Elliot walked out of the interrogation Room knowing everyone outside the window was watching him. He did not, could not, talk to or look at any of them, he could feel the tears of extreme anger and frustration trying to make their way down his cheeks, he went to the desk he and Olivia had shared and grabbed his coat as he tried to stop the tears from escaping. He could hear her behind him, everything in him was screaming, 'Run, that is what you do, you don't face things that is not who you are' then he remembered Sabrina's words not so long ago, 'How has bottling up your feelings and running from them worked for you?'. He wanted so bad to run and needed to run but feeling her touch his shoulder stopped him in his tracks, it was that simple gesture that made him realize he was not going anywhere, he felt the tears fall as he just stood there with his back to her. Olivia walked up behind him and put her hand lightly on his shoulder he bent his head and his shoulders slumped as they started to shake, she knew full well that he wanted to run away from everything he had been through and bury it. She remembered when she had found out his mother was alive and not dead like he had led her to believe, when she confronted him about it he shutdown. She really hoped that Sabrina had gotten through to him enough that he would fight the urge to run. She said thinking back to her own feelings after Sealview,

"I know you are not okay and I am not going to ask you to talk about this right now, but I do know you don't want to be alone."

She watched him as he quietly and very emotionally said without turning around,

"I don't want to be alone, but you are right, I can't talk about it right now."

It was then that she heard the tears. She wanted to hug him but she remembered when she came back from Sealview being touched was the last thing she wanted.

She really did fully understand where he was coming from, she had been in the exact same place not so many years ago and he never pushed but always made it clear he was there for her. At this moment, he finally knew why she could never talk about Sealview, he had never witnessed her attack but she had witnessed his.

Sabrina came out of the room, as Fin went in and read Dr. George Huang his rights and placed him under arrest. Sabrina and Cragen made it to the squad room just as Elliot and Olivia were heading out, Sabrina said causing him to stop,

"Elliot, you know where I am when you are ready to talk, and Olivia my offer is open to you as well."

Elliot turned to look at the lady he trusted as much as he did Olivia, his eyes were red and wet from his tears which continued to fall. He heard Cragen gasp as he quickly said,

"I promise I will call. I just need time."

She nodded and let him go knowing he was going home with Olivia. Olivia looked at Sabrina and said,

"We will be at my place. I'll keep you in the loop."

Sabrina nodded. After they left the squad, Cragen said to Sabrina,

"Doc, this is worse than when he shot Jenna. I have seen him in different stages of emotion but I have only seen him in tears once, and that was years ago, we had a shaken baby case where a mother shook her daughter so hard she left her brain dead and Elliot went to Arthur Branch, the DA at the time and asked him to find a way to take the little girl off of life support because the doctor had said she was in constant pain and there was no hope of her getting better. The mother knew she would be charged with murder so she did not want to turn off the machines, Branch got the court to turn off the machines and the little girl died, the mother was charged. That night I got a call from the bar where Elliot was drinking, I went in and he was drunk and holding a picture of Maureen when she was that little girl's age and when he saw me I saw his red eyes, from the liquor but also the emotion. He told me that after his discharge from the Marines before he started with the department, he and Kathy had bought a new rug which they could not afford and Maureen split grape juice on it, he slapped her and she cried and just as he was about to slap her again he stopped himself, by this time he is crying, I drove him home. I'm scared for him maybe in hindsight this was not a good idea."

Sabrina nodded,

"No Captain this is not worse and this was not a bad idea, he has been sheltered since Jenna and this was a good test. At least he is showing his emotions and not bottling them up. He is also walking out of here with Olivia and not away from her."

Cragen asked,

"You have gotten to know him really well..."

Sabrina said,

"Yes I have, and under all that muscle and brooding there is a man with a heart of gold who tries very hard not to show his softer emotions which run very deep, even despite wearing them on his sleeve. I don't need to tell you what a good man he is."

Cragen shrugged,

"No you don't. That is what made him such a good detective. I didn't realize how much I really missed him around here until this case with Babs. He left a huge hole in this unit that I will not be able to fill during my tenure."

Cragen looked at Sabrina and said,

"But something else is bothering you."

Sabrina looked at the older man and nodded,

"I am not bothered but I am really pissed with one thing and that is George knew how bad Elliot was after Jenna's shooting and how much hard work it took on his part and mine to get him to open up and talk. How did I miss George's anger and contempt?"

