"No, and that's final."

"Felicity-"

"NO! Oliver, you can't leave. You promised, you promised that you would be here and I am sick of promises being broken. We retired so that we could have a life and a family together, to keep her safe. I can't do this alone." Felicity was trying not to break, she knew that once she did that she wouldn't be able to stop, but it was proving to be harder than she thought it would be. Who did this guy think he is? Coming into their home and just trying to whisk Oliver away like it was no big deal.

"Felicity, I made a deal. In order to save Kara and Barry, I had to make a deal with The Monitor. There's nothing that any of us can do, there's no changing this, I have to go." Oliver tried to reason but he could see it in her eyes that nothing was going to change how she felt, and he didn't blame her. He made her a promise that he would always be there, the night that he found out about Mia. He promised that he would always be there and be there through everything that they went through until he couldn't, he just didn't think it would be this soon.

"Why? Why does it always have to be you? Why do you always have to be the one to make the sacrifices?! When do we get our chance to be happy? Why do we have to be the ones to suffer when they are the ones with fricken superpowers. I'm sick and tired of you always having to be the one to sacrifice something." Felicity was yelling by the end of her tirade not being able to hold anything in any longer, they finally got their happy ending and now it has to come to some sort of end. An end that she was not okay with at all, an end that none of them deserved to suffer through.

"Felicity I am begging you, I know that this isn't going to be easy. I know that this isn't fair, but it's what's right...and what has to be done. The monitor even said it, the universe depends on it. You have to be here to raise that amazing little girl in there to be a strong fighter just like her mom." Oliver knew that he was speaking borrowed words that nothing he said was ever going to make this situation better or more bearable for anyone involved but he was hoping that somehow he was making it just the slightest bit easier.

"SCREW WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ONCE OLIVER! Doesn't Mia deserve to have her father here? You can't just leave her behind." Felicity's resolve was breaking slowly but surely, tears were streaming down her face like a waterfall and all she wanted was to make it stop. After everything that they have been through, after everything they had to do to fight their way back to each other and this is what they get? They get a lifetime apart from each other? A lifetime of wondering? How was this fair?

"I don't know if I can do all of this without you." Felicity nearly whispered out that last sentence and started sobbing breaking Oliver's heart into a million little pieces that he knew would never fit back together in quite the same way after he left this place, and her, behind. He wanted to wrap her up in his arms and hold her tight and never let her go but he knew that wasn't possible. He had to find some sort of way to comfort her and tell her that she was going to be okay, that she was going to be an amazing mom and that she could totally do this on her own.

"I know that you think that you can't and that you are going to screw her up but Lis I promise you that you won't. I know that my promises don't mean a lot to you at the moment but you have to believe me, baby. You are the strongest person that I know, you can get through anything and you will get through this I promise you. That little girl is going to grow up to save the world just like her mom." He framed her face with his hands and leans his forehead against hers needing the skin to skin connection with her. He heard the shuttering breath come out of her mouth and he could tell that she was trying to absorb everything about this moment, that she was trying to be strong for him.

She had a stronghold on his henley needing to hang onto something, she needed something to ground her in the moment. She loved this man more than life itself and that was the exact reason she felt that she was never going to get through this. She needed him in every aspect of life, he was the best part of her, how was she supposed to do this without her better half?

"I love you, you have to remember that wherever you're going, Oliver. I will always love you no matter what happens no matter how many years pass no one will ever compare to you. You, my love, are the one thing I did right in life besides that sleeping little girl in the next room." Felicity breathed out and leaning slightly back to get a better look at Oliver's face, she needed to memorize it so that she would always remember it.

"I love you too, I will never forget that. You, Mia and William, are the best things that have ever been a part of my life. I need you to make me a promise Felicity." Oliver said and looked down at her making sure that she was listening to what he was saying.

"Yeah of course anything." She stared into his eyes and promised herself that she would never forget the look of utter anguish on her husband's face.

"I need you to promise me that you are going to keep going no matter what happens, that you will raise Mia to be a fighter and to be strong and that you will make sure that she knows how much she is wanted and that she knows how much…" Oliver's voice breaks as he finally succumbs and lets the tears run down his face getting caught in his stubble. He couldn't continue being strong because this was the single hardest thing he will ever have to do, there's no coming back once he says goodbye. "That she knows how much I love her, and I need you to look after William. Make sure that he has a good life."

Felicity nodded and wiped away Oliver's tears as he did the same to her when her tears continued to fall down her face. "I promise, but you have to make me a promise too. You have to promise that you will complete whatever mission you have to, that you put us in the back of your mind and complete this mission because I don't want to send you off to save the universe only for it to collapse within itself after a year or so."

Felicity joked trying to mask how much pain she was in and how angry she was at everything. She wouldn't be able to get over him and there's no way in hell things are ever going to be the same after this.

"Oliver it's time, we need to get going say your final goodbyes and then we need to go." The Monitor says in his dreary monotone voice making both Oliver and Felicity's skin crawl.

Oliver nodded and wiped the tears off of his face and walked into Mia's room only to find her wide awake. He picks her up and cradles her to his chest, she cuddles into his chest like she always does whenever he picked her up. It always made his heart swoon in ways he wasn't able to ever describe.

