A/N: I don't own any of the characters.

In the weeks following Olivia's untimely death in the line of duty, Hank had not been himself. He regretted a lot. He never got the chance to tell her how he really felt about her but now it was too late. He and his squad had attended Olivia's funeral because they felt she was one of their own since the two squads had worked together multiple times. Hank will never forget the phone call he had gotten from ADA Barba telling him about Olivia. Fin, Amanda and Carisi were too distraught and Barba could barely tell him as it was. Noah was heartbroken over the loss of his beloved mother. Hank met the little boy a couple times but it broke his heart seeing him in so much pain. Hank was no stranger to heartbreak. He had experienced it when he lost Camille and when he lost Justin. In a way he was glad Daniel was only a year old when Justin died because he wouldn't really remember when he lost him. He was grateful Daniel still had Olive. Little did Hank know was that his life was about to change. Trudy was in her usual spot when a few visitors walked in.

"May, I help you?"

"Is this where I can find Sergeant Henry Voight?"

"Yes, it is. Who wants to know?"

"I'm Trevor Langan, Attorney for Olivia Benson. I need to speak with the Sergeant if he's available."

"I'll take you up."

"Thank you."

Trudy took everyone upstairs to Hank's office. Everyone else was out to lunch, so Hank was up there by himself, which seemed to be his favorite thing lately.

"Hank, this is Trevor Langan, Olivia's attorney. He needs to speak to you."

"Ok. Thanks. Come on in."

Everyone came in and Trudy shut the door on her way out.

"Have a seat."

"Thank you. Do you know Noah?"

"I've met him a few times and saw him at the funeral."

"This is Lucy Huston, his nanny."

"We've met before."

"Ok. Good. I need to discuss Olivia's Will with you."

"What does her Will have to do with me?"

"She appointed you to be Noah's Legal Guardian."

"She did what now?"

"She has it in writing that she wanted you to be Noah's Legal Guardian in the event of her untimely death."

"Why?

"I didn't ask. I just wrote up the Will for her."

"I know why. She probably trusted you more than she trusted anyone except for maybe her squad and Mr. Barba."

"What about that Tucker guy? She was in a relationship with him."

"After they broke up, they never kept in touch. He never even showed up to her funeral and he had been contacted. She said you would be able to understand Noah more than anyone. It's not that Fin, Amanda, Carisi and Barba don't love him because they do but you've experienced loss like most people haven't and you could help him cope with life without her. She knew that you've been struggling after losing your son. Believe it or not, Noah is comfortable with you even after only meeting you a few times. Liv knew what she was doing."

"I hope so. Come here, Buddy."

Lucy put Noah down and he walked slowly over to Hank. Hank then picked him up.

"Mommy went to heaven."

"I know she did. I was at her funeral."

"You were?"

"Yep. Maybe you didn't recognize me because I was wearing my uniform."

"I want my mommy!"

Noah wrapped his arms around Hank as tightly as he could and broke down again. Hank wrapped his arms around Noah and rubbed his back.

"It's ok, Buddy. Let it out. I miss her too. She was a really good friend to me."

"She talked about you a lot. I think a part of her wished something had happened between the two of you."

"Yeah, me too. She offered me so much support after Justin's death. We still kept in touch even after she started seeing Tucker."

"She wasn't as happy as she wanted everyone to think she was. I kept trying to tell her that she needed to do what made her happy and if that was starting something with you, then she needed to tell you how she felt."

"She never told me and I never told her."

"I think this was her way of telling you. She left you with the greatest joy in her life."

"You can say no if you don't want to take him."

"How can I say no to him? The last thing I want to do is let Olivia down. What do you say, Noah, do you want to come live with me?"

Noah nodded his head.

"Are there any contingencies, like me having to move there or something?"

"Oh, no. She just wanted him to be loved and well taken care of. She had hoped that everyone else would still be allowed to be a part of his life."

"I have no problem with that. Everyone can come here to see him anytime they want and we'll go there I'm sure. I'll definitely want to take him to visit her at the cemetery as often as I possibly can. Lucy, could you maybe stay with him and help him get settled? I don't want to completely take everything he knows away from him. He already lost so much when his mother died. I will need someone to help out with him too. If you want to keep your job with him, I'd be happy to keep you. I realize you have your own life but I would think it would mean a lot to him to have you around. If you don't want to stay on, would you at least mind staying around until I find someone?"

"I will think about your offer but for now, I will definitely stick around and help him get settled."

"Great. Thank you."

"No problem."

"Please stay, Lucy!"

"I'll think about it, Noah, ok?"

"Ok."

I need you to sign these, so I can transfer custody of him over to you. See how things go and you can decide whether or not you eventually want to adopt him."

"Ok."

Hank signed the papers and then Trevor left him a copy of them to keep.

"He has some of his things with him but I will have the rest of it sent to you when I return to New York."

"Ok. Great."

"Sergeant, good luck and if you have any questions, here's my card. Give me a call at any time."

"If I decide to adopt him, I can go through my own lawyer here, right?"

"Absolutely."

"Thank you."

Trevor stood up and shook Hank's hand.

"Noah, you be good for Hank, ok?"

"Ok."

Trevor ruffled Noah's hair.

"I'll be back in a little bit."

"Ok."

Trevor left and Lucy left with him to make some calls.

"Well, kid, I guess it's just you and me."

Hank kissed the top of Noah's head as he fell asleep on his shoulder.

There will probably be at least one more chapter to this. Let me know what you think of it so far.