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Casey lay awake in bed, as she often did for hours each night, watching the snow drift gently past the window. The room was slightly cold, but not so much that it was uncomfortable. The moon cast a soft glow across the room, illuminating the face of the woman laying next to her. She listened to Olivia breathing softly, deep in sleep.

As she lay there, Casey though about how she and Olivia had met again after she had been disbarred.

Casey was browsing absently through the bookstore, not sure what she was looking for. Recently she had found herself with lots of time on her hands, so she decided she would start reading again, as she often had when she was younger. It had been a while since she had been to the bookstore, and it had been rearranged since last time she had seen it.

After some time wandering through the shelves of books, she saw a woman she recognized. One who had been on her mind a lot lately.

"Olivia?" she said, walking over to the detective.

Olivia looked up from the books she had been staring at. "Hi Casey," she said, smiling .

Her smile seemed strained, like she was trying too hard. When Casey looked into Olivia's eyes, she understood why. Her eyes looked terribly sad, and they looked slightly red, as if she had been crying not too long ago. Casey knew Olivia well enough to know that it took a lot to make her cry.

"Are you okay?" Casey asked, concerned.

"I'm fine," Olivia answered, looking away.

It didn't take Casey long to figure out what was wrong.

"You miss her, don't you?" she said.

"What?" Olivia asked, looking up quickly.

"Alex," Casey said. When she saw the confused look on Olivia's face she continued. "I heard what happened," she clarified.

"Oh," Olivia said. "Yeah, I miss her." She looked away again as tears started to fall from her eyes again.

"Come on," Casey said after a moment, gently guiding the detective out of the bookstore. "I'll buy you a coffee."

Casey sighed at the memory. It hadn't been long after that day that she and Olivia had started dating. Casey had liked Olivia for some time, but had never had the nerve to ask her out when they had been working together. Despite the icy cold front she put up, she was very fragile when it came to certain things, and rejection was one of them. She wasn't sure she could handle seeing Olivia every day if she told her how she felt and found that the detective didn't feel the same way. And so she hadn't said anything for all the years they had worked together.

Casey was brought back from her thoughts by a small whimper from Olivia. She moved closer to the sleeping brunette, taking her gently in her arms. Olivia shied away at first, but relaxed after a moment. Casey kissed the top of Olivia's head.

"I love you, Liv," she whispered.

She knew that Olivia's feelings weren't so strong. She loved Alex, and no matter how much Casey loved her, that would never change. Olivia tried to hide her feelings when she was awake, but when she was dreaming, her tears gave everything away. Casey knew that she missed Alex terribly, and she had decided some time ago that she needed to do something about it. In the past few months, she had been happier than she had ever been in her entire life, and now it was time to make Olivia as happy as she had been.

The next morning after Olivia had left to go to work, Casey dug a folded piece of paper out of the drawer of her desk. On the paper was written a phone number which she had spent the past three weeks tracking down. She picked up the phone and quickly dialed the number, then waited. She didn't have to wait long before the phone was answered.

"Hello?"

"Alex?" she said quietly, "it's Casey Novak."