So after talking with someone I believe to be the biggest fan of my work ToriRenee161 I decided to do an Olivia/Bayard fic, don't know if anyone will enjoy it but Tori but after the heartache she's going through from David I'm rooting for this relationship, he loves her, it's obvious.

Anyway, I have had this idea for a fic for a while and so I'm combining two ideas and hopefully it will make a good story, even if you're not for Olivia/Bayard it shouldn't be a long fic, ten chapters possibly.

The story begins after Olivia's find Simon and he came round to her apartment to talk to her, he isn't being accused of rape though!


"Where is your father?" Olivia asked as she stared at the picture in her hand.

"He and my Mom split up years ago, I haven't spoken to him since." Simon replied shakily, he still couldn't believe there was a chance that the woman in front of him was his sister.

"So he's alive?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah, I mean they'd have let me know if he was dead right?" Simon shrugged.

"Your Dad raped my Mom." She informed him.

He stared at her and shook his head nervously.

"No…"

"Yes Simon." Olivia replied firmly handing the photo back.

"No way, he was a normal guy, he loved me … I mean can you prove it?" He was in shock, he hadn't been expecting this, one night stand maybe or previous girlfriend but not a rape.

"I prove it." Olivia snapped going to the kitchen.

Simon just stood in shock, he really didn't know what else to say.

"Do you want a drink?" Olivia asked.

"Sure." He nodded. "So how did you find me?"

"Chance, something my Mom said." She shrugged, she couldn't exactly be sure if he could be trusted with the fact she'd illegally ran her DNA looking for a familial match.

They spent a lot of the night talking, getting to know each other past and present and even discussed some continued relationship but when he left and Olivia went to bed she had one thing on her mind, her father Joseph Hollister.

He knew about her, he'd kept tabs on her and she wasn't sure if that meant that he'd gotten some sick pleasure from knowing when he'd raped a woman she'd carried his child for nine months then brought her up or if he genuinely cared about her in some way. Somehow she drifted off into an uneasy sleep.


The next morning Olivia went into work with her mind still playing over the fact she had learned from her brother Simon. She hadn't told anyone about him, not even Elliot so at the moment she felt more lost and alone with no one she could turn to ask advice from.

"Benson, Stabler, Cory Green is here with his lawyer wanting to talk to you both." Cragen said approaching the desk where Olivia was removing her coat.

"Is he going to give us something?" Olivia asked.

"I don't know he didn't say." Cragen sighed. "They're waiting in interrogation two."

Olivia and Elliot glanced at each other, they had been working on Cory Green for nearly a month trying to find out what his connection was to rape victim Michelle Sanders, they were almost one hundred percent sure he was connected to the rape somehow but with no leads, no evidence and no witnesses the case had gone cold.

Olivia and Elliot walked to the interrogation room two way and saw Cory Green and defence attorney Bayard Ellis sat side by side in complete silence.

"Ellis?" Olivia asked her Captain in surprise.

He was one of the lawyers Olivia considered a good guy, he only took cases when he was sure the perp deserved justice in some way, either because they were actually innocent or because of mental health issues or extreme emotional disturbance, Olivia respected the man and seeing him next to Cory Green she wondered what on earth was going on.

"It doesn't mean anything." Elliot informed her before heading for the door.

She knew Bayard Ellis would have a reason for being there and she knew Elliot would know that and that's why he told her it didn't mean anything.

Reluctantly she walked in behind Elliot to face the man who had at one time been their prime suspect.

"Ok Cory what have you got for us?" Elliot asked taking the seat in front of Cory while Olivia opted to lean against the wall and listen.

"I know who raped Michelle." He whispered.

"Ok then tell us." Elliot sighed.

Olivia looked out through the window, her mind drifting off to the conversation she'd shared with Simon over whiskey last night, she still was in shock at finding out she had a brother but finding out her dad was out there somewhere and knew about her was an even bigger shock.

"My client will give you the name as long as he's granted immunity on a different charge." Bayard's voice brought Olivia's attention back to the room.

She saw him looking at her awkwardly and she looked at the floor guessing he'd seen her looking preoccupied.

"We don't have the power to do that councillor." Elliot informed him.

"Then get your ADA here." Bayard replied. "She can and she will give him the immunity of that I am certain."