Cragen said,

"It's not your fault. We all missed it."

Sabrina shook her head,

"I know it is not my fault. I mentored George when he first joined the bureau and I was not looking at him as a threat because I did not see his demons, but something Elliot said to me during one of our first sessions now has me questioning things. He said something about George that I did not take seriously at the time because Elliot had just come to the Clinic and I thought it was just resentment towards George for getting him 'locked up', as he liked to put it in the beginning. Now thinking back on it, I should not have shaken it off so easily and Elliot never brought it up again during future sessions."

As she said this Fin and John brought George out to take him to Central Booking, when Sabrina saw him she said,

"He may not have said it, but he trusted you enough to go to you when he shot Jenna and ask for help. Like you pointed out he could have gone to Skoda, Hendrix even Jackson, but it was you he turned to when he was in his darkest deepest hour and this is how you repay him?"

George looked at her and said,

"He is like you, made of Teflon. Nothing sticks to either one of you."

John squeezed George's arm and yelled,

"YOU POOR LITTLE MAN."

He went nose to nose with George, catching everyone by surprise, and said,

"I have known Elliot a lot longer than you and have the honour of calling him my friend. I knew the man he was before this job got personal for him, before all the anger and hotheadedness. We were all here when he flew off the handle so easily, he went past his breaking point and we did nothing to help him. You saw it and did nothing, Skoda saw it and pulled him aside to get him to talk, Hendrix opened her door to him, even Cap Jackson took the time to listen when he was ready to talk. But you Mr. FBI profiler didn't even profile that our top detective was going through post traumatic stress disorder, falling off the edge until he went begging to you for help. We were all suppose to trust you to keep everyone of us off that edge and did you do that no, you just pushed one of the best men I have ever known over that edge. But in the words of Detective Benson, 'the boys in prison are going to love you'.

George looked at Fin,

"You have nothing to say?"

Fin said as he steered George towards the door,

"What he said. Let's go. I need to take a shower and wash this filth off me."

It was a quiet ride as Olivia drove to her place, she felt Elliot slide his hand in hers and entwine his fingers, she squeezed his hand. All he did was think about the night, he had been held hostage, stripped nude, touched against his will, and even though there was no penetration her touch had left him having to get tested for AIDS and STDs, Melinda had also xrayed his ribs and arm to make sure there was no further damage which there wasn't thankfully, and to top it off he was told by a man he was suppose to trust, but never really did, that he loved him and was trying to hurt him to get back at Elliot for not returning his love. Olivia felt him squeeze her hand and then loosen it, she looked at him, he said quietly almost a whisper,

"Remember when Babs hit on you and you asked me if I ever got a gay vibe off you? Right now I am asking you the same question about myself."

She was glad it was dark out because he would not see her smile. She wasn't smiling at the him or his situation she had to smile that this was his first thought. She got serious and said,

"You have to be the straightest guy I have ever met. I have never once gotten a gay vibe of you. But what I love about you is that you carry yourself with a confidence that is sexy as hell."

He said just as quietly,

"I am so sorry."

She was shocked,

"You have nothing to be sorry about. We have been through worse and we will get through this in time. Think of us as a tree, some branches are bend, some are broken but our roots are still firmly planted and we will not be uprooted."

They got to her building and she unlocked the door. Once inside her apartment she used the washroom to wash her face as he got a drink of juice, when she came out he said,

"I'm going to take a shower, I'll leave the door unlocked."

She nodded and asked,

"Are you hungry? I can order take out."

He shook his head, and went into the bathroom. She remembered how she felt after Sealview and she did not feel like eating for a couple of days afterwards, but he showed up with a pizza and left it in her fridge. At one point she was thankful because she got up hungry and just had to warm it up, once she knew he was in the shower she ordered pizza and Chinese take out. She changed her clothes and put on her pjs, he had been in the shower for half an hour she lightly knocked on the door to make sure he was okay, he didn't answer so she went in. He was sitting in the middle of the tub with his knees up and his head down crying, harder than she had ever seen him do, with the water pouring down over him. She left the bathroom to give him his privacy, it broke her heart to see him so hurt, it also made her realize what he had gone through worrying about her when she went through Sealview. He heard her knock but did not answer, he heard her open the door but did not stop crying, he heard her leave and knew he would be fine, she was giving him time.