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A whole week had passed since Tommy had come into both Oliver and Felicity's life and they honestly couldn't be happier. The entire week the three of them lived in their own little bubble. Filled with laughter, smiles, bath time's, and bed time stories, lots of bed time stories.
Every morning they all woke up in their own beds, Felicity in her bed, Tommy in his, and Oliver on the couch, which he was more than happy with.
For the past few days Oliver was usually the first one up making breakfast and getting everything ready for the morning, but on Friday Tommy was the one who woke up first. When he got out of bed he immediately hobbled down the stairs and towards Oliver, who was sound asleep with the early morning light grazing his face slightly.
When Tommy made his way over to Oliver, he broke out into a toothy grin and ran his hands over the man's stubble across his jaw. And with every swipe over the prickly hair, the little boy gave out a soft giggle.
When Oliver felt the tiny hands, bringing him out of sleep, he immediately went rigid until he heard the soft laughter escaping the small child above him. As he opened his eyes he was greeted by the piercing blue eyes he has quickly fallen in love with, and a bright smile that he was pretty sure grew, when his eyes finally opened.
After finding his voice Oliver asked, "Hey buddy, what are you doing up?"
"Breakfast" Tommy said excitedly throwing his arms in the air.
"Oh, is it that time already" Oliver asked sitting up with a smile on his face.
When Tommy didn't put his arms down, Oliver opened his, assuming that the kid wanted a hug and he was right. The next thing he knew, Tommy flung himself into Oliver's arms. After a huge hug, Oliver stood up while lifting Tommy with him and they made their way to the kitchen.
After deciding that French Toast was the way to go, Oliver went to work with Tommy in his spot on the counter near Oliver getting ready to help.
As soon as the first batch was done, Oliver quietly asked the small boy, "do these look good" really curious of his opinion and Tommy responded with the same serious tone while looking at the toast with precision "yeah", which made Oliver chuckle.
After Oliver took all of the bread off of the stove and put them on the plate, there was a knock on the door.
Looking up from the plate and towards the door, he quickly exchanged a look with Tommy and finally took him off the counter and walked towards the door. When Oliver opened the door he immediately saw Dig. Before he could say anything to his friend, Tommy yelled "Uncle Dig" and embraced his legs. After getting over the shock of the moment, Dig bent down and said "hi little guy".
"Ooh what smells so good" Felicity asked coming down the stairs, and all eyes went to her. When she realized, who was at the door, she quickened her pace down the steps and greeted him with a hug. "Hi Dig" she said, "Hello Felicity" he responded with a smile.
"Are you hungry" Oliver asked his friend. "Well if your offering" Dig said and Oliver just smirked and walked back to the kitchen.
Once they all sat down and ate breakfast, Dig finally spoke "Thea told me to remind you that you have a meeting at 11" he directed towards Oliver, who just sighed heavily and responded "great".
After the last couple days Oliver, had been so caught up in his happy family fantasy, he actually forgot he had responsibilities as the Mayor. Although he supposed it didn't help that he had practically avoided City Hall for the last three days by calling in "sick" to just hang out with Tommy and Felicity.
"Well in that case, I should probably get ready" he said standing up and reaching for his plate, but Felicity instantly stopped him by saying "No, I'll get it" and he responded with a soft smile and turned to go upstairs.
About 15 minutes later Oliver came back down the stairs dressed in his suit and spotted Felicity and Dig talking while leaning against the counter. Before he reached the last step to join them, there was a knock on the door which caused all three of them to look towards it and Oliver immediately said "I'll get it."
When he reached the door for the second time that morning, he opened it and was shocked to see who was standing on the other side.
"Mayor Queen" the visitor said, clearly shocked by the man who opened the door.
"Detective Malone" Oliver responded with a tight jaw.
And with the sound of that name, Felicity froze with widened eyes that turned towards the door. Once the shock left her, she immediately went over to the door , "Hey" she said with a bit of shock still evident in her voice, while trying to get around Oliver who did not move a muscle. "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to…" when he stopped mid-sentence, Felicity followed his gaze and realized that he stopped because Oliver was still standing there.
"Oh, he was just… you were just leaving" she said pushing Oliver out the door. And then he purposely turned back around as soon as he was outside of the door, standing by Malone and said "Bye Tommy" to the little boy who was sitting on the rug playing with his Green Arrow toy. "Bye Daddy" the boy said with excitement.
And before Oliver could revel in the boy's voice, Malone said "Wait, Child Services haven't taken him in yet?"
To which Oliver turned to the man beside him and was about to give him a murderous look, when Felicity quickly said "no, and it's ok, he's not a hassle" and Malone only responded "are you sure because I can give them a call right now", and Felicity practically yelled "NO."
