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"I'll distract him for a while." Nick said before hurrying out to the squad room, walking up to Elliot. He held out his hand and introduced himself.

Elliot nodded at him and smiled introducing himself as well. When Nick started talking again, Olivia caught his eyes more than once looking back at her. She felt her chest constrict every time his eyes seemed to go straight to her soul, seeing the raw pain that was reappearing inside of her. She watched as Nick led Elliot over to his desk, telling him that they were partners. She remembered the day she came into the squad room and met him. He told her everything there was to know about the place. Of course, Elliot knew this place just as well as Nick did, even if he hadn't been there for three years.

Olivia, needing moral support, grabbed her phone and dialed Brian's number. She heard the phone ring three times before he finally answered. "Cassidy."

"Hey! What's going on? It took you a while to answer your phone." Olivia asked as she ran a hand through her hair.

"Uh, I'm helping this girl out by staying with her while she's getting some test results from the hospital. She hasn't had a great year." Brian sighed. "I've known her for a couple of years."

"Oh, okay. I was just calling to see if you wanted to get lunch together." Olivia explained as she played with her pen, hoping he wouldn't say no again.

Brian groaned. "I promised this girl that I'd take her to lunch. I'll be home for dinner though."

Olivia closed her eyes frustrated. "Okay, what do you want?"

"I'll bring home something." Brian offered knowing Olivia didn't want to cook anything for him at this point.

"Sounds good." Olivia nodded and looked around her again, almost regretting calling now. "Well, I'll let you go. See you tonight."

Brian saw the girl he was helping come out of her room. "Yeah, see you tonight."

Olivia looked up when there was a knock at the door. Her jaw dropped the slightest when she saw Tucker staring at her. "Come in." She stuttered before standing up.

Tucker walked in, professional as usual, and sat down across from her. "Sergeant Benson." He greeted.

"Tucker." Olivia nodded before sitting down, resting her arms on her desk. "Who are you trying to screw today?"

"Nobody. I'm actually here to make sure you keep somebody on the squad." Tucker corrected as he leaned back in the chair, looking like he owned the room.

Olivia leaned back in her own chair and crossed her legs. "It's Elliot, isn't it?" She watched as Tucker stared at her for a moment. "Why? Why now when you have had him gone for three years would you hire him back? You tried to can Elliot more times than I can count and now you're telling me that I can't do anything to him besides have him work."

Tucker sighed. "He is really good at his job. No matter how much I hate his attitude and record with perps, he made this precinct look good."

"So, now we are a charity squad." Olivia concluded.

"What do you have against him?" Tucker asked. "You two were partners for twelve years and psychiatrists told us that it would be tragic to this unit to split you two even though you guys were too close."

Olivia's eyes widened the slightest. She had never heard that. "He turned in his papers and he left this squad without a goodbye. I honestly thought he went missing for a while."

"Well, he hasn't been missing. He's been divorcing his wife and putting his twins in college while fighting for custody of his youngest son." Tucker sighed as he pulled out file and handed it to Olivia. "Here is his file. You will need it to put in any comments or suggestions for future references. Whatever you put in there for suspensions, punishments, anything like that goes in there and then you can update it on your database." He explained pointing to different boxes on the forms.

"Cragen taught me." Olivia nodded and with a sigh. She set Elliot's file down on her desk and rested her head in her hand. "Did you just come down here for that?"

Tucker smirked. "I'm also down here to talk to you about your position as commanding officer." He clasped his hands together. "I will let you be Captain for a while. If you are capable and handle it well, the position is yours if you want it. If I don't find you fit for it, I will keep you as sergeant and you will help us pick out your new captain."

Olivia stared at him for a moment wondering who the hell took Tucker and replaced him with this guy. "Fine. How long do I have?"

"I'll give you three to four months." Tucker answered before standing up, grabbing his briefcase. "Sergeant Benson." He said as a goodbye before walking out of her office.

Olivia chuckled when Fin's eyes widened as he saw Tucker walk by. He looked at her and pointed to himself as if asking if he did something wrong. She shook her head and watched as Fin visibly relaxed. She gasped when Elliot appeared in front of the glass with Nick following him closely. He burst into the room and leaned over her desk, staring down at her. "You're captain?"

Olivia stood up and leaned over her desk as well, inches from him. "You're back?"

Elliot narrowed his eyes. "Answer my question first."

"No." Olivia said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"Why are you being so stubborn?" Elliot asked.

"Why are you such an asshole?" Olivia questioned back. She grabbed a file and looked him straight in the eye. "If you don't get why I'm being stubborn, you shouldn't be here. We're here to solve cases. We are here because we have good detective skills. Now, anybody could figure out why I am being stubborn."

Elliot's jaw clenched. "I left without saying goodbye. That was three years ago."

Olivia rolled her eyes. "You think time makes it better?" She stood up straighter and looked at Nick. He nodded at her. "You are going to be partnered with Nick Amaro."

"Are you pairing up with Fin or Amanda?" Nick asked.

"Amanda, Fin is going solo for a while." Olivia told Nick before handing him a post it. "I got this about fifteen minutes ago. I thought it would be a good starter case for you and your partner."

"Why can't I go solo?" Elliot asked ignoring the entire conversation.

Olivia looked at him. "Because, I don't exactly trust you. You disappear and don't report back to people who are close to you. Maybe being a detective with a partner again will teach you those things." She looked at Nick. "Take the blue car."

Nick nodded. "Got it, Liv." He looked at Elliot before turning on his heel. "Coming Stabler?"

Elliot stared at Olivia for a moment before she spoke. "Do I need to put you at a desk already?" He scowled at her before walking out of her office.

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