"Chief I know we don't have the DNA but we have gone to trial with less." "Captain, I do believe something happened here I just don't know how I feel about taking this to trial considering the pressure we're getting from the media." "Chief please-" "Captain, we will talk about this tomorrow. Ok?" "Yes sir." She hung up the receiver and pinched the bridge of her nose, just tired with the day.
As soon as she was starting to gather her things, "MOMMY!" She turned to look through the doorway and her curly-haired 7-year old came barreling through the doorway with her boyfriend and 5-month old daughter in tow. She got down on one knee with her arms wide open to catch her sweet boy.
"Hi my love, what are you doing here? I was just on my way home?" she said. "Daddy said we were going to pick you up and all go out to dinner." Peter walked through the doorway and helped his girlfriend get back on her feet, then he gave her a kiss. "Mm, hi," she said in a seductive tone. "Hi babe," said Peter.
He then handed over their 5-month old baby who was bouncing in Peter's arms trying to get to Olivia. Seeing Olivia with their kids made his heart melt. Their baby, Maya, was equal parts of Olivia and Peter. She has Peter's bright green eyes and dirty blonde hair. She has Olivia's cute button nose and loving heart. Noah was such a good big brother. He was protective of his baby sister from day one, and anxious wondering when they could play together.
"Hi my sweet baby girl!" Olivia lifted Maya kissing her cheeks and hearing her laugh. Noah then interjected wanting some attention from his mom, "Mommy, today me and Brett came up with this awesome new game at recess and then at snack time Katy spilled her juice all over and then-," " Ok Noah how about we save some of your stories for dinner, ok?" "Ok Mommy!" Olivia chuckled at how excited he was. She secretly loved when he just wanted to tell her about his whole day in one breath, because it meant that he was excited to see her.
"Are we ready to go?" Peter said looking at Olivia adoringly. "Yeah just let me grab my purse," she said. Peter grabbed her purse for her so she could carry Maya and hold Noah's hand. "Thank you love," Olivia said. "Absolutely," Peter said kissing her temple. Noah then grabbed Peter and Olivia's hand and they started walking out of the squad room. They all waved goodbye to Fin, as he was the last person there. "Go home Fin," Olivia said as they were walking away. "Gotcha Cap," Fin said with a salute that Olivia laughed at.
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When Peter and Olivia were loading the kids into the SUV he asked her where she wanted to eat. "Ummm how about that Italian place across the street from the apartment so we can just park the car in the garage and walk," Olivia suggested. "Sounds perfect," Peter said.
Once they started driving Peter grabbed Olivia's hand and kissed it, then he placed their joined hands on the center console. Olivia looked over at him smirking. "What's up babe?" "What do you mean?" Peter said slightly nervous that she might be on to him. "I don't know, you just seem a little off. Are you ok?" She said. "Perfectly fine. Just loving you," Peter replied. "I love you," she said. "I love you more," Peter said. She grabbed their joined hands and kissed them, then looked on smiling.
Peter was really thinking about Olivia and their relationship. He remembered that night he asked her to be his girlfriend. They had become a lot closer. They would have many lunches together, sometimes talking about cases, most of the time just getting to know each other better. During that time Peter and Noah were becoming much closer as well. Sometimes Peter would come over to have a drink or go over a case and him and Noah would hang out before bed.
That night, he asked Olivia out to dinner and he was elated when she said yes. After, when he was walking her home they stopped outside on her stoop about to say goodbye. She was on the step above him, making herself taller than him.
"Hey Liv, can I ask you something?" Peter said. "Yeah, shoot," she said looking down at him. "I'm just gonna come right out and say it. Liv, I really like you. Like a lot. You're intelligent, caring, passionate and your son is such an amazing kid..." She chuckled at how nervous he was. "...I just think your amazing and-uh I get if you think this is stupid I think I sound kind of stupid-" She cut him off with a kiss.
She cradled his face in her hands as he rested his hands on her hips. When they had to break off the kiss for air they rested their heads on each other with their eyes still closed, they both were smiling. "So was that a yes?" Peter asked already knowing the answer to his question. "It was a shut-up and kiss me again," she replied seductively.
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As they were about to pull into the garage, Peter remembered the biggest moment in his and Olivia's relationship, the night she told him she was pregnant.
It was their 6 month anniversary and they were sitting on Olivia's couch not paying attention to the movie they put on, but focusing on each other. Olivia was straddling Peter's waist and Peter had his hands on Olivia's hips as they were making out. They both came up for air and Peter immediately started kissing her neck.
