When Elliot woke up the next morning, the first thing he heard was the shower running. He looked over at the clock and realized he had to get up to get ready for work. Elliot stretched and got out of bed. He walked over to his stuff to look for clothes to wear.
"What are you doing up?" he heard Olivia say.
Elliot turned around to find her dressed with a towel wrapped around her hair.
"Getting ready for work." Elliot said.
"You're not going to work. Cragen called me, told me to get you to take a day off." Olivia told him.
"Liv, you know I can't." Elliot said.
"I know, but dammitt Elliot, you got stabbed! You need a day." Olivia told him.
"What if you stayed with me?" Elliot asked with a smiled.
"Cragen would know something is up." Olivia said.
"Right, he shouldn't know about us yet." Elliot said.
"Hence, I can't take a day off." Olivia said.
"I'm going to work." Elliot said.
"No you're not." Olivia argued.
"Alright, I'll take the day off if you tell me what happened at Sealview." Elliot said.
"I told you not to bring up that place." Olivia said as she walked out of the bedroom.
"Liv, I'm sorry. It slipped out." Elliot said as he followed her.
"Uh huh." Olivia said as she grabbed her jacket and started to put it on.
"Liv, I am sorry. I just want to know what that bastard did to you. I understand it will take time for you to tell me." Elliot said.
"You're damn right." Olivia said as she headed for the door.
"Liv." Elliot said as he grabbed her hand.
"What?" Olivia asked.
"You need your coffee." Elliot smiled.
Olivia smiled and Elliot went to make a pot of coffee. Once it was ready, he poured a cup for Olivia and one for himself.
"You're still taking the day off." Olivia said.
"Fine." Elliot smiled.
Once she was finished, she said.
"Alright, I'm off."
Elliot got up.
"Bye Liv, love you." He said as he kissed her.
"Bye, love you too." She smiled and returned the kiss.
SVU
"How's Stabler doing?" Munch asked as Olivia walked into the squad room.
Olivia put her jacket on the back of her chair.
"He didn't want to take the day off." Olivia said as she sat down.
"How did you get him to not come in?" Fin asked.
"Took a lot of convincing. What happened with Eric?" Olivia asked.
"He's in a lot of trouble since he can add assaulting a police officer to his list of crimes." Munch said.
"You prove he raped Abigail?" Olivia asked.
"Semen found in Abigail matched Eric." Munch said.
Olivia nodded as she started to do paperwork that was on her desk.
"Any new cases today or are we stuck doing paperwork?" Olivia asked.
"Looks like it for now." Fin said.
A few minutes later, Olivia's office phone rang. She hoped it was something that could get her out of paperwork.
"Benson." She answered.
"Hello Detective." Elliot's voice said.
"El, what are you doing?" Olivia asked.
"It's boring here, can't I come to work?" Elliot asked.
"Cragen wants you to take a day off and so do I." Olivia told him.
"What should I do?" Elliot asked.
"How about visit with your kids." Olivia suggested.
"Good idea, thanks Liv." Elliot said.
"Welcome." Olivia said.
"And since you're at work and you can't talk about our relationship. I meant what I said before you left." Elliot said.
"Me too, bye El." Olivia said.
Olivia hung up the phone.
"Elliot?" Fin asked.
"Yeah, he wanted to come to work." Olivia told him.
"Only you could convince him." Fin said.
Olivia smiled and nodded.
SVU
"This is nice dad, taking us to lunch." Maureen said.
"Yeah, I like it that it's just us six." Kathleen said.
"Why not your mom?" Elliot asked.
"We're all mad at her for cheating on you while you two were getting divorce and still married. Well, except Eli since he doesn't know what's going on." Kathleen told him.
"She's still your mom." Elliot said.
"She never understood your job. Ever since I saw a crime scene, I realized why you never talked about work at home. I also realized you want to catch the bad guys and she never understood that." Maureen said.
Elliot nodded.
"Dad?" Dickie asked.
"Yeah?" Elliot asked.
"I want to ask you something I asked Olivia, I just hope you have a better answer. Are you sleeping with your partner, detective?" Dickie asked.
Maureen, Kathleen, and Lizzie giggled a bit.
"Well, dad are you?" Lizzie asked.
Elliot gulped. If he told anyone now, it should be his kids.
"We're together." Elliot said.
All four kids smiled and even Eli smiled.
"Is that where you've been living, with Olivia?" Kathleen asked.
Elliot nodded.
"Dad, we're so happy for you." Maureen told him.
"Next lunch we have, you should bring Olivia." Lizzie said.
Elliot smiled, he was glad his kids were happy for him.
SVU
When Olivia got back, Elliot was already there.
"Did you see your kids?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah we had lunch and I told them about us." Elliot said.
"Good, they should know." Olivia said.
"They're happy for us. You know they love you." Elliot told her.
"I love them too, they're great kids." Olivia told him.
"They want you to come to the next lunch we have." Elliot said.
"I'd like that." Olivia smiled.
Elliot smiled and gave Olivia a kiss. Both were so happy they could finally do this; they waited 12 years to hold and kiss each other. Each kiss was special to them.
"I love you El." Olivia told him.
"I love you as well." Elliot smiled.
Olivia leaned in and returned the kiss.
"Well, I'm gonna get to bed. Join me?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah." Elliot smiled.
They both got changed into my comfortable clothes to sleep in and got into the bed. Elliot wrapped his arms around Olivia and kissed her forehead. The two quickly fell asleep.
They had been asleep for awhile when Elliot was woken up by screaming. He quickly realized it was Olivia.
"Liv! Liv, wake up!" Elliot yelled.
She continued to scream, he knew she was having a bad dream.
"Liv! Wake up! I'm here!" Elliot yelled.
Olivia's eyes opened. She then began to cry. Elliot wrapped his arms around Olivia tighter.
"Don't let him hurt me." Olivia sobbed.
"Don't worry I'm here." Elliot said.
Olivia continued to cry.
"El?" Olivia asked.
"Yes?" Elliot asked.
"I think I need to tell you about Sealview." Olivia said.