A/N: What does Elliot say to Fin? What Truth? Who attacked Dean? How close is Olivia to being herself again? Here ya go!

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Elliot got into the car and waited for Fin to get in, and the look on his face was murderous.

"Look, man," Fin began, "Whatever you're gonna say..."

"She tried to kill herself," Elliot said bluntly. "Did you know that?" The fury and hurt in his eyes as he glared at Fin were evident.

"What?" Fin asked, suddenly scared and very pale.

ELliot nodded choking back his own tears. "She had the bottle of pills in her hand, and she tried but she couldn't take them. She flushed them down the toilet. But do you realkize why she did it? You could have prevented her from even thinking about it!"

Fin was shocked into silence. His heart broke with Elliot's words.

"You promised me you wouldn't let anything happen to her! You swore you'd keep her safe!" Elliot yelled. "You fucking asshole, she wanted to die because you kept things from her. I told you things to tell her for me, and you didn't! She didn't know I loved her! I told you to fucking tell her that! Every fucking day!"

Fin dropped his head and shook it. "I couldn't," he said.

"Yes, you could have Fin!" Elliot yelled. "No one's ever listened to anything Porter said before! Why the fuck would you pick now, when it was killing her, to start?"

"He was gonna kill you, Elliot!" Fin yelled back. "Or her! Shit, man, I was protectin' both of you! Why do you think I shot him?"

"What?" Elliot gasped "You shot...fuck, Fin!"

"He didn't know you were back," Fin said. "His partner called us, told us what he was planning to do when you got back. She found files on his computer. When he found out, he attacked her, knowing you and Olivia would be called out here. It was a set up, that's why I took the call and got here before you did."

Elliot looked at Fin and his eyes went wide. "You know you have to tell..."

"I told you. You're gettin' the confession," Fin said. "Do whatever you gotta do, man." He leaned back in his seat and said, "Drive. Olivia needs you at the hospital, right?"

Elliot started the car, trying to process what this all meant. "I have to tell Cragen," he said as he pulled away.

Fin sighed, cleared his throat, and said, "I know you do."


"Anything else you wanna say to me?" Olivia asked, her arms folded.

"Yeah," Dean said, trying to move his left hand, but it was cuffed to the hospital bed. "You look like shit."

"Thanks to you," Olivia spat. "You told Fin to keep things from me, you made him sign a non-disclosure agreement. Who was I gonna tell, huh?"

Dean smirked. "You don't get it," he said. "I wasn't trying to hurt you. I just...I assumed you'd eventually get over it. I was expecting you to call me to ask about him."

Olivia shook her head. "I couldn't think that clearly," she said. "You knew what his leaving would do to me, and you wanted me to run to you for comfort? That it?"

Dean coughed. "Can we please just talk about the bastard who attacked me?" he asked.

"This is why he attacked you," Munch said, gesturing to Olivia. "You openly threatened two officers, endangered their lives, and then you set them up. You wanted to set up a crime scene, you were gonna rape Detective Benson and kill her partner. Your partner found out about your little plan and called us, did you know?"

Olivia scoffed. "Of course he did, Munch," she said. "That's why she had to go. She had to be his victim. Then when Elliot and I showed up and found him there, he was gonna make sure we couldn't say or do anything about it."

"Yeah, but Tutuola showed up, not you," Dean said, shaking his head. "He shot me, Olivia! Are you gonna do something about it?"

"After you tell me everything, Dean," Olivia spat. "Start to finish. Start talking."

Before Dean could speak, Elliot burst into the room and walked over to the man's bed. He pushed Olivia aside, grabbed Dean by the collar of the paper gown, and yanked. "You sorry motherfucker," he spat. "You have no idea what you did, do you? What you could have cost me? Us? You son of a bitch, I'm sorry Fin didn't kill you, asshole, but it just means I get to do it myself!"

"Elliot!" Olivia yelled. "Drop him!"

Elliot snapped his head back to Olivia and narrowed his eyes. He turned back, threw Dean down on the bed, and gritted his teeth. Shaking and red with anger, he said, "You are damn lucky she stopped me."

"Letting her call the shots, now?" Dean asked, rubbing his neck. "You've always been a pussy, Stabler."

Elliot turned and looked at Olivia again.

She raised an eyebrow and nodded.

Elliot smirked, turned back to Dean, and hit him, hard, in the jaw. "She doesn't call the shots, you bastard, we call 'em together. And the only pussy in this room is you," he spat harshly, then gave him another blow to the chin from the other direction. He turned to face Olivia and said, "Let Munch take his statement, Liv. We gotta go talk to Cragen."

"What?" Olivia almost yelled. "Why?"

Elliot sighed. "He just arrested Fin," he said. "He needs statements from us."

"This day just keeps getting better," Olivia muttered, following Elliot out.

"You're a little better, though," Elliot said. "Aren't you?"

He was met with silence. Olivia's arms folded themselves across her chest and she bit her bottom lip. She couldn't look into his eyes. She couldn't answer him, because the truth was, she didn't know.

