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I march over to him.

"Did you tell them I ordered you to stay put and let a CI get killed?" I ask livid with him. Elliot Stabler is going to cost me my career for real this time.

I feel the anger boiling over and through me in waves. He stands firmly and frustratingly calm.

He replies, "I told them you saved my ass. If it weren't for you, I would have been killed."

I back down and away in shock. I'm saved as I'm pulled into yet another meeting with the Chief.

I hear him call out, "You're Welcome!"

He's such a stubborn ass.

He had called me in for assistance to interview the little "Elephant."

Thinking back I couldn't help noticing how he stumbled over himself to get me a chair, and could practically feel him beaming with pride behind me while he watched me. I guess it had been awhile since he has seen me at work.

When I finally got justice for Simon, he tells me I can move on. Ironic he should be the last person in the world to tell me how to go about doing that.

But I look at him and realize I'm grateful, he had my back with IA, he shielded me from a literal hail of bullets as they rained down he covered me with that muscular, big frame of his. Despite what was going on around me, I felt safe. It's been a long time since I felt that way.

I give a small smile up at him and I can only think to say, "You look better."

He chuckles, "Do I?"

I tell him to keep doing whatever it is he has been doing.

As I leave, I can't seem to help how my traitorous fingers seem to find his, almost on instinct. I am powerless against the urge to offer this simple thanks to him. They want to linger, I do. I've forgotten how naturally his hand fits in mine. I try to ignore the jolt of electricity that courses through me from our slight contact, starting at my fingertips where our skin meets. In that instant we are connected I have difficulty determining where he ends and I begin. Just like how it used to be. Oh boy.