Oh my gosh, I've been gone for so so long, I can hardly believe it.
I'm a little out of practice so this is gonna be a shorter one and I'm sorry if this is awful and filled with mistakes, but I really hope you enjoy it!
This ones a little lighter on the olicity.
Team Arrow start referring to themselves in third person (third person, is that right?) to tease Oliver.
"Does it creep you out when Oliver refers to himself by name?" Roy asks as he plops down onto a stool near Felicity's work station, watching Diggle and the afor mentioned vigilante talk on the other side of the foundry.
"A little, yeah, I guess. Why do you ask?" The blonde replies, spinning in her chair to face the young man. Roy turns his head towards her and a slow smile spreads across his face.
"I have an idea."
"How are things going, Felicity?" Oliver asks, referring to the lines of code progressinng over one of the computer monitors.
"Pretty good - Felicity will probably have this finished soon." The IT girl responds, not taking her eyes off the screen infront of her. She does, however, allow herself a small smirk when she hears Roy's snickering somewhere behind her.
Oliver, though, just tilts his head at her before moving away to the salmon ladder.
"Roy, hit the mats, we need to work on your left kicks." Oliver calls, already moving towards the training area.
"But, Roy's tired!" He whines in response, slumping down further into the ratty couch in the basement's corner.
"Tough, on your feet." The Arrow responds, isnoring Roy's out of character referal to himself.
And, though he also ignores it, Oliver doesn't miss the small smile Felicity and his protege share when Roy finally vacates his seat.
It doesn't take very long for Diggle to catch on.
Roy and Felicity have been playing this little game with Oliver for almost a week, taking great pleasure from the increasingly confused looks they've been receiving from him.
So, naturally, John wants in.
His opportunity arises one night in the foundry. Roy's been grumbling for a while and has finally come straight out with the fact that he needs (wants) food immediately.
"Digg will go pick something up," John announces, earning looks of surprise from the two youngest members of the team, which quickly morph into amused grins, "John's in the mood for some Big Belly Burger, that good with you guys?"
"That's good with Smoak and Harper." Felicity beams, eyes shining.
Oliver stares at them all, with their big, cheesy grins, like they've lost their minds.
If Oliver has noticed anything he doesn't mention it, though Diggle presumes he's realised something's up by now.
That doesn't stop him from enjoying it while it lasts, though.
"Felicity would disagree", "Roy thinks it's this way", "John's gotta go", and - Felicity's personal favourite - "Arsenal is doing some good in this city", just because of how well it mimics the young man's mentor, are all lines that have featured in the long list the team have been building up.
"I know what you're doing, you know," Oliver tells Diggle one day, "and, Oliver Queen is not amused."
"Yeah, well, John Diggle is. And so are Roy and Felicity, both of whom don't have nearly as much time to have fun as they should," John replies, matter of factly, "Just let them have this for a little longer, man, alright."
The vigilante sighs, but says nothing more on the matter.
Felicity knows he knows.
And Oliver's pretty sure that she knows he knows.
Because, now, whenever she refers to herself in the third person, she smiles warmly at him, even winks occassionally. It's her way of leting him in on the joke, making sure he knows it is just a joke, and he thinks it's sweet.
Oliver thinks she's sweet. Knows she is. Is sure she is the cutest, nerdiest, sweetest person he's ever met.
Roy's the only one who doesn't know they're busted. Diggle hasn't told him and Felicity certainly won't be the one to do it - she can't stand the thought of taking away the little bit of fun the young man gets to indulge in.
Sweet.
Oliver continues to talk about himself in third person, but now more than ever.
Roy still doesn't catch on.
As warned, this chapter was awfully lacking in Olicity and content, but I really, really, wanted to get something up after such a long gap, even if it's not up to standard.
Maybe I'll come back to this and add more or tweak it in the future.
Please let me know what you think and I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!