A/N Here we go. What are you thinking? Finally getting Elliot and Olivia together ) Exciting.
Disclaimer – If I owned them I would be famous.
Olivia stood up so fast she knocked over the end table and sent the glasses perched there crashing to the floor. Elliot came running out of the bathroom, shirt unbuttoned. He found Olivia standing against the wall and trembling.
"Olivia, Liv, what is it?" Elliot put his hands on her shoulders. Olivia just kept looking at the paper in her hands and didn't answer. "Olivia, please talk to me, what is it?"
Elliot looked down and pulled the paper from her hands. He read it twice and slowly closed his eyes. Without even thinking, Elliot dropped the paper and pulled Olivia into his arms. All of Olivia's defenses crumbled. She wrapped her arms around him and sobbed into his chest. Elliot tightened his arms around Olivia's back and waist. They just stood like that until Olivia's sobs subsided. Suddenly, Olivia pulled out of Elliot's arms.
"I shouldn't have involved you in this, I'm so sorry, I have to go."
Elliot looked at her, confused. "Why?"
"I don't want to be the reason any of you get hurt. This person is after me, the best thing you could do is stay far away from me." Olivia walked over to her bed and grabbed her jacket.
"Liv, no, we're safe here. He can't hurt us."
"How you know that, El? How do you know he isn't down in the parking lot right now?"
"Olivia, stop. Just listen to me. The only person who knew what hotel we were going to was me. I called them from my cell, then called Officer Mitchell when we were on the way. We drove all over the city, making sure no one was following us and Liv, I swear to you, no one followed."
Olivia looked at him skeptically.
"Olivia, I would never put you or my children in danger. Stay here. Let me keep you safe."
Olivia shifted where she stood and picked up the paper again. "As good as dead." She sighed. "I can't let you die because of me!"
"That won't happen. I'm here for you, I would die for you any day. But that isn't what will happen, we will get through this." Olivia looked down and dropped her jacket to the floor.
"I don't want to be the reason you get hurt." Olivia echoed.
"We're safe here." Olivia nodded and sat down in the middle of her bed. She pulled her legs under her and rested her head in her hands.
"I don't know what to do here, El. I don't know how to fix this."
Elliot sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulders. "We'll figure it out." Elliot squeezed her shoulders and Olivia leaned into his chest.
"What if they go after Munch? Or Fin, or Casey, or the Captain?"
"They can take care of themselves, they are going to figure this out and they all love you, too."
Olivia's brow furrowed. "Too?" She tilted her head up to look at him.
Elliot looked down at her upturned face. "Yes, too." Elliot touched his nose to hers. "Liv, I love you. I'm more in love with you than I've ever been with anyone. You've stuck by me through the good and the bad for eight years, there is no one better."
Olivia's mouth hung open and for one minute, Elliot felt that maybe telling her was a mistake, until Olivia pressed her lips to his. Elliot wrapped his other arm around her and tangled his hand in her hair. Olivia pulled back and looked into his bright blue eyes.
"El…"
"You don't have to answer me if you don't want to."
"Elliot." Olivia smiled the first genuine smile of the night. "I do love you. You're an amazing man. I just never wanted to get in the way of your family."
"Don't worry. Kathy is not a part of my life. I just want you."
Olivia smiled softly and tried to, unsuccessfully, stifled a yawn.
"You need to sleep." Elliot said gently and Olivia nodded.
"I know, you do too." Olivia kicked off her shoes and pulled the blankets on her bed back and crawled in while Elliot turned off the light. He walked back to Olivia and pressed his lips against hers.
"Goodnight Liv."
"Elliot, please don't leave me here alone…"
Elliot kicked off his shoes, put his gun on the bedside table and sat on her bed. He rolled over and pulled Olivia into his arms, kissing her forehead as she nuzzled into his chest.
"Goodnight El."
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When Olivia woke up the next morning, the first thing she noticed was the strong pair of arms wrapped around her. She felt Elliot's head resting on top of hers.
"Morning" Elliot mumbled sleepily and pulled Olivia closer to him.
"Good morning to you. I've got to admit, it's not a bad way to wake up."
"No objections here." Elliot agreed.
"Munch and Fin said they would call around noon to let us know what they found." Olivia said, snuggling closer to Elliot.
"Mmm, exactly the two people I don't want popping into my head right now." Elliot groaned. Olivia laughed as her phone rang.
"Well, I'm sorry." Olivia said as she untangled herself from his arms and leaned over him to grab her phone. "Benson." She answered. Elliot kissed the side of her cheek and she leaned her head down on his bare chest.
"Yeah, all right. Thanks Captain." Olivia snapped the phone shut and set it back, never losing contact with Elliot. "Cragen says the lab reports will be emailed to the laptop we brought as soon as they're done and that I have the support of the entire precinct."
"Well we already knew that." Elliot teased.
"As much as I would love to stay like this all day, we have work to do on those files." Elliot groaned as Olivia crawled off the bed. She pulled a pair of baggy black sweats and a red tank top out of the bag she brought.
