A/N: I don't own any of the characters.
The next morning, everyone woke up and got ready before going down for breakfast. Olive was meeting them at the hotel with Daniel and they were all heading to the Grand Canyon. Olivia and the boys had fallen asleep on the drive there but Hank could see in the rearview mirror that Erin and Olive were engaged in a conversation, no doubt about him and Olivia. He caught Erin looking and smirking at him a few times. By the time they got there, both boys were full of energy.
"Wow! That's big!"
"Big, Papa!"
"Uh huh!"
"Can we go down?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because we don't have the time. Maybe some other time we can come back and spend more time."
"Ok."
"Come on, guys. Let's go take some pictures. You two can help me pick out one to send to Jay later."
"Ok."
Erin, Olive and the boys went to take in the scenery.
"I'm sorry. I wanted this to be romantic."
"That's ok. I have trouble saying no to my son sometimes."
"I understand. I just wish we could have left them at the hotel or at Olive's. All I want to do is spend some time alone with you."
They moved to a spot further away from everyone else. They both sat down on the rock and started kissing. Erin captured a couple pictures of them.
"Call me crazy but I want to be with you all the time."
"Hank, what are you saying?"
"I want to make it official with you and with Noah."
Hank pulled something out of his jacket pocket and opened it.
"Olivia Margaret Benson, will you marry me?"
"Yes!"
Olivia had tears running down her cheeks as Hank put the ring on her finger and then they kissed.
"It's perfect."
"Does it fit ok?"
"Perfect."
"I know we need to discuss where we'll be living before we do get married but I wanted you to know that I'm in this 100%."
"I am too. I know this is a big step for both of us. I don't necessarily want to take you away from your squad or your daughter."
"I don't want to take you away from your squad either. We can have a long engagement or a short engagement."
"I think I want a short engagement."
"How short?"
"Now too soon? I want to do this and I know I want to be with you."
"I wasn't expecting for you to want to do it that fast."
"I want to be married by the time I go back to New York. We have your family and Noah here, so that's all that should matter."
"What about after that like where we'll live? We need to talk about that first, don't we?"
"I don't care about that. We'll go back and forth."
"That's going to be a lot of traveling for us and for Noah. I think we need to talk about this some more."
"I don't think you really want to marry me."
"I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't. I want to spend the rest of my life with you but we don't really need to rush into this."
"Fine. Then you can have this back."
Olivia took the ring off and handed it to Hank.
"Why are you giving this back to me?"
"You don't want to get married right now, so then I can't marry you at all."
"So, it's either now or not at all?"
"Yep."
"You're not making any sense. I told you I loved you and asked you to be my wife. You accepted but because I won't marry you right now, you're calling everything off?"
"Yes."
"This isn't my fault."
"Actually, it is."
"Fine. Then I am done with this relationship."
Hank walked off and went to find everyone else, while Olivia broke down and cried. The two of them avoided each other for the rest of their time at the Grand Canyon. He had filled Erin and Olive in on what happened. Olive sat in the front with Hank on the way back, so Erin could try to talk to Olivia but she wouldn't talk to anyone. She claimed the bedroom for herself and moved Noah in with her. She tossed Hank's things out and locked herself in the bedroom. Hank took his stuff into Noah's room and slammed the door. Erin and Olive were working on a plan to get them back together. They were all planning to have dinner at Olive's but Erin had snuck out with Noah leaving Hank and Olivia alone in the suite. Hank went down to the hotel bar for a Manhattan and was sitting in the corner off by himself. Olivia had gone down to get a glass of wine and saw Hank sitting by himself. She told the Bartender to get him another Manhattan on her and then and then she went to sit in the opposite corner. The Bartender made the Manhattan and took it over to Hank.
"Compliments of the lady over there."
"Thanks."
Hank got up and went over to her.
"Thanks."
"Sure. I'm sorry."
"Me too."
"I've been thinking. I was rushing things and I really don't know why. I do know that I love you and I still want to be with you if you still want me."
"I love you too and yes, I still want you. I never stopped. I want to be married to you, which is why I proposed in the first place. I realize this is a big step for us but I think we need to take this one step at a time. Once we're married, I don't want us to be in separate cities. The whole point of us being married is so we can be together all the time."
"I realize that. I guess I'm just afraid that if we aren't married, I'm going to lose you."
"You won't. You have my word."
"Can I have the ring back?"
"I'll see what I can do about that."
"Ok."
"My room or yours?"
"Mine."
Hank left a tip for the Bartender, took Olivia's hand and then they headed back up to their suite. They moved Noah back into his room and Hank back in with Olivia. They went into their bedroom, shut and locked the door, got undressed, started kissing, got on the bed and made love. Afterwards Hank had his arms around her and she had her head on his chest.
"Make up sex is so amazing."
"Definitely."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I want my ring back."
"You do, huh?"
"Yes."
Hank got out of bed and went to get it. He then got back into bed with Olivia.
"Do I need to ask the question again?"
"I think you better."
"Olivia Margaret Benson, will you marry me?"
"I'll think about it."
"Now you're being a pain in the ass."
Olivia started laughing.
"I'm sorry, Babe. I couldn't help myself. You already know what my answer is because it hasn't changed from the last time you asked me."
Hank once again put the ring on her finger. They kissed and made love again before ordering Room Service for dinner. They were asleep by the time Erin and Noah got back. The next morning, Olive and Daniel came to the hotel to say goodbye to everyone before they left for the airport and Hank and Olivia told them they were officially engaged. After Olive and Daniel left, Hank drove to the airport and they all waited for their flight to Chicago.
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