I was going to make this just a one shot but you all were so encouraging and nice I decided to continue the story. Don't worry I addressed the very large Verna elephant in the room. Let me know what you think.
Fitz pulled away from their embrace and just stared at her. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and with her renewed faith and commitment he was whole again. He never wanted to be without her and knew what he had to do next.
"Livvie, I want this to start over the right way. No more lies, no more secrets, or misunderstandings. I want it all out on the table. It's the only way we will make it." He said to her.
"Fitz, I have told you everything. I have no other secrets. You know everything." She smiled.
"I know. But I haven't told you everything. I want you to know that what I am about to tell you is going to change the way you look at me. All I ask is that you hear me out and then at the end whatever you want to do I will accept. I will not deny or fight any reaction or action you feel you need to take. Do you understand?" She nodded. Fitz took a deep breath and began "I found out about Defiance from Verna. She called me to the hospital the night she died. I wasn't even aware she was ill so I was somewhat shocked to see her condition. I walked into that room genuinely concerned and saddened to see her in that state. If I had known what she was going to tell me I wouldn't have bothered. I sat there in a complete haze as she confessed all of her sins. She told me that she was the one that hired someone to kill me. And then as if that wasn't enough she went on to tell me that I was not the President and that the election was rigged. As she confirmed your involvement I felt the world stop spinning. She said she was going to be speaking with David Rosen and confessing all to him as well. Then she pulled the trigger. She said she "owed it to my father to tell me." I got up to leave and something snapped. I stood at her door completely broken and I was going to leave. I had my hand on the door handle and then I got this flash of you." His voice cracked and tears welled up in his eyes. Olivia put her hand on his reminding him she was there. "A flash of you Livvie, behind bars. I saw what would happen if she confessed. As hurt and confused and angry as I was that vision of my Livvie in a Federal prison made me realize I couldn't let her. I couldn't allow her to talk to Rosen. There was too much at stake. The security of this country, your freedom, Mellie's, Cy's. I couldn't let her take everything down because she was bitter. So I walked over to her. Held her hands and removed her oxygen mask." Olivia's eyes widened as she realized what he was telling her. "I killed her. I killed Verna." He dropped his gaze to her hand in his, he waited for her to remove it, to pull away and walk out. But she didn't. She placed her other hand on his face. He looked up at her. "Livvie?"
"I did this to you. I allowed this to happen to you. All of it is because I did not stand by your side. That ends today. Verna tried to kill you. She did kill Britta. She framed Huck and he was tortured for it. He is still being tortured for it. I do not mourn that woman. She knew what she was doing at the end and she didn't care. She didn't care that she was going to destroy everything to ease her conscience. I am not sorry she's dead. I am sorry that you have been living with this for almost a year." Olivia said emphatically. He was in awe of her.
"Livvie? You aren't disappointed in me? I am. I am disgusted with myself. I have been every single day. I drink myself into oblivion to forget." Fitz confessed. "I hate myself for it. You don't hate me?"
"No. I don't hate you. There is absolutely NOTHING you could do that could make me hate you. I love you! This was not your fault. We did his to you. You were given life shattering information only weeks out of a coma from a bullet to your brain. I wanted to kill Verna when I realized she ordered the hit and I wasn't under even a third of the amount of stress you were. I don't blame you and I will hold this secret for you. You give it to me and you let it go. No one else will ever know. I will fix this for you but you have to give it to me now. Ok?"
"I don't deserve you. I don't deserve this job, my children, any of it." He looked defeated. It broke her heart.
"Fitz Grant, you listen to me. You have to let this go. You have to find a way to get rid of it. You can't let her or your father win. Don't let it destroy you. Don't let it destroy us. Everything is out. We both know all there is to know. I know everything and I am still here and I am not going anywhere. But I need you to be here too. You and me against the world, remember?" She pleaded with him. She finally had him. She would be damned if she was going to lose him now. "Fight with me baby. Please fight with me."
"Liv, are you sure you can handle this? You're sure you want to spend your life with a murd.." She cut him off.
"Don't you dare finish that word! That is not who you are! You are a good man who was put in an impossible situation and made the only decision he could to protect his family and country. Can I handle living my life with that man? Hell yes…I insist on living the rest of my life with that man. With you. So let it all go now Fitz. Let me take this for you." She ran her hands through his curls and looked deep into his eyes. "Let it go." He closed his eyes and there in that small study off the Oval Office the President of the United States fell into the lap of Olivia Pope and sobbed. He sobbed as he had in her bosom the day of his father's funeral. Fitz felt a sense of relief and felt born again. This is what this woman was to him. Olivia Pope was rebirth for him. She was his protector, savior, equal, and soul mate. Olivia Pope had once again saved his life.