As the sun reached the big window in the master bedroom, it slowly crept to the two bodies entangled within one another. Once the sun light reached Oliver's eyes, he winced at the light and pushed them closer together and then slowly opened them.
The first thing he noticed was the extra weight on his chest which caused him to look down. The sight below him made his heart flutter. Felicity was laying on his chest holding onto him, almost as if she were holding on for dear life. And below that he could feel her right leg linked with his left.
He wanted to enjoy this moment forever He wanted to memorize her peaceful face and the way her relaxed body felt against his. The way it melted into his as if it were meant for him. As he continued to relax he closed his eyes once more and mindlessly put his hand on her back and she responded by leaning in closer to him. After feeling her response, he drifted back to sleep.
A couple hours later, the door opened to the two sleeping bodies still intertwined around each other and the tiny figure behind the tiny figure behind the door, walked sleepily into the room and climbed onto the bed while holding a teddy bear Oliver gave him a couple days ago.
When Tommy gets on the bed, he crawls over to the sleeping figures on the other side. As soon as he reached them, he immediately pokes Oliver's jaw and when he doesn't budge he does it again, and again until Oliver grimaces and squints his eyes open to see who dared to bring him out of his peaceful slumber.
When the haze cleared from his eyes and he saw his son looking down at him with big wide eyes, he instantly brought his hand to the boy's face and stroked softly. "Hey Buddy" Oliver said in a husky voice,
And from the movement, Felicity started to stir above him. Once she opened her eyes and realized where she was sleeping, she instantaneously pushed up off of Oliver and nearly fell down from the abrupt action. Luckily Oliver caught her before she could fall off the edge. As they both looked at each other, Tommy burst into a fit of giggles which drew both of the adult's attention, and he said "You're funny" which caused them both to relax and Felicity rolled off of Oliver and toward Tommy and said "hi", and the little responded with an equally innocent "hi".
"Is it time to get up already" Felicity asked in a fake whining voice, and Tommy only responded by getting up and jumping on the bed and yelling "Up, Up, Up".
The action caused both Felicity and Oliver to laugh and then suddenly without so much as a warning Tommy flung himself into Oliver's arms, and fortunately Oliver's instincts kicked in and he caught the boy before he could hit either of them.
"Ok, I think that is our cue to get up" Oliver said sitting up with the little boy still in his arms. And Felicity only responded by rolling over and digging her face into the closest pillow with a groan.
As soon as Oliver and Tommy had walked over to her side of the bed, Tommy leaned toward Felicity, to which Oliver had to bend down and lean forward with him. When the little boy was right in front of her face, he took her face in his hands and gave her a big kiss on the lips and said "love you mama" and then struggled out of Oliver's arms. After putting the little boy down, he ran out of the room and towards the stairs, leaving a shocked Felicity still trying to process what just happened.
"He said he loved me" she said absentmindedly with a smile creeping on her face, realizing that this was the first time that he had said that word let alone give a kiss to either one of them.
"Yes, he did" Oliver said with a grin on his face.
When Felicity had realized that she had said the words out loud she blushed and tried to hide in the pillow, and Oliver just shook his head with grin on his face and left the room in search of his son.
After their typical breakfast, Oliver takes their dishes to the sink and is about to put them in the dish washer when his phone goes off. After seeing the caller ID, he immediately pushes answer.
"Hey Digg, what's up" Oliver asks.
"Hey I know we've given you a couple days off, but we kind of need you here now" Digg said over the phone.
"Yeah, of course, is everything ok" Oliver asks already looking for Felicity.
"Honestly, I have no idea" Digg said.
"Ok, we're on our way" Oliver said before he hung up the phone.
"Is everything ok" Felicity asked while carrying Tommy to meet Oliver by the island.
"We need to get to the lair" he said evenly.
"Ok" she says before walking up the stairs to go get both her and Tommy dressed.
