Olivia sat on the couch with a full bottle of wine in her hand. She knew she was headed down a bad path but she couldn't help it. There was so much stress weighing on her and no matter what she tried she was always on edge. She just wanted a break. She needed to escape. Tears were streaming down her face as she thought of her mother. She finally realized that it wasn't her mother's fault.

"Liv?" Brian gently entered the apartment and shut the door behind him, tossing his coat to the empty chair and joining Olivia on the couch. He worried when he saw her crying.

"I don't want to drink it," Olivia said as she looked up at him, "but it's taking everything I have right now not to open this bottle."

Brian stayed quiet but reached over and took the bottle from her hands, carrying it into the kitchen and pouring it down the sink. He tossed the empty glass into the trash before joining Olivia on the couch again. He was blaming himself. If he hadn't agreed to work IA then he would be at home more and he would have noticed a long time ago how much she had been depending on alcohol. "I should have saw this coming..." he whispered, "this is my fault. I'm at work all the time and you're always here alone."

"Bri, no. Stop. It's nobody's fault but my own." She swatted at her tears but it was no use, they kept falling.

"I'm going to help you," Brian promised, "we can do it together."

Olivia ran a hand through her hair and sighed as more tears cascaded down her cheeks. "I'm just so tired," she sobbed.

Brian pulled her into him and closed rubbed her back soothingly. He knew this moment would arrive. She couldn't catch a break. Everything Lewis had done to her, Munch leaving, Cragen leaving, she was now the boss of the whole precinct, it was too much.

"I'm not right for this position," she blubbered into his shirt, "I'm a mess."

"You are the best person for this position, Liv. I know it's hard now but Cragen wouldn't have given it to you if he didn't think you could do it. You can do anything, Olivia."

They sat quiet for awhile without moving. Olivia missed Brian being at home but he was home now and that's what mattered. She kept her arms wrapped tight around him, afraid of letting him go. He was the only thing holding her up. She was thinking about the best way to tell him the other news.

"There's something else..." Olivia whispered, interrupting the quiet.

"You can tell me."

"When you came in... I was crying because... because I'm pregnant." Tears welled in her eyes again. She had found out just thirty minutes before Brian had arrived and that's why she grabbed the bottle. A baby on top of everything else that was going on in her life, it wouldn't be fair to the infant.

"Honey, that's great news." A smile spread across Brian's face before he planted a gentle kiss against Olivia's forehead.

Olivia just shook her head, "what if I hurt the baby because of my drinking? I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I've wanted a child my whole life and what if I messed up my last chance?"

Brian situated himself so he was sitting, facing Olivia. He reached out and cupped her face with his hand, offering her his best smile. "You can't think like that. Our baby is going to be perfect. We can call around and make an appointment tomorrow just to get proof."

Olivia sniffed. "I love you."

"I love you too," he responded, "and I promise that you are going to get through this. WE are going to get through this." He gave her another kiss before reaching his hand out and pulling her off the couch, leading her into their bedroom where the cuddled close together under the covers. Olivia rested her head on his chest and he had his arm wrapped around her, playing with her hair.

"I went to visit my mom's grave today," Olivia admitted, she hadn't done that in awhile. "I don't know what I was expecting by going... I just thought maybe going would help me the desire to drink go away."

"Did it?"

Olivia shook her head. "No."

"Liv, no matter what you decide to do I am going to be right by your side supporting you one hundred percent. If you want to step down then I'll be right next to you. If visiting your mother everyday will help you then I will be right by your side holding your hand. I know you, Liv, and I know you're worried I'm going to leave you. I'm not. Nothing is going to scare me away. We're having a baby together. You're stuck with me forever now."

Olivia let out laugh through her tears and it was the first real laugh Brian had heard from her in a long while. "That's the laugh that I love to hear."

"So, you'll go the doctor's appointment with me tomorrow?"

Brian smiled, "absolutely. I'll even get up early and make us breakfast."

"I don't know what I'd do without you," Olivia admitted softly.

"Me either," he said jokingly before giving her another kiss and then closing his eyes. "Goodnight, love."

"Goodnight."

Brian continued to pay with her hair until he knew that Olivia was asleep. He knew that life ahead was going to be tough for the both of them but he wasn't giving up and he wasn't going to let her give up either. He was going to give her the happy ending she deserved no matter what it took.

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