A/N: I came up with the idea this after watching the Season Premiere of SVU. It also mentions parts of PD's Season Premiere. If you haven't seen either, it does contain spoilers. I don't own any of the characters.
Olivia's head was spinning. So much had changed in such a short time. Carisi left SVU and was now with the DA's office as their new ADA, Judge Barth stepped down and was now a Defense Attorney, Chief Dodds was being transferred to Pedestrian and Traffic Enforcement in Staten Island, she was now a Captain and she and Hank had been married for several months, so they had been trying to navigate a long distance marriage until Hank officially moved to New York. She had just left the bar after having drinks with the Chief and was heading home. She had hoped Noah was still up because she always missed being around for him at bedtime and some nights were better than others. She needed to tell someone her news but she figured she would wait until she got home to call Hank. She arrived at home and went upstairs. She unlocked the door and went in. Hank was sitting on the sofa with Noah, who was asleep.
"You're here."
"Yeah, I am. You ok with that?"
"Of course. How long ago did he fall asleep?"
"About an hour ago."
Olivia closed and locked the door, walked over to the sofa and kissed Hank.
"He's missed his daddy so much but so has his mom."
"I've missed you both too."
"Let me take him to his room."
"I got him."
Hank shifted Noah, so he could get up and then they both took Noah to his bedroom. Olivia pulled the covers down and Hank put him down. Olivia covered him and then they both kissed his forehead. Olivia went into the bedroom to lock up her gun and take her badge off. They headed back into the living room and sat down on the sofa.
"I have big news."
"I'm all ears."
"Carisi is our new ADA."
"That's interesting. What does that mean for him and Rollins?"
"It's hard to say."
"Anything else?"
"Chief Dodds was transferred to Pedestrian and Traffic Enforcement in Staten Island."
"That's good, right? He's a pain in the ass like most Brass is in any department."
"Yes, that's a good thing but I'll be getting a new boss, which is never good. SVU has a new Captain."
"So, you're no longer in charge?"
"Oh, I'm still in charge."
"Olivia, you've been promoted to Captain?"
"Yeah. Scary, huh?"
"And yet you're in a long distance marriage with a lowly Sergeant."
"Honey, your rank never bothered me and it still doesn't. I told you from the very beginning that I love you for the man you are and not what your rank is. I know it's been hard for us being in a long distance relationship and now marriage but what we're making it work."
"Right now, I just don't know when I'm going to be able to move here. Antonio had a relapse and called me, so I had to take him to rehab. Eventually, Halstead will be in charge but most of the time, he doesn't listen to me or trust me when I tell him that I would take care of something. I want to be able to trust him but he makes it so hard sometimes."
"I thought the whole point of us getting married was so we could be together all the time. We see each other on weekends and Noah's school breaks."
"Olivia, I get it. I need to know I can completely trust the person I want running the unit. Antonio and I didn't always see eye to eye but I could trust him. Jay has had to earn my trust and he has come a long way."
Hank ended up telling Olivia about what happened with Kelton's murder.
"Sounds like he did get what he deserved."
"Yeah, he did."
Hank started kissing Olivia and then he moved to her neck.
"That feels good. Can we take this into the bedroom?"
"Whatever you say, Captain!"
They stood up, turned the lights off, headed to the bedroom and shut and locked the door. Olivia sat on the bed and Hank started unbuttoning her blouse as he kissed her. She got on her back as he kissed her chest and stomach.
"Sergeant, you are driving me crazy! Just make love to me already!"
"Be patient."
They started kissing again and then Olivia started to undo Hank's shirt. They finished undressing each other and then they made love. Afterwards they were wrapped in the sheets and in each other's arms and they were both out of breath.
"Wow!"
"I agree."
"If this this what we do after we haven't seen each other for a week, what's going to happen when we're together all the time?"
"I don't think anything is going to change between us. Ever since we've been doing this, we've had a connection."
"You're right about that. You just tried killing me though!"
"Me? Who was digging her nails into my back?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Hank and Olivia started kissing again and then they fell asleep in each other's arms. The next morning, Hank woke up first, so he put his robe on, went into the bathroom and went to fix breakfast for his wife and son. Noah got up, went into the bathroom and then came out to the kitchen.
