Disclaimer: I own nothing but the fic idea bunnies. Law & Order: SVU and Conviction along with their characters belong to Dick Wolf/NBC.
A/N: I began writing this story after the second episode of season 10 "Confession." In large part due to the fact that I wish Casey was still there, rather than Grayleck and because of Grayleck's comment during the episode. Unlike my last SVU story this one will be a multi-chapter.
Once again, I have no beta so all spelling/grammar errors are my own.
Casey sighed and took a sip of her Pumpkin Spice latte. Running a hand through her now deep red hair, she turned her gaze to the people moving outside the window. The temperature had begun to drop into the fifties, signaling that winter was just around the corner and that in almost no time at all Christmas would be upon them. But for Casey, it was also a painful reminder -it was going on five months since she'd been disbarred. In that time many of her friends, majority of them also lawyers had stopped speaking with her, the few that continued to were also wary; all but one.
"Been here long?"
Casey shook her head, clearing the haze of thoughts swirling around her and met Alex's warm smile with a tiny one of her own. "Long enough to play a mental game of twenty questions with myself," Her tone was casual, with a tiny hint of playful sarcasm.
Alex gave a soft knowing smirk. "Doesn't take much these days, does it?"
Casey shook her head softly, watching as Alex added some sugar to her black coffee. "No. I keep running the case over and over again in my head . . . . I knew what I was doing was wrong, what it could cost me . . . and I did it anyway."
"You took a risk," Alex replied, adding after a moment. "Nothing in Special Victims is black and white." Casey inhaled sharply, crossing her arms and resting her elbows on the table. Slowly exhaling she met Alex's eyes.
"You really think the Bar's gonna buy that if I try and reapply? Even you knew better than to push that much."
The pair turned surprised gazes to their right at another voice, "I think that's up for debate."
"And just who the Hell are you?" Casey asked, not happy the woman had been eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Kim Grayleck, Manhattan SVU's new ADA."
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