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Oliver woke up as his knee pounded against his skin. It was only the fifth time tonight, and it was soon morning. As many other times he had woken up like this, he felt sick.
He avoided moving and kept staring up at the ceiling. He knew he most likely would either scream or start crying if he moved.
He would do his best to avoid that, since this was the first time he and Felicity shared bed. He didn't want to startle her by screaming…
He clutched his hands into fists, and gritted his teeth. It was 5:30 a.m. and the only thing he really wished for was to sleep just an hour more, maybe an hour and a half…
Truth be told he hadn't slept well since his knee gave out, or well… He hadn't really slept well since before the island…
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The clock on the wall kept ticking -Tick Tock, Tick Tock-. The time passed slowly as he laid there waiting for either sleep or morning to come…
There was one thing he could be grateful for though… Felicity was a calm sleeper, and she hadn't moved an inch since they went to bed last night… That was almost six hours ago by now.
Oliver cast a glance around the room, the sun had started lighting up the room from where it started to creep past the blinds… Thanks to his sister's decision about buying red curtains, his room got a red glow as the sunbeams bounced off them.
Suppressing a laugh he couldn't help but think that his room could have been on 'Red-light district' in Amsterdam… He remembered Tommy talking about them 'having to take a trip to Amsterdam'. They never did though…
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An hour later Felicity started opening her eyes. She smiled at him as she saw that he was propped up on his side, looking at her.
"Good morning sunshine!" Oliver cheered before he leaned in and planted a kiss on her left cheek.
"Good morning!" Felicity smiled back at him. Still a bit drowsy and not quite awake.
"Have you been awake for a long time?" She studied Oliver's features while she asked.
"A while…" he smiled back at her and put his arms behind his head and leaned heavier on to the headboard of the bed. "But I can't complain, I've had the pleasure of looking at you while you sleep!"
Oliver could feel how wrong that last sentence sounded, almost before it had left his mouth… But he had no chance of stopping it…
Taken aback by himself he stared out into the room for a brief moment before he managed to utter a word.
"Sorry, that totally sounded waaay more creepy than it was meant! What I meant to say was that… You're beautiful when you sleep… Why does EVERYTHING I say sound wrong right now?"
As he looked down at Felicity he saw that she now had a smug grin on her lips as she studied his face.
"It DOES happen to you too…" she confirmed before she carefully scrambled up next to Oliver and placed a soft kiss on his right shoulder…
Oliver could feel something tingling in his chest as Felicity drew back and looked at him. Her eyes fixed on his.
"I love you…" He wasn't sure he had said the words out loud, it wasn't the first time he had uttered those exact words to Felicity, but it felt just as good every time.
He could see the reaction in her eyes as she understood the meaning of the words, he could see how her face once again lit up as she grinned towards him.
She leaned closer to him, -which made the mattress cave a bit under her knees, just enough to slightly jostle Oliver's right leg… But right now he managed to ignore it… This felt so much better!-.
"And I love you…" she said when their lips were about four inches apart from each other.
Oliver could feel as his blood rushed in his chest. He could feel how his cheeks went bright red, and how his skin felt like it was longing for Felicity's touch.
Even a simple touch on the back of his shoulder sent good shivers along his spine, and he got goose bumps. -Not the unpleasant scary kind, far from it… It was the good kind, the kind you got when you heard a really beautiful song, or when you got something that was just so… GOOD!-
His hands traced her sides, and he went on to lingering his hands where her waist curved over to her hips. Right at the sweet-spot where the waist ends and the hips begins.
Oliver smiled when he saw goose bumps forming on Felicity's tummy, he loved the fact that he could have that effect on her, in the same way that she had that effect on him.
He couldn't wait to get better… To be able to do more than just touching, caressing… But for now, this was more than enough!
I don't know 'bout you, but I really needed to write this...
I really hope you enjoyed reading this...