A/N: This is the 2nd to last chapter of this story. As always, I don't own any of the characters.

It had been a couple of months since Olivia said she needed time to think about Hank's proposal. She really regretted saying it. She tried reaching out to him but he wouldn't take her calls, her Skype requests and return her texts. She didn't blame him and she couldn't blame him if he never spoke to her again. She had hoped they could at least talk, so she could tell him about their son. She had been able to smooth things over with Erin, so at least she had spoken to someone in Chicago. The person she really wanted to talk to was Hank.

When she found out about the rape case in Chicago that reminded her of a case she had worked on over a decade ago, she sent Fin and Amaro to Chicago. Their suspect, Greg Yates, was playing games with Intelligence and they all knew it. When Nadia had gone missing, they all knew Yates had her and he was more than likely headed back to New York. Antonio had called Olivia to tell her that Hank and Erin, along with Fin and Amaro, were headed to New York. By the time Olivia hung up the phone, her stomach was in knots. She wanted to see Hank more than anything but she was nervous about it. Once they had brought Yates and Susie in for questioning, she saw Hank for the first time since that night she broke his heart. She got up from her desk and walked out of her office.

"Hey."

"Hey, Benson."

She knew he was still pissed. He had every right to be. She wanted to feel his arms around her more than anything. His eyes immediately went to her belly.

"He's doing fine and developing normally. He's due sometime in early to mid August."

"Good. Glad to hear it. I have a case to work on."

Jay arrived and they continued questioning Yates and Susie until Susie told Nick and Erin which beach Yates had gone to. Because they were just going to the beach to look around, Olivia decided to go with them. Unfortunately, they were too late. They located Nadia in a shallow grave. Jay wrapped his arms around Erin and comforted her. Olivia wanted to do the same to Hank but she knew better. They were planning to go see Barba the next day. Olivia needed Hank to talk to her or yell at her. Anything. She went to the hotel and knocked on the door. Hank opened the door and Olivia could tell he was upset.

"I am so sorry for your squad's loss."

"Thanks."

"I'm also sorry for what I said to you a few months ago. I panicked. I tried telling you this sooner but you wouldn't take my calls or answer my texts. I have been so miserable these last few months. I love you so much. Our son needs his daddy. Noah has been calling you Dada and keeps asking for you. Their mama needs you too. Ok, I've said what I came to say."

Olivia turned to leave.

"Wait. Come over here and sit down."

Olivia went over to the bed and sat down. Hank sat down next to her.

"I've missed you more than you could ever imagine."

"I've missed you too."

Hank and Olivia looked into each other's eyes and started kissing.

"Hank."

"Yeah."

"Can you forgive me?"

"Yes."

"Ask me again."

"Olivia Benson, will you marry me?"

"Yes!"

Hank pulled the ring out of his bag.

"You just happened to bring it with you, huh?"

"Yep."

Hank pulled the ring out of the box and put it on Olivia's finger as they continued kissing. They leaned back on the bed and Hank moved his hand to her belly. He ended up feeling his son kick for the first time.

"Wow!"

"Amazing, isn't it?"

"Yeah. Olivia."

"What?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Can we still make love?"

'Yes, we can. I asked the doctor that and she said yes but we might have to get creative because of my big belly. I thought you'd never ask."

They started kissing again, undressed each other and made love. Afterwards Hank had his arms wrapped around her and she had her head on his chest.

"I'm glad you came to see me."

"I'm glad I did too. I'm just sorry that it took Nadia's death to get us back together."

"Me too. If you don't want to get married until after the baby, I'm fine with that."

"I want to be married by the time he's born. The only thing is, I need to stay here until I can get the adoption finalized. I can try to adopt him after I've had him a year. We found out that someone we arrested in a sex trafficking case was his biological father. I haven't really told anyone other than my squad and Barba. I'm going to have to talk to Tucker to tell him that the upcoming trial has nothing to do with me wanting to adopt Noah."

"Why don't I adopt him with you?"

"Are you sure?"

"It's going to happen eventually, right?"

"Of course it is."

"Then maybe we can make us official and we can make it official with him."

"I love the way you think, Sergeant. I still might have to stay here until after the baby comes."

"If I have to drive you to Chicago, I will. If this is what you want."

"It's what I want. I want to be with you. I know I'll lose Lucy by moving and for now, I'm not so sure I want to work after the baby. I'm exhausted now as it is."

