"But I still stay cause you're the only thing I know

So won't you take, oh, won't you take me home

Take me home, home, home

Take me home, home, home

Take me"


She turned her head towards the door on the roof, and their eyes met for the first time in a month.

Oliver was panting, like he had ran for miles, and one of his hand was on his mouth.

"Oh God…" She heard his whisper of awe, and she saw his eyes blinking away the tears in disbelief.

At the sight of him, another wave of emotions hit her, and she shifted a little towards him, gripping the IV in her hand.

He moved to her like he was in trance, stopping a few feet away.

"Felicity…"

His eyes were roaming down her body and up again, taking her in. After a few moments of silence, he opened his arms toward her, a challenge clear in his eyes.

She looked down at his hands, five feet in front of her. She shook her head a little.

"I...I don't think I can do it." She whispered into the night.

He smiled.

"I think you can." His tone was sure and confident, and he was watching her with so much love that her heart clenched in her chest a little.

Taking a deep breath, she turned her body fully to him, slowly losing the grip on the railing. She was standing on her own.

She felt so heavy on her legs, like she had a block of concrete on her back.

She moved her right leg forward. Then the other.

It was hard, and she was tired. Her body had to learn how to move properly again, and she was pushing it to the limit.

"Hey. Look at me." She raised her eyes to him.

"Don't tense up." He was smiling, eyes shining with tears. "You can do it."

She nodded, closing her eyes for a moment. Another full step and she was panting.

"Come on, you're doing great."

His voice was soothing and she took another step forward. A drop of sweat rolled down her spine and she was breathing heavily.

"Breathe Felicity." Two steps.

"Breathe, baby. Come on."

One step.

She closed her eyes and took the last step, collapsing in his open arms.

He was laughing as he embraced her tight against him, keeping her up. She was crying and giggling at the same time and she buried her head in his neck, enveloped by his familiar scent.

He raised her up and they were spinning in the sunrise. She closed her eyes, savoring the sound of his laugh and the air shifting around them.

When he stopped moving, she lowered her head to watch him.

She looked into his eyes and she saw so much emotions staring back at her, than her head started spinning again on it's own.

"Oliver…I feel dizzy."

He brushed her cheek with his thumbs and she closed her eyes for a moment as her traitor heart did a flip in her chest. The next thing she knew, she was sitting again. Not on her wheelchair, but on the very large edge of the roof.

Oliver was standing right in front of her, smiling warmly at her.

They weren't so close to each other in over a month, and the nervousness washed over her like a rainfall. She clamped her hands in her lap, breaking his gaze.

"How…uhm. How did you find me?"

He took a seat in front of her.

"I was patrolling…and I stopped at your house two nights in a row to check on you -" She raised her eyes to his again. She should have imagined that he was keeping an eye on her…even after everything.

A flash of sadness crossed her eyes, and he cleared his throat.

"Anyway…you weren't home. So I got worried and I called John. He didn't want to tell me, but I was pretty upset so…he took pity on me I guess."

She smiled a little at his babble.

"I meant, how did you know I was up here?"

His features softened, and he chuckled.

"Oh…I went to your room and you weren't there. I..I kind of started yelling…and a nurse told me you were on the roof. Before she threated me to kick me out of the hospital."

She laughed a little, twisting her hands in her lap.

"She asked me if I was going to jump out of the roof. She didn't know that-"

"-you're afraid of highs."

"-I'm afraid of highs."

The words were spoken at the same time, and she couldn't help but looking at him in the eyes. He was watching her, and the love and adoration she saw in his blue orbs almost took her breath away. He smiled softly at her, taking one of her hands in his big warm ones.

At the touch, a shiver ran through her spine.

"Are you cold?" He whispered, caressing her hand.

"No, I-I'm fine." She stumbled on her words and kicked herself mentally.

He kept drawing circles on her palm, and she turned a little to look at the yellow sky of the early morning.

"I can't believe that…I mean…" He struggled to get the words out, and she squeezed his hand a little.

