Hi all, this is my first femslash I thought I'd try another line on the SVU team. If at any point anyone feels I need to increase the rating let me know and I will do it straight away.
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Chapter 1
The scream practically shook the entire apartment; it was horrible to hear as she shot up in bed with cold sweats and her heart pounding, fear evident on her face.
"What's the matter?" Casey asked turning on the light and looking at her worriedly, instead of answering straight away Ally got out of bed and pulled on her dressing gown over her pyjamas.
"Nothing, I'm sorry I woke you, go back to sleep." She said heading to the bedroom door as Casey gave her a look of disbelief and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You've been having these nightmares on and off for the last year since you had your 'accident.'" Casey used quotation marks for the word accident as last year Ally had gone away for a few weeks and had come back with a scar across her stomach and the terrifying nightmares. No proper explanation had been offered by the younger woman and it really annoyed Casey sometimes.
"Just leave it Case and go back to sleep." Ally replied exiting the room and closing the door behind her, sighing Casey lay back down and crossed her arms across her chest; she hated seeing Ally like this but there was nothing she could do to help if she didn't know what was going on. After laying in silence for a few minutes she too got up and joined Ally in the living room; she found the brunette nursing a cup of tea and watching the TV on mute, a sight that Casey was used to after one of Ally's nightmares.
"You can talk to me you know," Casey said sitting down next to the other woman and placing a hand on top of hers, "You were my rock when I got attacked, I couldn't have gotten through it without you. I'm here for you Ally; I'm always going to be here for you." Ally looked at her as if to say something but they were interrupted by the phone ringing.
"Hello?" Casey answered as she was closest. "It's for you, perfect timing as always." She passed the phone to Ally with a sigh and went back to the bedroom slamming the door behind her.
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A few minutes later Ally walked into the bedroom looking pale and worried as she opened her wardrobe and pulled out some clothes, Casey was sat up in bed reading a book.
"How long will you be gone this time?" Casey asked watching Ally dress, as always she was careful to hide the scars on her stomach; it upset Casey that the other woman did this, after all Ally had seen all the bruises she'd sustained in her own attack..
"As long as I need to be." Ally replied getting a bag out of the cupboard and putting a few days worth of clothes inside. "I'll call you later." She said going to Casey's side of the bed and placing a kiss atop her head.
"We're going to talk when you get back, you can't keep avoiding the issue." Casey said grabbing hold of Ally's hand and pulling her to sit down on the bed.
"It's complicated." Ally replied and Casey rolled her eyes but she didn't let go of the hand.
"Enlighten me then, I can help, it's not good for either of us you bottling things up like this. You're not sleeping; which mean's I'm not, you're tired and cranky and it's making life difficult round here." At this Ally stood up angrily and walked to the other side of the room.
"You know what if I'm that bad I won't bother coming back." She said picking up her bag and leaving the room, Casey heard the apartment door slam as she cursed herself for what she'd said.
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Casey walked into the living room the next morning to find that the TV was still on, it was the news and it was a major case, sitting down with her cup of coffee she turned the sound on.
"Last night a woman was found in Washington DC slashed and butchered after being violently abused, sources at the FBI say the work resembles that of a serial rapist and killer known as the 'Butcher' who terrorised the streets of America last year before disappearing as quickly as he'd emerged." The newscaster said as a photo-fit of the man was shown, Casey remembered the crime from last year, the whole city had been gripped by it, at least she now understood the panic on Ally's face the night before, one of her friends had been killed by the man, Casey kicked herself for making Ally feel worse. Turning the TV off her mobile rang.
"Novak." Casey answered without looking at the caller ID.
"You caught the news yet?" Ally's voice asked it was tired, both physically and mentally.
"How you doing?" Casey asked worried about the other woman.
"Brings it all back, but part of me always knew he wasn't finished," There was a pause, "I wanted to apologise for last night, you were only trying to help and I flipped out."
"I should be the one saying sorry, and I am. You know I just hate to see you upset and in so much pain, I can't help caring about you like I do." Casey replied sinking down into the soft cushions of the couch.
"I know and I want you to promise me something." Ally's voice took on a serious tone.
"What?" Casey asked a tad worried at her girlfriend's tone of voice.
"Take care on the streets, if you think someone is following you call me or the cops, be extra careful." This worried Casey.
"What's going on?" Casey asked concerned, she knew Ally always worried about her when she was out on her own but she never sounded this worried.
"We think he's going to go to New York." Was Ally's curt reply, she shouldn't have told Casey that but she wanted to ensure Casey took care.
"Can I ask why you think this?" Casey asked knowing she wasn't going to get much of an answer but it was at least worth a try.
"You can but I'm not going to answer, anyway I doubt I'm going to be home tonight, it's all hands on deck until we get a lead on him." Ally replied with a yawn.
"It's ok, just be careful" Casey said wanting to see Ally home safe.
"I will, and you take care, I want to come home to find you in one piece."
"Well I want you home in one piece too." Casey replied before Ally hung up.
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Two nights later Casey was asleep in bed when she heard the door open, the person fell over something in the hall so Casey sprang into action grabbing her baseball bat and running into the hall with the bat at the ready; expecting to find a burglar as she turned on the light she found Ally sprawled out on the floor after having fallen over Casey's boots.
"Sorry." Casey laughed at the sight and helped Ally up, "you know turning a light on would have helped."
"Well I didn't expect to find a pair of boots in the doorway." Ally grumbled brushing herself off and Casey took a good look at the shorter woman, the stress of the last few days had taken its toll on her.
"Should I be happy to see you back here or not?" Casey asked picking Ally's bag up off the floor and taking it into the bedroom and Ally followed after kicking Casey's boots into the living room.
"We've got a few leads in the city but nothing concrete. I was ordered back to get some rest, been awake since I got the call to go." Ally yawned and sat on the bed.
"Well you look exhausted but I doubt you'll sleep until he's caught this time," Casey sat down next to her and put and arm around Ally, "Remember I'm here for you." Ally placed her head on Casey's shoulder.
"I know." Ally replied kicking off her shoes as Casey went into the hall to turn off the light, by the time Casey returned Ally was asleep on Casey's side of the bed fully clothed.
"Sleep well honey." Casey said quietly kissing Ally on the forehead and grabbing a blanket to cover her with before crawling into the other side.
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