AN- everyone is younger in this story then in the show.

Elliot Stabler ran across the obstacle course quickly. His muscles felt like jelly as he could see the finish. He pushed himself as he ran faster as he raced through the tires.

"2:10 Stabler. Best in your class." His sergeant Don Cragen said. Elliot nodded his head.

Elliot went into the barracks because he was done for the day. He was in the marines for law enforcement. He was gonna be a cop. His dad was a cop, so he wanted to be a cop. He stripped off his clothes and turned on the shower.

Olivia Benson laughed with her best friend Casey Novak. They were talking over coffee and suddenly Casey got serious. "Girl I gotta tell you something!"

Olivia smiled at her friend. "Yeah?"

"Munch and I are getting married!" Casey said. Munch was her boyfriend. Well now fiancé.

"Holy shit Case!" Olivia yelped. "How did he ask?" Her friend was never good with

relationships. So getting married is a big step for her.

"He asked before be left to go back overseas." Casey said smiling.

"Case I'm so proud of you." Olivia said laughing. "This is a big move for you."

"Yeah enough about me, how's Brent?" Casey said asking about her boyfriend. They've been together for about 4 years.

"We got in a fight last night." Olivia said looking down at her coffee, stirring it.

"Olivia has he ever hit you again? I remember the one time he did. You had a bruise on your cheek and you told your dad that you got it from a softball." Casey asked.

Olivia shakes her head and let's out a loud breath. "Oh God no. We just haven't been getting along lately." Casey gave her a suspicious look.

"So about that project for Hudson, you're writing to a soldier?" Casey asked, dropping the subject.

"Yeah we just write a letter and Hudson sends it, then they randomly distribute them to the men or women." Olivia said. "But I don't know what to write about. "

"Elliot man what's up?" Fin, his best friend from the marines said. Nathan, another friend walked into the room. Nathan was a bigger guy, not fat, but build. He was easily 6,3, 180 pounds. All the rest of the guys came into the room.

In their giant room they had an xbox, fridge, food, and they all were close. They were all a family here. They watched out for each other.

"Nothing much." Elliot said opening his box of Tasty Cakes his mom sent him. Elliot opened the box and and one was missing but the wrapper of another one had writing on it. Elliot read out loud. "Thanks for the Tasty Cake bitch."

Elliot laughed, they always pulled these kinds of pranks on each other. Last week, Elliot took some guys clothes and made a scavenger hunt to find them around base.

"Which one of you sons of bitches did this?" Elliot asked. Fin started laughing," You prick!" Elliot laughed.

Fin laughed. "Hey Cragen said he enrolled us all in the Letters to Soldiers program. We get letters from people who want to write to us. I'm hoping I get some beautiful girl to write to me."

"Man, I don't know why we gotta do this. " Nathan, another soldier said.

"I think it will be cool." Elliot said. "Talking to someone other than your family."

Sergeant Cragen walked into the barracks and the guys all stood at attention. "Here are your letters men. Fin, Nathan, Munch. Did your fiancé just write to you?" Munch nodded and Don continued. ", Stabler, Josh, Sam" He hands them their letters.

Fin opens his letter. He silently reads over his letter. The person who wrote him was a woman, named Melinda, studying in science to become a Medical Examiner. She was from Boston, but is dorming at Hudson, which wasn't that far from Manhattan, where he lived.

Munch, reads over his letter from Casey. She talked about how she missed him and she hoped he would be home soon. That she hasn't started looking for a wedding dress yet, but Olivia is her maid of honor. A picture of her and Olivia dressed up in their Halloween costumes fell out of the envelope. Olivia was a sexy cop and Casey was a kitten.

Elliot smiled as he read his letter.

Hi, my name is Olivia Benson. I'm 23 years old and I'm studying Criminal Justice at Hudson University. I have never written to a soldier before, I don't really know what to write about. I don't want to be like most other people writing about boring stuff happening in college. So tell me about your self.

-Olivia Benson

Elliot chuckled to himself. Olivia Benson, he thought. Ever one was watching his face as he read his letter. "So who wrote to you?" Fin asked.

"Some girl named Olivia Benson. She is cool I guess, from what she wrote." Elliot smiled. She didn't give him an idea of her appearance.

Munch looked up at Elliot. "You said Olivia Benson?"

"Yeah?" Elliot said confused.

"Small world. " Munch mumbled.

"Why?" Elliot asked.

"I know her. She goes to Hudson?" Munch asked. Munch handed him the picture. "She's the brunette."

Elliot looked at him in shock. "How do you know her?" The girl in the picture was gorgeous. There was no way she would be interested in Munch.

"Her best friend is my fiancé." Munch said laughing.

