Teamwork

Chapter 5 - The Call

As Diggle drove to Verdant he knew that there were some long days ahead. As soon as Felicity's computers found something he knew that Oliver would want to chase down any leads that they had.

Diggle pulled into his parking spot at the lair and headed inside. He fully expected to see his Teammates back at work, Oliver would probably be on the Salmon ladder and Felicity would be at her computers. What he saw however was not at all what he had anticipated. Most of the lights were still off and they were still on the cot in the corner. It looked like they were still sleeping but Diggle knew better. Oliver would have heard him the moment he unlocked the door upstairs. He suspected that Oliver simply didn't want to wake up Felicity who seemed to still be asleep in his arms. His suspicion was confirmed when Oliver spoke.

"Morning Diggle." Oliver said quietly. He had heard the moment Diggle arrived, he simply didn't want to wake the sleeping woman in his arms. Felicity had slept peacefully last night and he didn't want to wake her before he needed to. He slowly maneuvered his way off the cot before heading over to Diggle.

"Morning. You two sleep okay?" Diggle asked, trying to hide the smile that was trying to show. It was obvious that Oliver had held Felicity all night. Maybe they will finally get around to admitting their feelings. Diggle thought as he watched Oliver stretch.

"She slept all night with no nightmares." Oliver replied as he grabbed a bottle of water before turning back to look at Felicity who was still sleeping. "I think that means the answer to your question is yes, she slept well."

"Did you sleep at all?" Diggle asked the younger man, not missing the look of longing in his eyes as he looked at Felicity. He suspected that he knew the answer but wanted to ask anyway.

"I'm fine Diggle." Oliver responded. "I got at least an hour or two of sleep. I'm good."

"If you say so man." Diggle replied, clearly not believing that Oliver truly was fine.

"Oliver?" Felicity asked sleepily from the cot in the corner. She was just waking up and Diggle smiled when he saw her reaching out, obviously looking for Oliver.

"I'm right here Felicity." Oliver said quietly as he quickly walked back over to where Felicity still lay. He sat on the cot next to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine." Felicity responded as she sat up. "And don't say anything about me using that word because you use it all the time. I really am fine. My shoulder doesn't even hurt right now."

All three looked to the computers bay at the same time as they heard Felicity's text tone go off saying that she had a message. She slowly stood and stretched like a cat before making her way over to her computers and looking at her phone. Mom wants to know if you want breakfast. Raisa wants to send food. – Thea.

Felicity smiled as she looked up at Oliver who was now standing directly behind her, a hand on the back of her computer chair. "Raisa wants to send breakfast. Your mom wants to know if we're hungry." She informed Oliver.

"Sure, food sounds great." Oliver responded with a smile of his own. Leave it to Raisa to think of food.

Felicity quickly texted Thea back that yes, food sounded wonderful and to let her know when they arrive so that she could let them in the lair. They had decided previously that they didn't mind that the group knew where the lair was, or that they came down to visit on occasion. However, they had not given the code to the door to any non-Team members so that they could still control when and how often everyone came by. As Felicity was texting Thea back, Sara arrived in the lair with a duffle bag.