Chapter 4: More

Fin woke up the nest morning, pleasantly entangled with a warm body. He felt soft hair tickling his shoulder and turned his head just a little to see a peacefully sleeping Olivia. Fin watched her for a few minutes before checking the clock. It was only 6. They still had plenty of time before they had to get up and go to work. Fin heard a soft noise that sounded vaguely like snoring coming from the end of the bed. He looked down to see Ice stretched out across Olivia's feet, asleep. Fin laughed quietly. Trust his dog to adopt the first woman he brought home.

Fin relaxed back onto his pillow and hugged Olivia a little closer. ~Might as well be close while I can. ~ Fin thought. Olivia, thought still asleep felt him pull her closer, so she threw a leg over him much like she had her arm across his chest. Fin smiled and slowly drifted off to sleep again.

This time, it was Olivia who woke up. She was warm and very comfortable so she didn't move, except to check the clock. It was only 6:15. She still had time to sleep even though she knew that she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep now that she was awake. Olivia watched Fin instead. He was asleep and looked quite happy or content. Olivia also heard the snoring coming from Ice and laughed a little louder than Fin had. This woke up both Fin and Ice. Ice just opened one eye and then went back to sleep. Fin on the other hand thought he was still dreaming until he opened both eyes. Olivia wasn't looking at him, but he could see her smile and the light in her eyes. Fin moved a little closer to her and she looked down at him.

"Good morning." Olivia said quietly.

"Mornin'." Fin responded, his speech slightly slurred by sleep. Olivia relaxed back down against his shoulder.

"Do we have to go to work today? Cant we call in sick, play hooky?" Olivia asked.

"We could, but then what would out partners think, or the Captain for that matter? We'd be in deep shit with the three of them tomorrow and even if we did call and say we weren't coming, they call us later for a case because they need every detective on a high priority case." Fin answered.

"You have a point. I just don't want to move. This is too comfortable to get up and go out into the world."

"I agree but if we don't get up soon, we will be late and I don't think we need the Captain questioning why we're both coming in late and together. Better to let him question why we're there on time and together." Olivia laughed and agreed. Just then Ice walked into the middle of their conversation by sitting between them and whining. "Plus someone here needs to go out." Fin looked at the dog and Ice licked his chin. "Alright you oaf. Get off the bed and I'll take you out. Demanding demon." Olivia was practically rolling by the time Ice jumped off the bed.

"You talk to your dog like he's a human. It's funny." Olivia answered when Fin asked what was so funny.

"Yeah well if you want a shower while I'm out walking the demon, it's over there. The towels are in the cabinet above the toilet." Fin said as he grabbed a sweatshirt and a pair of pants. Olivia picked up her bag and went into the bathroom. Fin changed and took Ice for a walk. When he came back 15 minutes later, he had fresh bagels and found Olivia in the kitchen searching for coffee.

"It's in the cabinet next to the frig." Fin said as he stood in the doorway. Olivia jumped. She hadn't heard him come back from walking Ice.

"Thanks." Olivia said as she opened the cabinet.

"I'm going to get a shower now." Fin called as he walked back to his bedroom. Ice sat down at Olivia's feet and watched her. Fin came back a few seconds later. "Oh yeah. Ice has a bagel in the bag. That's what he's whining about. It's the plain one."

"You feed your dog bagels for breakfast? Interesting." Olivia said.

"He's not complaining. I'll be back in a minute." Fin said before disappearing around the corner again. Ice looked at Olivia again and pawed her leg this time.

"OK. I get the idea. You want your bagel." Olivia reached into the bag a pulled out a plain bagel. She broke it up into pieces and put it in Ice's bowl, then went in search of a knife and butter for her bagel. Fin came back 5 minutes later freshly showered and dressed for work. He laughed when he saw Olivia waiting at the toaster and Ice having eaten his bagel, lying at her feet.

"I think you have a new friend." Fin commented as he got a cup of coffee.

"Yeah well, he's sweet, for a dog." Olivia answered.