A knock on the door had the detectives sighing and walking out, they knew they couldn't hear anymore until Casey arrived so Cragen had pulled them out.

"I'll get on the phone with Casey, he can't tell you anymore because he will incriminate himself and you'll have no option but to arrest him, when she hears what he has to say then we can get the name." Cragen explained to the two defeated looking detectives.

"He's been stringing us along for three weeks, how do we know he isn't doing that now?" Olivia sighed as she ran her head through her chocolate locks, cases like this always bothered her.

"We can't be certain he isn't stringing us along but this may be our only chance to catch the guy who raped Michelle Olivia." Cragen explained before walking off leaving the two detectives to stare at Cory through the two way.

As Olivia looked at him her mind wandered again, she couldn't stop thinking about the man in the photograph, at least now she'd seen who she had inherited her chocolate eyes from, the eyes that so many victims had trusted and believed in.

"Olivia!" Elliot's yell snapped her back from her thoughts.

"What?" She asked frowning.

"I've been calling you for five minutes." Elliot replied.

"Sorry, just got a lot on my mind." She replied weakly before turning back to the two way.

"I can tell, you wanna talk about it?" Elliot asked feeling concerned about his best friend, he'd not been going through an easy time himself but he could see Olivia needed someone to talk to.

"No I'm good what were you calling me for?" She asked quickly changing the subject.

"I was just wondering what he wanted immunity from." Elliot explained nodding his head towards Cory.

"Drugs." She replied simply. "We know they were doing drugs, Michelle confessed to doing a bit of weed that night but she said there was some stronger stuff floating around but she didn't touch it."

"Oh yeah now I remember." Elliot sighed just as Cragen came back in.

"You can tell Mr Green and his Lawyer that they need to be back here at five, Casey is in court all day but she promised she will be here by five." He explained.

"I'll let them know now." Olivia replied before walking into the interrogation room and passing the message along.

Olivia walked out into the corridor one step behind Bayard and his client. She went to walk away but seeing lawyer and client say goodbye stopped her in her tracks.

"You're not going to make sure he's going to turn up?" Olivia asked the lawyer almost teasingly.

"I know he will." Bayard shrugged. "It's why he came to me but then enough about that because I can't tell you anymore unless he's with me and gets his deal."

"I should let you go…"

"I wanted to ask if you'd join me for Coffee Detective, you look like you could use it." Bayard smiled softly.

That smile always seemed to warm her heart, she wasn't sure why but it was just adorable.

"Uh… sure I have nothing to be getting on with and they'll call if they need me, just let me grab my coat." Olivia smiled, there was no harm in going out for coffee with a friend… was there?

"Where you going?" Elliot asked seeing her grab her coat.

"Nowhere, I'll be on my cell if you need me ok?" She smiled softly before turning on her heels and walking back into the corridor to meet Bayard who was still smiling when she arrived by his side.

"I know this great little bistro around the corner." He smiled.


Less than twenty minutes later Olivia and Bayard were sitting in a booth in the back of the bistro with coffee, it was nice for both of them to be out and not discussing a case, meeting without the complications and stresses of work.

"So you want to tell me what was on your mind in the interrogation room?" Bayard asked as he added a sachet of sugar into his drink.

"What do you mean?" Olivia asked acting oblivious.

"You weren't paying attention most of the time, I don't mean to pry but you seemed like you needed a friend to offload onto and something told me you couldn't do that with anyone at the precinct so I thought I'd be that shoulder for you." He smiled.

Once again her heart melted, his smile made her feel so warm and tingly and she couldn't help but smile back.

"You read me well councillor." She laughed as his smile turned into a grin.

"We're not working please call me Bayard." He smiled.

"Sure thing as long as you call me Olivia." She smiled back.

A few moments silence past between the pair, each lost in a world of their own thoughts.

"So are you going to tell me what's been bothering you?" Bayard asked eventually.

"I found out I had a brother." Olivia sighed softly.

Bayard's eyes widened in surprise, he knew the story of Olivia's past, there wasn't a defence attorney who'd worked against SVU who hadn't dug it up when trying to get their clients off.

"How did you find him?" Bayard asked.

Olivia sighed again as she tried to figure out if she could trust Bayard with the truth.

"I ran my DNA through the system looking for a familial match and there he was." Olivia sighed again, she'd been doing a lot of that lately.

"So he's a felon?" Bayard frowned.

