[ Don't get her wrong. She loves being friends with Tony — especially when it's just the two of them, nerding out over something or trying to talk through a particularly thorny hack. There aren't a lot of people that Felicity can go to to just talk about tech, and most people see how much she's glued to her screen as some form of working too much. Tony's the only one who gets that it's not about working or not working. It's about doing and pushing and that need to figure out a problem you've invented for yourself — because no one else is pushing those boundaries.

But when it comes to the public sphere, she remembers who he is and she's still constantly star-struck. He's Iron Man for frack's sake. And he's left a party to be with her because she had a rough night. ]

Yeeeeaaahh ... [ God his offer is tempting, and by the way that Felicity is biting her lower lip it's clear that she's considering it. ] that would definitely work. [ But she- she couldn't possibly. Could she? ]

I don't care about the reporters, and as much as I would love to cozy up to you- [ Uhhh. Pause. Reset. ] Cozy up for show, [ she corrects, ] are you sure? I don't want you to have to pretend to ... you know ... [ be interested in me, in that way. ]