A/N: This fic was a request from a guest reviewer. I've been thinking about writing an SVU/Younger fic with these two particular characters and I'm hoping this is what the reviewer had in mind. This is a little shorter than I expected it to be but hopefully the next chapter will be longer. I don't own any of the characters.

Olivia had ordered her coffee but kept searching for her wallet, which she couldn't find. Everyone behind her was starting to become impatient except for the guy behind her.

"Lady, you should have thought about that before you got in line."

"Come on, leave her alone. It could happen to anyone."

"Some of us are heading to work and now we'll be late because of her."

"I'm on my way to work too but there's no need to be so impatient. I got this."

"I don't care who does it. Just get this woman out of here."

The guy behind Olivia gave them his order and paid for both coffees.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"I'm good for the money but I left my cash at home this morning."

"Don't worry about it. Really. Can walk you to work or wherever you're going?"

"Sure."

He took both coffees and handed Olivia's to her. When they walked passed the guy, who was being such a jerk, Olivia made sure her badge was visible.

"You talk to me like that again and I'll arrest you. You got it!"

"Screw you, Bitch! I'll sue you and the entire NYPD. All cops are dirty."

"Don't talk to her like that."

"No one asked you for your opinion."

"He's not worth it. I hear that all the time. I'm Olivia Benson, by the way."

"Charles Brooks. You're a cop?"

"Yes. I'm a Lieutenant actually. I'm with the Special Victims Unit."

"What exactly does that mean?"

"Mostly we deal with sex crimes but we also deal with kidnappings and missing persons."

"That must be rough.

Charles walked Olivia to the Precinct and as they arrived, Fin, Rollins and Carisi were arriving as well.

"Mornin', Liv."

"Morning. Charles, thank you so much for the coffee and for walking me to work."

"No problem. It was nice meeting you."

"You too. Here's my card."

"Here's mine."

Charles and Olivia exchanged cards.

"CEO of Empirical Press. I'm impressed."

"You had that one author that did the Crown of Kings series, right?"

"Yes. Unfortunately, we had to cut ties with him because of his inappropriate behavior. I took that very seriously."

"As you should. That's what we deal with all the time. This is Sergeant Odafin Tutuola, Detective Amanda Rollins and Detective Dominick Carisi. This is Charles Brooks."

"Nice to meet all of you."

"You too."

Amanda happened to be holding her copy of Marriage Vacation.

"Rollins, what the hell are you reading?"

"It's good, Liv"

Charles saw what she was reading and shook his head.

"Millennial Imprint, which is a part of Empirical, published that."

"I can't wait to see how it ends."

"It isn't what it seems. I should get going."

Charles walked away and headed to Empirical and everyone else went inside and up to SVU.

"I wonder what he meant by that."

"Well, if his company published it, I'm sure he knows."

"You said his last name was Brooks, right?"

"Yes. Why?"

"So is the author of the book."

"What?"

"Yeah. Her last name is Brooks but maybe it's just a coincidence. He's handsome though."

"Yeah, he is."

The whole squad finished up their paperwork that they had left before they all went home last night. Olivia could not keep her mind off of Charles. She kind of hoped she'd hear from him again but she wouldn't be surprised if she didn't. Charles had arrived at the office and went up. He poked his head into Diana's office.

"Morning, Diana."

"Morning, Charles. Do we have a meeting this morning?"

"Yes. Give me a few minutes."

"Of course."

Charles headed into his office and glanced over at Liza. He had fallen for her but she had lied to him, so he told her that their relationship was to be strictly professional. He was hesitant to get involved with anyone after his divorce and with what had happened between him and Liza but he kept thinking about Olivia. He wanted to get to know her better and he was actually glad that she wasn't in publishing. He pulled her card out of his pocket and looked at it. It had her cell number on it, so he took a chance and sent her a text inviting her to lunch. It didn't take long before she responded that she would love to have lunch with him. He told her he'd let her know when but he had to get to a meeting. Charles went to his meeting and in the meantime, Olivia and her squad had gotten a case to work on. After the meeting was over, Charles contacted his favorite casual restaurant and made a reservation for them for noon. He then texted Olivia and told her he'd pick her up but would let her know when he was on his way and what time their reservation was for. Olivia had seen the text, so she texted him to tell him she was working on a case but she was going to try to be back in time. He told her where the restaurant was and told her to just meet him there then. She replied back and told him she thought that might be better and she would let him know if she'd be running late. Both of them were looking forward to their lunch together.

To be continued…

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