"I know. I'm kind of overwhelmed."

"You can walk again…that's-that's unbelievable." He savored the words and a tear rolled down her cheek.

"It's amazing." He whispered, wiping it away with his thumb, and she shivered again.

"After the accident…I thought that was it, you know?"

He nodded. Of course he knew, he was there while she cried herself to sleep…listening to the sounds that were tearing his heart apart…incapable of doing anything for her.

"But then Curtis gave me the tech, and I couldn't believe it. I still can't, actually…"

She closed her eyes for a moment.

"But at the same time it made me wonder…why me?"

He narrowed his brows at her, and she shook her head lightly.

"I mean, people get this type of injury all the time…they lose the ability to walk or even worst, from diseases or accidents. So I thought, why do I get to have a cure? A way to make me walk again…a way to make my life like I want it again…when the rest of them don't? It's not fair..."

He squeezed her hand in his.

"The board…they didn't want to patent the tech. They said it was too much money on something too advanced to be tested and with too many risks." She rolled her eyes at her own words.

He shifted in front of her, tilting her chin up.

"Is that way you offered as a tester?" His voice was inclined with emotions and she could only nod.

"I wanted to. I had to…I made a deal with them. I offered myself as a tester, I found the doctors able to do it, and if would work…they had to speed the marketing process and sell the tech at an affordable price for the hospitals."

He was watching her in awe. "Oh…"

"By the end of the year, if all goes well, Curtis could change the lives of millions of people…people who never though they could walk again…or ran, or swim, or I don't know…dance!"

She was getting excited only talking about it and a huge smile crept on her face.

"Or walking down the aisle…" His soft words reached her ears and she raised her eyes to his. He gently took her other hand in his, bringing up to kiss her palm.

"Oliver…" She shook her head a little, staring at their joined hands in her lap.

"Please…just listen to me. I know that I don't even deserve that but, I just need you to know that I'm sorry. I made a mistake, and I hurt you…the last person-"

He took a long breath, shaking his head.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I feel like I can't breathe. I know that sounds untrue and it's too late, but I need you to know that I never…ever wanted to hurt you."

"Oliver…please." She didn't even know what she was pleading for. He stopped her, moving close to her.

"Felicity, you...Us, was the best thing that has ever happened to me. You made me the man I'm today. I can finally look at myself in the mirror without see a monster staring back at me. Everything you do, everything you say…every breath you take makes me a better person. And I'm grateful for that Felicity, for you."

She knew she was crying again, tears were fogging her sight but she just couldn't move, couldn't stop looking at the man in front of her.

"I love you. I love you so much…and I'm never going to stop." He brushed a strand of blonde locks away from her face, caressing her cheek.

"I messed up so many times that I don't deserve anything from you…and I know that. But if you can find, deep in your bones…or in a little corner of your heart, the strength to give me another chance…I will be right here, waiting for you."

He cupped her face with his hands, brushing away the tears, staring right into Felicity's deep blue eyes.

"But if you don't, if you can't…I need you to know that it's okay. That I understand. Because…the simple act of being in love with you is enough for me."

She was staring at him through the tears, unable to say a word, when suddenly the door on the roof opened and the nurse stepped out in the early morning.

"Miss Smoak? I'm sorry, but I have to take you down now. The doctor is waiting for you."

Felicity shifted her eyes from the nurse to Oliver.

"Oliver…I-I-"

He kissed her forehead, closing his eyes into her skin. "I love you."

She took a deep breath, tilting her head to meet his eyes.

"I love you too, Oliver. But I...It's not why…I mean-"

He leaned his forehead to hers.

"Shh, I know. Just promise me you'll think about it, okay?"

His breath ghosted on her face and she nodded. "I promise."


"Round in circles

Here we go

With the highest highs

And the lowest lows

But no one shakes me like you do

My best mistake was you

You're my sweet affliction

Cause you hurt me right

But you do it nice

Round in circles

Here we go

Oh Yeah"


Note:

Yes, i totally stole Pacey's line. #sorrynotsorry :)

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