Felicity Smoak frequently got nervous, which led to sweating, which in turn led to her feeling really gross. It was always an inconvenience, but never more so when she was on a date, even one which was supposed to be a no pressure situation like this one.
Sara Lance, proving herself an even more amazing person than Felicity originally thought, had suggested their dates could be mostly just crashing in front of the couch eating take out, which was all they were mostly up for after a long day at their official job and/or night at their unofficial job.
Normally this helped with Felicity's anxieties, and it was so nice to just hang out with Sara like when they were just friends with the added bonus of cuddling and make out sessions.
It didn't hurt that it was a cheap alternative to restaurant meals as neither one of them was making that much money, although Sara promised they would still have a few 'proper' dates in the near future. Not for their third date though, as Felicity had been so happy to spend that in front of the TV.
They even didn't have sex to prove their relationship wasn't just about that, which was a nice thought but Felicity definitely liked the fact that they were still in their honeymoon phase.
However while this was their fourth date, and therefore should be less stressful, and Felicity was resting in Sara's arms, a.k.a. the place that she felt safest, she didn't think she'd ever been more nervous.
Why? Because she had a question to ask Sara, and it would be something which would be a big deal in any relationship, let alone Felicity's first relationship with another woman. Of course she was very much not stupid, she knew that Sara's answer was probably going to be a very happy yes, but Felicity couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that something would go wrong.
That it would be too soon, that it would be interrupted by Arrow business or something, that irrational fear keeping her silent for most of the date.
Luckily Sara beat her to the punch by slowly turning to her in the middle of the movie they were watching and murmuring, "Felicity..."
Still nervous Felicity lifted her head up from Sara's chest and looking the other blonde directly in the eye hesitantly replied, "Yeah?"
It didn't seem possible, but in that moment Sara looked as nervous as Felicity felt, the mighty Canary taking ages to finally ask, "Will you be my girlfriend?"
Felicity beamed happily for a few seconds, then realising she hadn't replied quickly stammered, "Yeah. I mean yes, absolutely... totally, yes, yes... erm... yeah?"
Sara smiled so wide it was painful as she let Felicity stammer for a little while, before laughing, "You adorable dork."
Felicity wasn't sure if she should be offended or not, but before she had the chance to say anything else Sara pressed her lips to hers, and it was hard for Felicity to argue about anything when the Canary was kissing her.
More importantly she didn't want too, the hacker just relaxing into her new girlfriend's arms and massaging the assassin's lips, and eventually her tongue, with her own.
Then Felicity found herself on her back with a horny superhero on top of her, Sara only breaking the lip lock so she could kiss Felicity's neck, something which made the MIT graduate want to just forget about that other thing she wanted to say.
Of course her mind just wouldn't let it go, Felicity eventually groaning, "You know what this means, right?"
"That we're officially an item." Sara replied happily in between kisses.
"Well yeah, mmmmmmm, but I kind of think we may be, sort of, were already." Felicity babbled, before taking a deep breath and adding, "But I meant we're going to need to tell people."
That had Sara stopping in her tracks, lifting her head and frowning, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah." Felicity replied in a horribly unattractive whining tone which she instantly hated herself for, not that she made it much better with her forced enthusiasm on the follow-up, "Yes, absolutely. Yes."
Sara smiled softly, "You know there's no rush, right?"
Felicity blushed, looked away and murmured, "I can think of at least one person we should probably talk to soon-ish."
*
"Oliver!" Sara called out, tired of waiting for Felicity to work up the nerve to get his attention, "We would like a word with you."
Frowning at his ex-girlfriend's tone Oliver lowered himself to the ground, walk towards the two blondes and nodded, "What's up?"
Sara immediately regretted her tone of voice as it betrayed her, let both Oliver and Felicity know she was feeling frustrated. She kind of felt she had a right to be, but at the same time she felt she had done such a good job up until now of being the mature one in this love triangle.
She shouldn't be making this worse for Oliver, and especially not for Felicity. Both of them were very dear to her.
Words couldn't do justice to how much that she cared for them, and how irreplaceable they were when it came to her night job, and given that Felicity had just agreed to be her girlfriend Sara should be treating her with nothing but respect.
So she took a calming breath and forced herself to relax as Oliver came down from the salmon ladder and walked over to them, shirtless as usual. Seriously, she knew he owned the place, but did he really always have to be shirtless? Of course normally Sara liked the view, and she still did, but it was distracting.
For her and especially Felicity, Sara feeling an unhealthy amount of jealousy as her girlfriend's eyes clearly lingered on Oliver's muscular chest, sweat dripping off his entire body as he slowly walked towards them and... focus! She needed to focus.
Luckily Sara had her adorable girlfriend with her, Felicity's rambling just the distraction from Oliver she needed, "Hey Oliver, how are you? Good day? You feeling ok? You... well, erm... me and Sara! You, you know about me and Sara, right?"
"Yes Felicity. I do." Oliver said, folding his arms as he didn't think he was going to like this.
"Well, we... we... we're." Felicity stammered, then smiled as Sara gently placed her hand over hers. For her part Felicity quickly grabbed it, intertwining their fingers and holding onto it like a lifeline as she continued, "We're together now. As in officially. As in girlfriends. Dating! Officially dating girlfriends, and I... I just thought you should know. Because, you know... I... I kind of stole your girlfriend."
It was a decent joke, one which made Sara grin happily and even Oliver crack a smile before he replied, "Well, that's great. I appreciate your honesty and I'm happy for you."
"Great! That's great, I'm so glad we had this conversation." Felicity beamed, "I was so-"