As Oliver watches them disappear up the stairs he thinks about what the problem could be. The last week has been pretty quiet on the streets, which is why Digg has released him from his regular duty and made him go home to his family. 'His family' that's the term Digg has been using every night that he had gone in, and he couldn't help but smile. He wasn't going to lie but he was glad that Digg asked him to come in because no matter how much he loved the quiet nights with Tommy and Felicity, he enjoyed his nightly job and it made him who he was.
Once the three arrived in the lair they were awaited to Dig, Rory, Renee, and Curtis crowed around the computers.
"Wow, what have I told you about touching my computers" Felicity said walking towards them and getting defensive.
"Relax Blondie, we're just looking at something" Renee said
"Well it better be a very important something because if you so much as download anything I promise you, you are going to wish that you were dead." Felicity said menacingly.
"I don't think the death threats are necessary, considering what we are up against" Digg said from her chair.
"Which is what exactly" Oliver asks standing by Felicity with a passed-out Tommy on his shoulder.
"Well there were a couple murders last night in the Glades" Dig responds
"And why are we just now hearing about this" Oliver says, standing by Felicity, in a low but firm whisper, while being cautious of the little boy in his arms.
"Well we were going to tell you but we thought that we would try and figure out what was going on first" Dig said.
"And did you find anything" Oliver asked hiking the sleeping boy farther into his chest.
With a heavy sigh, Dig responded "No".
"So, what happened last night" Felicity asked with confusion written all over her face while looking between all three men in front of her.
"There was a gang fight down in the Glades and when we got there, there was a man who took out all three of the attackers and then just… disappeared" Rory explained.
"Yeah we looked for him all night but he was gone" Curtis said.
"Wait what do you mean by gone" Felicity asked.
"Like he vanished in thin air, we've been trying to track him all night but we haven't found anything" Curtis said.
"And you why didn't you call me" Oliver asked with
"Well you're here now aren't you" Dig asked getting up from the chair.
"Ok, well let me see if I can find anything" Felicity says while slipping into her leather chair.
"Alright well let me know if you find anything" Oliver says as he walks towards the back of the bunker towards the bedroom, to put Tommy down and let him sleep.
When he returns, he sees everyone still near Felicity and he decides to let Felicity be and walks over to the training mats. Once he's there he calls over Dig and they being to train.
"How's Sara doing with the ship" Oliver asks
"She's still working on it from what she said this morning" Dig responded.
"Did she say how much longer" Oliver grunted.
"No, she said it could be days or weeks, she has no idea" Dig responds while deflecting a blow from Oliver.
"Great" Oliver said throwing a punch.
"So is everything still going ok with Tommy" Dig asks anticipating Oliver's next move.
"Yeah, everything's great, he truly is an amazing little boy" Oliver says stopping for a second.
"Yeah well that's only because he is Felicity's son" Dig teases, which earns him a punch to the arm.
"You do realize that he has to go back eventually right" Dig asks stopping to grab the sticks and throws one to Oliver.
"I know, I know" Oliver responds with a heavy sigh.
"So, what are you going to do" Dig asks throwing the first swing.
"The only thing I can do, and that is keeping him safe and making sure he stays happy" Oliver says deflecting the blow.
And for the next couple hours they continue to train and the others eventually join them, while Felicity continues to find their mystery man.
A couple hours later Tommy emerges from the small bedroom with tears in his eyes, and Dig is the first to see him.
"Um Oliver" he says pointing to the little boy in the doorway.
When Oliver follows Dig's line of sight he immediately sees Tommy and jogs over to him. "Hey, buddy what's wrong" Oliver asks kneeling down in front of the little boy, looking for injurys.
And when the little boy doesn't say anything at first and his lip starts to quiver Oliver immediately picks him up and says "shh shh, it's ok, you're ok, I've got you" while bouncing him up and down and pacing back in forth trying to stop the tears that are falling on the little boy's face. "What's wrong" he asks again, and this time Tommy gives him an answer.
"You weren't there, and mommy wasn't there" he says through the tears that are still streaming down his face.
"Hey, hey well we're both here now, see mommy's over there and I'm right here" Oliver said pointing to Felicity who looks up from the monitor to give the small child a smile.
The small family oblivious to the audience in the room who look at Oliver and Felicity with intrigued glances, continue to try to make the boy smile again and to make sure he's fully awake.
