Control
Summary: Jim Steele was angry at Alex for telling him what to do, know he has feelings for her after they had sex in her office.
Jim Steele walked into his office one morning with his breakfast in hand along with a clean shirt, he sifted through the files on his desk, he came to the file of the shaken baby case file, he looked at it and realized that it had a little post it note on it saying see me, I need to discuss this case Alex, he picked up the file and the note and went straight to Alex's office.
Alex's office
Knock… knock…
"Enter" shouts Alex from the other side of the door
Jim enters her office…
"Hey you wanted to see me about the shaken baby case" asks Jim
"Yeah why haven't you arrested the mother for assisting the husband" asks Alex?
"I thought it was not necessary and she didn't make him shake her" argues Jim
"Well charge her for accessory to murder" orders Alex
"With all due respect you can't tell me what to do on a case" argues Jim
"I can and I am the bureau" chief says Alex
Jim grabs hold of Alex's wrist to pull her back but she yanks her arm back, then out of the blue Jim plants his lips on her and he lifts her up and places her on the desk, clothes fly everywhere and now they were moving together as one, he was in her thrusting into her and soon they both climaxed and he spilled his seed inside her.
Jim left the room and so did Alex but she didn't speak to him about what happened between them.
A few weeks later…
Jim sat in his office looking through files catching up on his daily paperwork and filing motions for cases, when he received a text off Alex saying she is not coming in because she wasn't feeling too good.
He sighed to himself at the thought of Alex spending the whole day in bed, cradled in the arms of the man she loves and now she is engaged to, making love to each other.
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Alex Cabot's apartment
Alex sat on her sofa with her arms wrapped around her midsection cradling her throbbing stomach, which is still recovering from the savage beating she took from her fiancée Robert, she never moved from the comfort of her sofa not even to get a drink, Alex was in so much pain she realized she had to have at least broke a rib or two, she sat there for over two hours watching daytime television until she fell asleep trying to take her mind of the pain engulfing her whole body.
Bang that is all you could hear from inside Alex's apartment, she ignored it and went back to sleep thinking it would be some god freak trying to preach the bible to her, a few minutes went by and the anonymous person on the other side of the door started to bang on the door, the continuous noise coming from the door woke Alex up but also it got the attention of her nosy neighbours, she had no choice now but to answer the door.
She gets out of bed and goes to answer the door; Alex is shocked to see her deputy Jim Steele stood outside her door.
"Morning" says Jim in a cheery voice
"What are you doing here Jim" asks Alex
"I came to check on you and I know when someone is sick they eat chicken soup, so I brought you Chicken soup" offers Jim holding the bag up to her nose, the smell fragrance her whole apartment
Alex gets nauseous at the smell of the soup…
"Great but I am not hungry" says Alex stepping away from Jim and lets him enter
"Well when you are sick you need to eat so eat up" says Jim serving out the soup
"No I'm good" says Alex trying to fight of the persistent nausea, and the lingering smell of the chicken soup.
"Are you ok" Alex asks Jim becoming increasingly concerned about his boss?
"Yeah" says Alex in a quick voice
Alex feels like she is going to throw up, she runs to the Bathroom to throw up, but the movement causes pain to shoot through her chest.
Alex throws up for a good 5 minutes, once she is finished she wipes her mouth and freshens up, she turns around on her knees to see Jim stood at the door, she tries to get up in doing so she winces at the movement, Jim is shocked by the noise that came out of her mouth, now he is more concerned, questions run through his mind about why she is in pain and her sickness.
"Hey do you need a hand getting up" asks Jim offering her a helping hand
"Yeah that would be great" says Alex in a pained voice
"Okay come let's get you up" says Jim helping Alex up off her bathroom floor
Jim grabs Alex by her arms and pulls her, when he moved her she made a wincing noise at the movement, Jim took one look at Alex and got more concerned so he decided to confront her about it, once he had her settled on the sofa.
"Ok Alex what is really wrong" asks Jim in an authority tone.
"It's nothing" groans Alex.
"Really so why do you keep wincing every time you move" asks Jim.
"Ok I fell when getting out of the bath" replies Alex.
"Ok but why you throwing up" Ask Jim.
"Ok but don't tell anyone ok" warns Alex
"Ok" groans Jim.
"I'm pregnant" says Alex.
"Wow so whose is it" asks Jim rubbing his temples, trying to picture Alex pregnant.
Jim looks at Alex, he studies her for a few minutes trying to figure out what her secret is, he thinks to himself maybe she is clumsy, but her tone she is answering questions to quick, oh no I figured it out the only reason for her strange behaviour is, she is scared of her attacker, and the only person I know who would attack a pregnant women is her fiancée Robert.
Jim sits down next to Alex, he looks to her sad eyes, he sees the pain she is in but if she won't talk he can't help her and he wants to help this blonde damsel in distress, he plucks up the courage to talk to her so he goes for it.