"No sense in not being comfortable," she said as she shrugged off her pants. Elliot tried to look away but his eyes were drawn to her long, shapely legs. It was the same when she pulled off her shirt. His eyes raked over her body as she pulled her extra clothes on.
"You really are so, so beautiful." Elliot said. Olivia blushed and gave him a smile.
"Yeah, you aren't too bad yourself."
Elliot clasped his hands behind his head.
"I try.
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Two hours later, after combing through everything in the file, they still have nothing.
"Gah!" Olivia threw her hands up in frustration. "There's nothing here! Nothing! The only pattern is this bastard hates me!" She threw the police reports at the laptop humming in the corner. Elliot stood behind her and started massaging her shoulders.
"Relax, when the labs come in, they'll have something to work with." Elliot leaned over and planted kisses down her neck. Olivia leaned back into Elliot and moaned into his ear, when a few loud raps echoed through their room. Elliot sighed and walked to the door, and peered out the peephole. He turned the handle and Kathy pushed her way in.
"Elliot, the kids are getting restless. Maureen wants to go back to college, Kathleen's terrified and Dickie and Lizzie are confused as hell. Elliot, talk to your children!" Kathy was rapidly approaching exploding point.
Elliot put his hands up in surrender. "I'm coming Kathy, I'm coming. I wanted to let them sleep." Elliot walked out of the room and turned to Olivia. "Don't go anywhere."
"Wouldn't get far." She replied.
"Lock the door, don't let anyone in until I get back."
"El, don't worry, I know the drill."
Elliot nodded and closed the door behind him.
"If you paid half as much attention to your kids as you do Olivia, they wouldn't keep asking me where their father is." Kathy said scathingly.
Elliot glared at Kathy. "I hope you tell them that it's you who throw a fit whenever I want to see them."
"That doesn't give you the right to screw your partner."
Elliot's eyes narrowed. "I'm not 'screwing' Olivia, try and be respectful, I know you've always been jealous of her…"
This hit a nerve. "Jealous?! Of her?! What possible motive would I have to be jealous of that skank?! You should be supporting your family, not her!"
"You are not part of my family, I don't know why I have to keep reminding you, YOU LEFT ME. YOU! You. Aren't. My. Family. My kids are. Olivia doesn't want to go through this, and she didn't ask for this to happen."
"Yeah well thanks to her sins, that little girl is dead." Kathy muttered, opening her room door. Elliot pulled her back and blocked the door.
"You have to stop, you understand me? You don't speak like that. Never again." Elliot gritted out these words to a shocked and furious Kathy. She pushed him out of the way and entered the room.
"Mom!"
"Dad!"
"What's going on, are you ok?"
"Is Olivia ok?"
"What's going on?"
"I'm so scared!"
"I need to get to my classes."
"What's going on?!"
Elliot held his hands up to quiet all the questions being thrown at him. "Guys, just sit down, I'll tell you." Elliot pulled a chair up to face the two beds and nodded to Officer Mitchell. "Everything going all right?"
"Yes sir."
Maureen sat down on the floor with her back to the bed with Kathleen next to her and grabbed her hand. Dickie and Lizzie sat criss cross on the edge of the bed, Dickie put his arm protectively around his twin's shoulders, as she bit her lip tears welled in her eyes.
"Threats have been made. Someone is trying to hurt Olivia. To get to her, they might try to hurt me, and you guys, because the four of you mean so much to me." Kathy raised her eyebrows at this. 'The four of you' comment didn't escape her attention.
"Are we safe?" Maureen asked in a businesslike way.
"Here, we are. No one but us knows exactly where we are." Elliot answered. Kathleen was shaking and Elliot leaned down to hug his daughter. "Leenie, I'm sorry, I know it's hard. I promise you sweetie, I'm not going to let anything happen to any of you ok?" Kathleen nodded.
"I can't let you go back Maur, I'm sure your professors will understand."
"Not likely, but I value our lives more than my education." Maureen said simply.
"Good. We will get to this bottom of this." Elliot declared.
"Is Liv ok?" Dickie asked, his arm still around Lizzie.
"Yeah, she's fine, she feels bad about all this."
"It's not her fault!" Dickie exclaimed.
"I know. I think she knows it too, she still feels bad." Elliot sighed. "I've gotta get back. We have work to do. Take care of each other. Only order food through the main desk."
Elliot hugged each of his kids and returned to his and Olivia's room. Olivia looked up from the laptop when she heard him walk in and smiled.
"Hey there. Just got an email from Fun with the lab reports. Haven't opened it yet, come take a look." Elliot moved behind her and put one arm on each side of her chair. Olivia opened the email and groaned. Elliot closed his eyes and rested his forehead against the top of Olivia's head.
"SLiPpED ThE NooSE HUH? ConGRaTuLatIonS. I WoNDer IF youR DeTEcTive AND aDa aRE aS SLicK."