"We'll talk about that when the time comes. After this is over, I want to go to Chicago, since everyone else needs to deal with Nadia's death and I should be there for that. After that, I'll take time off and stay here with you and Noah until after the adoption is final."

"I think we should be married before we adopt him though."

"That's fine. I doubt we'd have Justin, since Olive can't travel other than by car but I'm not sure they'd drive up here. When we know for sure when we're getting married, I'll at least let him know."

"Ok."

They started kissing again and then there was a knock at the door. Hank and Olivia got out of bed and got dressed. Hank went to answer the door, while Olivia fixed the bed."

"Hey, Erin."

"Hey."

"Come here."

Erin broke down again as Hank wrapped his arms around her. Erin looked up from Hank's chest and saw Olivia sitting on the bed.

"Am I interrupting something?"

"No."

"You two at least talked, right?"

"Yep."

"That's a good thing, right?"

"Yeah. We're fine. I'm planning to go back to Chicago to make sure everyone is dealing with this and then I'm planning to take time off and come back here. We're planning to adopt Noah together but we're going to get married first."

"Am I invited to the wedding?"

"What do you think?"

"Yes."

"I think I want everyone that was there with us that night to be there. I know Nadia will be there in spirit. How are you holding up?"

"Not good. Why did we let it get this far?"

"Because we didn't have enough to prove it was him. I didn't like the way he was looking at Nadia when he left. I should have prevented this from happening."

"Don't blame yourself. I'm the one that couldn't make an arrest over a decade ago."

"Don't blame yourself. It's not good for you or the baby. We still need to give him a name, don't we?"

"We do."

"I've always liked the name Matthew. If Camille and I had had another baby boy, I wanted to name him Matthew."

"That is a great name."

"We still need a middle name."

"How about Matthew Aaron?"

"After me, why?"

"Because you're as much a part of our lives as the 3 boys are."

"I love it."

"I love you two so much. Just promise me that you won't ever break up again."

"I promise."

"Me too. She's stuck with me now that I got a yes out of her."

"We're not married yet."

Hank gave Olivia a look.

"I'm kidding. I'm not going anywhere. You need to come over to the apartment because someone wants his Dada."

"I've missed that kid so much."

"We've both missed you too."

Hank kissed Olivia and then he kissed Erin on the cheek. Erin went back to her room and then Hank and Olivia went to her apartment, so he could see Noah. The next day, Hank and Olivia went to Barba's office and then the case went to trial. During the trial, Yates made some accusations against Hank, which made Olivia mad. She tried to keep calm for Matthew but she really hated hearing what Yates was saying about her fiancé and the father of her unborn child. She and Hank became closer if that was even possible. Her squad, Barba and Jay knew they had reunited. This time for good. After Yates was found guilty, everyone had gone out to celebrate at a bar. Olivia went even though she couldn't drink. Hank, Erin and Jay went back to Chicago and got a memorial plaque for Nadia. Hank tried to lighten the mood by telling everyone that he and Olivia were back together and getting married very soon. He said they wanted everyone there. In the next week, they all went back to New York. With both squads, Barba, Cragen, Munch, Melinda, Noah, Lucy and Justin, Hank and Olivia went to the Courthouse and made it official. They agreed to wait until after the baby for their honeymoon.

Olivia informed Trevor that Hank was going to adopt Noah with her and once they were approved to proceed, she told him that Johnny D was Noah's biological father. When Johnny D found out, he vowed to get custody of his son. The last thing Hank and Olivia wanted was to lose Noah or worse, have to take him to see his criminal father in prison, which would mean Olivia couldn't leave New York. Tucker had become an ally in the whole thing. He and Hank had even started getting along better than they did that first time they met. Hank accompanied Olivia to the trial for her protection and to try to keep her calm. When Johnny started shooting in the courtroom, Hank had been there to protect Olivia. Nick had shot and killed Johnny D but not before being injured himself. With Johnny D now out of the picture, there was nothing standing in the way of Hank and Olivia adopting Noah . Trevor accompanied them to Judge Linden's chambers and they became a family.

Olivia put in her papers for retirement and now SVU was losing two. Nick ended up taking early retirement because of his injuries. Olivia told her friends and soon-to-be former squad that they could come visit whenever they wanted and she hoped they would come visit after the baby came. Hank packed what he could into Olivia's SUV and had the rest shipped to Chicago. The trip to Chicago took a little longer because Olivia needed to make more stops but Hank didn't seem to mind.

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