on his shoulders and was licking his face just like he did with her. She looked back to Oliver her face a touch softer than it was before.
"You only call me honey when you know you're in the dog house, no pun intended." Felicity states when Oliver in fact never started to explain the situation, she wasn't actually angry. She was more upset that Oliver didn't consult her before making a decision to get them a dog, especially since William had been bothering them to get one for a month now. Both Oliver and Felicity had been ready to cave knowing that William would be able to handle the responsibility and Felicity actually had warmed up to the idea.
"We were at that farmer's market that's down the street from Will's school and I dragged him along to pick some stuff up for dinner and we saw Fletch in the park and we couldn't resist. I mean look at him Lis, he's adorable and so cute and you yourself said last week that you were warming up to the idea of getting a puppy." Oliver was really going for it at this point knowing that Felicity couldn't exactly say no and make them take the puppy back after they had already brought it home. He was laying it on as thick as he possibly could, he hardly ever called her Lis, that was a nickname reserved for Thea and whenever Oliver was trying to get back into her good graces.
Felicity looked at the golden retriever with a small smile on her face already warmed up to the thought of having a dog in the apartment, she never actually had a dog before. As a child Felicity of course tried to convince her mom to get one but it didn't make much sense considering that neither of them were home much to look after one. She had always said that once things settled down in Starling that she would eventually get a pet for herself but then she met Oliver and joined the team and things did the exact opposite of settling down for her.
She looked between Oliver and William seeing the pleading look on their faces, her boys. She knew that there was no way that she was going to be able to say no to either of their adorable faces, she hated saying no to them.
"Alright this is how this is going to work, if we are going to keep Fletch, which by the way I did not miss the irony with that name. We need to have some ground rules, Will he is your responsibility. That means taking him for walks, feeding him, training him, washing him, giving him attention. Your dad and I already have a lot on our plates, and you are the one who has been asking for a pet recently. The responsibility is on you now mister." She was trying her best to keep a stern and serious face, she knew that he would keep it up for a few months before it became her responsibility, but she didn't mind, not much really. The adorable puppy would become all of theirs and she was excited, for the first time in a while things seemed to be calming down and she could almost for a moment imagine that they were a normal family.
"Really?! We can keep him Felicity?" William had a giant smile on his face, and she knew that she had made the right choice, seeing that happy smile on his face made it all worth it. She had only seen him look that carefree a few times and she would make sure that he grew up as happy as he could. He had been through so much and he deserved to feel like a normal 13-year-old for once.
"Yes, we can keep him, but I meant what I said Will, he is your responsibility." She had barely gotten the full sentence out before he had her in a deadlock hug putting a smile on her face as Fletch licked her cheek as if to say thank you for letting him stay. Felicity wrapped her arms around Will in a quick hug and giving him a kiss on the cheek before he separated himself from her and got the leash from the couch and walked out of the apartment with the dog. Will was animatedly talking to Fletch about all of the trouble that they were probably going to get into. Felicity smiled as she continued staring at the door for a few seconds before moving her sights onto Oliver, ready to rip him a new one.
"You know, I do remember talking about getting him a pet, but I don't remember us coming to decision on that particular subject matter." She says looking at Oliver trying her best to make herself intimidating but not exactly succeeding. He took a few steps closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in close, he was using himself against her to get her not to be too angry and she knew it.
"It really was an accident I promise babe, we were innocently walking around the farmers market and he practically was begging me to get him. We both know that neither of us can resist him when he gets that face, so I caved. I know that I should have called you but then I remembered that you had all of those meetings with those big wigs today and I didn't want to bother you."
Felicity smiled and wrapped her arms around Oliver's waist and smiled up at him and leaned into him, finally relaxing for the first time all day. He never failed to make her relax and feel safe, she loved coming home to her boys and leaving her work at work and not having to worrying about Arrow related things until they were down there in the cave.
"Oliver, I'm not mad I promise, I am a bit upset that I didn't get to help pick the dog out and see Will's face when he found the one he wanted, but it's okay. I understand that you didn't go out today planning to pick out a dog, although I would have much rather been at the farmer's market with you both than being in meetings all day."
Oliver smiled and leaned down giving Felicity a kiss letting his lips linger for a few extra seconds. A sweet smile found its way onto both of their faces and she pulled him in closer resting her head on his shoulder letting him hold her as close as possible. Oliver pulled her hair out of its normal ponytail and let his hands slowly comb through it, Felicity closed her eyes and leaned her head back into his touch as an easy moan slipped from her lips.
"I wish that you could have been with us too, I honestly tried to steer him away because I knew that you would probably want to be with us, but the kid knows how to get what he wants. We should plan a family outing, just the three of us just spending the day together we haven't ever done that." Oliver smiled down at her noticing that her eyes never even opened as he continued running his hands through her hair.
She nodded and barely opened her eyes to look up at him seeing the smile on his face that reached his eyes and was only reserved for her, in moments like this. He really was getting more and more attractive with age, the longer that they are together the more she finds him attractive.
