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*To find this love of mine, I'd walk through, Wind and fire, Forever and always*
Forever seems like an insane idea.
To be with someone on such a deep level that even when there is no one else in this world, when not even you inhabit this world, you're still connected.
Through the ether two souls remain together; an endless dance of light and fire.
The notion that passion never ends.
The feeling of wholly complete enrapturing the soul and body from inside, bleeding through every possible atom of matter.
Felicity thought the idea was stupid. An impossible feat. Attainable only by those desperately wishing to feel it.
This is probably because she hadn't felt it then.
*These hollow hands reach out, For you to touch me now, Forever and always*
Now that she can feel it--this all encompassing felling-- her heart wishes desperately to beat out of her chest. She wants to sprint to the roof of this building, shooting from atop the twenty story perch, "Felicity Smoak has found her soul mate!"
*Dead inside. My heart and soul flatlines, Put your mouth on mine, And bring me back to life*
She has never been more sure of anything.
Walking down this halfway feels like a slow motion love scene. Feet slowly drag underweight her body as they carry her toward the door that will change her life forever.
The outcome of this confession will decide the fate of her life. She knows for certain that she will never love anyone the way that she loves him.
She never has before. And she never will again.
*Dead inside. No other satisfies, My blood runs dry, Take my life, Save me from this death inside*
But, what if he doesn't feel the same way? How would she deal with the rejection?
Those same feet falter in their movement. This was a mistake. Halfway between her apartment door and his, her blonde hair flutters around her face, bobbing as she quietly jerks her head in a sideways motion, as if scolding herself.
How could she be stupid enough to do this? Telling him would ruin everything. They've been the best of friends for almost seven years. And even that fact alone is a miracle. There is no way that someone as beautiful, witty, and so completely filled with light could ever love someone like her.
Someone who is ruled by emotions. Someone who is sometimes susceptible to allowing her monster to rule her actions.
Felicity Smoak may have found her soul mate, but they'll never be together.
*I can't escape this love, I want it the way it was, Forever and always*
Safely back in her apartment for the past ten minutes, beating herself up for such a rookie mistake, Felicity cranes her ear to the door at the sudden sound entering her apartment.
The sounds creep in through the cracks under the door; permeating her body with its melodious tune. Someone is playing acoustic guitar close by. The feelings that it emotes enrapture the blonde.
When the voice begins to sing her heart pauses its beat before its crescendos. She knows that voice. And she knows that song.
Throwing open the door, Oliver sits halfway between his apartment and her own.
"Don't you leave me here, Alone in all this fear, Forever and always,"
Visions flutter through her mind of Oliver holding her tight as she cries. Oliver carrying her home after she fell asleep on their way back from their camping trip. Oliver making her laugh for the first time after her father died. Oliver always putting her pieces together after they fall apart, calming her monster.
It was always Oliver.
"Put your mouth on mine, And bring me back to life," she sings along.
"Dead inside, No other satisfies, My blood runs dry, Take my life, Save me from this death inside," chorus the two voices. Each conveying everything that had been doubted by both.
As the song ends Oliver places the guitar against the wall. Slowly he stands from the stool he'd been perched on.
"I love you Felicity. I always have. You are the only one who can make me feel alive and I don't want to wake up another day without you there with me," Oliver says, earnest honesty shining in his green eyes.
"Oliver," Felicity scolds playfully, "you stole my speech," Her lips widen in a smile as she watched his do the same. "I love you, Oliver. More than anything,"
*I can't escape this love, I want it the way it was, You remind me of a time, When I felt alive*