Disclaimer: I dont own SVU or any of its characters.
A/N: happy new year everyone. And I've explained more how Brian and Olivia came to be together again.
Within the hour, Brian was walking through the doors.
"You ready Liv? I thought we'd get take out" he faltered off as he noticed the young girl asleep in her lap.
"Who is this?" He whispered, crouching at the side of them.
"Her name is Mackenzie; I've...just been given custody of her" she answered, unsure of what his reaction would be.
"How old is she?"
"Five; her adoptive parents dumped her but this time...on me...us"
"I guess...we'd better get her home then"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah; she needs a family. Besides...she'll love Cocoa" he smiled, referring to their chocolate labrador puppy.
"She will" Olivia agreed, carefully standing up as Brian grabbed the bags.
He took Olivia's hand as they headed to the elevator and down to the SUV in the parking lot; as Olivia slid into the back seat with Mackenzie resting her head on her lap, Brian got into the driver's seat and started the car in the direction of their apartment.
They had been reconnected a year ago by coincidence and after two months of Brian wooing her and sending flowers and chocolates, Olivia had finally agreed to another date in which he'd surprised her with tickets to her favourite show and dinner at her favourite restaurant; from thay day, they had been seeing each other secretly until three months ago when they'd taken the next step and moved in together, thus announcing it to the rest of their friends.