After a couple minutes Tommy's tears disappear and he is ready to play, but before Oliver can put him down Felicity says,
"Uh, I got an address" Felicity said
"Talk to me" Oliver says giving Tommy to Dig while he shifts into his alter ego and walks over to Felicity.
"I just spotted him at 3175 S. Rockcrest" Felicity said.
"Alright suit up" Oliver says without hesitation and makes his way to the glass case.
As everyone makes their way to their own suits Dig walks over to Felicity and hands Tommy over to her, which she gladly accepts.
"Hey little guy, did you get a good nap" she asks trying to get him to smile, and with that all the men were gone.
When the team reached the building, Felicity had told them to go to, Oliver was a little surprised to see that it wasn't a warehouse, but instead an apartment building, and by the looks of it an abandoned one. Once they got there, they went straight to their designated positions. After they scoped out the outside, they all went in.
"Ugh this is going to take forever, he could be anywhere" Renee said looking around at the lobby.
"Which is why we're going to split up. Ragman you take the first three floors, Wild Dog & Mr. Terrific, take floors 3-7 and Spartan take 8 & 9." Oliver said with authority.
"And what about you" Dig asked.
"I'm taking the top two floors, now split up" he said and they all went their separate ways.
After making it to their designated floors the team went on with their search.
"Well anything, Overwatch" Oliver asked.
"No, nothing, but I know he went in there, I'm positive." Felicity said.
"I believe you" Oliver said and continued on with his search. After going and kicking down most of the doors on the top two floors, Oliver finally came to the last one on the top floor. When he kicked it down he found the man he was looking for. "You", he said and the man in the mask started to attack Oliver.
After a heavy battle, Oliver finally got the upper hand and shot his arrows, which pierced the mystery man's chest and the man fell to the ground.
After waiting a minute to make sure the man was really dead Oliver carefully walked over to the dead man across from him. When Oliver unveils the mask of the man he just killed, his breath catches in his throat, which Felicity hears right away.
"What is it, what's wrong" she asks.
"It can't be" Oliver whispers to himself.
"What" Felicity asks once again.
"It's a Ghost" Oliver said with disbelief coating his voice.
"Uh, Oliver, last time I checked you can't see ghosts" Rory said
"No not that kind of ghost, one of Darhk's ghosts" Oliver said through his teeth.
"That's impossible, Darhk is dead" Renee said with a hint of anger clear in his voice.
"Yeah" Oliver said trying to wrap what he's seeing, around his head.
"Are you sure" Felicity asked.
"Positive, I would never forget what these monsters look like" Oliver said getting up slowly. Once he was on his feet he briefly looked out the window and immediately noticed something, the building across from him. It looked familiar, but he couldn't quite figure out why.
"Green Arrow, are you ok" Felicity asked
"Yeah. Yeah no, I'm fine. We're on our way back now" Oliver said distracted and finally looked away and made his way back downstairs to meet his team.
After the big revelation, Oliver made his way back to the lair. When he got back he immediately headed for the showers. Once he got out he headed back to the computers and saw Tommy sitting over on the training mats and playing with Renee, who looked more than happy to keep the little boy happily smiling.
As Oliver watched Renee interact with his son he saw something in the young man that he sees in himself every time he sees Tommy acknowledge him, happiness. And not just any type of happiness but the kind that he has learned that only comes from being a father. The type that entwines pride and pure joy. As he continued to watch he couldn't help but wonder if there was something that Renee wasn't telling him, if Renee was more than just a guy that found trouble on the streets and resolved it with violence.
But before he could think any more about the subject, the elevator dinged open and in came Curtis carrying several bags of Big Belly Burger.
"Who's hungry" Curtis asked
"Ooh me" Felicity said practically jumping out of her seat as she spun around.
And behind him he heard Tommy mimic Felicity and said "ooh me".
As soon as the food was divided, Curtis continued to do the research that Felicity was previously doing, and him and the rest of the guys sit near the computers and eat their burgers, while the little family sit at the table, digging into their own.
