Oliver stood in fear, a feeling he hadn't truly felt for a while as the man in front of him spoke
"I will take away everything and everyone you love until you have nothing left" Damian Dark spoke
It had been 2 months since Laurel and Thea whisked Oliver and Felicity from their home away from home and brought them back to Star City. Ever since Oliver had feared that something would happen to Felicity, he put more effort into protecting her when he was in the field than he did protecting himself and now with Damian's words he knew that it could all come undone.
"If you so much as lay a hand on anyone I have ever even glanced at I will end you, and I can assure you that isn't an empty threat" Oliver yelled with his disguised voice.
"I'd like to see you try" Damian replied before jumping out of a nearby window and out of sight.
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"How'd it go?" Dig asked when Oliver returned to the Arrow Cave later that night
"He threatened her... he said he'd take everything from me… Felicity is everything" Oliver replied
"So don't let him, look you and I may not exactly be on the best terms and even if you did try to take away the only person who makes me happy the last thing I want is for you to lose the only person who's ever made you happy. Besides I don't want to lose Felicity either" Diggle said with a tone of motivation that surprised Oliver
"How can you be so confident, since when is it ever that easy? I have been back for 2 months and all this guy has done is destroy 50 percent of the city and interrupt 3 out of 4 of my attempts to propose. He's going to hurt her and being with her isn't protecting her" Oliver replied sounding defeated.
"And here we are back to the old Oliver, you love her, you want to marry her, so marry her! All you are doing in pushing her away is making her more vulnerable to Dark. Is that what you want?" Diggle exhaustedly yelled back
"Of course it's not what I want; I'm just so scared that she'll get hurt if I keep her close… I don't want to push her away; I want to marry her but…" Oliver began but was cut off by a noise in the distance
"Why don't you marry her then" Felicity said slowly walking into the room concealing the smile and tears on the inside
"Felicity I…" Oliver said softly turning to Diggle who was slowly backing out of the room "Uh ok let's do this then…" He continued walking toward her and grabbing her hands in his own and getting down on one knee
"Felicity, I know we have only really been together for 7 months but in my eyes it's been a lifetime. You know everything about me, and ever since we've met, you have been the only person who understands me. You were the light in the darkness that was my life and without you I know for certain that I would not be alive today. It takes every piece my effort to not push you away where I know you'll be safer and instead to ask you this question…. Felicity Megan Smoak would you do me the honour of becoming my queen, pun intended. Will you marry me" Oliver spoke softly in a voice he only used for her
"Oliver…" Felicity began with one hand near her mouth in shock and tears running from her eyes "Yes" she continued through the tears pulling him up toward her and into a long kiss
"I love you so much" Oliver said placing the beautiful ring on her finger and embracing her tightly in her arms. An embrace that he would never truly release so long as there was someone who could hurt his fiancé.