Olivia was cleaning up the kitchen after she made dinner. Brent was no where to be found, but she didn't care. He has been being a douche lately and she is done.

She goes upstairs and starts her shower. She walks back into her room and takes off her clothes.

She hurries in the shower. "Olivia, where are you?" She hears from downstairs.

"Up here." Olivia says. She washes her body as she hears him coming up the stairs.

Olivia gets out of the shower and puts on her robe. "Livvy, you okay?" Brent asks.

"Uh no. Brent, Max isn't feeling good and Jason has to work, Becca is in North Dakota for work." Olivia said. "So I'm going to stay there for a couple days.

"Why can't he stay here?" Brent asks.

"I think it would be best if he was in his own home, that he's used to." Olivia said grabbing her duffle bag.

"Baby did I do something wrong?" Brent asked. He knows they have been going through a rough spot but he knows they'll get through it.

"No, I told you he needs me to be there." Olivia lied. She needed to get away from him. She hoped that she would finally be able to get away.

"Alright." Brent says, but quickly adds. "I love you Livvy." He kisses her on the cheek. She cringed as he kissed her but she doesn't let it show. She doesn't like that he touched her. He leaves her alone to pack and she is thankful for that.

She walks into the door of her brothers house and Max runs up to her. "Hey aunt Livvy!"

"Hey sweetheart." Olivia smiles and kisses his head. "Where's daddy?"

"He is in the living room." Max said pulling her to the living room.

"Hey Olivia." Jason said hugging his sister. "How've you been?"

"Okay. I think me and Brent need some time." She says. "He's a good guy, I just can't deal with his mood changes."

"I understand, if you need somewhere to stay-"

"I have a friend at Hudson who is gonna share her apartment with me." She finishes. She stays with her brother as they sit and eat and watch a movie. Her nephew asks her if she has played the game Flappy Bird, which she tried and hated it.

Olivia walked into her friends apartment after her classes were over. She got a her letter from the soldier she wrote to today. Melinda walked into her apartment after Olivia.

"So just make yourself at home. Case is coming with pizza and movies." Melinda said as she changed into her yoga pants.

"So did you read your letter yet?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah. So this guy's name is Fin. He is in the 107 group. Guess what. You know how Munch went back for a couple months? This Fin guys wrote about how met Munch, and your dudes name is Elliot. All three of them are in the same squad. Plus you know how Casey sent that picture of you guys at Halloween, Elliot saw it." Melinda smirked.

"So this guy knows what I look like?" Olivia asked. Melinda nodded and laughed. " Great."

Olivia grabbed her letter out of her bag and read over it.

Elliot sat on his bunk as he thought about the last letter he sent Olivia. He memorized exactly what he said to her.

Hi Olivia,

My name's Elliot Stabler. I'm 25 years old and I live in Brooklyn. Funny right? Hudson isn't that far from there. I have to tell you, my friend John Munch, he is engaged to your friend Casey. I saw the picture of you guys at Halloween. I just wanted to say you're really pretty. That may sound weird. I don't know.

These letters take forever to send and I wanna talk to you more. I may sound like a total creep. Shit, but anyways. If you want you can email me.

-Elliot

Elliot thought he sounded like a complete idiot. Seriously email me, is that the best you can think of Stabler, He thought.

He decided to check his email just to see if she sent him anything. He opened up his laptop and his eyes gleaned with happiness. He had an email from her. He quickly read over it, she said about how she was surprised but she knew before he told her.

His email had an instant messaging application and he noticed she was online.

He hurried and typed. "Hey it's me Elliot.."

Seconds later a message pops up. "Hey. How are you?"

"I'm great. Hah, so did you think it was weird how I called you pretty?"

"No, thank you by the way. "

"Good. So I barely know anything about you. So tell me are you single?"

"No, well, I might be. " She smiled because he was asking if she was single like they were in middle school again. But then her face grimaced at the thought of her boyfriend.

"What do you mean?" He wanted to know why she was confused. It's a simple question.

"Brent is an jerk. He is self centered and an egotistical dickhead."

"Then why are you with him?" Elliot didn't understand, why if he was an ass hole she stayed with him.

"He's the only guy who ever paid attention to me." Olivia had tears in her eyes. She didn't know why she was pouring her heart out to a total stranger.

"He didn't deserve you." Elliot said but instantly regretted it as he sent it. It showed that the message was read but seconds later it said Olivia signed off. "Shit!" Elliot cursed to himself.

Olivia was sitting on her bed as she got the last message from Elliot. How could this guy she just met tell her that her boyfriend didn't deserve her? He didn't know her, or Brent for that matter. Of course her friends tells her that she needs to get out of that relationship, she finally is going to.

So should I keep going? I have almost the rest of the story done. 10 reviews for the next chapter. (: