I'm a huge Arrow and Olicity fan. Hope you enjoy my take on what should happen in Season 2. This story builds on where season 1 left off and tries to stick somewhat to what we know from the season two trailer. Disclaimer: Arrow and it's characters aren't mine.

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It had been five months since they had seen him and he wanders back in like he never left! How dare he? They had to move on and continue his work while he disappeared. He made the excuse that he needed to assure the overseas Queen consolidated stockholders that there was somebody still in charge of the company. Still though- it seemed a cowardly way out. And Oliver Queen was anything but cowardly.

Felicity had moved to a new office two floors above her old office. A huge reshuffle had taken place when Moira Queen was imprisoned, awaiting trial for her part in the undertaking. Walter Steele had taken on a greater role in the headquarters in Starling City. His fondness for Felicity Smoak had encouraged him to promote her to logistical planning. Felicity still had no clue what made her uniquely qualified for this job. She was happy with her computers in the IT department. This position had more responsibility, and a lot of meetings if she was to be honest, but it really wasn't too difficult a leap for her.

One Monday morning, John Diggle came to visit her. It wasn't at all unusual for her friend to drop in, but they usually tried to keep their meetings to the new and improved lair.

"Hey Felicity." Dig had slight trepidation in his voice this morning.

"Hey Dig. What's up?" Felicity immediately saw behind him, a very slightly coy looking Oliver Queen. Well as much as Oliver could ever be called coy I suppose.

"Look who called for a lift from the airport this morning. Fresh off the Queen private jet from Melbourne." Diggle tried to sound more enthusiastic than he actually was. After all he had only a few brief conversations too with Oliver since he abandoned them five months ago.

"Well look who it is. The prodigal son returns!" Felicity tried to sound slightly disinterested and use her pissed off tone while aggressively shuffling some files on her desk.

Oliver approached her slowly. "How are you Felicity?"

"How am I?" Felicity tried not to allow too much emotion to sound in her voice. "How are we? That is what you should be asking? Well Felicity, how is this broken city managing since the destruction of half the Glades? How is it managing to rebuild the broken fabric of society?" Felicity tried not to sound mocking but she pursed her lips together to stop anything else from pouring from her mouth. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Well at least you're back." A brief raise of the eyelids and almost a smile appeared. "And in one piece. The city could do with its vigilante back."

Oliver eyes darted to the ground briefly and then between his two closest friends. He took a deep intake of breath but with confidence said: "I didn't come back to Starling city to take up my role as the vigilante again."

Diggle came up behind Oliver and place a light hand on his arm. "I respect that man…"

He was cut off by a more than annoyed sounding Felicity: "I don't!"

The words hung in the air for a brief second.

"The two of us have been holding together this city by the thinnest of threads. Crime has soared. We can just about hold off some of the assaults, rapes and assorted wrong-doings but that's about it. We're fire fighting with water guns. This whole place has gone mad." In any other circumstance Oliver would have taken the time to smile at what he assumed was Felicity's loud voice. However right now he was astonished.

"What do you mean the two of you? Has Diggle been out patrolling?" He looked between the two of them. He had missed them so much. He had missed the way Diggle kept him in line. He had missed the way Felicity made him smile.

"Well man, we've both had to be out on the street a bit more. Felicity does most of the support from our underground headquarters, but occasionally I need backup in the field."

" What?" Oliver almost shouted in Diggle's face, squaring his body towards his former bodyguard. "Are you insane? You're bringing Felicity out on patrol?"

Felicity put the gentlest of hands on Oliver's arm to indicate he should move back from Diggle. "Oliver I'm right here. Don't talk about me like I'm not"

Oliver acted like he had barely heard her. "Felicity could get hurt. How could you do that?"

Diggle raised his hands half-heartedly in defense but spoke calmly in a low tone. "Oliver we brought her on missions before. She knows the dangers. I'm training her and she's getting damn good. You should see her shot?"

"You gave her a gun?" Oliver almost shouted at Diggle.

"Again guys- right here!" Oliver turned slowly to face her, feeling the slight pressure she was putting on his arm.

Oliver looked at Felicity face on, his fists flexing and releasing by his sides. She was different from he last saw her. She used to rarely wear her hair down but she stood in front of him with a more assured demeanor, her hair straightened and hanging free. He loved the way her curls used to bounce on her shoulders but that aside, she looked good. She seemed comfortable in her new role. Walter had rang him when he had just left Starling City to ask him about Felicity and whether she could do with promotion. Walter had asked how Oliver knew her and he had partly lied and said she just did IT for his club but that she definitely was in need of a promotion. And a definite raise!

"Did Diggle just say you were a good shot?"

"Yeah I've been doing some weapons training. Since I'm a little smaller than Starling City's finest criminals, it's mostly a gun I use." Felicity shrugged her shoulders like this was an every day piece of news.

"A gun? And patrolling. This is dangerous Felicity." He took deep breaths to keep his voice lowered, in case her coworkers could overhear their conversations!

"Well Oliver. We had to do something. You abandoned me. What was I suppose to do?" Her words hung for a second. Oliver was inches from her but she wouldn't let him see her slight tremor. She had wanted so much to see him again. Yet she couldn't help the anger she felt either. She added quieter: "I meant you abandoned us. All of us."