"Sometimes I forget how good Big Belly Burger is" Felicity says relishing the burger bite by bite. And then thinks for a second and says "no I don't". Which earns her a chuckle from Oliver.
Taking his eyes off the beautiful blonde beside him he looks at the boy across from him and asks "is it good buddy", to which he only gets a head nod while the boy continues to concentrate on the pieces Oliver had cut for him.
While the three continue to enjoy their meal Tommy suddenly says "I love when William gives me half of his hamburger."
At this shocking announcement, Felicity and Oliver both stop eating and look at each other with matching stunned looks.
"Wait, what did you just say" Oliver asks with disbelief.
And as soon as the little boy looks up and sees his parents shocked expressions he gets a little scared and asks in a small voice "did I say something wrong?"
"No, no buddy" Oliver quickly responds when he realizes that he scared him. "It's just that you said William, how do you know William" Oliver asks in a softer voice.
"He's my brother" he says in a proud voice.
And again, Felicity and Oliver look at each other and this time Felicity asks "when you say William, what do you mean, like does he live with them, us" she quickly corrects herself, while she continues to process what the little boy just said.
"Oh, no but we have lots of sleepovers, I love when he sleeps over" the little boy says while turning his attention back on the food in front of him. "He's the best brother ever" he finishes, throwing his hands in the air.
After hearing, everything the little boy just said, Oliver can't help but smile because he just found out that he will get the opportunity to be in William's life, and not only that but he also gets to share William with Tommy and Felicity. And somehow their going to be a happy family somehow and someway.
After all the food was gone, everyone had called it a night and left except Oliver, Felicity, and Tommy, who made their way to the little sitting area near the elevators. Once they sat down Tommy laid his head-on Felicity's lap and quickly fell asleep as she gently stroked her fingers through his light brown hair. As Oliver sat by them and watched the scene before him, a thought finally dawned on him.
"Felicity" he said softly.
"Hmm" she responded just as softly.
"That place that we found the ghost, was that near our apartment" he asked.
"Yeah, I think so, why" she said not understanding what his point was. "Oliver, you do realize that crime can happen anywhere."
"Yeah, but it doesn't usually happen over there, that is one of the safest areas in the city" Oliver said trying to put the pieces together in his head.
"Oliver just because it's rich doesn't mean its off limits" Felicity said continuing stroking her fingers through the little boy's hair.
"Look my point is that this can't be a coincidence" he said still distracted.
"So, what are you saying" Felicity asked still not looking at him.
"I'm just wondering if he was there for a reason" he takes a deep breath and says "I don't know, there is just something off about this whole situation. I mean first of all I thought all of the Ghosts were dead and then he just shows up at the building in our neighborhood" he said as he slowly said the last words. "Oh, my God" he said as realization hit him.
"What" she asks finally looking at him.
"I know why that place looked so familiar, because it was our apartment" Oliver said as the situation became clear as day.
"What do you mean our apartment" she asks still confused.
"When I looked out the window after I had killed him, I saw the balcony but it didn't occur to me that that was our balcony"
"Oliver, get to the point" Felicity said a little impatiently.
"What if he was spying on us" Oliver asked turning towards her.
"That's absurd why would he be spying on us" she asks as her eyes slowly went to the little boy sleeping soundly on her lap. And she slowly takes a deep breath before asking "You don't think anyone came back do you", as she starts to understand what Oliver is saying. "from the future I mean".
"I don't know, but it would only make sense, I mean why else would a random Ghost that we were pretty positive that we thought were dead, show up out of nowhere and set up camp across from our apartment. I mean think about it nobody would be stupid enough to go against me especially alone."
"Oh, God do you think they were trying to kill him" Felicity asks in extremely soft whisper.
"I don't know but we need to find out, especially if there's more of them."
And with that Felicity lifted the boy to her chest and held onto him tightly and leaned her head onto Oliver's chest, which he quickly responded with an arm around her shoulder and brought them both closer, and held them until she eventually closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. While he stayed, awake and thought of the many possibilities of Darhk's revenge and how he was going to keep his family safe.
