Hi guys, this isn't my first FanFic. The first FF that I wrote I didn't finish because about halfway through it I felt like it wasn't going where I wanted it to go. I am trying a different approach with this one so hopefully it will be better.
In this story both Elliot and Olivia start out in there mid twenties. They are married and Kathy, Kathleen, Maureen, Lizzie, Dickie, and Eli do not exist. Elliot is telling his and Liv's daughter how they met because she wants a bedtime story.
I really hope you like it.
P.S. The more reviews I get the more likely I am to update sooner. :)
"And that Maddie is the story of how I met your mother." Elliot pulled up the covers on his 5-year old daughter as he got up off of the bed.
"Daddy, I know that's not how you met mommy. You have to tell me a real story or I can't sleep. Please?" Maddie stuck her lip out in a mock pout knowing that it always won her dad over.
"Okay I will tell you the real story of how I met mommy and after that you have to go to sleep. Okay?"
"Okay. I promise."
"Alright. Well its kind of a long story..."
Thirteen Years Earlier
A young Elliot Stabler was sitting at his desk filling out the usual, boring paperwork that somehow had consumed his life. He was brought out of his thoughts by the most amazingly beautiful voice he had ever heard. Her voice.
"Excuse me. Is Captain Cragen here?" An equally as young Olivia Benson asked Elliot who up until this point had his back turned towards her. He turned around to respond to her and Olivia's heart skipped a beat. She was looking at the most beautiful face she had ever seen. His face.
"Uhm. Yeah he's in his office. I'll take you." Elliot stood up from his seat and extended a hand of Olivia to shake. "I'm Elliot by the way. Elliot Stabler. You are?"
"Oh uh..Olivia Benson. I'm the new detective…hopefully." She laughed nervously hoping to hide the blush that was slowly creeping onto her stared at each other for a second before things got awkward and Olivia cleared her throat. "So uh..Captain Cragen's office..You were supposed to be taking me to it."
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that." Elliot chuckled equally if not more nervous than Olivia. "Right this way." He walked to Cragen's door and knocked. Once Cragen gave him permission to enter he stuck his head in the door. "Olivia Benson is here for the detective position. Want me to send her in?"
Cragen looked up from his computer screen to answer Elliot. "Send her in, Thanks" Olivia entered the office and sat greeted Cragen before sitting down in front of his desk.
"Hi, I'm Olivia Benson. I'm here to interview for the detection position." Olivia said, before fixing her jacket which had slipped down off of her shoulder.
"Yes, well I read you resume, and you have an excellent jacket. You are the last person I have left that is interested in this job and you are by far the best. So I would say if you are willing to take the position I would love to give it to you. How does that sound?" Cragen asked before closing the folder that pretty much described everything about Olivia.
"That sounds wonderful. This is actually a lot easier than I was expecting. I thought this would be similar to pulling out teeth. But I would love to take the job. I have wanted this for quite some time actually."
"Then its settled. Today is Monday so you can start on…Wednesday. I will have your gun and badge here for you when you get here. You will be parented with Elliot so I must warn you. He can be quite a handful but I think you can handle him. If you don't have any questions or concerns then we are done here and I will see you on Wednesday." Cragen glanced up to see Elliot peeking in the window eavesdropping in on their conversation.
"Alright. Thank you so much I will see you on Wednesday." Olivia stood up and shook Cragen's hand once more.
"Oh one more thing. When you go back out there could you tell Elliot not to stare in here…It's weird."
"Sure thing. Thanks Captain." Olivia turned and walked out of Cragen's office just in time to see Elliot scrambling back to his desk pretending as if he had been sitting there the entire time.
Elliot turned around when he heard the door to Cragen's office open. "Hey, how did it go in there?"
"It went well. I got the job so you will be seeing a lot more of me. Now you won't have to stare into Cragen's window anymore."
Elliot's face immediately turned beet red. "You uh..you saw that?"
Olivia smiled "No actually Cragen did. He just told me to pass the message because staring at people is weird."
"Yeah I know that now." Elliot looked around at everyone in the squad room awkwardly before turning back to Olivia "So do you want to go get a cup of coffee or something? I mean we are going to be working together so I figured we could get to know each other a little."
"Uhm. Can I take a raincheck. I actually have some things that I have to take care of. And hey I'll be back Wednesday so we can always have coffee later." Olivia smiled at him.
Elliot tried to hide the disappointment in his voice when he responded to her. "Yeah. We could do that. But I'm gonna hold you to that."
"Alright you do that." With that Olivia turned and left the bullpen and left Elliot's mind in a fog.
"Daddy, Mommy didn't like you?" Maddie asked her big brown looking up at her father questioningly.
"Oh she liked me Mad. She just didn't know it yet…Back to the story."
Thirteen Years Earlier (contd.)
Fin and Munch walked into the bullpen returning from questioning a witness in another case. As they were walking in Olivia was walking out and neither man could help but notice her beauty. Fin was the first to speak about her. "Hey Stabler, who was that?"
"That, Fin, was my new partner. Now you can't make those wise cracks about me being without a partner."
"Man. How come you get her and I stuck with Munch's old ass." Fin turned and looked at Munch who up until this point had been unusually silent.
Munch looked at Fin and then Elliot. "Hey, you weren't complaining when my white ass saved yours. And besides Stabler can't keep a partner anyway. She will be scared away within a month."
"Come on Munch. A month? More like two weeks." Fin added laughing.
"Okay. I'm not going to scare her off. Alright. She seems..I don't know..different." Elliot looked down at his hands.
"Wait. Is the Elliot Stabler smitten?" Munch started smiled mischievously.
"No I'm not smitten..Who even says smitten any more Munch. Look, I'm going to go get some coffee because anything is better than that sludge you try to make."
"And that is how I met your mother. Is that a good enough story?"
"NO! You didn't tell about how you feel in love and how I was born or anything."
"I'll make you a deal. You go to sleep now and tomorrow I will finish the rest of the story. Okay?"
"Okay. Goodnight Daddy!"
"Goodnight Munchkin." Elliot got up off of Maddie's bed and tucked her in before kissing her head. He walked to the door and hit the light switch. He looked back at his daughter one last time before closing her door and walking into the room that he shared with the love of his life.
What do you think? Should I continue with this story or should I try another idea? You're opinions really matter so please review or DM me if you really have a strong opinion. Thanks tons!