"Morning, Daddy."
"Morning, Buddy."
Noah climbed up on the stool at the breakfast bar and watched Hank. Hank made coffee and that smell was what had woken Olivia up. She got out of bed, put her robe on and went into the bathroom.
"Good morning, my loves."
"Morning, Mommy."
"Morning, Babe."
She then sat on the other stool at the breakfast bar. Hank put her cup of coffee in front of her.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
He then got Noah a glass of milk.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Hank went back to fixing breakfast and then they all ate together. Olivia went to take a shower and Noah went to get dressed, while Hank cleaned up. There was a knock at the door. Hank went to answer it. It was Ed, Fin, Amanda, Sonny and the girls.
"Hey, Voight! How you doin'?"
"Same crap, different day."
"I know what you mean."
"NOAH."
"BE RIGHT THERE."
Amanda rolled her eyes.
"Jesse, was that necessary?"
Then Jesse started giggling.
"So, Carisi, I hear you're the new ADA."
"Yeah. I felt it was time. I passed the Bar exam a few years ago."
"Congratulations, Carisi."
"Thanks, Tucker."
Noah came out of his room.
"Did you brush your teeth?"
"Oops!"
Noah ran toward the bathroom and bumped into Olivia.
"Where's the fire?"
"I forgot to brush my teeth."
"Ok then."
Noah went into the bathroom to brush his teeth.
"The shower is all your, Honey. Hey."
"Mornin', Liv."
"Hey, Liv."
"Edward, what brings you here?"
"No particular reason. How's married life?"
"Other than the long distance, it's great."
"Who decided to relocate?"
"He did."
"So when?"
"I don't know yet. I'm hoping by the end of the year but my second in command developed an addition to pain meds after an injury and I thought he had kicked the habit but he relapsed, so I had to take him to rehab. Chicago's Mayor-Elect was murdered and we had to investigate that."
"I remember you tellin' me about him the last time I saw you."
Hank told them everything.
"Nice."
Noah came out of the bathroom.
"Noah, why don't you take Jesse and go watch a movie in our bedroom?"
"Ok. Come on, Jesse."
Noah and Jesse went into Hank and Olivia's bedroom and watched a movie.
"I'm glad you're all here. I have big news."
"Now what?"
"I'm going to go take a shower."
"Ok. We're ok after what I told you last night, right?"
"Yeah."
"Good. I love you."
"I love you too."
Hank kissed Olivia and then he went to take a shower.
"So, Liv, are you pregnant?"
"No."
"So then what's the big news?"
"I had drinks with Dodds last night. He told me that he was being transferred to Pedestrian and Traffic Enforcement in Staten Island. He agreed to take it on one condition."
"Here is comes."
"He wanted me to be promoted to Captain."
"Congratulations, Liv! That's awesome!"
"Thanks, Amanda."
"Wow, Liv! That's great."
"Thank you, Counsellor."
"I'm proud of you, Olivia."
"Thanks, Ed."
"I don't have to be a Lieutenant now, do I?"
"Of course not."
"Phew! Congratulations, Baby Girl!"
"Thanks, Fin."
"So, Hank isn't happy?"
"He kind of has mixed feelings about it. He made the comment about me being in a long distance marriage with a lowly Sergeant. I told him that I was with him and married him for the man he is and not what his rank is. That never meant anything to me and still doesn't."
Hank finished up in the shower, got dressed and joined everyone.
"Hank, what's wrong?"
"Are you sure I'm what you want?"
"Yes, Hank. You're not getting out of this marriage."
"I want you to be happy."
"I am. I know the long distance sucks but you make me happy. Since I've officially been with you, I don't find myself questioning my choices and our relationship is the only one I have been in that doesn't cause a conflict for my job."
"I'm not good enough for you, Olivia."
"Hank, I love you and pretty much have all along. What do you mean you aren't good enough for me? That's up to me to decide and not you. You're my husband. I need your love and support now more than ever, just like I always have. Just because I'm a Captain now, you all of a sudden think you're not good enough for me. I thought you were ok with this."
