A/N:

Thanks you for the Reviews! (even the negative ones ) I appreciate every bit of feedback. I'm only a high school student, so I'm not as experienced as some of the writers on FF, but I do believe that I am a decent writer.

I forgot to mention, for the purpose of this story - ELLIOT AND KATHY ARENT MARRIED.

-The time line of the story is not really specific or relevant.

I have not seen every episode of Law and Order SVU (so forgive me if anything I write isn't accurate) - I have only seen around 50 episodes. I have skipped around the 12 seasons that are on Netflix, and watched all the ones that have been highly rated by fans and the ones that are specific for EO.

I have a pretty busy life – cheer, choir, snowboarding, and lots and lots of homework - so I will probably only be able to update on Sundays.

The story will have EO-ness in it and a little bit of adventure (yes, there will be a case eventually). I have big plans!

Chapters will get longer, I promise. I just like to keep you guys interested!

Thanks guys!

Xxx Kate xxx

"Well what is it, El?" Olivia asked. She was purely curious at this point. It didn't sound like anything too serious; Elliot's voice was too upbeat for that.

"When it gets light enough, meet me at central park," he said.

"Why? Elliot, what are you talking about?" Now Olivia was confused.

"Liv," She could hear the smile in his voice. "Come play in the snow. Spend the day with me."

Had he bend drinking? She couldn't tell. This was not like the Elliot Stabler she was used to.

"Elliot, we have work," she replied simply.

There was a pause.

"You're kidding right?" he chuckled, "Come on Liv, it's just one day," Elliot pleaded.

"Exactly, one day where Perps run free!"

"Oh come on Liv, lighten up, even cops deserve breaks - at least for a few hours. Listen, just meet me at park around six, if by eight you really are itching to work, then we can both go down to the office and see if Cragan has a case for us, deal?"

Olivia smiled to herself. In twelve years of partnership, Elliot had asked her to hang out casually many times - the occasional take-out food dinner with discussions of cases, victims, Perps, and suspects - really only work related things. In the summers, Elliot would ask her to take a jog in the park with him - but they listened to their own music and jogged with hardly any words exchanged. There had been many nights where they had both stayed late at work, sleeping just a bed away in the cribs. But there was an invisible line between them and it was never crossed. Their relationship was strong, but purely for business related purposes. They had each other's backs, but they were paid to. They cared about each other, sure, but that was solely out of necessity. In order to do the things they did on a daily basis, they needed that trust in each other. She rarely asked him for personal advice, and they hardly ever spoke about their lives outside of the unit (that is, when they even had time for lives). It was true that Elliot knew basically her whole life story and a huge amount about her - more than any other person, in fact - but she had convinced herself a long time ago that she had only disclosed that information to him because he was her partner and her back story was important with relation to the cases they worked on.

Elliot was her partner, and on almost ninety nine point nine percent of days she considered him her best friend...but nothing more.

For most of their partnership, he had been married, and therefore off limits. When she first was introduced to Elliot, she really had found him attractive. Even as she got to know him, she found herself liking certain things about him. She loved that his eyes were a warm blue but with just the slightest anger they would turn to a sharp, icy cerulean that could intimidate the he'll out of almost anyone. She loved that squint he got when he was so close to solving a case. She loved his confidence, his smile, his demeanor... But she would never in a million years put her personal life over her career. She considered herself a business woman...a woman with power and strength; the only value she was certain she possessed was that of the ability to help people, and there was no way she would jeopardize that for some relationship.

Elliot had never been interested in her anyhow, and to be honest, Olivia was okay with that. She hadn't even put much thought into herself. She still sometimes caught herself staring at him, admiring his strong build. She occasionally thought of him outside of work - wondering what he was doing, where he was, stuff like that - nothing too crazy. I mean they had spent about 64,512 hours together in the past 12 years, it was normal to wonder about him...right?

"Olivia? Do we have deal then?"

Another long pause. Elliot was beginning to doubt himself. Should he have even asked?

"Deal," Olivia finally said with a smile