Buried but Breathing

The Undertaking was supposed to be the end of Tommy Merlyn.

The city mourned him.
Oliver carried the guilt.
Malcolm buried the truth.

But Felicity Smoak refused to let him become another casualty of someone else's war.

When she finds Tommy alive beneath the rubble, broken but breathing, she makes a choice that changes everything - she hides him. While Starling City rebuilds above them, Tommy heals in the shadows, forced to confront his father's legacy, his anger, and the man he wants to become.

Felicity never meant to fall in love with him.
She only meant to save him.

But in the quiet between secrets and second chances, something stronger than guilt begins to grow - trust without lies, loyalty without masks, and a love built on choosing each other when the world once tore them apart.

And when the truth finally comes to light, Tommy won't rise as the man he was.

He'll rise as the man she believed he could be.

Because some stories don't end in the rubble.

Some begin there.