"No, he gave his DNA to some cops in Jersey to eliminate himself in a murder investigation as did two hundred other men and the DNA was somehow still in the system." Olivia explained and Bayard nodded his understanding.

"So have you met him?" Bayard asked.

"Last night." Olivia explained everything in just two words but Bayard could see it was affecting the detective and wasn't going to let it go that easily.

"So you told him about your father?" He asked gently.

Olivia could only nod in reply, she felt guilty after telling Simon that his Dad had raped her Mom, it was obvious that even though Simon and his father hadn't spoken in years the man still loved his father.

"And what did he say?" Bayard asked his voice so soft that it soothed Olivia.

"He was in shock but I found out that my Dad kept track of me Bayard, he knew about me and I can't determine whether he got some sick pleasure from knowing one of the women he raped had his child or …" Olivia's voice broke off as she stared into her drink, she wasn't used to being this open with people and it scared her at how easy she find opening up to the defence attorney.

"Or if he cared about you." Bayard finished for her.

"Exactly." Olivia sighed and closed her eyes, it sounded worse when it was said out loud.

"What did your brother say about him?" Bayard asked taking the topic in a different way hoping to get more out of the young woman who seemed quite vulnerable for the first time since he'd known her.

"Simon, he uh, he said that he and his Dad haven't talked in years but he's sure he's still alive." Olivia explained shrugging her shoulders.

"Do you want to meet him?" Bayard asked, that was going to be the toughest one for Olivia to answer.

"I don't know, he raped my Mom." Olivia stressed.

"He's still half your genetics Olivia." Bayard pointed out.

"That's the otherside of the argument that I've been having with myself since I found out about him, I saw a picture of him Bayard, the first picture of him and I could see straight away that I inherited his eyes, I mean … I don't … what if …" Olivia stuttered towards the end as she wasn't sure how to word her biggest concern.

"Are you worrying what else you might have inherited from him?" Bayard asked reaching his hand over the table and wrapping it around Olivia's much smaller hand.

"I guess." Olivia sighed dropping her head into her free hand, this situation was wearing her out.

"I think that this is something you really need to think about and whatever decision you make you have to make it for yourself." Bayard informed her as gently as he could.

"I know, but I can't decide, what if I meet him and it turns out to be a mistake, that I shouldn't have met him or what if I don't meet him and something happens and I never get to." Olivia sighed again, this situation really was frustrating.

Bayard looked at the woman in front of him, for the first time since he'd met her he felt like she was opening up a part of her that wasn't involved with Detective Benson, a part of her that was privet, hidden from the world and for some reason he found himself feeling particularly privileged to be allowed a glimpse into Olivia's life. The phone ringing however disrupted the moment.

"Benson." She answered taking her hand from Bayard's and placing it in her lap. "Yeah I'm on my way." She hung up and looked over at her friend apologetically.

"It's ok Olivia, duty calls and all." He smiled and her heart warmed again. "Just don't worry about this situation with your dad too much." He said as he got to his feet with her. "You'll know what you want to do when the time comes."

"Thank you and sorry about my moaning." She laughed gently though she wasn't joking.

"I'm here whenever you need me Olivia, I wanted to ask how about after this meeting with the ADA you and I catch a bite to eat, nothing formal just food and talking?"

Olivia smiled as she weighed up her options.

"I'd like that." She smiled as they walked towards the door.

Once outside he turned to her.

"Then it's a date." He smiled before walking off.

Olivia watched him go for a moment. 'Then it's a date.' 'a date' echoed in her mind, she couldn't help but break out into a grin as she turned and headed back for the one six.


Olivia was still smiling when she walking into the bullpen fifteen minutes later which didn't go unnoticed by her partner.

"Someone looks happy." He smiled, he loved seeing her happy.

"Do I?" She asked raising an eyebrow trying to act oblivious.

"Yeah where did you run off to, this morning your head was in the clouds and now you're smiling." He grinned cheekily at her as she laughed softly, trust Elliot to put two and two together and come out with five.

"Do I need a reason to be happy?" She asked as she took her seat.

"In this job?" He asked raising his own eyebrows. "Yeah and I called you because someone is waiting for you in the interview room refused to talk to anyone but you." He explained.

Olivia nodded and walked off to the interview room wondering who had come to see her at work. She opened the door and stood in shock as she faced her brother.

