A/N: First timer! So please don't be too hard on me, I just had this idea and had to go with it. Very AU, so much so that it may hurt, I tried to stick to the characters but for reasons that will hopefully become obvious, I just couldn't do it. Somewhat of a SVU/Criminal Minds Crossover but not very in depth, there's just some Emily/JJ sprinkled in there ;)
Warnings! If you feel like these things aren't your cup of tea you probably shouldn't read: Femslashing all over the place! There's also mention of drugs (only weed), alcohol (briefly) and eventually things of a more sexual nature, so yeh.
Also, a reminder that I don't own any of these characters and whatnot :)
*ahem* I've Got This Thing About You
Laughter filled the room as it mixed with the indie/hiphop playing through the surround sound set up in the garage.
Olivia Benson laid with her feet hanging over the arm of the old beaten up couch with her head resting on her best friend Abbie Carmichael's lap. "I wonder how many plants people smoked before figuring out this shit was the right stuff" Liv said half seriously as the duo fell into a fit of laughter again.
Olivia and Abbie had essentially been best friends since they had met in the first year of high school, and had since been inseparable. They'd been through pretty much everything together; boyfriends, girlfriends, jobs, lack of jobs, school, they were always around to help each other out. By this point both Olivia and Abbie were in what could, for lack of a better term, be called 'serious relationships'. Olivia had been with her girlfriend, JJ, for close to 3 years and Abbie had been with her girlfriend Emily for closer to 4 years.
Olivia and JJ weren't really having any troubles or woes; they were just what more people would see as friends (with benefits, of course). They got along; had an apartment together, rarely ever fought, appreciated each other's company, and still had a fairly healthy sex life…something was just missing. Olivia always had a feeling about it, they were good together, but she knew JJ just wasn't 'the one'. Even though Olivia detested people who refused to stand their ground and not just drag someone else along for the ride, she just couldn't figure out what to do. She knew she should sit down and talk with JJ about how she felt, break it off to spare both of their feelings, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. What if I'm just screwing up a good thing? Surely love can't be like the fairy tales…but it isn't right if I sometimes think of being single again, or with someone else, is it? Is it just something everyone goes through and I'm making too big of a deal out of this…I'll have to break it off eventually…but it is a somewhat comfortable situation…omg, did I really just think that. What's wrong with me, what do I do?
Abbie and Emily were in a similar situation, but managed to make things a tad more complicated. They were sure they had felt that 'special something' for each other at one point, but it had since disappeared. They, however, unlike Liv and JJ, had openly fought about it. They weren't particularly sweet towards each other anymore, and they both missed it, but neither felt the urge to do anything anymore. They would have their occasional moment where they would be back to the once happy couple but it would always fade. They stayed together mostly for convenience; they had a house together, they had a dog, they wouldn't have to spend holidays alone or go through the dating scene again, it just seemed easier so they stuck with it.
And so, with Olivia and Abbie subconsciously trying to avoid their failing relationships, they were hanging out even more than in high school. Together they seemed unstoppable, both had tried working in almost every field they could when they eventually just had the idea of founding a company and taking on managerial positions, allowing them to take care of business when necessary and spend all the time they wanted hanging out and having fun. In the past 2 years after having a great success with their first company, they had managed to spend and save wisely to start 6 separate businesses: a cleaning company, a small security/protection firm to aid victims of abuse, a small software and web development company, a veterinary clinic, and they also had a small contracting/renovation crew.
With their trusted managers in place, they rarely ever had to worry about anything. Relationship issues aside, life was going fairly well for them. Of course, neither one of them could really stay away from work for along so Abbie usually busied herself with taking care of any legal issues or paperwork they came across and Olivia mostly helped by jumping in with the renovation crew to help, or aiding their clients at the security firm.
Whenever they didn't find themselves working they would be in the garage at Abbie's house; usually relaxing by taking a few hits or just relaxing with some drinks, just being the twenty-something's that they were. They had everything they needed there, even to work at home if they felt like it, they had each other, their phones, laptops, power, food and water…it was perfect.
So they sat there sharing the oddly comfortable couch on a quiet Wednesday afternoon, laughing at the situations they had gotten each other in to with their relationships when they were interrupted.
'This flood (this flood)is slowly rising up swallowing the ground beneath my feet, tell me how anybody thinks under this condition so I'll swim (I'll swim)'
They both stared at Liv's phone as the ringtone cycled a few times. Shit, this can't be good. Liv thought, recognizing the ringtone. Why is she calling, she never calls…
Tedah! In case you didn't know the ringtone song's lyrics are from Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin.
Thoughts? Is it worth continuing?