Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Spoilers: None
A/N: So this is the final chapter of Under Covers. Let me say thank you to everyone who has read/favorited/commented/reviewed. It's your inspiring words that keep me going.
"You can't just be friends with someone you are madly in love with."
Frank Ocean
Chapter 7: Epilogue: Love of My Life
2 Weeks Later
After watching Homicide ADA Serena Southerlyn deliver her closing statement to the 12 jurors, Olivia was completely positive that there was no way Aaron Johnson was getting acquitted. An hour and a half later, at 1 p.m., the jury foreman rose to deliver the verdict: guilty on all counts. Feeling Alex gently take her hand as they exited the courtroom, following Elliot, Rollins, Casey and Serena, she stopped and looked at her, a smile on her face.
Alex stopped and turned, confusion in her eyes, "Liv?"
"How would you like to go on vacation for a couple of months?" Alex looked at her like she'd grown two heads, "Captain said I could use the time off to recuperate. We just have to clear it with Cutter."
Alex smiled, enthusiasm lighting up her face and overtaking her confusion, "Detective Olivia Benson wants to take a vacation?"
"Yes," Olivia bumped her shoulder lightly, "So?"
Alex nodded, barely able to stop bouncing on the balls of her feet. They began to walk to One-Hogan Palace, "Where are we going?"
Olivia grinned, "To Cutter's office to get his okay," Alex gave a mock glare, and the detective laughed before composing herself, "Hawaii."
If she hadn't been expecting it, Alex's kiss would've knocked her off her feet. Slipping her arms around the blonde's waist, she kissed her back. By 4 p.m. they were on their way to Hawaii.
One month later
Alex yawned, awakening to the sweet smell of cinnamon rolls. Every morning for the past month since they'd been at this amazing beach house, Olivia would wake her up with some kind of breakfast, but cinnamon rolls were her all-time favorite treat. Blinking tiredly, she found Olivia leaning against the wall near the sliding doors that would lead to the ocean, dressed in khaki shorts and a tank top, holding half a cinnamon roll delicately in her fingers. The sun was just beginning to rise over the horizon, and it colored the ocean a gorgeous orange.
"Liv?" she blinked again, sitting up in the plush, king-size bed.
Olivia walked over to her and smiled, gently kissing her lips as she handed her a robe to put on, "Come watch the sunrise?"
Slipping out of bed, she put on the robe to fend off the chill of the morning air on her naked body. Eyeing the cinnamon roll, she allowed Olivia to gently take her hand and guide her out onto the beach.
"Cinnamon roll," she groaned out, a frown on her face as she tried to grab for the delicious food.
Olivia smiled and took a couple more steps, handing her the cinnamon roll as she spoke, "You know what I'm thinking about, Alex?"
"Hmm," the attorney asked, enticed by the cinnamon roll, hardly paying attention, finishing it.
"I think that people would stop flirting with me so much if I had a ring on my finger."
The attorney froze in licking the icing off her fingers, a stunned look on her face, "What?" she looked up and gasped, one hand going to her mouth, as Olivia dropped to knee, holding out an open box, a diamond ring nestled inside, "Olivia…"
Olivia smiled, her heart pounding, "Alexandra Cabot will you do me the tremendous honor of becoming my wife?"
Alex felt tears start to prick in her eyes, and for a moment, she couldn't speak, but then she spoke, "Yes, oh my God, yes. A thousand times, yes." Feeling the brunette slip the ring on her wedding finger, her tears finally started to fall. Olivia stood and pulled her into a kiss; she eagerly responded, pressing up against the detective gently.
After a few minutes, the detective pulled away slightly, a grin on her lips, as she gently wiped the tears away, "God, you're perfect, Alex."
Alex smiled, pressing a gentle kiss to the brunette's lips, "Not as perfect as you, Olivia."
Olivia smirked, "Always as perfect."
"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel."
Johnny Depp
A/N: Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who's stuck with this story to the very end. Please don't forget to review. I'll have one-shots up in the future, but if anyone has any requests, PM me :)
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