otp: i have YOU

Felicity: “Still, I don’t like you going out there without backup.” Oliver: “I’m not. I have YOU.”

This may be one of my favorite Olicity exchanges ever. We’ve had a lot of great moments so far this season, but this one just destroys me, in the best possible way. 

The way Oliver says it is just so matter of fact. That he knows she will always have his back is not something he EVER questions. He KNOWS it, as much as he knows his own name. He believes in her as much as she believes in him.

Oliver has complete faith in her, and belief in her ability to back him up. Even if she’s not there with him physically, he knows she will do what she can to keep him safe. Even if she’s not there with him physically, she’s there with him in spirit. More than that, he feels safer knowing she has his back. He feels safe knowing she’s on the other end of the line, the reassuring voice in his ear. He puts his faith into her as much as she puts hers into him.

Oliver trusts Felicity with his life, and she trusts him with hers.

“You are not alone...and I believe in you.”

“I have you.”

Felicity was right way back in season 2: Oliver isn’t alone in this, and he’s finally begun to accept that. 

This belief and trust is not one sided; it is 100% mutual, and here we have beautiful proof of that. 

Between the mutual belief/faith in each other, the mutual trust, and the mutual assurance that the other one will always be there for them, it's no wonder I ship these two so hard.

“The Hero and the Man,” Olicity future fic

The Hero and the Man

Rating: PG13

Summary: When the world finds out that Oliver Queen is The Green Arrow, it struggles to define the notion of a superhero. In the end, it takes the woman who knows him best to help them understand not just the hero, but the man behind the mask. Set a few months after the end of the series, and then beyond. Could be viewed as an epilogue to the series, or perhaps a final episode.

AN: I don’t know where the hell this came from. I may have been possessed when I wrote it. This is different from anything else I’ve ever written, and I like it all the more because of that, even if I’m incredibly nervous about posting it. Hopefully you guys like it, too.

Started off as a response to the following idea (before it took on a life of its own): Can we talk about the fact that EVERY.DAMN.TIME Oliver puts on that suit this season, he’s going to be thinking about HER? About WHAT HE’S FIGHTING FOR? About how she worked with Cisco all summer in secret to design a new suit, because she just KNEW that he’d need it again. Because she knows Oliver better than he knows himself. Because he’s A HERO, and she believes in him, and she wants him to believe in himself, too.

The Hero and the Man

 The world eventually finds out about Oliver Queen: billionaire playboy, Vigilante, The Hood, The Arrow, Al Sah-him, Star City Mayor…and the Green Arrow.

 They find out about Felicity Smoak, too: hacktivist, QC IT Girl, Executive Assistant, Tech Village employee, VP of Palmer Tech, CEO of Palmer Tech, Mayor’s Wife, CEO of Queen, Inc….and The Green Arrow’s partner in every sense of the word.      

 They never find out about the others: Diggle, Thea, Roy, Laurel, Sara, Ray, or Lyla. With a little help from Quentin and Laurel Lance, the world never finds out the identities of the other masked heroes that roam the streets of Star City.

 Oliver and Felicity face trial for what they’ve done, and in an unprecedented decision…the world sets them free. They are tried, and they are found innocent…because for the first time, mankind votes with its heart and not its head.

 When the world finds out about Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, the world sees fit to label them. Words like “hacktivist” and “super genius” are thrown Felicity’s way, and while she isn’t too fond of the former (it brings up far too many painful memories of life before the Arrow) she can’t say she hates being called “super” or “a genius.”

 As for Oliver? The world calls him a “superhero,” and it’s a “super” nickname he’s less fond of than she is. People call him a “superhero,” but deep down, Oliver’s pretty sure they have no idea what it really means to be a superhero. He hears the way people talk about him, and he comes to believe that they throw the word around as a joke; that they don’t really believe his stories, or understand what he’s done for them.

 Oliver Queen is the first of his kind.

 But then suddenly there are more superheroes. Tens of them, hundreds of them. Most of them, like the Green Arrow’s team in Star City, never reveal their true identities. Some of them retain not-so-secret identities (most people are convinced that Bruce Wayne is Batman, but no one ever proves it). And finally, a few of them, like Oliver, are forced to reveal themselves. Barry Allen becomes the second superhero to reveal his own identity.

 Once the world realizes that Oliver Queen is not the only superhero – once they start to look deeper – they find more heroes….

 And the world reveres them.

 And yet….

 In the end, it comes down to this: Oliver Queen becomes the world’s first superhero…and for a long time no one quite understands what that means.

(read the rest on AO3 or behind the cut)