Looking at A Stranger

by detective-sweetheart

They've been partners for seven years, and only now does it appear as if she hardly knows him.

Time has never passed as slowly as this. She and her partner stand in the crib, glaring at each other angrily, and she wishes that it would speed up. She wants to grab him by the shoulders and yell at him…try to make things normal again.

But tings have already gone too far. He looks away, suddenly, twisting the wedding band he still wears around his finger. She waits, warily, fearing the explosion that sometimes comes after his silence. This time however, none comes.

She hears sniffling, and looks up suddenly, glancing around the crib, thinking that there is someone else. But there's not. It's her, and it's him…and he's crying and she knows why.

Even so, she feels as if she's looking at a stranger.

A/N: yeah, and...y'all know SVU's not mine, right?