Time jump. go figure lol. 2 weeks. The previous chap was Elliot leaving for the police academy, so that means he is done now. i know thats fake for how he got in or whatever and how fast but it fits in with the story.
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She couldn't concentrate, not since the night he got back. Trevor and her were technically still "together" but not like it should be. It was sex, but every night it happened she dreamt of him, and being with him. Trevor caught her mumbling his name when she was asleep and had no idea what it meant. She brushed it off and said he was a childhood friend.

He was with Kathy now, but he still thought of her. Elliot had to talk to her again, just one time. It's not like he was happy with who he was with, he was settling, and Olivia was doing the same thing. He knew it. He had to find a way to get her to trust him again. He had to take down those walls she had built around herself after everything happened between them. He knew it was his fault. He had to fix it.

She came home from work at midnight to find a bouquet of flowers in the middle of the table, the same ones she had when Elliot would give them to her. The card read "Forgive me" and she about died. Then she saw on the card "P.S. maybe you should have a different hiding spot for the spare." She smiled.

She kind of had forgiven him in her own way. Not enough to go back to how everything was before, but she had forgiven him enough to start talking to him.

She was restless that night, every night she was. On top of the job this was overwhelming. She would give anything to have his arms around her. She would give anything to feel him again. She would give anything to have him back and go back to the way everything was, before he left.

The next day Olivia got up at 4 30 because she still wasn't asleep. She headed to work as normal. She walked into the precinct early.
"Olivia what are you doing here so early?," Cragen asked, just arriving there himself.
"Couldn't sleep." It was the truth.
"Is everything okay?"

No but I have to act like it is.

"Yeah. It's just I've had a lot on my mind, and it's just me being stupid," she rolled her eyes as she smiled.

"The job?"

"Partly, but it's okay. I promise." She smiled again, trying to make him believe her.

Cragen was worried. She hadn't been the same cop she had been when he hired her. If it was the job, then she could have some psychological trouble getting through it. This job was not for the faint of heart.

That morning, Cragen called Elliot Stabler. "Hey, I just wanted you to know that you've been approved for the job. You can start today. I have a partner in line for you. See you in a while." Elliot hadn't said a word to him about knowing Olivia, for a reason.

She was doing her paperwork and he saw her. He carefully walked past and straight to Cragen's office. She looked up and saw the back of his head. She shook it off as a lack of sleep.

"Elliot, if you look out there, your new partner is her. Olivia Benson, she is one of the best, and she can teach you what you need to know, not that there's to much that you don't already know. Mainly working with live victims, that's the hardest part," Cragen told him.

Elliot could have stared at her forever, but quickly turned when Cragen started talking again.
"Here's your badge and gun, and welcome. Your new desk should be empty. If not, then it's from her other partner. Let me know if you have any questions."

"Thanks Captain." He grabbed his new badge and gun, and he walked to her desk. She still hadn't looked up from the paperwork.

"Concentrate Liv," he said.

She heard his voice and froze. She looked up. "What the fuck are you doing here?," she said in a harsh whisper.
"I work here, and I'm your new partner." He grinned.

"What the hell? I'm askin Cragen for my old partner back." She was about to get up when Cragen walked out.
"I see you two have met? Olivia, I was hoping you wouldn't have a problem with having a new partner."

She didn't know what to say. She felt like fainting. "No Cap, everything's fine."

"Good." He walked back to his office.

"Wow Liv, talk about self control."
"Shutup," she snapped. "First thing's first, paperwork." She handed him a mountain to help her with.

"Cragen wanted us to go talk to a vic from a case."
"Not right now. We can have Fin and Munch go. Paperwork first." She was pissed. He was coming at her at the worst times. As much as she wanted him back, she realized she couldn't get him back now because they worked together.

"What's wrong?," Elliot asked sympathetically.
"Nothing."

"Tell me, we're partners now, gonna have to trust me eventually."

"Elliot. What are you doing?" She looked up from her paper, with an annoyed look.

"Talking to my partner," he said, acting stupid.

"You know what I mean. What are you doing here? Don't give me a shitty answer like you're my new partner or whatever, why are you here?" She truly wanted an answer.

"Honestly, if I told you I would sound crazy."

"You always sound crazy," she quipped.

"Fine. I needed a way for me to be around you all the time and you can't run away from me. I figured what better way than working with you." He just smiled.

"Now why would I run away from you?," she asked sarcastically. "And if you keep following me everywhere, I will file a restraining order for you to quit stalking me." She raised her eyebrows with a tiny smile.

"I would like to see you try, seeing that I'm your partner and all."

"Just work Stabler," she said, referring to the pile of paperwork.

"We will be talking later, just so you know."

"And you can't force me to do that. I can just plead the fifth," she said while writing.

Finally he was getting somewhere. He had accomplished getting her to talk to him after being pissed at him within a matter of minutes. What could he do with days?

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As much as Olivia says she wants him, she's still guarded. I also tried incoorporating her kind of accepting him as her new partner. But what happens with their significant others? hmmm...

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