"Peter..." Olivia said trying to get his attention deciding she couldn't put this off any longer. If this was the end of their relationship then she would figure it out somehow. "Peter..." she said again pushing his chest to get his attention once more. He stopped and looked at her, she had a worried expression on her face. "Hey, what's wrong Liv? Did I do something-" he said with concern in his eyes.
"Oh God baby no. It's nothing like that. It's just- Well I got you something." "Babe I thought we said no gifts, just us," Peter said reminding her of their agreement. "I know but- I really hope you like this one," she said as she got off of his lap to go get the rectangular box that had what could make or break their relationship inside. She walked back over and sat down next to him giving him the box.
"Babe you really shouldn't have-," he opened the box to see the little white stick with two lines staring back at him. He looked from the box back to Olivia who had a terrified expression on her face, and back to the box. Olivia spoke in a near whisper "Peter I know we didn't plan this, especially so soon and I could see why you wouldn't want to be tied down to a baby right now like I totally get-," he hushed her with a passionate kiss.
Once they broke off their kiss, Peter got off the couch and onto the floor so he could be eye level with her belly. "Olivia, I know this is sudden and I know we didn't plan this, but I'm all in. I've been all in since the day you said yes to be my girlfriend. And now-," he choked on a sob. "Now you're giving me another kid, and I can't wait," he said and leaned in to kiss her stomach.
Olivia had tears in her eyes. She was partially relieved just to know that this wasn't going to be the end of them. "Wait Peter, what did you mean by another kid." she said somewhat confused. "Liv, I know it's still soon but I see myself as a father to Noah. I love him so much. He's the best kid in the world. So I guess, in a way that I kind of see him as my son. And once again I know it's still early and that might have just been the wrong thing to-," then it was her turn to hush him with a kiss.
"It wasn't wrong at all, it was just right." she said leaning in to kiss him again. This time Peter picked her up and carried her to her bedroom, not once breaking off their kiss.
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They had pulled into the garage and gotten the kids out of the car. They were now walking across the street, Noah holding Olivia and Peter's hands while Olivia was also carrying Maya. Olivia was looking over at Peter wondering how she got so lucky with him, and also wondering what was going through his mind. She decided that she would interrogate him more later and just enjoy her time with her kids and Peter.
They walked into the Italian restaurant that they had claimed as "theirs" and were immediately seated into a booth. Olivia noticed that Maya had been tugging on her blouse, so assuming that she was hungry Olivia took off her blazer to cover herself and started to feed Maya. Olivia looked over and noticed that Peter was staring at her with the dopiest grin on his face. She knocked on the table to get his attention.
"Mr. Stone, my eyes are up here," she said teasingly. "Oh, I know Ms. Benson," he said with a wink which caused her to laugh. Their waitress then walked over and got their orders and said nervously "I just want you guys to know and this might sound weird but you guys have a super cute family," Olivia and Peter chuckled and Olivia said, "Thank you so much, and no it wasn't weird it was really sweet." she said still chuckling a little.
Their waitress then walked away going to put in their orders and Olivia and Peter just stared at each other lovingly. They came back to reality when Olivia noticed that Maya had stopped eating. So Olivia fixed her shirt and handed Maya over to Peter so he could burp her while Olivia hung out with Noah. Noah was sitting quietly next to Liv and was coloring his placemat. Olivia noticed and asked if she could color with him and Noah replied with an excited "YES". As they were coloring together Noah was telling Olivia all about his day and how his new game that he created with Brett worked. As he was explaining some of the rules Olivia couldn't help but laugh at how crazy some of them were. Peter loved the sound of her laugh, it could light up a whole room and make your worst day just a little bit better. And that's what he loved most about her. Is that she could make someone's worst day just a little bit better with her compassion, empathy, and hope. That's why he couldn't wait for what would happen tonight just after the kids were in bed.
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After dinner, the Benson-Stone family made their way back home. When they got situated inside the apartment Olivia noticed how close it was to the kids' bedtime. Olivia looked over at Noah as he started rushing off to his bedroom and Olivia yelled after him "Noah Porter-Benson I hope you're rushing off to get in a bath." Noah looked back at her and said, "I was Mom." Olivia replied with a "Uh huh."
