Disclaimer: CW/DC own these characters. I'm only borrowing them for a while. I own the original ideas found in this.
AN: I'm sorry this took longer than I wanted. Suddenly I'm juggling quite a few unfinished stories for some reason. And we're at the end of this story. It didn't go exactly how I thought it would, but I did have some good twists and no deaths. I may add an epilogue so watch for it.
Please note: Cross-posted on both AO3 and FFN.
Previously:
Sara stopped as Oliver was beginning to talk regularly. "—of all the stupid, inconvenient things…." He stopped. "I'm talking normal now."
"Ollie, I told you it was only temporary."
Oliver rolled his eyes. Instead of answering, he headed towards the door. The rest followed and rushed towards the STAR lab entrance.
"Guys, shouldn't we proceed with caution? I know the Nazi general said he'd give the order for those at the lab to return home, but how do we know they've left?" Ray asked.
"Good point. Wait here." Barry disappeared and suddenly reappeared. "All clear." He looked over at Oliver, "Someone is anxiously waiting for you."
Oliver rushed towards the door and almost was knocked over by Felicity coming through the door. They jumped into each other's arms and began to kiss each other furiously while speaking over each other. The team watching overheard such things as, "I'm sorry we argued," and "Let's never argue, for we never know what might happen."
Sara observed as the rest of the prisoners, including some of her team, walked around the reuniting couple as they left the building. She was relieved everyone appeared unhurt. Even Snart.
Pulling himself out of her embrace, Oliver said, "I'm so sorry I rushed you. I didn't mean to do that. I just…got into the mood I guess, and Barry was going on and on about how we're such a perfect couple, and…."
"Oliver, I'm the one who's sorry. I should've simply told you we should discuss it after the weekend so we didn't ruin their wedding."
"No, the Nazis' did that," Barry said as he walked up to them. "Are you both good, then?"
"Yes, I can't tell you how worried I was, Barry, worrying whether I'd be able to tell Oliver how much I love him," Felicity said with a small blush to her face.
"And Felicity, I apologize to you for putting you on the spot." Turning towards Barry, and the approaching Iris, Oliver said, "I must also apologize to the both of you. My intention was never to highjack your weekend."
Barry nodded, and Iris said, "Well, it sounds like this one," yanking gently on the arm he had offered to her, "was partially at fault."
"Well, to my defense, my dear, I was simply so happy to be marrying the girl of all my dreams, I couldn't control myself," Barry said as he leaned in for a kiss.
Before accepting it, Iris told him, "You're lucky I love you."
Sara cleared her throat as she walked closer to the small group. "Guys, as much as I love a tender moment, we have work to do, don't you think?"
Oliver made a mental note to make sure he told Sara how impressed he was at her increased confidence as a leader and taking charge. Even though the bratty part of him was offended because it felt she'd overstepped her boundary. As if being in charge was only a role he himself could carry out. Oliver pushed the thought to the back of his mind to evaluate later.
"You're right, Sara. What do we all need to do?" Barry asked.
"Inform the President, I'd think, right Sara?" Oliver asked.
Sara flinched slightly, probably only observable to Oliver because he knew her so well. He figured she was surprised he didn't take over the leadership from her as rudely as he might have done in the past. "Yes and see if she needs assistance in informing anyone else. Barry, perhaps you should –"
Barry had sped off before she could complete her sentence. She sighed. "Does he always do that?"
Iris shrugged. "Yeah, most of the time he does. He gets excited about the suggestion and takes off without explanation."
Oliver smirked. At least he wasn't the only one irritated by Barry and his enthusiasm. He considered Barry one of his best friends, of course, but the way Barry irked him sometimes reminded Oliver of a little brother. One you love dearly but occasionally want to strangle.
Barry returned in five minutes. "She apologized for believing the Nazis. The minute we left, the soldiers took over the White House. They left about twenty minutes ago. She and the government have already begun to fix everything which the Nazis had changed or manipulated." Looking at Oliver he said, "She's also busy checking with other world leaders to ensure no other Nazis are still around. Anywhere."
