drabble; prompt: they went there
pairing: rafael barba/olivia benson (in the eyes of dominick "sonny" carisi jr & odafin tutuola)
word count: 530 words
prompt from alloftheprompts [tumblr]; prompt set #772

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Things must have not had gone well in court, Carisi muses, for the Lieutenant is definitely in a bad mood.

She stalks into the precinct with a rather uncharacteristic scowl on her face, with Barba walking behind her (now, in contrast, that classic Barba glower is definitely of the norm), loosening his tie in a rather jerky I'm so pissed off manner.

The Lieutenant marches into her office, and Barba follows. The door shuts with a slam, and the blinds are lowered.

Pushing his chair back, Carisi strolls nonchalantly towards the Lieutenant's office, stopping outside the door, ears perked.

"Carisi." Fin calls out, frowning.

"Just…stretching my legs." He grins, like it isn't totally obvious that he is trying to snoop. Fin shakes his head, but he doesn't say anything, so Carisi reckons it's okay for him to stretch his legs.

"How many times…you cannot just jump on the witness…" The Lieutenant's tone was sharp, but her voice was a little muffled, and he strains to hear.

"Well…I thought I'm supposed to…just trying to make a point…"

"A little compassion…too much for you, perhaps…"

Carisi walks to the window of the office, and angles his head to peer through the blinds, and catches sight of Barba, his arms crossed, and the Lieutenant, gesturing angrily.

"Come on now, Benson. Don't go all maternal on me." Barba raises his voice, and Carisi hears every word, and he winces.

Oooh. He went there.

"What now, Barba? Your big brass ego couldn't take the fact that you may be wrong?" The Lieutenant's voice is matching Barba's in tone and volume.

Oooh. She went there.

Carisi scurries back to his original spot outside the door, he is able to hear better from there.

"Your stubbornness is extremely unattractive, Lieutenant."

"And your arrogance is extremely nauseating, Counselor."

Oooh. They both went there.

He continues listening, but hears nothing. It has become very quiet all of a sudden. He frowns, feeling just a little apprehensive.

"Hey, Fin…you reckon that the Lieutenant had maybe shot Barba or somethin'? Should we go in?"

"No." Fin says, without looking up. "And I'd move away from that door if I were you."

Carisi shoots Fin a look – well, he should know better – but from all that yelling to complete silence?

He slides back to the spot outside the window and squints through the blinds again. What he sees nearly makes him fall over in shock.

The Lieutenant and Barba are all tangled up with each other. Kissing. And rather ferociously and passionately, if he may say. Her fingers are gripping the lapels of his suit jacket as she aggressively backs him up against her desk, whilst his hands have a very firm grip on her ass.

Carisi turns to Fin, pointing towards the Lieutenant's office, and sputters. "Fin…the Lieutenant…and Barba…they…they…"

"Please don't say it. I don't need to know. I don't ever want to know the specifics of what Liv and Barba might be doing behind closed doors." Fin says, grimacing, eyes still focusing on his computer, tapping away.

Carisi's head swivelled towards the office, and then back to Fin again. "You…you knew?"

Fin snorts derisively. "Learn to be more observant, newbie."

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