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I am a huge Bensidy shipper. I love seeing the two of them together and Brian taking care of Olivia, so I decided to write a group of sickfics, This one is the flu if you have any ideas let me know otherwise I'll just write them as they pop into my head. This is my first Law and Order Fanfiction.
Olivia went to work knowing full well she shouldn't be there. She had been feeling sick since the night before. She was even up a few times in the night, but Olivia being Olivia went to work anyway. Luckily for her Brian had been working all night so he hadn't been home to see how sick she had been feeling. She was suppose to be doing paper work, but fell asleep at her desk. A call came in so Nick went over to wake her up so they could respond to the call.
"Liv we got a case." but when he touched his hand to her arm he could feel the heat expelling off of her. He placed his hand on her forehead for conformation, she was really burning up.
"You are burning up come on you can't work like this, let me take you home."
"No Nick I'm fine."
"Does Brian know you came to work like this?"
"Brian is not my father he does not have control over what I do and don't do."
"So, in other words no he has no idea you came to work like this?"
"Like I said Nick I'm fine."
"Please let me drive you home." Olivia just rolled her eyes and got up. "Nick drop it I'll go to the bathroom and then we'll roll." While she was in the bathroom he went and called Brian telling him he was going to drive her home instead and to see if he was home to make sure Olivia stayed put. He was home, but had to work later on. After he got off the phone, Nick went to tell the captain what was going on. He then waited for Olivia. Once in the car Olivia fell asleep making it even easier for Nick to drive to her house without her noticing. Olivia was stubborn as hell and they all knew it. Once he was close he called Brian who came down to meet him so he could bring Olivia upstairs and Nick could get back to work.
"Liv, you gotta wake up."
"Where are we, what are you doing here Brian?"
"Nick brought you home come on we gotta get you upstairs and into bed." Olivia wanted to put up a fight, but she had no energy and just wanted to sleep some more so she let Brian help her upstairs. After thanking Nick they were on their way up. As soon as they got into the room Olivia went and laid down on the bed. Brian got her pajamas and helped her change. Brian went and got the thermometer, tylenol, bottle of water, and a wet wash cloth.
"Come on Baby open your mouth and stick this under your tongue." She did as told while waiting for the beep Brian busied himself by sticking the cloth on her forehead, taking out two tylenol, and opening the bottle so everything was ready for her. After the beep Brian removed it not at all surprised to see the 102.6 that flashed on the screen. He then made her sit up a little and take the pills. Before adjusting the cloth on her head and cuddling up next to her. "Next time you are like this you need to stay home, I called myself out of work for at least the next two days and you are going to be doing the same." Olivia began to protest, but Brian stuck his hand up to stop her. "You're not alone anymore Liv you have me and I'm here to take care of you I love you." "I love you too. Olivia said while giving him a little smile. "Good then you aren't going to argue with me when I tell you I already called Cragen and he said you are not to come back to work until you have no fever for 24 hrs and I am not leaving you alone until you're ready to go back to work." All Olivia did was roll her eyes and cuddle into Brian falling asleep. Brian lay there stroking her hair for awhile until he felt that the tylenol were kicking in and her temperature was lowered. He then drifted off to sleep knowing Olivia was okay. Brian was woke up a few hours later to moaning next to him. He touched his hand to Olivia's forehead to feel that her fever had come back and was even higher this time. "What's a matter Liv?" "She sounded weaker then before when telling him "everything hurts especially my head." "How about you try to take a bath to lower you're temperature then when we come back in here I will give you a full massage." "I love you." "Love you too."
Olivia may have agreed to the bath, but that was before she realized that Brian had meant a cool bath. "Bri please I already cannot get warm don't make me do this." "Its for your own good we have to get that fever down, its higher than it was before. If we can't get it down I'm going to take you to the hospital." With that Olivia got into the bath she hated hospital. Healthy Olivia would never just agree and do as Brian said, but sick Olivia was too weak and felt too horrible to argue. Liv lay there shivering while Brian took a washcloth and ran the water over Olivia's body. Once he was sure she was cooled down and she was shaking madly he got her out and into a t-shirt and shorts. She wanted her sweats, but Brian opted for something cooler hoping to keep her body cool. This time instead of the bed he moved them out to the couch because he wanted to make some soup for her to eat, she hadn't eaten all day. He grabbed her pillow and a blanket to drape over her. After the soup was done Brian was able to force Olivia to eat a little and then they snuggled on the couch for awhile.
By the next morning Olivia had a temperature of about 100.2 so she was on the mend. She stayed with that temperature for about two days until she finally broke the fever on day four. The next day she returned to work with only a little cough to show how sick she had been. Brian did not leave her side the whole time. PLEASE REVIEW!
