𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎 | ∙𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐳∙

18. Man Of Many Talents

Felicity feels stupid for lying to get out of going to Luke's for dinner but she also doesn't want to be around him outside of work for a little while in hopes of just maybe getting over him.

When she renters the pen to see Penelope talking to Luke, she holds her breathe. When Penelope's eyes wander nervously to hers, Felicity gives her a look that makes her quickly say something and stomp over. Felicity ducks behind the doors as she leaves the bullpen.

Penelope sees her." Why did you tell Luke I had a date tonight?"

"Penny-"

"I lied for you so you better tell me the truth!"

Felicity sighs." In private."

They enter Penelope's lair. She shuts the door behind them." Now tell me!"

"Luke invited me to his house tonight and I wanted to get out of going. I'm sorry I used you to lie-"

"Why?" Penelope scrunched her brow." Why can't you go to Luke's?"

Whatever look came onto Felicity's face made Penelope gasp." You like him!"

"What! No! I just-" When no liable excuse came to mind, she groans and rests her head in her hands.

"Oh, oh gosh, you're 100% in love with Luke Alvez!" Penelope exclaims so loud that Felicity shushes her.

"I don't want everyone in the whole building to know, Penny!"

"I'm sorry." She whispers before a huge grin spreads on her face." This is so amazing!"

Felicity groans again." No it's not! I want to make it stop before it gets worse. That's why I'm not going to his house tonight."

"Why is it so bad to be in love with Luke??"

"I'm not in love with him, Pen. I just have some small feelings for him. There's a difference. And it's so bad. We're friends. And fbi agents. HR would have a hissy fit."

Penelope rolls her eyes dramatically." No one cares about them. All they do is have a talk with the couple. Trust me, if they fired everyone who dated a fellow agent this place would be very empty." She chuckles.

"Well he doesn't like me back anyway!"

"He thinks your pretty."

"What?"

"The first case you guys did, he gave it away that he thought you were pretty." Garcia had a smug smile on her face and her words made Felicity's stomach do backflips.

"Really? No it doesn't matter. It's not going to happen. Now please don't tell anyone."

After a few seconds Garcia sighs." Fine, I won't tell any one at work."

"Penelope..."

"Or at home or anywhere."

"Thank you." Felicity feels a bit of weight lift off her shoulder now that another person knows, even if it is the person on the team who is the worse at keeping secrets.

"But you have to go the dinner tonight."

"No."

"I'll go tell him you lied." Penelope starts to stand and Felicity quickly pushes her back down. "Fine, I'll go. At least his sister will be there so it's not just us."

Penelope smirks. Felicity grimaces." What?"

"I'm just imagining how cute your kids will be. I just hope they have more of your genes then Luke's." She laughs manically and Felicity groans for the third time that morning.

After their talk, they make their way to the bullpen and walk over to Luke." So your place tonight?"

He smiles wide clearly happy." What happened to helping Garcia?"

"My date canceled." Penelope is quick to say.

He frowns." Oh I'm sorry."

"Yeah it's sad." She droops her head for a few seconds before looking back up." Oh well, can't have them all." She says cheerily.

He nods slowly." Yeah I guess not." He directs his attention back on Felicity after Penelope practically skips off." I'm glad you can come though, Maya is excited to meet you. I told her about you."

"Oh really?" Felicity swallows. Her cheeks heating slightly at his words.

And then before they go up to briefing, Penelope wiggles her eyebrows at Felicity. And she fights the urge to dig a hole and die. Penelope was not good at being inconspicuous.

That night, Felicity stands in her closet for two hours. For someone who wanted to get over Luke, she spends a lot of time trying to dress up for him. She tries on a white button up blouse tucked into black trousers. She puts on an oversized leather jacket over it but when she looks at the fit in the mirror, she doesn't like it.

So after trying on a few more outfits, she settles on a dark green dress that she keeps in the back of her closet for special occasions. She bought it a few years ago for a get together at Montys but she never wore it after. It's a gorgeous silk materiel with a sweetheart neckline. As she stands in the mirror, she debates if it was too much for tonight. But she doesn't have time to change again, so she just quickly pulls a black knitted sweater vest over it even though it ruined the outfit.

She makes it to Luke's apartment and for a few seconds debates running as she stands in front of his door. But before she can chicken out, she knocks.

It is swung open in seconds by a woman who she assumes is Maya. She's beautiful with black curls that framed her face and dark eye. She was definitely Lukes sister Felicity thinks to herself.

"Hello, you must be Felicity! Come in."

As soon as Felicity does so she's pulled into a hug." Oh gosh, you're even more pretty than I imagined. I'm Maya as you probably already know."

Felicity feels her anxieties disappear for a moment as she smiles at the cheery woman."Thank you so much."

"You're welcome-" she's cut off by loud noises coming from a back room." Excuse me, I have to go make sure my boys aren't breaking anything. Luke's in the kitchen."

Felicity enters the kitchen slowly, and is immediately invited in by a glorious smell. Luke's standing by the stove. He turns when she enters." You're here." He smiles his crooked smile that makes her stomach churn.

"Yeah, Maya let me in." She stops a few feet away from him and leans against the counter.

"Ah so you've already met my joy of a sister." He chuckles before putting the steak he's cooking onto a plate. He cuts off a piece and walks closer to Felicity, closing the distance she'd put between them. "Try this."

She awkwardly pulls the meat off the fork and feels the juices run down her chin much to her dismay. Luke just laughs, grabs a napkin, and wipes it off like it's no big deal. He's oblivious to how big of a deal it actually is to her.

"Is it good?"

"Yeah. I wasn't aware you could cook."

His tone is teasing when he looks at her." Don't underestimate me, amore. I'm a man of many talents."

She swallows and manages to smile. He suddenly pulls a cup from the nearest cabinet and pulls open a drawer. "I wanted to show you!" Arranged neatly inside are a few boxes of tea. Earl grey, green and chamomile. "I haven't fully completed my collection like you." He grins." But I'll get there eventually."

She laughs." They're all unopened. Do you just have them to beat me?"

"Yes." He admits." But also because I figured I'd buy some for whenever you come over."

When she hears this, she realizes it's going to be a long evening.