hopedreamlovepray reblogged
you’ll l o v e her till it all goes dark you’ll l o v e her even after that
#and it's true.#he never said it to hear it back.#not in those moments.#he's wanted to hear it.#longed to.#but he never thought he deserved it.#when he tells her he loves her.#it's because he needs to tell her.#he needs her to know.#he loves her.#so much.#he's never loved anyone like he loves her.#and it's a freeing experience for him.#because once he says it out loud.#he doesn't have to hide it anymore.#it's a truth he's at peace with.#he will always love felicity smoak.#but when she says it back.#that is the moment he knows a life without her is not one he wants to live.#he wants to be with her more than anything.#he wants a future with her.#a life of waking up and falling asleep by her side.#because he never dreamed anyone could truly love who he'd become after everything.#but she's loves him.#all of him.#and he doesn't have to hide anything.#he can just be.#felicity tells him that he opened he heart in ways she didn't know was possible.#but I think oliver would say the same thing of her.#this man has an amazing capacity to love.