Author's note: This is a story based on Arrow and takes place during Season 2.
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It did not take much to make Felicity Smoak nervous, especially when it came to people. Computers were her comfort zone. She could spend hours typing away and be perfectly at peace, but ask her to interact with someone and she was in trouble. Even when it was someone she knew, or sometimes especially, as not a lot of people put her at ease. Sara Lance had many admirable qualities, God knows Felicity admired the hell out of her, but she seemed to specialise in not putting other people at ease, and for one reason or another Felicity always felt way out of her comfort zone when this Amazon of a woman was around.
Right now she wasn't just around, she was throwing punches at Felicity's face, the tech genius doing everything she could possibly to calm her nerves and duck. Just like they had practised. Because, let's be real here, if she wasn't expecting it there was no way Felicity could possibly duck a blow from a Master Assassin like Sara Lance, let alone several in a row. She was even sure Sara was pulling her punches, because no way was that The Canary's top speed. Still, Felicity appreciated Sara taking it easy on her. After all, it was the only way she was going to learn, and despite herself Felicity did get a nice warm feeling of pride as she completed the sequence without a single mistake, even landing a blow on Sara in response. Again, just like they practiced.
"Good. Very good." Sara praised with a beaming smile as she easily brushed off the punch, "But remember, I want you to really go for it on that punch. The objective might be to stun, but if you can take the other guy down, all the better."
"Yeah, I don't see that happening." Felicity said.
"I could." Sara insists, "No matter how tough they look, no one's invincible, and we're not that different in size and strength and look at me. Yes, I've had training, but all it takes is a little momentum, enough strength, some luck, and most importantly believing in yourself, and you might be surprised. Just don't go picking fights."
The girls exchanged a smile before Felicity mumbled, "Don't worry, there's no danger of that."
Then there was an awkward pause, followed by Sara insisting, "Here, let me show you how you can get the most out of that punch."
In the blink of an eye Sara was behind Felicity, gently pushing her thighs apart and then reaching around to grab onto her wrists to talk her through the punch. It felt like the millionth time Sara had done that in this training session alone, and every time Felicity had to take a deep breath and then grit her teeth or bite her lip as she felt Sara's body pressing against her, felt Sara's breasts poking into her back, and felt her hard nipples through the fabric of their skimpy working out gear. And the thing is, people might be outside her comfort zone but Felicity was very much not an idiot. She could tell Sara was flirting with her. Or at least she was 99.99% sure of it, that 0.01% enough to keep her from addressing Sara's actions the first time they trained together, and the second and third and so on, but now? Now Felicity was aware that no matter how awkward it was she really should say something.
Turning around in Sara's arms Felicity opened her mouth to say something, only to be thrown onto her back in a weird move which was probably from judo or wrestling, either way Felicity ended up on the ground with a smiling Sarah on top of her, "I told you, pay attention. This might save your life one day."
"I was!" Felicity protested.
Sara gave her a look.
"Well ok, maybe not." Felicity reluctantly admitted, "But that's only because-"
"Felicity, I'm serious! I, I don't want anything to happen to you." Sara interrupted, before giving the other blonde a cheeky smile, "Although your little daydream did give me the opportunity to show you just how important the element of surprise is."
Felicity rolled her eyes, then suddenly becoming aware of just how close they were stammered, "S, Sara... we need to talk."
Sara pouted slightly, "Couldn't we just do this instead?"
Before Felicity had the chance to fall into what she quickly realised was an obvious trap Sara leaned down and pressed her lips to hers. Well, there goes that 0.01%, which was Felicity's last coherent thought before her mind started racing so fast that even she couldn't keep up. Then all of a sudden her desire took over her body and she began kissing Sara back, all those troubling thoughts just melting away as Sara had her way with her. Just with her mouth and tongue, as in using them on Felicity's own, the kiss gradually progressing from soft and gentle to passionate and needy shortly after Sara added her tongue into the mix and pressed her body flat against Felicity's.
After what felt like hours, although it was no doubt more like minutes, Sara pulled back slightly before pressing her lips to the other blonde's neck, leaving Felicity to whimper, moan, gasp and cry out. Of course Felicity was totally aware that she should be telling Sara to stop for a variety of reasons. For one Sara had just broken up with Oliver, who just happen to be one of her best friends/someone she was crushing on/her boss/the vigilante known as The Arrow. If that wasn't bad enough they both worked AND lived together, the latter coming about after the second time Felicity had caught Sara sleeping in the most uncomfortable looking cot ever in their basement headquarters. Then there was the little matter of Felicity always identifying herself as straight.
The last reason was pretty much crumbling away as Felicity's body continued to react to Sara's touches, the other woman even daring to slip her hands underneath Felicity's shirt to gently caress her tits. From feeling those already hard little nipples under her fingertips Sara grinned into the other blonde's skin, Felicity blushing seriously in turn. Of course, Sara's knee was pressing against her crotch through the fabric of their workout shorts, and there was no way the Master Assassin was going to buy the hacker was just sweaty. Hell, she couldn't make herself believe it.
But that didn't mean she shouldn't try, and as one of Sara's hands started travelling south, as in way south, Felicity blurted out, "We, we shouldn't be doing this!"
For a moment Sara considered pulling away, but since she was so close to what she wanted she simply pulled back, looked Felicity directly in the eye, and with a seductive purr asked, "Shouldn't we?"
Felicity gulped, her mouth unbelievably dry, and then she started babbling at a mile a minute, "We live together. We work together. We work HERE together. We work with Oliver, who you just broke up with and is one of the dearest friends I've ever had. What about him? What about, everything? I can't just throw my whole life away on a stupid crush. Which by the way I shouldn't be having, because I'm straight. Was straight until you came along. Mostly. And, and, and... and these mats aren't exactly comfy. And... I haven't done this before."
It was almost painful for Sara not to grin as Felicity first babbled, then ran out of steam and blushed, but she just about managed it, following up with, "Are you done?"
"Yes." Felicity sighed.