Key to my Heart
By MichiruShojo
Couples:
Munch/Fin
Elliot/Olivia
Summary:
It's Christmas time. Munch and Fin have been dating for a month. Fin decides it's time to cement the relationship.
Disclaimer:
Dick Wolf owns, I covet. If I owned the show, it'd be rated MA and be a shipper's dream. OOC AND SAPPY! You've been warned.
John Munch yawned and placed a hand to his face. The words on his paperwork were starting to run together. Odafin Tutuola stole a glance at him and hissed softly. John looked up. Fin started to whisper. "Relax, Cragen's gonna send us home soon. My place, alright?"
John smiled and nodded. Sure enough, Cragen said they could go home. John slid into the passenger seat of Fin's car and sighed in relief. "Okay, I need food, sex, and sleep."
Fin chuckled at him. "You cut right to the chase, don't you? I can supply all three."
"I knew you could oblige." John grinned, taking his hand.
Elliot and Olivia were having their happiness too. After Elliot's divorce, they finally got it together and confessed what had been building for years. They had been dating for two years, IAB considered it a problem until they found out they could do their jobs just as well. And Cragen prodded as usual.
Elliot was at a restaurant with Olivia. He was in a nice suit; she was in a nice black dress. They were munching on oysters and sipping on champagne, having a great time by candlelight. Elliot smiled at her. "Close your eyes, Liv."
Olivia smiled back, a little confused. "Why?" Elliot sighed, smile still on his face. "Just do it. Please?"
Olivia sighed and closed her eyes. "No peeking, now." She heard a shuffle and a small creak. "Can I open them now?"
"Okay, open your eyes." Olivia opened her eyes and gasped, hands to her mouth.
Elliot was kneeling before her, an open ring box in his hand, a gold band with two small sapphires surrounding a large diamond.
"Olivia Serena Benson, you are my world. I love you more than I love anyone in the world, and I want to make sure the rest of my life is making it up to not admitting it sooner. I love you, Olivia. Will you marry me?"
Olivia was wiping away tears by the end of his words. "Yes, Elliot, yes! Of course I'll marry you!"
Elliot slid the ring on her finger and they stood and kissed passionately.
Fin came into the room with a huge grin on his face. "I just got a call. Elliot and Olivia are getting hitched."
John smiled, getting up from the table where the remnants of Chinese food lay. "About damn time."
"Amen to that." Fin slid into Munch's arms and kissed him softly. Munch tugged gently at Fin's ponytail, deepening the kiss. Fin pulled back, breathing heavily. "Take me to bed."
"I thought you'd never ask."
The next day at lunch, Casey was fawning over Olivia's ring, Elliot was fawning over Olivia, and Cragen was going crazy. Munch did another mountain of paperwork while Fin went out to get food. But he made a little stop along the way…
"Yes, I'd like something duplicated…"
"Finally! Fin, what took you so long, I'm starving!" Olivia pounced on the food, taking out her salad and large piece of chocolate cake. "You know those two cancel each other out." Fin muttered as he gave Elliot and Munch their pizza. He sat down and grabbed a slice, taking a napkin as well. He placed his hand under the desk, the signal to Munch that he wanted to talk to him alone.
Munch got the idea and they excused themselves. "What's going on, Fin?" John asked. He didn't usually do this kind of thing at work.
"I was wondering if you'd join me for dinner tonight."
"My place or yours?"
"No, just out. My treat."
John smiled at him. "I'd love to."
"Okay, let's get back."
They came back and started to eat. But they both couldn't help stealing innocent glances at one another…
John met Fin at a nice Italian place, where song was in the air. "This is nice."
"Sit down." They sat side by side in a secluded booth and gripped hands under the table. "So, what's the occasion?"
Fin smiled. "I'll tell you that later. First, let's eat."
They ordered a bottle of wine and some entrees. By the time they both were finished, John was anxious to hear why Fin took him here. "John, I'm sick of having to always say, my place or yours."
John got a little worried. Was Fin leaving him? After being this romantic? Something was up. "I know we've only been together a little while, and I don't normally share my feelings, but…" He got the key out of his pocket. "You already have the key to my heart, here's the key to my apartment. I want you to move in with me."
John's eyes went a little wide and he had to resist the urge to grab his head and kiss him right then and there. "Fin, of course. I'll move in with you."
Fin laid down some bills for the check and they walked out of there, both grinning like the Cheshire cat.
Once safely in the car, John gave him the overdue kiss. "We'll start tomorrow. I'll call a rental place."
"Whenever." There wasn't much talking after that.
By next week, John and Fin had successfully moved in together. Elliot and Olivia were starting to plan for their wedding. John stood in the middle of Fin's apartment and sighed with a small smile. "How does it feel?" Fin asked.
"Feels like home." John turned to him. "Finally."
Fin placed an arm around his lover, knowing what he meant. John was a wandering lost soul for the longest time, he always told Fin when they were alone that he was the reason he started to heal. Fin always took that to heart, it wasn't everyday John let out his emotions. It showed he trusted him.
John kissed his lover and wrapped his arms around his neck. "What do you want for dinner?"
"I don't care." Fin smiled at him. He sighed as his cell phone went off. "Tutuola…yeah, we'll be right there." John tossed him his coat. "Let's go."
"We've got a vic, name's Drake Joseph, 35, sodomized and stabbed, left in an alley." Cragen said, handing out files. "Fin, Munch, notify his partner. Elliot, Olivia, talk to the witnesses."
John and Fin shared glances at the word 'partner'. Sure enough, they went to the apartment, it was another man. He was pretty shaken up, wiping tears from his eyes, curled up on the couch. Due to their relationship, they were sympathetic. All he could give was that Drake was a good man, but was threatened by a man at his work.
John and Fin excused themselves and left the apartment. Once in the car, John found Fin's hand and squeezed. Fin glanced back at him. They didn't say anything, but they spoke with their eyes:
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
-TO BE CONTINUED-