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“Why did I decide to get a Great Dane?” Felicity mumbled as Duke pulled her towards the center of the park. Now, Felicity loved Duke, he was after all adorable but when he saw squirrels well that was when her love for him diminished. I mean how many times does it take for a dog to realize that he is not agile enough to catch those small rodents? Duke was as uncoordinated as she was and that was saying something. When he finally calmed down she was able to take a seat at one of the park benches to rest.
“Duke I really hope one day you realize that after being outrun by 9 squirrels you should probably give up.” She stated. Duke just looked up at her with his chocolate brown eyes and yawned.
“Excuse me?” Felicity started as she heard a small voice speak right behind her. She quickly turned and came face to face with a small boy who was 5 or 6.
“Hi.” She said, Duke just stood up and licked the little boys face and sat right next to him. “Duke you can’t just lick children you don’t know!!” she huffed. The boy was giggling at their interaction.
“I’m Felicity, are you by yourself? Because if you are then I think that we should definitely be looking for your mom because she must be so worried.” She babbled.
“My mom is gone. My dad is on his phone and I saw your dog so I came over here to play with you. Do you not want to play with me?” he asked, his green eyes looked teary and she immediately felt her heart constrict.
“No, I do want to play with you and so does Duke, but you shouldn’t leave your dad like that he’ll get worried.” The boy just looked at his feet and mumbled, “My dad probably hasn’t even noticed that I’m gone.”
He sounded so defeated, that Felicity just wanted to hug him. “Come on lets go find your dad and we can ask him if he’ll let you play fetch with Duke and I.” His little eyes lit up with joy and he immediately ran up to her and started to pull her up from the bench.
“Come on Felicity!!! I wanna play fetch!!!” he screamed. She laughed and followed him as he led her towards the jungle gym.
Sitting at one of the benches was a man in a black coat wearing dark jeans. He looked beautiful, his muscles were visible even under the layers he work to protect him from the cold and as Felicity looked at his face she thought she had never seen such a handsome man before. He saw Felicity and her new friend, whose name she still didn’t know, walking towards him and he immediately ended his phone conversation.
“Connor, who is this?” he asked angrily. “This is Felicity, can I play with Felicity and her dog Duke dad?” The boy who she now knew was named Connor asked excitedly.
“Why don’t you and Duke play for a bit Connor, I need to speak to Felicity.”
“Is that okay Felicity?” Connor asked her. Felicity nodded and handed him the Tennis ball Duke was so fond of.
As soon as Duke and Connor were out of earshot Connors dad grabbed her and led her behind the jungle gym. “Who sent you?” he whispered roughly. She felt something cold at her neck. Her eyes widened as she realized it was a knife.
“N-No one sent me. What are you talking about?” she asked. He looked into her eyes for a long time and then released her. He chuckled and said “Sorry Ms.?” He looked at her inquiringly. “Smoak” she answered still shocked at what had just happened.
“Ms. Smoak, yes as I was saying I apologize for what just occurred but you see a man in my position gets a little wary when their five year old son shows up with some random woman from the park.”
“Well, if you were paying more attention to your son instead of the person you were speaking to on the phone then perhaps random woman wouldn’t have to take care of him for you.” Felicity was feeling anger now. Who carried around knives anyways, psychos that’s who. She turned to leave and the man grabbed her arm and said, “I’m sorry Ms. Smoak, truly I am. Why don’t we start over again, I’m Oliver Queen.”
“Well Oliver Queen, I don’t really feel like starting anything with you so please let me go so I can get my dog and be out of your hair.” She waited for him to release her but instead he pulled her closer and said, “Ms. Smoak, please, my son is really enjoying himself and though we didn’t start off in the best way I can assure you that I can be a gentleman. “
“I don’t think there is anything gentle about you.” She spat, immediately she saw him flinch, he let her go and she heard him murmur, “I’m sorry”.
Now if there is one thing you must know about Felicity Smoak is that she has a soft heart. “I’m sorry that was harsh. Its just, you pulled a knife on me. I mean who caarries around knives? That isn’t normal is it? Did I miss the memo saying that carrying around knives is normal now? Now I’m babbling, great.” She looked up and Oliver was trying to hold his laughter in.
“My job is very dangerous Ms. Smoak it makes me extra vigilant.” He stated seriously.
“So vigilant, your 5 year-old somehow got away from you?” she asked with a smirk. He looked taken aback and then started to laugh. “Touché” he said.
“So are you a cop or something?” she asked as they walked towards the bench where he was sitting at originally. “Or something” he said quietly.
“Are you a spy? Is this a Mr. and Mrs. Smith thing, not that I’m saying that we’ll get married or that I look anything like Angelina Jolie, and lets face it you are definitely more attractive than Brad Pitt….Why am I still talking!” she exclaimed.
“I’m not a spy Felicity.” He said as he laughed.
“Sure you aren’t Oliver, I mean its not like you can tell me if you are right?” she said.
He shook his head and said, “I’m the CEO of Queen Consolidated. Maybe you’ve heard of it?” he said.
“I’ve only been in Starling for a couple of days, just moved here from Las Vegas, so I can’t say that I know too much about Queen Consolidated. I have seen the building, its pretty impressive.” Oliver was shocked that she didn’t know who he was. Most people knew all about him or at least they thought they did based on the tabloids they read. She sat next to him watching Connor and that dog of hers play. She was beautiful. He’s seen plenty of beautiful women, but she looked so content, and she seemed so innocent.
He knew that this was a horrible idea but as she giggled at his sons antics he made up his mind, he was going to keep her, she was a bright light and his world was filled with darkness, he was going to keep this light for both him and his son. He had to come up with a plan, though. He didn’t want to harm her. He had never felt this immediate connection with anyone. Every one of her giggles made him feel lighter and as she talked excitedly with his son he realized that she has having the same effect on him.
Yes, he was going to get Felicity Smoak to fall in love with him.