Author's Notes - So, I recently fell in love with the new ADA, and thought up this fic. I know the title's probably dumb, but it's all I could think of for now. I'll most likely change it later. Please review! I'm already working on chapter 2, so the more feedback I get, the quicker this'll be updated!
The character of Taylor is based upon model and Victoria's Secret Angel Taylor (Marie) Hill. She's the picture I've assigned to this fic, but feel free to look her up on Instagram and such to see more of her. She's a true beauty and sweetheart.
I'll update my profile as we go with links to show you the outfits of Taylor's that are featured in each chapter.
Like I said, please review! I know first chapters tend to be boring, but I promise it'll get better!
Olivia sat in the Squad Room with Rollins, Fin, Amaro, and Munch, going over the elevator security footage from the previous night's party for 'Twenty-Five Acts' author Jocelyn Paley, where TV Show Host Adam Cain had assaulted her a second time.
"No, Rollins knows her stuff," said Captain Steven Harris, announcing his presence in the room, as the group debated whether or not the latest incident was indeed rape. "Wouldn't hurt the rest of you to keep up with the literature. So, Jocelyn ready to press charges?"
"We're ready to go to the DA," Olivia responded, rising from her chair.
"Well, which one?" asked Munch, his arms crossed over his chest. "They've all lawyered up since Delia Wilson named names."
"I got somebody," Harris smiled. "Rafael Barba."
"He's the guy that put away the two Johns for raping a prostitute," Amanda said, sitting forward in her chair, her voice already laced with admiration for the man, and that they could possibly get him to take Jocelyn's case, which defiantly seems to be right up his alley.
"Yeah, that was a tough case," agreed Olivia, before turning a questioning gaze onto their temporary Captain. At least, she sincerely hoped he was. Nothing against the man, but nobody could take Cragen's place. "I thought he was in Brooklyn."
"He was. Just requested a lateral to Manhattan. Guy's got big brass," Captain Harris stopped himself at the look on Olivia's face, quickly recovering, before turning his gaze onto the rest of the Squad. "Ego. Adam Cain's high profile, so's Jocelyn. He's perfect." Sucking in a deep breath, he looked at Olivia once more, before heading back into his office to begin making the necessary calls. "He'd be a good mentor for your sister too, if you'd like to bring her in on this one."
Olivia's dark brow quirked at this. She wasn't sure how she felt about bringing Taylor into this case and handing her off to someone she herself hasn't even met. To say she was a protective big sister would be an understatement.
Taylor was settled on the sofa in her and Liv's apartment, about twenty books open to certain pages around her, while she did her school work, which never seemed to end. She could easily afford to have her own place, her Father had plenty of money, but, after their Mother died, and Taylor came of age, she wanted to be with her big sister, and Olivia more than happily opened her home to her little sister.
Writing some notes down, using one of the pillows in her lap as a surface, Taylor looked up when her phone went off, and she sat forward to grab it off of the table, seeing Liv's name and photo on the screen, which made her smile, before she accepted it.
"Hey," Taylor greeted, using her shoulder to keep the phone in place, while she went back to writing her notes.
"Hey," Olivia responded, now sitting at her desk in the Squad Room.
"How's the case going?" asked Taylor. She knew a little about the case and had been here last night when Jocelyn came over after being raped again by the man at her own party. It broke her heart to see her that way.
"Uh, we're ready to go to the DA, and, uh, Captain Harris has suggested somebody to take it," said Olivia, absently fiddling with some papers on her desk, as she paused before continuing. "Listen, Harris thinks this new guy might be a good one for you to shadow. If you're up for it."
Taylor was surprised by that. She'd been waiting months for this to happen. She'd started shadowing Alex Cabot after she came back for a bit, before pretty much all of the ADAs disappeared off of the map when the whole scandal happened, and Olivia promised her, sooner or later, there'd be somebody to take her place, but she was beginning to lose hope.
"Really?" Taylor asked, closing her book over her notepad and pen, then beginning to sit up on the couch. "Is it all right with you, Liv?"
Olivia laughed softly. "You're a grown woman, Taylor. I trust you. If you wanna do this, it's fine with me. You know I'll support you."
Taylor nodded her head, despite knowing her sister couldn't see the action. "Okay, I'll give him a shot then."
Olivia smiled softly, Taylor was so much more like her than she cared to admit. "Good. His name's Rafael Barba. Rollins, the Captain, and I are gonna meet him at an arraignment he has in a couple hours, if you wanna get down here."
Taylor got to her feet and headed out of the living room to get ready, a soft smile of her own on her beautiful face, unable to help being excited about this. "I'll be there soon."
After putting on her usual minimal make-up and doing her hair, Taylor put on a white turtleneck sweater, black jeans, and black suede ankle boots, as she was still in her PJs while she did schoolwork all day, then grabbed her phone, keys, and wallet, before heading out, locking up the apartment behind her, then catching a cab to the Court House.