"Liv?" Elliot called, prodding an answer out of her.

"Let's just go, okay?" Olivia said, walking away from him.

Elliot caught up to her, grabbed her, and looked her in the eyes. "I'm not giving up on you, Liv. I'm not going away, and I'm not gonna let this go. Tell me what I have to do to help you!"

Olivia tugged her arm out of his grip, grabbed his hand, and looked at him. "Just be here," she whispered. "Just be with me, El, can you do that?"

Elliot sighed and softened his look. He gave her a small smile. "I'm here, Liv. Whatever you need, I'm here. I'm with you."

Olivia nodded once, then let his hand go, walking out of the hospital, afraid of what Fin had told Cragen, afraid of what she would have to tell him, and what he would tell her and Elliot in return.

As if reading her mind, Elliot leaned forward to her and said, "No one told him about us, baby. Fin didn't say anything, I sure as hell didn't. We're only going to talk to him about what I said to Fin, and what Porter said to him, and why it was all kept from you."

"What would you say to him?" Olivia asked, looking at Elliot as he started the car.

Elliot asked, "To who?"

Olivia looked at him and said, "Whom."

"Correcting my grammar, you're getting closer, babe," Elliot chuckled. "To whom, Professor Benson?"

"Cragen," Olivia said. "If we had to, what would you tell him."

Elliot sighed, a long, pensive, sigh. "I'd tell him the truth. That I love you, and I'm not sorry, and if he wants..."

"What would you tell him we are, though?" Olivia asked, biting the inside of her cheek. "I guess what I'm really asking...what do you think we are now, El? Does one kiss, one really amazing kiss, make this a relationship?"

"No," Elliot said. "But I think everything else does. The love, the worry, the hell we've been through for each other, the fact that you have to check to see if I'm still next to you in the morning, that all does. If you...if you want it to."

As they pulled into the numbered space reserved for Elliot at the precinct, Olivia said, very softly, "Okay."

"Okay," Elliot returned. "Liv?"

"Yeah?" Olivia breathed, turning to him.

Elliot looked up into her still-half-dull eyes, and said, "No matter what you hear Cragen or Fin say, you have to promise not to explode, okay?"

"What should I expect to hear in there, El?" Olivia asked, confused.

"A lot of things, Liv, that you were supposed to find out a long time ago," Elliot said. "A lot of things that I was supposed to tell you, but no one would let me, so I relayed them to Fin and he didn't…" he paused, shaking his head. "Just promise, no matter what happens, you won't get mad at me. I tried everything, Liv."

Olivia took a breath. "I know you did," she said. "Now."

"And I know," Elliot said, sending a small smile to her. "About you and the kids. I know what you did for them. I can't thank you enough for that, baby."

"You don't have to thank me," Olivia said, returning his smile.

Elliot leaned across the console and kissed her forehead. "You know I love you. I'd never let anyone hurt you, and I'm so..."

"You weren't here," Olivia said, shrugging a bit. "You didn't let this happen. You tried to keep me safe." She opened her door, finally getting out of the car.

Elliot shook his head. "I didn't do enough," he whispered. He got out of the car, slammed the door, and walked around to her. "I let you down, Liv. I should have just called you myself, talked to you, ya know? I should have…"

"Please," Olivia said, stopping him, "Don't do that. You sound like…"

"You," Elliot said with a laugh. "Yeah, I guess I spent so much time thinking about you, and missing you, that I sort of picked up a few of your bad habits."

Olivia smirked. "You, too, huh?" she asked with a chuckle. "I kinda had your temper while you were gone. It made me feel closer to you. I was actually written up in your absence."

"What?" Elliot asked, in shock. "For what?"

"I threw a perp into the wall," Olivia said, sounding proud. "You would have loved it."

Elliot gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and said, "I'm proud of you."

"Thanks," Olivia said, smiling at him. Their eyes were locked on each other's, Elliot's hand shot up to caress her cheek. Her eyes flashed and Elliot smiled.

"Not just for turning into me," Elliot said. "For everything. So proud of you, Liv. You kept my kids sane, and safe, and happy, and I just wish you had done the same for…you have the most beautiful eyes. Have I told you that?"

"Not recently," Olivia said, her breath escaping her as her heart pounded. He was gonna kiss her again. She could feel it.

"They're shining, baby," Elliot told her. "I've missed that sparkle." He leaned in, closer to her, and barely brushed his lips across hers. "I've missed you, so much." He pressed his lips to hers as both sets of eyes closed. This action did, indeed, speak louder that any words they could have uttered. Olivia's hand reached for his, and she pulled it away from her face, holding it in her hands, linking their fingers as the kiss deepened. Whatever questions and answers were waiting for them inside could wait. What was important now, was this kiss, this moment, this brief encounter with the people they used to be, who they would be again, if they could only get back there.

A/N: What does Fin have to say? What secrets has Fin been keeping? What did Olivia do for Elliot's kids? And will having their friend on trial finally bring Olivia and Elliot back? What does Sonya have to say about it? Click and review for more! Follow me on Teitter if you're not already: TMG212