After the outburst that drew everyone's attention to her, she immediately added "I mean no… really it's ok" and looked at Oliver, who was about to lose it on the detective, and said with a pointed look, "don't you have a meeting in 45 minutes", to which he returned the look and then reluctantly turned around and left.
When Oliver was gone, she turned her attention back to Malone and let him in. "So what are you doing here" she asked with a deep sigh.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok, and make sure you weren't avoiding me" he said with a laugh.
And to that Felicity gave a caught off guard scoff "What? Avoiding you, no, I would… never do that" and with that explanation Dig gave a low chuckle from the couch in front of the little boy, which only earned him a glare from Felicity.
"Oh, you have someone else here" Malone said seeing Diggle for the first time, "oh yeah he's a friend" Felicity says quickly.
"Hey Tommy, why don't we go get you dressed for the day" Dig said trying to give Felicity some time to talk to the man in front of her, and the little boy agreed and took Dig's hand. As they climb up the stairs Felicity gave her friend a very grateful look, to which he returned with a small nod.
As soon as the two were alone, Felicity turns awkwardly and goes to the kitchen and offers Malone some coffee to which he declines, and after a minute of silence he finally asks, "Felicity what's going on". And she responds "what do you mean", before taking a sip of her coffee. "What I mean is, you've been dodging my calls and have barely talked to me all week and then I show up to make sure that you're ok and I find your ex here, so I'm going to ask you in the nicest way possible, What the hell is going on?"
And to that question, Felicity deflates and sags her shoulders, "look I really have been busy this week and as for Oliver being here, he just stopped by to check on Tom… the little boy".
"And why does he care" Malone asked frustration building in his tone.
"Because Tommy knows him, and he wanted to make sure he was ok" Felicity responds defensively. And to that the Detective tightens his jaw and slowly nods while looking at the fire place. "Look, I promise nothing is going on between me and Oliver, ok" she says stepping closer to him, but not close enough to touch him. "Ok" Malone said, and then his phone went off, "oh, sorry I have to get back to the station."
"It's ok, go" Felicity said, "alright well I'll see you later" he says when he tries to kiss her but before he can he reach her lips she turns her face to the side, and he settles for the cheek.
"Yeah" she says while he leaves.
After he leaves she sees Dig holding Tommy at the top of the stairs and she gives him a look of despair that he can only return with a look of understanding. And as her eyes traveled back to the closed door, she couldn't help but think about how Malone had just popped her bubble of happiness that had secluded her from her life the last 4 days, in less than 5 minutes. But the thing that got to her the most was the part where she had promised him that nothing was going on between her and Oliver, when in reality she had only hoped that something was coming back.
After the stressful morning, Oliver had with Malone showing up unexpectedly and wanting to take his little boy away, and the long meeting he didn't particularly care about, he finally sat down at his desk and took a deep breath. He wanted to call Felicity and ask if she was ok, but the detective reminded him that his little fantasy was clearly not real. It's not that he didn't know, he just for once felt complete and didn't want it to end.
Even in the short time that Tommy had come into his life, he couldn't remember a time that he had been truly this happy. He liked to think that it was the life that he could have had with Felicity back in Ivy Town, the only difference now is he doesn't have his girl like he imagined, but he still has hope, especially now that Tommy's here because he is living proof that they end up together, it's just a matter of time.
Still lost in his thoughts, a knock on the door broke his trance. Looking up he said "come in" and in came a woman he shouldn't have been surprised to see but yet was. "Susan" he said as he took a deep breath. "Hi…what are you doing here?"
"Hi" she said walking towards him and then took a seat in front of his desk. "I just wanted to make sure you were ok, it's not like you to miss three days in row of Mayoral Duty" she said with a smile.
"Oh yeah" he responded hesitantly with his hand rubbing the back of his neck, "I had the flu and I didn't want to get anyone sick.
"Oh well you should have said something, I could have come over and took care of you" she said whispering the last part.
With the revelation, Oliver quickly became uncomfortable and said "Oh no, no it's ok I'm fine now, really."
"Ok well if you say so" she said with a smirk, and Oliver was quickly ready to change the subject.
"So, I'm assuming that you didn't just come here to check on me, did you" he asks with a knowing voice.
"Ok you caught me, I thought that you might be able to help me with a story" she says.
"Oh yeah and what kind of story would that be, the one about the new hospital being built in the Glades, or the one about the health care initiative for the poor, or the school supply drive for the Elementary schools…"
"How about the one where you have a son" she asked with force, to which Oliver nearly chocked. "What, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about" he said with a glare.
