Normally Oliver didn't celebrate in earnest.

His work as The Arrow, although it "helped" clean the city wasn't exactly an action that resulted in praise - Tommy showed him that much. When he was playing Oliver Queen, loving son and CEO of Queen Consolidated, his celebrations regarding work or family were mainly an act to keep everyone thinking he was fine after those 5 years.

So, when Felicity sent him a text regarding a little friendly get together to celebrate the New Year, he wasn't sure how he felt about it. But when she sends another message adding, "It'd be nice to bring in the New Year with no falsehoods," and then, "That was not meant to be a pun," he knows there's really no other way he'd want to bring in the New Year.

Diggle brings the food, which surprises both Felicity and Oliver since they had no idea that he was such a great cook, and Felicity brings sparklers with silly paper hats that have giant numbers embossed across the front. Oliver is left with bringing drinks, which wasn't a problem since their party was taking place in the "Arrow Cave", as Felicity called it.

A name he wasn't sure he liked, but it was better than calling it a lair.

Right before midnight, Felicity makes them gather in front of her computer screens so they can watch the countdown. She wraps her arms around both men, and Oliver thinks of how he's inadvertently created himself a second family. One that knows everything about him, and still cares about him.

He smiles as she says the countdown aloud and soon he and Diggle join in, mushing into a group hug once the clock strikes 12. A flash goes off, and Felicity grins as she explains she set up her camera beforehand so she could have at least one photo of the three of them without their masks on.