Disclaimer: I do not own Law and Order SVU or any of its characters.
Note: I thought that Elliot and Olivia are due for a new car. Their burgundy Crown Vic has to be worn out after twelve years. I am assuming theirs is a 1999 Crown Victoria.
Nothing Like that New Car Smell
Even though it has been autumn for over a month, the current midday temperature of ninety-two that is baking New York City is summer's way of paying a visit not nobody is too happy about, especially not two detectives stuck in an endless traffic jam.
Olivia wipes the sweat from her forehead one more time then turns the air conditioning on in the car. After a short wait, the realization hits her.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"Yeah Liv, the a/c is busted" El replies.
"What else is gonna break on this piece of junk? This thing's already been in the shop three times this month alone!"
"Aww Liv, you're gonna hurt her feelings talking like that" El replies patting the dashboard lovingly.
"Her Elliot? Cars don't have genders." Liv smirks, unbuttoning her shirt.
"Yeah they do Liv" El smirks back, inching along in traffic.
Liv removes her blouse revealing a spaghetti strapped tank top. She tosses the blouse into the back seat and turns to face Elliot.
"Ok Elliot, so how do you tell whether a car is a boy or a girl then, huh?"
Elliot turns his head to answer his partner's question.
"Well Liv, you have to…"
The sight of Olivia in a tank top-not just any tank top, but one that is currently revealing a dangerous amount of cleavage instantly freezes Elliot's brain. He just sits there gawking at his partner, mouth gaping.
"Elliot, car!" Olivia suddenly yells, pointing at the rear end of the car in front of them that is fast approaching.
Elliot slams on the breaks, just in time.
"Sorry Liv, I got distracted."
"So I saw. You gotta keep your eyes on the ROAD El" Liv answers, playfully smacking his arm.
"Oh, I will try Liv." Elliot replies brining the car to a dead stop in the awful traffic.
Deciding to try and get maybe a degree or two cooler and get even with Olivia for torturing him, Elliot removes first his tie, undoing it then snapping it from his neck and tossing it into the backseat. Instantly he feels Olivia's eyes on him. Now he goes to work on his shirt. His sleeves are already undone and rolled up so all he has to do is unbutton the front. One by one and deliberately slow, Elliot unbuttons the shirt. His fingers slide down his chest after he undoes each button. Once the last one is open he rips the garment from his body then tosses it too into the backseat. Upon doing this he hears Olivia gasp. Elliot smirks-revenge is his.
Olivia cannot tear her eyes away from her partner's now shirtless upper half. He is wearing a white tank top, and yes, she has seen him without any shirt on before, however, he seems to have gotten even more ripped since then; the white cotton of the tank top is gripping him just right as the sweat makes the exposed skin glisten. Olivia realizes how much she would love to rip that tank top right off of him right this very second.
The traffic begins to move again so Elliot speeds up to a measly twenty miles per hour. This sudden movement brings Olivia's mind back to reality. She blushes in embarrassment at the realization of what she was just thinking about Elliot.
They move along at this slow pace for a few miles when a sweet sticky smell invades the car. Olivia looks up at Elliot who nods as if to say that he smells it too.
"Its antifreeze isn't it El?"
"Yep. Damn it! We're overheating!" El replies, examining the temperature gauge on the instrument panel.
The needle is in fact well into the "danger zone" and the check engine light has come on. Elliot pulls the Crown Vic over onto the shoulder of the road and shuts it off. He pops the hood then carefully gets out and walks to the front of the car. Olivia follows suit.
Once the hood is open, the detectives can see a water/antifreeze mix spewing from the radiator cap which has blown off. Down below, a pool of the mixture is quickly forming on the asphalt.
"Well Liv, looks like we're getting towed back to the 1-6."
