Beginnings: by Stsgirlie
DISCLAIMER: Anything you recognize is Dick Wolf's.
It began after she was raped. After that horrible, excruciatingly painful trial that she was forced to endure. Justice was served- not only for herself, but also for the other victims of that man. She couldn't even bring herself to call him a doctor. Doctors were supposed to help people- that was why she was one.
And Ben had comforted her after her testimony- and he had ensured that justice was done. He had held her hand when she was prepped as a witness. He had stayed with her overnight, to allow her to sleep. But most of all, after the trial was won and she was moving on, he expressed his true feelings for her. She shared those feelings, too, but the mental anguish she had endured after her ordeal had befuddled what she thought she knew.
Now, coming out of the fog that had obscured her vision during the trial, she found that she could be loved, could be possessed by someone not because they desired her body, but because they loved her- loved Elizabeth Olivet, M.D.- not just her physical appearance but her entire being.