"Oh, I mean the little boy that was at the police station a couple days ago, that claimed you were his father, that one" she said with bit of poison that Oliver could only clarify as her journalistic tone, that demanded answers.
And to that he responded with haste that he only used when he got really defensive, "I have no idea what you are talking about" and then he added in a deep voice, "I think you should leave."
And the woman was about to protest and press on but thought better of it when she saw his look. Instead she gracefully got up and turned around to leave. But before she could pass the threshold, Oliver asked his burning question that had suddenly come to him, "Where did you hear this accusation" he asked again in his deep voice.
And to that she turned and gave a devilish smile, "let's just say that I have eyes and ears on the inside and my source was not to fond of the idea himself", and with that she turned around and left a shocked, full of questions Mayor to himself.
After the talk with Malone, Felicity spent the rest of the day trying to put it out of her head and the little boy definitely helped her with that. They ended up going to the lair so that she could get ahead on a new case on a drug deal. But even that only distracted her so much. So, they went back to the Loft later that afternoon. When it hit about 6 pm, she could see Tommy getting antsy and then the dreadful words finally came, "Momma, I'm hungry" which made her cringe and say "ok" and got up and walked toward the kitchen, while mumbling "of course I'm the one who gets stuck feeding him." Once she opened the fridge she heard the door open, "Oh thank God" she said with relief.
Sure, enough as soon as she closed the refrigerator she saw Oliver coming in carrying a pizza and a quart of ice cream, which left her speechless. "Are we celebrating something, or have you just lost your mind" she asked when he got closer and put the pizza on the counter.
Smiling with a huff "neither, more like comfort food, besides if we were celebrating something we would be eating something along the lines of Filet Mignon and Red Wine" he said.
Rolling her eyes and giving him a small smile, "you had a bad day too, huh" she asked.
"Yeah you could say that" he said giving her the same small smile, which quickly grew when he felt his boy wrap his arms around his legs and give him a big hug, "daddy it gonna be ok" he said looking up at the man. "Yeah it just did" Oliver responds picking up the little guy.
When Tommy saw the pizza, he grew excited, "Yay pizza", and with that they all got some pizza and sat down in front of the fire and decided to ask Tommy somethings.
"So, Tommy what's your favorite color" Felicity asked
"Green" the little boy answered happily while savoring the pizza he had in his hand.
"He really is his father's son she mumbled" and Oliver gave out laugh and then asked his question, "What is your favorite thing to do",
"Oh, I like to ride my bike and play in my tree house and and play with Johnny" he said getting excited, which made both Felicity and Oliver look at each other.
With the news that Tommy just told them they realized that future them moved out of the city to have been able to have a tree house and enough room to ride a bike. And on top of that he was best friends with John's son, which made them smile.
After the pizza was all gone Oliver took the dishes back to the sink and brought back three bowls of ice cream and gave one to Felicity and a small one to Tommy, who was over the moon.
"Is this mint chocolate chip" Felicity asked surprised.
"Yes" Oliver said with hesitation, "that's your favorite flavor" he said in a confident tone.
"Yes, it is" she said a bright smile when she realized he remembered, he never forgot.
After all the ice cream was gone they ended watching the fire with Oliver leaning on the coach and Felicity laying on his chest and Tommy laying passed out in the crook of his left arm. Enjoying each other's company, they fell into a comfortable silence that resulted in them starting to doze off, but fate had other ideas. As Felicity moved her foot to get closer to Oliver she accidently hit the remote that was on the ground that turned on the T.V.
"And now in other news: Does Oliver Queen have a son?" Susan Williams' said "Earlier this week a little boy was brought into police custody and claimed that he was Mayor Queen's son. So is it true, is this little boy really Oliver Queen's son, and if it is what other secrets does the Mayor have hiding under that handsome smile he has used to get into office with…" click, and the loud accusations went blank after Felicity struggled to find the remote and turn off the television.
When the screen was black again she let out a loud sigh, and checked to make sure that Tommy hadn't woken up, which brought another sense of relief to her when she realized he hadn't. Once she laid back against Oliver's arm and whispered, "I don't understand, how does she even know, I mean we were being really careful, it wasn't like you were seen with him."
His only response was a low growl, "I am going to kill him" and she could only respond "great I'll help" with a venomous tone, and then his words hit her, "Wait Who?"
"Malone" he said sitting up a little, while making sure not to wake Tommy, and laying him on the sofa behind him.
"Wait what does have Billy have to do with this" she asked with confusion painted on her face.
As soon as he was sure Tommy was safely on the couch he started to get up and said "because he was the one who tipped her off".
