And chapter 3 is here.

Five times Oliver found Felicity Asleep

Chapter 3 - In the Car

To say it was cold was quite the understatement. The snow swirled around the car as Diggle drove slowly through the Mountains on the outskirts of Starling City. Oliver had been asked to come out and check on the Queen Consolidated factories and talk to the staff on ways that they could improve their productivity. Obviously that meant that Felicity and Digg had to brave the cold weather and go with him.

"Why is it so cold?" Felicity questioned as she brought her hands up to her mouth to try and warm them up.

"Because it's the middle of winter Felicity," Oliver said with a smile. Felicity glared at him.

"Thank you captain obvious."

"If the heater was working properly you know I would have it on full," Diggle's voice came from the drivers seat.

"I know, I know," Felicity said with a sigh. She wrapped her jacket tighter around herself and brought her knees up to her chest. There was already a blanket draped over her legs but nothing seemed to be working. Her fingers and toes had gone numb and there was a faint pounding in her head. As a child, Felicity had very bad circulation during the winter months and it had caused her to go to hospital on more than one occasion. As the events came to the forefront of her mind, Felicity could feel herself begin to panic.

"No, there is no way that this is going to happen again. I haven't had a problem since I was sixteen. Why now? What are you doing body?"

Oliver must have seen her sudden mood change because he was suddenly in her line of sight.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked, reaching out to grab her hand. A frown crossed his face when he realised how cold they were.

"I...I can't get warm. At all. I just feel cold and numb. When I was a little girl, I had issues with bad circulation and was just constantly cold. I've been to hospital because of it. I don't want to go back there but nothing seems….nothing seems to be working," Felicity said, unable to stop the few tears sliding down her cheeks.

Oliver watched as Felicity momentarily lost her strong persona and allowed her worries to come through. He brought his other hand up and cupped both her hands and began to rub them to try and help her. Felicity gave him a watery smile. An idea came to his mind but he hesitated a moment, not knowing exactly how Felicity would take it. There was only one way to find out. Taking a deep breath, he brought his eyes up to look into hers.

"I've got an idea okay," he said and Felicity nodded slowly. "Take off your shoes."

"Why?" Felicity automatically asked and Oliver smiled.

"Just trust me," he replied. Felicity watched him for a moment before pulling her hands out of his hold and got to work pulling her boots off. Once they were off, Oliver grabbed her legs and pulled them across his lap. Felicity squeaked but said nothing as he settled her against his side. His arm came to wrap around her shoulders, pulling both her jacket and blanker tighter around her while his other hand began to massage her feet. He would never admit to her how worried he was as he felt just how ice cold and saw how pale her feet were.

"What are you doing?" Felicity asked after a moment. A shiver ran through her and she pulled herself closer to Oliver, snuggling deeper into his side.

"Massaging your feet to try and get the blood moving again. It's not much but it will help you feel less cold," Oliver explained. It wasn't easy using one hand to massage both her feet but he found he didn't want to remove the arm that was wrapped around her shoulders. She fit perfectly into his side and he found that he wanted her to stay there for a long time.

This wasn't supposed to happen. He was not supposed to develop feelings for his blonde bubbly IT girl. His track record with women wasn't the greatest and he wasn't about to do something that would inevitably hurt Felicity. She deserved more than that and he couldn't give that to her. If she was with him, a large target would immediately be placed on her back and people would stop at nothing to use her to get to him. No, he couldn't and would not do that to her. But as Oliver looked down at the girl in his arms, he feared that maybe it was too late to pull everything back.

Ten minutes of silence passed and looking out the window, Oliver could tell that they were still nowhere close to home. The heavy snowfall was making driving slow but they were better off trying to get home rather than staying out here.

"Thank you," Felicity said quietly, raising her head to look up at him. Oliver looked down at her and without thinking, he pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead.

"How are you feeling?" he asked. Ignoring the blush that was surely covering her cheeks, Felicity wiggled her toes and fingers to see.

"They're still cold but it's not as bad as before." she said. Covering her feet with the blanket, Oliver moved his hand to grab a hold of hers. He laced his fingers through hers and brought them up to his mouth, breathing warm air onto them. Felicity almost forgot how to breath as she watched Oliver. The moment was cut short however as a yawn escaped Felicity and she instinctively curled herself into a tighter ball under his arm.

"Go to sleep," he whispered. "I'll keep you warm."

"My hero," Felicity said with a soft laugh as she closed her eyes. Oliver looked up at Diggle and gave him a hard look once he saw the smirk gracing Digg's face. Digg said nothing as he returned his eyes to the road and Oliver once again looked down at Felicity. Her breath was quick to even out and he knew that she was already fast asleep. Despite his inner turmoil, he couldn't deny that Felicity had found a way to worm into his heart. He just didn't know what he was going to do about it now but for the moment, he was going to be content with holding her while she slept.

So it's not the greatest but it's still a bit cutesy haha.