Peter then walked over with Maya and put a hand on Olivia's hip. He spun her around and gave her a sweet kiss. They looked at each other with small smiles. "You can take her and put her down then meet me with Noah when you're done," he said still smiling at her. "That sounds like a perfect idea," she said giving him another quick kiss before taking Maya and walking back to her room.
She was getting Maya ready for bed and just couldn't believe that this was her life. She had an amazing son who she could not love more, she had a man who made her feel so special and loved, and she had a daughter who she never could have imagined to have in her wildest dreams. But here she was, staring down at her smiley daughter living this reality and she couldn't have been happier. After she got Maya changed and ready for bed, she took her over to the rocking chair by the window to feed her one last time before bed.
She was rocking her sweet baby to sleep and was full of bliss. When she noticed Maya had stopped eating, she burped her quickly and put her in her crib and kissed her goodnight. When she closed the door she immediately noticed laughter coming from down the hall. And what she saw made her heart melt. Noah and Peter were wrestling and Peter was obviously letting Noah win. When Peter tapped out he went limp on the floor with Noah sitting on top of him. As Noah was declaring victory Peter immediately came back and started tickling Noah at his sides which caused him to shriek with laughter. Then Peter picked him up and deposited him on his bed, both of them laughing.
Olivia was standing in the doorway and she cleared her throat to get the attention of her boys. They both looked over at her with expressions knowing they had just been caught by the boss. She looked at the both of them with a smile and said "What is going on in here you two?," Noah quickly replied with a nonchalant "We were getting ready for bed mommy," when he said this Peter gave Noah a not-so-subtle fist bump. Olivia walked over to Peter, still smiling and said "Righhhtttt," then she gave him a quick kiss.
Peter and Olivia then sat down on opposite sides of Noah's bed with Noah in between them. Olivia then looked at the book Noah had picked for his bedtime story: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. As Olivia and Peter were reading the story to him they would trade off doing different voices of the characters, which made Noah laugh. When they finished the book Olivia and Peter noticed that Noah was already fast asleep and they chuckled. They got up quietly each giving him a kiss on the head and telling him they loved him, then they softly padded out of his room.
When Peter closed the door he walked closer to Olivia, pulling up her chin with his finger and giving her a passionate kiss. He backed her up slowly against the wall of the hallway as she moaned into the kiss. "Mmmm. What was that for," she said breaking off the kiss. "Just showing you how much I love you," he said with his head resting on hers. They shared another quick kiss before Olivia started pulling him off toward their bedroom.
Peter then suddenly remembered what he had set up in the bedroom this afternoon and couldn't wait for her to see it. She opened the door to their bedroom pulling Peter along, and she was tearing up seeing what he had set up. There were heart balloons tied to the bedposts, there were rose petals in the shape of a heart on the bed, a bottle of champagne on the night stand, and the sweetest thing of all was a framed picture of the family portrait they had got done just a few weeks ago. She turned around to look at him with tears in her eyes and he was smiling looking down at her.
"Baby what's all this for?" she said sniffling. He moved her to sit on the bed and he kneeled down in front of her. "For this," he said as he pulled out the ring box that had been burning a hole in his pocket all night. "Olivia Margaret Benson, you are the love of my life. You have given me everything I could have ever wanted and more. You have gotten me through some of the worst times of my life and I will never be able to thank you enough for that. You are the mother of our beautiful, amazing children and I'm hoping that someday you will become my wife. Liv, will you marry me?"
She was crying and nodding profusely. "Yes, of course I'll marry you," she choked out between sobs. He cradled her face in his hands and gave her a thousand kisses. Then he wiped away her tears and they just looked at each other with nothing but love in their eyes. Peter then picked up the discarded ring box from the floor and slipped the beautiful diamond ring onto her left hand. She stared at the ring on her finger and then at Peter who now had tears in his eyes and gave him the most passionate kiss filled with all of the love she had for him. She ended up accidentally knocking them both on the floor with a loud thud.
They were laying on the ground both of them laughing and kissing and crying. They were just so happy to be with one another. They each finally just took a moment to look into each other's eyes and really see the love they had. After staring into each other's eyes for a little bit they finally kissed again, this one more soft and tender. Then Peter spoke in a soft whisper holding Olivia "I will love you until the end of time." She replied also in a soft whisper "Until the end of time." Then they kissed once more just embracing each other with as much love as the other could give.
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A/N: This is my first time ever writing a fanfic so I hoped you guys enjoyed it and thank you so much for reading.