Oliver laughed his eyes sparkling at the compliment that she just granted him with, still after so many years of being together it was nice to know that she still found him attractive. Felicity scrunched up her face instantly knowing that she said all of that out loud, they both had grown used to her sometimes just blurting out comments like that, but she would always be slightly embarrassed. Oliver lightly let his fingers run across her brow touching away the crinkle there that normally appeared whenever she got nervous or embarrassed.
"You know after being married for over a year you would think I wouldn't be embarrassed about telling you how good you look, but somehow I still am." She smiled and looked up at him as he continued to lightly trace her face with his fingers, Oliver smiled down at her and placed a quick chaste kiss on the tip of her nose making her blush.
"I love your random little compliments, it's reassuring sometimes to hear that I'm not totally unattractive." Oliver joked and she gently smacked his chest with a laugh and a smile on her lips and pulled herself up on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his lips. Her hands snaked their way into his hair and gently tugged as they continued to kiss with ease, as if they had been doing it for all of their life. It was always so easy it seemed with Oliver.
Oliver smiled and leaned into the kiss running his tongue over her lips and she easily let him in and opened up to him. His hands seemed to have a mind of their own as they roamed over her entire body eliciting a moan from Felicity's lips as his hands found themselves up the back of her blouse. Her back arched at the contact needing to feel closer to him. One of her hands reached up underneath the front of his shirt and let her nails scrape against his abs causing him to moan into the kiss and thrust his hips into hers without even thinking about what he was doing.
It was that moment that Will found it acceptable to come back into to apartment with Fletch in tow seeming to not want to go back into the apartment, wanting to go back out for another walk. Will stopped in his tracks when he saw Felicity and his dad and scrunched up his face in disgust, turning around not wanting to see the scene in front of him.
"Ew! EW! Gross. I think I am scarred for life."
Felicity and Oliver laughed into the kiss and looked over at William who shuddered dramatically making Felicity shake her head and look back up to Oliver giving him another kiss.
Will turned back around to see them sharing another kiss and made a gagging noise hoping to break them apart. He loved that they were happy, but he didn't want to see it.
She pulled back from Oliver both of them had a smile on their face, she looked over at the puppy patiently sitting in the hallway refusing to come inside and still on his leash.
"Alright, let me put on some tennis shoes and more comfortable clothes and then we can take Fletch out for another walk he doesn't seem like he's ready to come back inside anytime soon." She smiled at William who smiled back at her no longer disgusted with the both of them, he watched her walk into the hallway towards his dad's and her room.
William smiled softly to himself glad that she was a part of this family that him and his dad had created, she would never replace his mom and she made that clear, but he was glad that he was getting the chance to have another mom in his life. Felicity was pretty amazing, once his mom had died, he never thought that he would ever get that back, but he has in some ways. After months of being in witness protection together they seemed to gain a bond that couldn't be broken, he felt extremely comfortable with Felicity. He knew that she loved him like her own son and that she would always treat him as such, she didn't seem like a step mom in any form of the word, she felt more like a friend. A friend that would sometimes yell at him for not picking up after himself or that would get called into the principal's office when he got into trouble, but a friend nonetheless.
He knew that he could trust her no matter what and that's what mattered to him, he could count on her being there and doing everything in her power to stay there and be there for him, just like his dad.
Felicity came back out in a pair of leggings and one of Oliver's sweaters from one of the many Ivy Leagues that he failed out of and a comfy pair of shoes. Both boys stared at her like she hung the moon, she chose not to comment on it but instead walked over to Will, and even though he was taller than her, put him in a headlock. He laughed and tried to get out of it as she ruffled his hair laughing herself.
"Alright squirt let's go, I could use some time with my three boys." She smiled and released William and laughed when he gave her a menacing look for messing up his hair.
"What have I told you about calling me squirt?" He questioned fixing his hair with a scowl on his face.
"To continue doing it because you secretly love it." She smiled and gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek knowing that he would get annoyed with it, but also knowing that he didn't mind it at the same time, Will rolled his eyes but smiled all the same.
Oliver watched them both with smile on his face, he was happy. Happy that they were a family and it finally felt like it, they were together and annoying each other like all families do. He picked up his coat and took the leash from William as he and Felicity began talking about a calculus test that he had coming up that he was worried about.
Oliver tuned them out in the elevator when they both went into details about equations and theorems, he felt like he was back in high school and zoning out in math class. The only things bringing him out of it was Felicity's hand nestling in his as their fingers threaded together. They looked at each other at the same time with identical smiles on their faces, Oliver leaned down and pressed a kiss onto her cheek as Fletch pulled on the leash trying to make a break for the doors outside.
When Felicity came home this was the last thing she expected to find, but she wasn't about to complain, suddenly her two boys had become three and honestly, she didn't mind at all. Their little family suddenly seemed complete and she couldn't help the smile that slid onto her face as they walked around the park talking about William's classes as she held hands with Oliver who walked the new addition to their household. Out of all of the ways she thought her life would turn out she wouldn't have pictured this, this was everything that she didn't know that she wanted out of life and more.