"You will always be daddy's favorite girl, don't tell mommy or she may get a bit jealous. You are the best thing to ever happen to me Mia Queen and I cannot believe I have to leave before I get the chance to see the woman that you are going to become. But I know that with your mother raising you you are going to be a little spitfire and give her hell in the future. I love you bean, I always will and I hope that you always know that." Oliver gives her a kiss on her temple before setting her back down only to hear her start to cry because she didn't want to leave her daddy's arms.

Oliver walks back out into the living room to find Felicity staring down The Monitor and if looks could kill he would have been dead a long time ago. Oliver smiles to himself, he is definitely going to miss his wife there's no denying that. Felicity looks over at Oliver seeming to only notice that he was back and register that Mia was in distress and crying.

They two of them stared at each other for a moment before Felicity started to cry again and ran into Oliver's arms for the last time just needing the warmth and comfort that he always seemed to provide her with.

"I have to go honey." Oliver says not making a move to let go of her, it wasn't until a few minutes later that Oliver finally persuaded her to finally let him go. The monitor walked him out and he walked right out the door not looking back because he knew that if he did then he wouldn't let himself leave her side. He would want to fill as many years as he could with 'one last times' until they had lived out their lives.

"I will find you...again...I promise." Felicity looked him in the eye and he could see that she meant every word that she just spoke to him. He didn't know that he needed to hear her say that until a little bit of this weight lifted off of his chest, knowing that she wasn't going to give up on them, on this love. That gave him hope that maybe he could get through this knowing that eventually, he would be able to see the love of his life again someday once this mission is complete.

Felicity watched him go and collapsed onto the ground her legs not being able to hold her up any longer, the grief being too much for her body to handle. She heard Mia crying and she knew that she needed to get up and see what was wrong, but she already knew. Mia was a daddy's girl through and through, she no doubt only wanted Oliver to go in there and pick her up and rock her back to sleep.

Felicity stayed on the ground for a few moments before dragging herself back up and forcing herself to go into her daughter's room and comfort her. She made Oliver a promise to raise this little girl the best that she could and she wasn't going to break that promise unless it was the last thing that she would do.

She walked into the room and saw Mia sitting up in her crib with big fat tears rolling down her tiny cheeks, Felicity thought that her heart was already completely broken watching Oliver walk out of that door but seeing her daughter in such distress broke her heart into even tinier pieces. She picked up her daughter and she started to squirm as she looked around the room for Oliver.

"Shhhhh I know that you miss daddy, I miss him too. But we can get through this bug right? We are Queen women and we are indestructible, we can do anything as long as we put our minds to it right?" She asked no one in particular just needing to speak what was rolling through her mind, it wasn't going to feel real for a while. It wasn't going to feel like he wasn't actually coming back for a while, she didn't even want to believe it herself.

Felicity was beyond angry, she utterly pissed off, she was pissed that Oliver made yet another decision that was going to affect their family without even giving her a heads up. It was obvious that he had known that this was a possibility by the look on his face when The Monitor showed up in their living room less than an hour ago and she was trying not to let that bother her. She couldn't be angry with him because that was going to make it that much more complicated to move on with this new and unexpected turn that her life had just taken.

She knew however that she wasn't going to be able to speak with Barry or Kara for a long time, they were the only people that she could blame for what had happened. Rationally Felicity was aware that Oliver made this deal without their knowledge, Felicity knew her husband and no matter what anyone said or what he let on that man loved with his whole heart. When someone that he cared about was in trouble he helped whether they want him to or not. Both of them probably didn't ask him to make this deal but something obviously happened that made him think that there wasn't any other choice at the moment.

Felicity spent the next hour rocking Mia to sleep finally letting out a huff of air glad that the tiny human was sleeping but Felicity couldn't seem to put her back in her crib. This little girl was the only thing of Oliver she had to hold on to and she couldn't seem to be able to let go of her. Felicity stared down at her daughter for a few moments before making the decision to just take her to sleep with her tonight, Felicity wasn't going to be able to sleep anyways.

She set Mia down on the bed and put a pillow on either side of her as she slowly got ready for bed, she felt like this day just kept going on and wouldn't end. She went through her nightly routine on autopilot and walked back into the bedroom one of Oliver's shirts on and her hair thrown up into a messy bun. She stared at Mia sleeping soundly on Oliver's side of the bed more than likely not stirring because she can smell Oliver in the sheets. Felicity leaned against the doorway and just watched over her daughter still not being able to believe that the events that took place over the last hour were true.

How could he not be coming back? How could it be that they finally get their happily ever after and then it gets stolen right from under their noses? Felicity shakes her head and moves away from the door and towards the bed to try and attempt to get some sleep. She cannot let herself continue to think about the events of the night, the more she thinks of them the more she can tell that it's going to become harder and harder to move on from what happened.

Felicity gently climbs onto the bed not needing a blanket with the hot and humid night that it was. She laid there staring at her daughter for hours until finally, the physical and emotional exhaustion took over her and she fell asleep. With dreams of getting to see Oliver again someday on her mind that helped ease her anxiety of the next 20 some odd years to come.