"Simon." She said in nearly a whisper. "What are you doing here?"

"I… I'm sorry to come and see you at work but I couldn't wait." He explained going over to the couch and sitting down.

Olivia went over and sat down beside him wondering what could be so important.

"Simon what is it?" She asked gently, he looked worried.

"I… I told my Mom about you, she's old, she's really not well but sometimes she remembers things from her past…" He was rambling and Olivia tried not to smile as she processed what he was saying. "I showed her the picture of you I showed you that my Dad carried around in his pocket, she said he said he'd find you, he told her that you were his little girl and someday you were going to know the truth and that's all I got out of her before she asked me who I was again." He informed her.

Olivia just stared at him in shock, she hadn't expected any of this, she hadn't expected to find a brother but to hear what he was saying about her father… his father, their father, was a lot to process.

"Uh." Was all she could say.

"Sorry I shouldn't have bothered you at work with this." Simon sighed.

"No Simon it's ok, I'm glad you did." She replied grabbing his hand gently.

"I'd really like for you to meet her Olivia, you might help her remember more, she might be able to tell you something more." He explained.

"Uh now isn't really the time Simon, I mean I'm still in shock to have met you and find out that my Dad is still out there somewhere." She replied shakily unsure really how to respond.

"Of course, again I'm sorry Olivia but just … just call me ok? Don't be a stranger, you're my sister and I'd like to be a part of your life … if you change your mind about meeting my Mom here's the address, I spoke with her carer and said you might drop by, so you have my permission to see her whenever you feel ready … if ever." He said as he got to his feet.

"Of course, thank you Simon uh this means a lot." She said.

Simon smiled and awkwardly wrapped his arms around her in a brotherly embrace. Olivia was startled for a moment but wrapped her arms back around him, taking comfort in the fact he wanted to know her, he wanted to be a part of her life and accepted her as a sister.

"I'll talk to you soon then." He smiled as they broke apart.

"Sure." She smiled and he walked out leaving her to look at the address in her hand.

His Mom knew about her, that was a shock on its own but hearing that he'd told her about his daughter, his little girl … things didn't seem to make any sense to her and things seemed suddenly a lot more difficult to process in her mind.

Slowly she made her way back to her desk with thoughts running through her mind, she sat down and put the address in her purse failing to realise Elliot was glaring at her.

"Who was the guy?" He asked.

"No one." She shrugged, now wasn't the time to tell Elliot in her mind.

"Yeah right." He sighed angrily, he hated that she closed herself off from him.

"Elliot …"

"No Liv, you're keeping secrets from me and I hate it when you do that, I'm your partner and I want to have your back but I can't do that when you're hiding things from me." He snapped quietly, he didn't want to draw Munch and Fin's attention to their argument.

"This isn't the same El, this isn't work it's personal." She sighed, she didn't want to argue with him.

"You dating him?" Elliot asked.

Olivia realised that if she didn't tell Elliot he was going to just keep questioning her so she took a deep breath and looked her partner in the eye.

"No Elliot, his name is Simon Marsden and he's my little brother." She sighed.

Elliot looked at her in shock, he couldn't believe it, she'd not even mentioned going looking for family let alone finding out that she had family.

"Wow, uh, congratulations." He smiled weakly, he really didn't know what to say to her. "How did you …"

"Chance." She replied, even though she'd trusted Bayard with the truth she was still unsure on telling her partner the whole truth.

"Did you look for him?" Elliot asked.

"Sorta." Olivia replied, that was sort of the truth so she wasn't exactly lying just not being one hundred percent honest either.

"Ok." He nodded content with her answer. "So you met him before today?" He asked.

"Yes, Elliot this isn't a game of twenty questions, I told you who he is isn't that enough?" Olivia asked.

"Fine, sorry, I just want to look out for you Liv you're my best friend." He explained.

"I know, and when I have more to tell I will let you know all I can tell you for now is Simon and I have the same father, he hasn't spoken to our dad in years but knows he's still alive, his mother is sick but she knows who I am and some of the things he says doesn't add up." Olivia rambled, it was more for herself than for Elliot but he was listening intently.

"You going to find your Dad?" He asked gently.

"I don't know yet." She shrugged, he had to be content with that for now.


So I don't know how many of you are for this paring but without David or Elliot in the show this was something I saw so enjoy!