"Alex get up I am taking you to the hospital for a check-up" orders Jim in a demanding voice.
"What, no I am fine" replies Alex trying to hide the pain of the sudden movement.
"Really get up without help or crying out in pain" says Jim.
Alex tries to get up, but she struggled through the searing pain in her side, Jim sees her distress and helps her, he grabs her coat and helps her put it on, she eyes him with death glares but since she failed to prove to him that she is ok, she huffs and agrees to his demands, since in her head she knows that the possibility is that the baby could be his.
"fine we are going to the hospital and that is it, you will bring me back here, and then you leave me alone until I return to work in about a day" orders Alex.
"Agreed" says Jim with a smile on his face.
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Emergency room
Jim took Alex to the hospital in his car, the journey was slow and painful for Alex, and every bump in the round jolted her ribs and sent pain shooting through her chest, breathing through the pain, Alex cradled her ribs like they were falling apart after every bump, soon they arrived at the hospital.
She slowly undone her seat belt, taking her sweet time, she opens the passenger side door and she sees Jim stood there with a wheelchair waiting for her, he sees her struggling to get out the vehicle, he grabs hold of her arm and gently eases her out of the car and into the wheelchair.
In the ER Alex sat in the wheel chair waiting to be seen, she was second in line, for her sitting there waiting was taking time, time she didn't have, soon her name was called, she looked up to the doctor she recognized him, he is Dr Beresford, who consulted on svu cases back when she worked with svu, she remembers him.
Jim wheels Alex into the bay, he helps her onto the bed, soon as the groans escape her mouth she gets the attention of Dr Beresford, he looks to her and he immediately sees her pain, he scans her admission forms he reads the part where she is pregnant.
"Ok miss Cabot can you roll your blouse up, and lie back so I ca examine you" asks Doc.
"Sure" whispers Alex.
"Now tell me if it hurts when I press on your abdomen" asks Doc nicely.
Jim sits in the corner of the cubicle out of the way, watching the blonde attorney get prodded and poked, after watching the gruelling examination, the doctor finally talks to them both.
"Well Miss Cabot I can confirm that you have bruised ribs, but I would like to do an ultrasound to make sure the baby is ok" says Doc wheeling in the ultrasound machine.
"Will she need anything special to help her recovery "asks Jim?
"No as long as she takes it easy for a few days and reports the injuries to the police then she should be fine" says Doc
"Oh I won't be reporting it since I got these falling down the stairs" says Alex.
"Fine but be careful next time" says Doc placing the ultrasound probe on her stomach,
after the scan was complete and the doc was happy about the baby, he let Alex be discharged but he decided to go against hospital policy and go to the police if she wouldn't, since in his job he has seen domestic violence and the outcomes, he wanted to help Alex he also knew a squad who would help her more, the svu team.
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Svu squad room
Munch sat at his desk searching the web for random subject, while liv, fin and Elliot throw paper balls at each other, today for them is the most boring day for them, they closed all there cases and done all there paperwork, the clock struck 4 o clock.
They got up out of their chairs cheering that there boss let them go home early, packing up and putting their coats on, Olivia looks up to see someone enter the squad room someone familiar.
"Dr Beresford what can we do for you" asks Olivia.
"I need your help detectives" says Dr Beresford in a stutter voice, trying to think if he is doing the right thing by his patient.
"So what can we do for you doc I hope you are not reporting a crime" says Elliot.
"Unfortunately yes" answers Doc.
"Follow us and we will take your statement" says Olivia pointing to the chair beside her desk.
"It's not me, I had a patient come in with bruised ribs from an apparent fall, I think she is being abused" explains doc
"Well does she want to pursue if so we don't handle domestic violence" states Elliot.
"Yes I know but you do handle pregnant women getting hurt by the partners or the husbands" replies Doc.
"Oh great pregnant women and domestic violence" groans Elliot.
"Yeah know you see my concerns" answers doc.
"Does she have a name, and how do you know she is being abused" asks Olivia.
"when I told her to report the injuries to the police, she quickly said to me that she got the injuries from falling down the stairs, and she also stopped the man who brought her in from talking, I think he suspects something too" explains doc.
"This guy does he have a name" asks Elliot.
"I didn't ask his name since when they booked in she was the patient not him, but they were both attorneys of the law" replies doc.
"And how do you know that" asks Munch butting in after over hearing the conversation.
"The way they dressed and talked about the law I figured they were attorneys of law" theorises doc.
"Ok so a counsellor getting abused can see why she doesn't want to report it" says Elliot.
"Did she give you her name" asks Munch.
"Yes" answers doc
"So her name is" prompts liv.
"Oh Alexandra Cabot" answers doc.
"Describe her" orders Elliot.
"Well she is tall, long blonde hair, glasses, and she was hot, oh she had a Texan accent, oh I also got a picture of her off the security cameras, since I was worried about her" says Doc handing the photo of Alex to Elliot.
"Wow it's her" says liv in a shocked voice.