The room was silent. No one said a word, no one looked at each other and, every head was bowed down looking at the young woman as she lay there limp and cold. They were too late and on the inside Olivia was beating herself. The case they were working had cut deeply for her. No one understood why this case was so close to her heart. The "live feed" was two days behind. They had paid the ransom, they had bent over backwards to give Sergio what he wanted, and it had been for nothing. At the Medical Examiner's office she had told them the Jane Doe was a 17 year old girl, named Jessica Jacobs, killed by blunt force trauma to the head. She had been tortured under Sergio's hands. "She had been raped and tortured everyday she had been missing from her family," Olivia chimed in.
"Liv... Liv!" Elliot broke Olivia out of her flash back and brought her back to the current task at hand. They were interviewing a possible suspect, one of Sergio's men. A woman was found raped and unconscious and across her stomach written in sharpie was "For you, Sergio." Sergio had been locked up for two years, but the memory still haunted Olivia. If she would've paid attention to the surroundings in the videos, to the weather behind the girl as she begged for her life, and if she would have have handled things differently the girl might still be alive. She would know the feedback wasn't live. It wasn't true... She knew the girl was never going walk out and felt hopeless doing things for Sergio when the girl wouldn't make it out alive, anyways! Elliot was staring at her with concern and she couldn't make eye contact without getting weak in her knees. She asked Elliot to excuse her and walked out of the interview room. She had to take a break. One more look from Elliot, one more smart remark from their suspect, one more flashback... She couldn't take it. She couldn't breathe. Cragen sent her home. It was an order. She unlocked her door and walked in. She changed into a baggy t-shirt that covered her shorts. She was finishing brushing her teeth when she heard a firm knock on the door. She sighed and looked out the peep hole. It was Elliot. She opened the door and his eyes immediately fell down to her long tanned legs. He had dreamed about those legs. They were so long and they looked so soft. He had to stop thinking about stripping her down and focus on why he came to her apartment.
"Hey Liv.. You walked out of the interview room for the second time this week. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she managed to say.
"I know this is a hard case for you. Jess really looked up to you, but you can't blame yourself."
"Stop El... I... I can't talk about this. I really just can't." Her eyes were filling with tears as she said it. To her surprise Elliot pulled her close and she didn't feel the cold ring as he touched her neck. He reached up and began caressing her hair he held her for what seemed like forever. She felt a soft peck right below her ear that sent goosebumps all over.
"Does Cathy know you're here? She'll be worried... Do you want to call her?" She said pulling away from the hug and holding out her cell. She didn't want to pull away, but she needed answers first. Elliot had been kind of distant and didn't really talk about his wife anymore. She shook the phone and pushed it closer to him. He looked down briefly but right back up.
"Screw her. I've had about as much as I can take from the wonderful, perfect, I've never done anything wrong, I know what's best Cathy!" Elliot spat out, shocking Olivia and he could tell it took her by surprise. In the back of his mind he was kicking himself in the ass. He could have handled that question way better. He had to recover so he took her hand and told her everything. Cathy had wanted him to quit his job at the precinct. She had told him that it's not fair his partner saw him more than her and their kids. Cathy had asked him many times to quit but this time demanded it. Cathy wasn't usually such a bitch, so Olivia thought. She could sort of understand that she wanted to see Elliot, but in the same token, Elliot left as soon as Cragen dismissed him. Even if that meant he would get behind on paperwork. Cathy had to know that. Elliot looked at Olivia her perfect jawline, the way her eyes were so intense the whole time he was talking to her; She never looked away. He loved the way when he talked to her she leaned forward. She was a great listener, which was one reason why she was such a good cop. "Damn, El, I'm sorry I didn't know," she said finally breaking the silence between them. He breathed out and told her he was fine. He's always fine. She thought to herself. "So, did you get a confession from our suspect?" Elliot smiled she always knew how to leave an awkward topic in the dust. "Yeah, he finally told her, we have 2 interviews Monday just for this case. I'm really tired though... It has been a long week.
"El, why don't you just stay over tonight. I would kind of like someone to talk toooo... I have beer," she said with a playful grin and wink. Elliot smiled back at her and decided he would sleep over just tonight. He enjoyed talking to Olivia when it wasn't "strictly work." She had an amazing personality that could light up any room. She was so damn funny. He breathed in her scent as she got up to get them beers. She always smelled so good he had to hold himself back, or he would pick her up and fuck her right there. In Olivia's mind she was thinking about whether or not she was too eager. He is JUST now going through a divorce. She tried to tell herself that he seemed fine about it. His eyes only looked sad when he mentioned the kids. She walked back in the room accidentally brushing Elliot's knee with her oversized T-shirt as she walked by. His breathing hitched. She had no clue her affect on him. She handed him the cold beer slipping her hand away, but she managed to slip her fingers across his as she let go. He started to wonder if this was on purpose or if he was reading into her too much. He is a cop after all, he thought and grinned. "What are you smiling about, El," She said with a big smile. He was so sexy and his nipples were pushing through his shirt. She could see the outline of his muscular torso. The torso that hugged her for a good 15 minutes and SHE pulled away.