Felicity was running, she knew she couldn't stop otherwise he would catch her. One by one, she watched everyone fall. They had failed and norman had killed them or captured them. He could hear his laughter, it echoed through the halls.

Felicity felt like she had been running forever, until she tripped. She looked up and he was right behind her, "I told you it was useless playing tricks." Norman grinned as guards now appeared behind him, "I'm going to have fun breaking you in"

"Get away" Felicity screamed, trying to scramble away from him.

"Felicity" she could hear her name being called, someone was grabbing her. She tried pushing them away, "Felicity, calm down. It's me." She could hear the person repeating. She opened her eyes, the bright lights filled the room. The sound of beeping from monitors filled the room. She looked to her left slightly and saw Tony looking down at her. She'd gotten out, she was safe. She looked to her right and machines were by her bedside.

"He's upstairs," Tony told Felicity, "I'm sure you're looking for Skywalker, he's hasn't left your side but Steve and I were able to convince him to go eat and shower"

Felicity nodded, "so tell me what's happened." She tried to sit up, but sharp pain shot through her side. She then remembered, she had been shot. Felicity eased her way back down onto the bed.

"Well, Norman Osborn is no more. So yay" Tony started, "you're safe. It's all fine"

Felicity smiled at Tony, she reached out and grabbed his hand. "Thank you" Tony squeezed Felicity's hand in response and gave her a smile, "so I've been thinking about making this stay a permanent one, I was thinking quite a bit when I was trapped in that cell and.."

Felicity trailed off when she was Tony's reaction, "good thing your room is finished and I've had your stuff sent over" She saw him look up and then back down at her. "Well tin man is here, so I will leave you to it." He told her, getting up from his chair.

"Tony" she heard Bucky say, and Tony gave him a quick nod. Felicity watched as Bucky sat down in the chair that Tony had been previously sitting in.

"How's my girl doing?" Bucky asked, taking her hand in his.

"A lot better now that I'm home," Felicity told him, giving him a small smile. She noticed how Bucky smiled at her comment,

"Oh, so this is home now?" He asked, teasing her slightly. "Don't worry doll, I know you're only here passing by."

Felicity smiled at Bucky, deciding not to tell him just yet. She closed her eyes and she soon found herself drifting back to sleep.

A couple of days later

Felicity had fully recovered now, and she was getting back into the swing of work. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Tony asked her as she continued to look in the mirror, fixing her hair and make up. Felicity and Tony had briefly stopped off in the common room before heading off to a press conference Tony had called for that day. They had spent majority of last night and this morning working in the lab.

Felicity glanced at Tony in the mirror, "you suddenly change your mind?" She asked him, smirking slightly.

"Oh please, when would I ever doubt a stark brain, you've seen what mine is capable of doing and since you've been here I've been helping mentor yours" Tony rambled, Felicity noticed that Bucky, Steve and Natasha's attention were now on her and Tony.

Felicity scoffed, "mentoring me? Oh please." Felicity watched as Tony made his way to his drinks cabinet and poured out two scotches, "you know we are ten minutes late already"

"That's the beauty of it being your own press conference." Tony said as he offered Felicity a glass as she turned around.

"To the end of the line" Felicity said, as she raised her glass slightly and Tony returning the gesture.

"End of the line?" Steve said, looking between Felicity and Tony.

"It's a goodbye toast capsicles," Tony told him, now placing his empty glass on the side. "Well I'd love to stand around and chat, but Felicity has kept me waiting and I'm getting impatient" Felicity laughed as she saw Tony start walking out of the common room.

Bucky

Bucky watched as Felicity rolled her eyes and down her drink in one. "See you guys later" she called as she left the common room catching up with Tony. He hadn't really seen much of Felicity since he had visited her in the medic area, she seemed to be busy working with Tony on something down at the lab because of them hadn't really been seen the last few days. He had missed her and his body ached for her, he wanted to tell her how he felt but by judging by the conversation he just watched that wouldn't be happening now. What was the point if she wasn't staying.

"Well I guess that's Felicity leaving," Steve said after a few moments of silence.

"I guess after what happened she doesn't want to stick around" Natasha said as she now got up to leave the common room as well. "Well I don't know about you boys, but I'm going to go sit in at the press conference."

Bucky could see Steve looking at him, trying to see how he is was taking the news. After a few seconds, "no it's okay Natasha, we'll sit this one out" Steve responded to her.

"Suit yourselves" she responded.

Once Natasha was out of sight, Bucky finally spoke, "don't even look at me like that" he warned his best friend, "we knew it was only going to be temporary, just not this quick."

"But Bucky, she's your girl" Steve said, Bucky knew he was trying to comfort him.

"Punk, there are plenty of other girls out there" Bucky said as he now stood up to leave the common room. He hoped that sounded convincing enough for Steve to drop the conversation. He hoped that if he was able to convince Steve, he would be able to convince himself. Bucky made his way to his apartment and switched the tv on, it was just a coincidence he stopped on the live broadcast of the press conference. He was expecting to see the usual of Tony putting on a show, but instead Felicity had taken the podium immediately. His stomach dropped as he watched her babble on and then she said something he wasn't expecting. "So, today I would like to announce a new era to stark internal" Felicity paused, "stark resilient"

Did this mean what he thought it meant? Felicity was staying for good?