Oliver and Kara discuss their future before Oliver returns to Earth-1.

Oliver had already showered and changed into civilian clothes at the DEO, and waited patiently for Kara to do the same while he stared out the windows of her apartment. Although she had her powers back, she took her time in the shower, perhaps using the time as an opportunity to reflect and unwind, given how rough the past two weeks have been. Oliver enjoyed the view of National City from the window one last time. Now that everything was over, he knew he was going to be back on Earth-1 soon and that it would be a while before he was back here on Earth-38. Soon, he'd be sifting through hundreds of documents in his mayoral office, with Kara distant from him once again. He was savouring these moments because Slade was right, they never lasted long. He had already packed his bags, and was just waiting to speak with Kara one final time before he left.

"Hey."

He turned around to face Kara, having finished her shower and used her superspeed to dress into a grey blouse and dry her hair.

"Hey" he replied, smiling warmly at her.

"Can we talk? About what happened between us?" she requested.

"Sure."

"Oliver… First, I know I don't need to say it, but I love you. I love you and I want to be with you, but… there's so much between us. We live in different universes and I'm kryptonian and you're human and…" She stopped herself, cutting her own words short. The sympathetic look on Oliver's face told her that he knew what she was about to say.

"Mon-El…" said Oliver, finishing her words for her, and drawing an uneasy nod from Kara.

"I know he's not here, but... My love for him is still deep, and there is a part of me which makes me feel like I betrayed him when I was with you. I know it might be hard for you to understand…" Her words were cut short by Oliver.

"No, no, it's fine, I understand" he said with a smile, "When my Kara died, it… it sent me on a spiral too. It took me years before I even tried to love again, but you're already trying. It shows how much better you are than me."

"There you go, being too hard on yourself again" replied Kara humorously.

"Well, it's one of my superpowers" joked Oliver, causing him and Kara to giggle together, "I was wrong about what I said… what happened wasn't a mistake. The enlightenment of the totem showed me a lot, and one of the things it showed me, was that I can't live without you in my life. It also reminded me of my darkness, and how it infects everybody in my life, but, I was able to rise above it… because of you, and I would not have been able to do that without you… so I know that there's a lot between us, but I'm willing to give it a shot, if you are."

"I am… but I don't think I'm ready yet. I just need a little more time."

"That's okay" replied Oliver compassionately, "I'll wait for you."

"Thank you. I promise you, when I am ready, I will come to you."

"I look forward to that day."

With those words, Oliver and Kara pulled each other in close for a tight hug. As their bodies separated from the embrace, Oliver lifted his hands to her cheeks and Kara raised her head towards his, placing her lips on his, softly. The whiskery of his goatee faintly brushed against her smooth cheeks as they tenderly kissed. As their lips unlocked, Oliver gazed into Kara's glistening eyes.

"Don't cry. If you cry, you're going to make me cry" he joked, as his eyes began to water too.

"Ok, I won't" she said, giggling with him as she quickly wiped her eyes, "I just hate goodbyes."

"Don't worry, I have a feeling that we're going to see each other again soon" replied Oliver, before he moved his head forward once more, this time kissing her forehead before he moved to pick up his two bags. He took out the extrapolator as he began the walk to the center of her apartment, stopping to turn and face Kara one more time.

"See you around, Ollie" she said.

"See you around."

Kara watched once again as he stepped through the breach, returning to his world. Tears did start to fall down her cheeks, but they were not tears of sadness. She could not have been more grateful to have someone like Oliver in her life. She was not ready for his love right now, but someday soon, she would be, and their amazing relationship would finally be able to blossom into something even more beautiful.

A/N: The End :)

Now, firstly, I have to once again give a HUGE thank you to my beta for this story, Kara Smoak. Honestly, without her help, this story wouldn't have been half as good. She helped me make this story so much bigger and better than what I originally had planned. And also, thank you to those who have not only read this story, but have been following since the first LOY story.

Secondly, I know what most of you are probably thinking: Is there going to be a 4th story in the LOY series? Truthfully, the short answer is "I don't know", but let me explain it like this:

December of last year, I had ideas for interactions that I would've liked to see between Oliver and Kara, basically headcanons in some way. I never thought about actually writing a story, until I saw a post on IG by 'danversqueen'. An edit which gave me the idea for the first LOY story. When I was writing that story, I never really thought of a sequel, but then I realised that I could use a sequel/sequels to weave in the ideas, interactions and scenes I had. So, that's how the next two stories were created.

Now, I never planned for the Love of Yesterday series to be a trilogy, but the scenes and ideas I desperately wanted to see and write have been done. This doesn't mean that you won't see a 4th story, it's just that I've basically only envisioned the series up until this point, and up until this story. Also, these stories have been the only things on my mind for the past nearly 5 months now, and I'd like to take a small break from this series. Currently, I have an idea for an Arrow story, not related to the LOY series, but it's still in the infancy stages, and it might be a while for you see it. So, while a 4th story is not impossible, it's unlikely. That is why I've written the ending to be a bit open-ended about the future of Oliver and Kara's relationship.

With that out of the way, I hope you guys enjoyed the story! Please leave a review on the story as a whole, and if you desperately want to see a 4th LOY story, let me know what you'd like to see it be about (except a Crisis on Earth-X re-write).