Taylor met Amanda, Captain Harris, and Olivia at the Court House. Her sister had a smile and a hug waiting for her, while Amanda and Captain Harris offered her nods of their heads, and smiles of their own, before the four headed into the arraignment.
Quietly slipping into the court room, they stood back, and watched. Taylor's blue-green gaze found the man she'd be shadowing almost instantly and was unable to help the quirk of her dark brow at the sight of him. A very handsome older man, in a very nice suit. She'd always had a thing for older men, but, for obvious reasons, had never exactly shared that with Olivia. She didn't want her big sister freaking out and thinking she'd been the victim of statutory rape or something, even though she's been legally allowed to make her own decisions, including who she sleeps with, for two years now.
Not only was he handsome, but he was damn good at his job, and he was sassy. He had a way with words, he was charming, and he could slip quips into a serious environment like a court room.
"Come on, Barba," the defense attorney whined in a way that reminded Taylor of a child who didn't get what it wanted from the toy store, as his client was led away at the end of arraignment. "The Vic was drunk, her memory spotty. Aggravated assault."
The two men packed up their briefcases and met by the table to talk. Rafael already had a smirk on his face.
"Your client, a Jury takes one took at the simian carriage, the Neanderthal jaw, I'll get him convicted of kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby," replied Rafael, as the accused was handcuffed and led away by the Court Officer. "So, how about he takes Ten, and spares us all the humiliation?"
He lifted a hand and pat the other lawyer on his arm. The man looked defeated, giving a brief, "Call you in the morning.", before tucking his tail between his legs, and scurrying off.
Rafael turned to see Captain Harris standing there with three women, all beautiful, but the youngest one, wow. She was something special. As cheesy as it sounded, she was a ray of sunshine in this dreary court room.
"Captain," he smiled, making his way toward the group, and flicking his gaze over the three women. "Take your daughters to work Day?"
"Detectives Benson and Rollins, Rafael Barba," Harris introduced, before nodding his head at Taylor. "And this is the young lady I told you about, your new shadow, Taylor Mills."
Rafael shook Liv's hand, then Amanda's, before doing so with Taylor. Olivia did so with a friendly smile and her usual confidence, while Rollins actually looked a little shy, and Taylor was a different story entirely.
Rafael's large warm hand felt incredible against and around her much more slender limb, and the two of them locked eyes as they greeted one another, smiles on their faces, his more of a charming smirk, while Taylor's was sweet and, at the same time, quite sexy.
"I lied and told them you know your way around the courtroom," said Harris, but Rafael honestly didn't hear him. All the man could focus on was the breathtaking young woman in front of him, who's hand he still had yet to let go of.
Taylor, Olivia, and Amanda followed Rafael back to his office, Liv having given him the case file to look over while they did so.
"This girl, she appears credible?" Barba asked, as he lead the three women into his office, which Taylor looked around at as she followed in behind Liv.
It was pretty incredible. She'd never seen a single office so big and fancy, even with all of the unpacked boxes and unhung paintings littering the room, files and papers strewn about.
"She's concerned about perception," Olivia explained. "But she was raped twice."
"I didn't ask if she was raped," Rafael responded, turning to face them once he was at his desk. "I asked if she appears credible."
"Okay, I know you have to ask that ques-" Amanda began, but Barba cut her off.
"Reason being," stated Rafael, slapping the file down onto his desk, then lifting his gaze to the women, just as Taylor settled in between the two older females, and he was unable to keep his eyes off of her, as he went on. "we had a case about two months ago, red hook. Guy strangled a girl so hard her eyes had petechial hemorrhaging. Punk tells the Jury they met in a bar, she's into S&M. It's a complete lie. The Jury deadlocks." He shifted his gaze onto Olivia and Amanda for his next statement. "Later we find out half of them read your victim's book."
Olivia really wasn't feeling better about leaving Taylor with this man and her beautiful face scrunched up in an expression of question.
"Okay, I'm confused," she said. "Harris told us that you win cases that everybody else ducks."
"Sometimes," Rafael smirked, flicking his gaze to Taylor, who was smiling in response, as he did so. "Let me talk to the victim."
"She's had a rough couple of days," Amanda said sadly.
"If we go forward, it's not gonna get any easier," responded Rafael.
Sucking in a deep breath, Olivia flicked a glance at Rollins, then nodded, returning her eyes to Barba. "Okay, I'll talk to her."
"Good," Rafael replied, before unbuttoning his suit jacket, and shedding it.
While Amanda headed out, Olivia turned to Taylor, and quirked a dark brow at her, unable to help the protective big sister in her from rising even more now that it was time to say, 'Goodbye'.
"You gonna be okay?" she asked.
"I'll be fine, Liv," Taylor responded with a soft laugh.
Olivia flicked a glance at Barba, who was now settled in his chair, before returning her gaze to Taylor, smiling, and nodding. "Okay. I'll see you later."
The two sisters embraced and Olivia, a bit reluctantly, left the office, leaving Rafael and Barba alone together for the first time.