"So are you. That must be why he likes you so much better than John." Olivia laughed.

"You don't think he takes to John's sense of humor and sarcasm?"

"Nope I don't. Must be why he likes you. You aren't sarcastic."

"Sure I am. It's just tempered by compassion and empathy." This time Fin laughed.

"Have you ever watched yourself interrogate a perp? You are vicious sometimes."

"Yes but that is an act. You know good cop/bad cop. Elliot however makes a better bad cop than I do."

"I don't know about that. I think it depends on the suspect." Olivia just shrugged and pulled her bagel out of the toaster and put it on a plate. She sat down at the table next to Fin and buttered her bagel. Fin just pulled his apart to eat it.

"So. How did the movie end?" Olivia asked.

"The brothers won and the bad guy was killed. Then Cage got his own 'Eleanor'." Fin answered.

"Cool. I will have to watch it again sometime so I can see the whole thing."

"Yeah well there are other good car movies out there besides 'Gone in 60 Seconds'."

"Like what?"

"'Fast and the Furious' was good. That one is mostly the little foreign cars you see the kids fixing up and driving though. There is one classic car in it though."

"Sounds cool. We better go or we'll be late." Olivia stood up and went to get her bag before they left for work.

Work that day was slow. They didn't have any cases so everyone was catching up on paperwork. At lunch Elliot went around and took contributions for food and ducked out for Chinese. They all congregated in the break room, including the Captain and chatted while they ate. Lunch was over sooner than they wanted because of a call on a rape/homicide. Everyone grabbed their coats and headed out.

It turned out that two woman had been raped and tossed out a window. The suspect was still in the room but had barricaded the door and had an machine gun as well as a pistol. He was firing the machine gun at the ceiling. The SWAT team was waiting outside and hoping he would run out of bullets before he brought the roof down on himself. They heard the click, click or the machine gun as it ran out of bullets and called SVU to come up. They knew he still had a pistol and hoped he wouldn't try to blow his brains out. They managed to get the door knocked down and catch the guy before he blew hi own head off. Olivia and Elliot took him to the station and Fin and Munch staid on scene to get the ME's preliminary report and so on.

By 7 that night the guy had confessed to the crime and refused a lawyer. It was pretty much open and shut, except that Olivia had to notify the parents of the two girls. Fin volunteered to go with her. They got the address of each set of parents. Apparently they lived next door to each other so it would be slightly easier to do it all at once. They called ahead to make sure that both families were home and asked them to meet at ones house. When Fin and Olivia got there, they were greeted by two nearly hysterical mothers and two fathers trying to comfort them. Olivia explained what had happened and that their children were dead. Fin didn't say anything other than to give Olivia the support she needed to address the families by putting a hand on her shoulder.

That night Olivia went back to her apartment alone. She took a shower and crawled in to bed but couldn't sleep. All she could see was the faces of the two girls and their mothers. Around 1 she gave in and called Fin.

"Hello." Fin answered sleepily.

"Fin? It's Olivia. Did I wake you?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah. What's up?"

"I couldn't sleep. I wanted someone to talk to but I'm sorry I woke you up. I'll let you go back to sleep."

"No. I'll be there in a few minutes. Don't worry about it."

"Ok." Olivia hung up the phone and got up. She paced until Fin got there. When he knocked on the door Olivia nearly jumped out of her skin. She opened the door and was pulled Fin inside so she could hug him. He had brought Ice with him too. She patted the dog absently while she was hugging Fin.

"Are you ok?" Fin asked.

"I am now. I couldn't sleep. I kept seeing the faces of those girls' mothers and then the faces of the girls." Olivia whispered.

"Like you said, we all have demons. I'm just glad that we caught the guy right away."

"I know but I cant help but think that if we had been there a little sooner those girls would be alive and with their families instead of lying on a metal table in the morgue."

