Disclaimer: I do not own Law & Order SVU or it's characters. I do however, own the story line.

A/N: The epilogue a few have asked for. It doesn't answer many questions, but it gives you the next few minutes, and a few surprises.

The pain is unbearable.

Where the fuck is the ambulance?

Olivia thinks back to all the years as a detective. All the years until she met Elliot seem to blur, but all the memories of when she met him, and all the years being his partner are stretched out like an extremely long and depressing movie. All she can think is that maybe she shouldn't be a detective anymore. Maybe she should council victims.

Convince them not to shoot detectives at their place of work. Especially during a life-changing conversation.

Olivia feels more pressure on the wound, but everything is becoming numb. Just glazing over.

I'm your partner. For better or worse.

...If we can't do that, then we can't be partners.

She let's her eyes flutter close as the memories wash over her once again. The good memories with SVU and Elliot out weigh the bad times. Sometimes. The past year has been hell. She was so close to a child, and it was ripped from her just as fast.

Calvin. Who knew a ten-year-old could change your life? She can hear his voice now. He's screaming her name, just like he did when child services took him.

"Olivia! Olivia!"

All she could feel was pain. Physical, emotional, pain. She didn't want to hear the desperation in his voice anymore, and she didn't want to see the flashbacks of him being ripped from her arms.

"Olivia! Please don't leave me! Open your eyes, Olivia!"

He'd never said that before. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, and slowly, Olivia's eyes fluttered open. And there he was. The little boy who changed her life, repaired her heart, and broke it again, kneeling beside her.

It's a hallucination.

Hallucinating only happens when your close to the end.

With her good arm, Olivia grabs Elliot's collar and pulls him downward, making his hand splay over the tile beside her head. He looks down at her with desperate, heartbroken eyes. Olivia's heart squeezes. She tugs his shirt again, pulling him so he's just inches from her face. He understands what she's trying to do. Slowly, he leans in and presses his lips to hers.

Almost thirteen years of waiting, and now their lip-locked. A tear rolls out of the corner of Olivia's eye and into her hairline, and she feels a wet drop hit her face.

He's crying too.

Olivia wraps her good arm around his neck, running her tongue along his lips. He automatically deepens the kiss and all Olivia can feel is him. His mouth, his tongue, his teeth clashing against hers in their desperate kiss. Every amazing memory with Elliot is nothing compared to the way her tongue is mixing with his. His kiss is silently telling her that forever is possible.

Another tear rolls down her cheek, because she knows it's all going to come crashing down around them. But for now, she can enjoy their moment. Not thinking about their future, just right now.

Olivia parts the kiss long enough to look for Calvin. She panics when he isn't in the place he was before, but relief replaces it when she finds him in the grasp of Fin, kicking and screaming, although Olivia can't hear him, trying to get to her.

Today is their finale. A cliff hanger. Will he ever kiss her again? She doesn't know.

Do they ever?

A/N: That's it, folks :) Feel free to review!