Both Sara and Oliver nodded. Sara looked over at Oliver with a small smile on her face.
Oliver observed her look and smile. "What's that for, Sara?"
"You've grown, Ollie. You can work as a team now."
"You've also grown, as a leader. I'm proud of you."
Sara attempted to hide it, but Oliver could tell she was proud of his praise. Clearing her throat, she said in a louder voice to everyone, "Well, can anyone think of anything else we need to do to put this mission to bed?"
The rest of group talked amongst themselves. No one else could come up with anything left undone. Team Supergirl decided they would return home so their leader could rest and recover from the adventure.
Kara gave Barry and Iris a weak hug. "I'm sorry your wedding got screwed up because of me."
"Oh you! It's hardly your fault someone came looking for your heart," Iris said. "The important thing is we all survived." She and Barry exchanged a look. "We've decided we're going to make it simple and get married at City Hall. We did the entire 'walk down the aisle' business, after all. And I'm in no mood to buy another wedding dress."
Everyone exchanged good-byes with Team SG. Cisco opened a breach and Team SG returned home. Cisco was about to open another breach for Team Arrow to return home, when Iris spoke up.
"Barry, isn't it too bad we simply can't get married right now? Besides family, of course, everyone else we care about is here. The lake holds special memories for us, and the sun is shining so beautifully."
"Dig is an ordained minister. He had gone on the internet so he could marry his brother and Carly several years ago," Oliver offered.
Exchanging looks with Iris, Barry smiled and said, "I'll be right back." He sped off and Sara gave out a loud sigh.
"I guess he does do that often."
A chorus of "yeses" rang out, and then everyone smiled. Oliver and Sara herded everyone toward the lake. Barry arrived with Dig, who promptly threw up. "Barry, you really need to give me some warning before you do that." Looking sternly at him, he said, "If you don't I swear I'll find some way to hurt you."
Barry looked apologetic. "Well, we were wondering –"
Iris took his arm and stopped him. "Honey, let me handle this." She smiled at Dig and said, "I apologize for my overeager fiance, but we were wondering if you'd marry us now, right here."
"I thought you'd done that on Saturday?"
"Dig, we'll explain everything later," Oliver said. "Will you do it?"
"Of course." As they joined the others, Dig leaned to whisper into Oliver's ear, "You know I was joking with Barry, right?"
Oliver nodded. "I know, but it's good to let the kid worry a little, I think."
Felicity caught up with them and grabbed Oliver by the arm. "I was thinking maybe this is the right moment for us…if you would want to…get married…if you still want to."
Oliver shook his head. "We really should allow Barry and Iris to have their moment." Kissing the top of her head, he added, "Besides, both Thea and your mother would roast us alive if we didn't get married with them present."
Felicity blushed again and banged herself on the forehead. "You're right. Why don't I think first and speak later?"
Oliver kissed her cheek. "It's okay, honey, I'm getting used to it. I'll be there with you from now on to help you with embarrassing moments."
"My green-wearing masked knight," Felicity said, leaning to kiss him as they reached the others. "We'll discuss our wedding plans when we get home."
Having reached the lake, everyone faced the lake in a half-circle around Barry and Iris. Dig took his place in front of them, and Caitlin and Cisco took their places as best man and maid of honor beside the couple. Dig waited until everyone was settled and he had everyone's attention. He then began the ceremony.
AN: I do apologize for ending this story here. If I get ambitious, or the Muse speaks, I'll write out the West-Allan nuptials, and possibly also the Queen-Smoak nuptials. I'm not sure though.
I also hope you enjoyed this story. Like I said, it went in a different direction than I had expected. Suddenly I didn't know what to write the different battles I thought I'd include, so I ended it earlier than I had thought.
I hope you liked it, and if you haven't left a review, I hope you do. And thank you if you've been leaving reviews. Always appreciated so much! I hope you will return to my next new story as well.
