All for Coffee

By Wilara

Authors Notes- This is my first ever FanFic. Please read and review. Comstructive critism is encouraged. Enjoy

She walked, back into the office. It was just another day. She didn't even notice him watching her. After all he had gone back to staring at his paperwork just before she had turned to look at him. It was then that he looked up, smiling at her, just saying hello in they're own little language. They had it down pat. They no longer needed to communicate with words to pick up on what the other was feeling. That was almost all the time- There was still the odd occasion when the other could not pick up on what the other one was thinking. Over the eight years that they had been partners they had kept almost no secrets from each other. They each had one secret. One secret that they had never expected to share with the other.

"Hey El," Olivia said as she settled in her chair. "Hi Liv," Elliot answered, trying to keep his head buried in paperwork. They settled into their normal work routine, paperwork, followed by paperwork and then again some more paperwork. Even though sometimes the Special Victims Units could be incredibly slow, this was the time that the two partners would sit, facing each other for hours. Incredibly close, so close that the could hear the other ones breath, so close that they could hear the swearing that was muttered when they filled in the wrong line or they spelt a word wrong. Though both the partners hated the time that they spent filling in paperwork, they relished the way that it allowed them to sit close to each other and the way that they could hear everything that the other did.

Today was no different. Neither of them got a great deal of paperwork done in the hours that they were sitting at their desks. Each of them was to concerned, wrapped up in their own thoughts, each of them waiting to break the silence that surrounded their desks. Elliot had had enough of paperwork, sitting at the same desk as Olivia made it a little bit more worthwhile.

Olivia was thankful for once for actually having to handwrite reports, after her stint at Computer Crimes. The only part of paperwork that was enjoyable to her was the way that she could listen to Elliot mutter obscenities at his paperwork and mutter about the quality of coffee at the office. "Stabler," Olivia said suddenly.

"Yeah Liv," was Elliot's response, only looking up slightly from his paperwork.

"Come with me," her voice was quiet yet serious, gentle yet leading, "I think you need some…… coffee."

There was a pause, just before the word coffee. A million scenarios ran through Elliot's mind. Was she hurt, what she in trouble….. was she dating someone. For some reason the last reason made Elliot's heart sink into his stomach. He didn't want her do get hurt, but was it something other than just hoping she wouldn't get hurt the way that a friend would worry, thinking that someone would hurt her would make him want to punch someone in the face..

They walked in a compatible silence until they had walked far enough away from the office that no one would listen to them. This was not uncommon for them. Everyone else in the office knew that it was normal for these two detectives to take walks, away from the office. They each knew their way around the others apartments. Unlike many detectives in the city these two partners were often seen walking around together, whether it was going to lunch together or just going out for coffee. They each knew each others favourite foods and the way they liked their coffee. Even the other detectives in the office, who had not known them for very long thought they were more than partners. Everyone who met them for the first time thought there was more to this relationship.

They walked into a coffee shop, one just down the road. Not many of the detectives knew about this particular one. Even though they had walked past two other coffee shops on their way here, over many times they had found that this coffee was far better. They placed their orders and went to a table towards the back of the cafe. They sat, waiting for their orders to arrive, neither wanting to break the silence that surrounded them.

Elliot was the first one to speak, "It's good to have you back Liv, I missed you."

"I missed you too El," Olivia replied, her voice quivering ever so slightly, she had dealt with vicious perps who had commited with heinous crimes and never in all the years Elliot had known her had he heard her voice quiver.

"You know it wasn't the same without you around the office. It was too overrun with males. The only thing was, I've had partners leave before, and I never missed any of them the way that I missed you. Liv..." He paused, breathing in and then out before continuing, "I love you." He stopped, looking into her eyes with a look of hope and determination.

Instead of responding in words, Olivia leaned over the table reaching out with her hands and pulling his head in towards hers. Their lips pressed together as his hand ran through her hair. They were in their own world, everything around them was invisible.

Fin pulled the door open, "This is the best place for coffee, I'm telling you man." He looked towards the back of the cafe, seeing what he did he dragged Munch inside. "Looks like you've lost fifty bucks mate."

"Bugger," Munch moaned pulling out his wallet. Elliot and Olivia pulled apart, neither of them noticed anyone else in the coffee shop. "'Bout time the two of you got together," Munch called from the door.

"Busted," Elliot whispered. Olivia just shook her head, nodding ever so slightly, knowing that by the time they got back to the office everyone would know what had happened in the coffee shop.

Authors notes- Hope you enjoyed it. Please reveiw I would really appreciate it.