Title: "Changes"
Author: BelovedOne aka AmandaTeryl725
Rating: T (for some adult language and themes)
Pairing(s): Olivia/Elliot
Category: Angst, Romance, Humor (some)
Status: WIP
Chapter: 1?
Spoilers: Doubt (Season 6)
Warnings: Contains adult language, some adult themes, and it gets darker before it gets better. Also, I feel that I should warn you about my weird sense of humor. Consider yourself warned.
Summary: Elliot's been hiding something from Olivia, and when it finally comes out, their relationship will change forever. Olivia will be there for him, but at what cost?
Disclaimer: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is not mine, has never been mine, and will never be mine, so help me God.
Author's Note: I started writing this soon after the episode aired… I went NUTS when it was announced that Elliot and Kathy were separated – I am a major Elliot/Olivia shipper, and that episode gave me hope that perhaps one day we'd actually get to see two of our favorite detectives get together! There will be some darker stuff later on, but I've also got my trademark sense of humor stamped all over this one, just to lighten the mood a little (I think my stuff is kinda funny, anyways). Please review and let me know what you think. I've got the next chapter pretty much ready to post, so you guys say the word, and I'll put it up. It'll probably be a little while before I get back on so please be patient – between work and college and homework and family and everything else that I've got going on, I've got a damn full plate, and it just keeps getting fuller. Oh, well. On the bright side, SVU's on this Tuesday, and it's NEW! bounces off the walls Yippee! Too bad it's the season finale, though! Anyways… on with the story!
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CHANGES
Chapter One: Tears
Olivia studied her partner from her place behind her desk, watching as he sighed, flicked through a few pages of the report he was working on, and sighed again. He drew a hand across his face, looking for all the world like a lost little boy.
She couldn't believe he hadn't told her about Kathy leaving him. She wondered how long ago it had happened, and what events had led up to it. She shuddered to think of him spending night after night alone in that big, empty house of his.
She was startled when he suddenly threw down the sheaf of papers he held, rose from his seat, and left the room. She followed, grabbing both their coats and making her way up to the roof. She slipped hers over her shoulders as she peered around the rooftop, catching sight of movement in one darkened corner. She was at his side in an instant, and was horrified to find him curled into a semi-fetal position, his knees drawn up to his chest as his arms hugged them, his eyes staring straight ahead as tears streamed down his cheeks, and his body rocking back and forth slightly.
"Oh, Elliot," she whispered, her arms encircling him as he stopped moving. He was stiff in her embrace for a long moment, before he finally gave in to the comfort she was offering. He threw his arms around her, holding her tightly as if afraid she might leave him, too. He was making soft little sounds, whimpers almost, and he buried his face in her neck, his tears wet against her skin as his body shook in near-silent sobs. Olivia's heart broke as she held him, and she pressed a kiss to the top of his head, her own eyes filling with tears as she rocked him a little, freeing one hand long enough to drape his coat over his shoulders.
Damn you, Kathy, she thought. How could you do this to him?
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A little over an hour later, Cragen found them like that, she cradling him as he slept fitfully. Olivia looked up into the eyes of the man she thought of as a father, and knew he understood her own thoughts without her having to voice them. He simply nodded, assured that Elliot was in good hands, and left.
Olivia gave Elliot a little squeeze, as if to reassure herself that he was still there. One of her hands rested on his chest, the steady thump thump thump of his heart calming her; her other stroked his cheek lightly, feeling the dried tracks made by his earlier tears.
She forced herself to remain still as one of his hands slid up her body, following her natural contours, brushing her breast and tracing her collarbone. His hand moved further up, caressing her cheek, and she leaned into the touch.
Tears welled up in her eyes again as she realized that he must think she was Kathy. She felt sure of this when he murmured softly, "I love you."
Closing her eyes, she bit her lip before whispering a reply: "I love you, too, Elliot."
He seemed to settle at her words, and she gave in to the pain, her body trembling ever-so-slightly as she cried silently.
His hand still rested against her cheek when she drifted off to sleep.
Her coat slipped off her shoulders, and she began to shiver.
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AN: Review! Review!Can't you see me begging you pitifully here? Please review!