"Wait, what" she asked dumbfounded. When she realized, he was half way to the kitchen she immediately shuffled to her feet and followed him. "What do you mean he tipped her off, Billy would never do that" she said in a weak voice.
"Susan came by my office earlier to ask me about Tommy and I told her to leave and then she told me she had someone inside" he said reaching the sink.
"Well that could be anyone, there was a lot of people there that day" she said watching him.
"Maybe, but Malone is the only person that would even care about this little story."
"And why is that" she asked.
"Because Tommy referred to both of us as his parents, and before Susan left earlier she said that her inside source was not to fond of the idea." He said looking at her.
"Oh, my God" she mumbled as she looked at the counter. After a minute of processing the new information she finally looked at him with desperate eyes and asked "Oliver, what are we going to do? I mean we can't expose him, it's not like he going to be here forever."
"I know" he said.
"And it's not like he knows any better, Oliver he's just a child"
"I know, I know, I know" he said just as desperately. "I don't want anything to happen to him, Felicity, and I know you feel the same. Which is why we need to keep him safe and hidden." He said grasping her shoulders.
"Oh course" she whispered gazing into his equally desperate eyes and nodded to assure him that she understood. And then after a minute she finally broke eye contact and said "Thea's going to have a whole lot of fun cleaning this mess up" she said under her breath.
To which Oliver released his hands off her shoulders and brought them to scrub his face in frustration. "Oh Thea" he said as he realized that that was yet another obstacle that he would need to handle.
"But that's a tomorrow problem" Felicity told him after she realized what she had just said.
"Yeah, a tomorrow problem" he slowly agreed.
"But in the mean time we should probably get some rest" , "so we can conquer our demons tomorrow" she finished mostly to herself. And then looking at him and softly taking his hand to guide him back to the sleeping boy on the sofa.
Once they reached Tommy, Oliver carefully picked him up and they all made their way up the stairs. As soon as they reached the little boys room Felicity stepped in front of Oliver to draw the covers so that it would be easier to put the boy down. It was so natural to them even though they had only put him to bed four times now and that was when he was awake.
After Oliver softly put him down, making sure that his head was supported, they both tucked him in and mindlessly kissed his forehead. And to end the nightly ritual they both said, to the sleeping boy, "Goodnight Tommy", and then they got up and closed the door.
Once they both were in the hall, Oliver tiredly said "Goodnight Felicity" and turned to go down the stairs, but before he could even reach the first one she blurted out-
"You could stay up here tonight" and then realized what she had just said and quickly added "I mean the couch has to be extremely hard and painful and we both know that's not really a good way to end a bad day, I mean not that I would know, it's not like I've ever slept on a couch on a bad day and I'm just going to stop talking in 3…2…1" and she zipped her lips.
And Oliver just stood there shocked, 'did she just ask him to lay in the same bed as her', he thought to himself and then he thought, 'yes, she did'. "Are you sure, I mean I don't want to be a burden, I mean even just being here I know is a lot" he said looking at her.
"Yeah, I mean we're both adults here, and besides we have a kid one day" she says and then looks at him with a mixture of horror and embarrassment and decides not say anything else and turns and walks into the master bedroom. All while leaving Oliver standing by the stairs with a wide grin spread across his face watching after her.
After she walks fully into the room, he quickly finds his feet and follows her. When he walks in, the first thing that he notices is that nothing had changed. It still looked the same as it did six months ago, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy knowing that even after everything that went down that she couldn't bring herself to change anything.
After getting changed and once everything was settled he finally climbed into the bed he hadn't felt in over half a year. When he leaned into the mattress he couldn't help but let a satisfied moan escape his lips.
"Did you miss it that much" Felicity teased him climbing onto her side.
"You have no idea" he said embracing the comfort the bed gave him.
"Well then I'm glad I could help you end the day from hell on a good note" she said reaching to turn off the lamp beside her.
"That's one way to put it" he breathed as the lights went out.
"Hey, we're going to get through this" Felicity whispered looking at him. "I mean we've been through far worst: The Undertaking, Slade Wilson, Ras Ah Gahul" she said rolling her tongue, "oh and let's not forget my personal favorite" she said with dark sarcasm "Damian Darhk and his equally awful ghosts."
Which only earned her a chuckle from Oliver "Yeah I guess we have" he said looking from the ceiling to her.
"We'll survive…we always survive" she said slurring the last part before she let sleep take her.
And with the last words echoing off into the night, he gently leaned closer to the love of his life making sure not to touch her and let the darkness finally take him to a peaceful slumber.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I'm curious to see what all of you thought about this chapter and how I portrayed Malone and Susan Williams. And I promise that for the next chapter I will focus on the little family themselves!