"I'm never going to be the cop you are and I never deserved to be a Sergeant. I was offered a meritorious promotion to Lieutenant around the time Justin was killed mainly because they want me off the streets. You're the one that calls me every night bitching about your job and how stressed out you've been. Well, guess what? It's just going to get worse the higher up you go."
"I expected you to be a little more supportive of this. If you don't want me to take it, I won't."
"Do you really expect me to believe that? You always do what you want anyway."
"That is not true."
"Yeah right. What happened when Yates escaped and you came to Chicago? I told you how I felt about you and you told me about you and Tucker. I told you that wasn't a smart move but you went ahead and did it anyway. You did what you wanted and then about a year later, you called me and said it didn't work out."
"Does the fact that we're married not mean anything to you?"
"Your idea, not mine."
"I didn't force you to get married. We agreed together that WE were going to start our life together. Don't you dare blame me for that! We were fine with the way things were until I told you I was promoted to Captain. It seems to me that you're jealous."
"If you think that, then you don't know me at all. I can't deal with you this way."
"What way?"
"I need to go."
"Conveniently. Whenever you don't get your way, you go back to Chicago."
"It's better than being her and arguing with you all weekend. I came here to be with you. When was the last time you came to Chicago? That was part of the deal. So far, it's been what works best for you and that's been me coming here every weekend."
"Noah has school and I have my responsibilities."
"He just want back to school a few weeks ago. I still have my job too, don't forget. When was the last time we spent time alone? Try our honeymoon."
"Well, I'm sorry if my son has to come first."
"Your job comes first. It always has, Captain Benson."
"It's Captain Voight, damn it!"
Hank went into the bedroom and got his stuff. He said goodbye to Noah and headed back to the living room.
"You walk out that door and we're done."
Hank left without saying anything and headed to the airport. Olivia had tears running down her cheeks.
"You want us to go stop him?"
"No."
Everyone tried to get Olivia to calm down. Amanda knew that Erin was out of town on an assignment but she texted her and told her what just happened. Olivia went into the bedroom and locked herself in the bathroom.
"What are we gonna do? Arrest Voight?"
"No."
Noah came out of the bedroom and they tried explaining things to him.
"Hank has a point. When Olivia and I broke up, the said she needed to focus on Noah. The fact that she was promoted is going to cause more stress on her because she now has a squad of two and she could be spending more time away from Noah whether she means to or not."
"I just don't want them to get divorced."
"None of us do."
"Rollins, you tried contacting Lindsay, right?"
"Yeah but she's out of town on an assignment. I got another idea."
Amanda called Olive and told her what was going on. When they were done talking, she hung up.
"She said she will talk to Erin. Erin is supposed to come see her and her son after she's done with her assignment."
"Let's hope they can come up with somethin'."
A little while later, Olivia came out of the bedroom with her suitcase.
"Mandy, can Noah stay with you for a few days?"
"Yeah sure."
"Fin, you're in charge. I need to go. Noah, be good ok?"
"Ok. I love you. Daddy too."
"I love you too."
"Olivia, do you want a ride to the airport?"
"Yeah, sure."
Olivia kissed Noah and then she and Ed left. They got into Ed's car and he headed to LaGuardia.
"What are you planning to do?"
"I'm going to try to salvage my marriage. I love him too much for this."
"Are you planning to take the promotion?"
"I want to but that is something I really need to discuss with my husband."
"We ended things so you could focus more on Noah. This promotion could force you to be spending more time away from him whether you intend to or not."
"Yeah, I know. I just want Hank to support me on this and I don't want him to feel like he's not good enough for me. I've never felt that way. Maybe he's right that we need time alone. I hope I can fix this. I married the man I really wanted to be with and I still can't do anything right. I don't want to lose him."
"Then you need to tell him that."
They arrived at the airport.
"Thanks."
"Good luck."
"Thanks."
Olivia kissed Ed's cheek and then she got her suitcase out of the back of the car before she headed in, while Ed headed home. She got checked in and went through security before heading to the gate. Olivia had a lot going through her head but she knew that her marriage was worth fighting for.
To be continued…
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