"We all did what we could. You have to let it go Olivia." Fin hugged her again, then picked her up and carried her to bed. Ice followed behind them, just as concerned about Olivia as Fin was, well as much as a dog could be concerned about a human. Fin tucked her into bed and took off his shoes, socks and sweater, then crawled into the bed next to Olivia. Olivia got as close to Fin as she could and patted the bed so Ice knew he could get up there as well. Fin wrapped his arms around Olivia and she kissed his neck where she had buried her face. He kissed the top of her head. Olivia finally felt like the demons were letting go and she drifted off to sleep. Fin on the other hand laid there for a while before he actually fell asleep. He was happy that Olivia turned to him with her problem instead of Elliot which seemed like her normal thing to do. Perhaps he would ask her in the morning. In truth he was jealous of the relationship Olivia and Elliot seemed to have with each other. At times it was like they were a couple or something, of course the same could be said about him and John. Fin finally drifted off to sleep as well.

Sometime during the night Olivia rolled over so she was lying half on top of Fin. Fin didn't seem to mind when he woke up the next morning around 5:45. Olivia was half way between being asleep and being awake. She woke up the when Fin shifted a little bit. Olivia tilted her head up so she could look Fin in the eye, resting he chin on his chest.

"Morning." Fin said quietly.

"Morning. Thank you for coming last night." Olivia answered.

"Not a problem. I'm here anytime you need me for anything. You know a body pillow, a shoulder to cry on, a hug, a dog sitter, oh that's me. You know what I mean." Olivia laughed and was about to roll off Fin but he stopped her. "Don't move." Fin ordered.

"Aren't you uncomfortable?" Olivia asked.

"Nope. I like it when you use me for a body pillow."

"Oh. Well in that case." Olivia moved so she was lying all the way on top of Fin. Fin laughed and hugged her again. Olivia scooted up his body so she could kiss him on the cheek. Fin turned his head at the last time and her kissed landed on his lips. Olivia pulled back and looked away, blushing. Fin raised an eyebrow and smiled. He put a finger under Olivia's chin a turned her face back toward him. Fin pressed his lips gently against hers. He requested entrance to her mouth with his tongue. Olivia opened her lips and kissed Fin back. They broke apart a few minutes later for want of oxygen. Olivia smiled and leaned in and kissed Fin again. Fin smiled again. Olivia got up a few minutes later and pulled Fin with her. Ice looked up from his place on Olivia's bed as they walked into Olivia's bathroom. They didn't come out until nearly 7. They grabbed breakfast on the way to work.

The day went by unbearably slow for Olivia. She wanted it to be over so she could hold Fin and kiss him. By the time 6 rolled around Olivia was nearly dancing in her chair. Fin took Olivia home and picked up Ice. Fin went home and made dinner and fed Ice. Olivia curled up on her couch to watch TV. They both wanted to be with the other but didn't want to seem needy to the other. Fin turned in around 1, but didn't sleep. He laid in bed and stared at the ceiling. Ice was lying next to him. He had his head on Fin's stomach and he whined. Fin looked down at him and pet his head. This only quieted Ice for a few minutes.

"Do you miss her too?" Fin asked the dog. Ice just looked at him like he was stupid for even asking, of course he missed her. "Well then, let's go." Fin got up and got dressed. He grabbed Ice and his leash and was out the door in 5 minutes flat. It took 30 minutes to get to Olivia's apartment. Fin called Olivia's cell phone to get her to buzz him in.

Olivia wasn't asleep either. She was lying on her couch staring at her ceiling when Fin pushed the buzzer. Olivia let him and Ice in.

"You couldn't sleep either?" Olivia asked.

"Nope. Neither one of us could. We missed you." Fin answered.

"I missed you too. Come on. Let's go to bed." Olivia said as she took Fins hand and led him back to her bedroom. Ice followed behind them. Olivia was already in her pajamas, so Fin just stripped down to his boxers. They got into bed and Ice jumped up so he could lie across their feet. Fin wrapped his arms around Olivia and she sighed happily. They all drifted off to sleep a few minutes later.