Chapter 1

Olivia had got her comfortable clothes on and was getting ready for bed. The last case they had been working on was long and strenuous. She just wanted to get to bed and take the next day off. Everyone was pretty effected by it and depressed. She was surprised to hear a knock on her door. She thought it was a neighbor's door and didn't plan on answering it when she heard another knock. IT was Elliot.

"Elliot! What are you doing here? How did you get in here?" she was surprised.

"I ran into the manager, he recognized me and let me in" He told her still standing outside of the apartment.

"Can I come in?" he asked.

"Yeah, course" she said moving out of his way. He came in hesitantly and sat on her couch not far from the entrance. She sat next to him.

"so…" she said.

"Oh. Um, Munch and Fin are down at a bar, I told them I would meet them there, but I thought I better see if you wanted to come." He told her looking at her attire.

"Although you look... comfortable" he carefully choose his words.

"Yeah. I think I'm just going to spend the night in here." She told him.

"Yeah. This case has gotten all of us down." He told her looking down at his hands.

"Yeah" she repeated.

"It was a pretty crazy case huh?" he tried to make conversation.

"Yeah. But it was understandable wasn't it?" she asked quietly.

"Well yeah. I mean, it wasn't either of their faults" he agreed.

"Yeah. I mean, its not like it was the first time partners had fallen in love right?"

"Right. And I mean, it was just tragic that he got killed."

"Yeah. I bet she really misses him" Olivia added.

"Yeah. I mean, their boss gave them a decision, they picked their relationship over their job"

"Yeah. But, look where it got them" She added.

"Yeah." He sighed.

"But all they wanted to do was be with each other- they got that" he told her.

"But not any more"

"True" he agreed.

"But… I mean, they did love each other. That's more important then any job right?"

"Yeah." He nodded.

"I mean would you have chosen your job over a relationship?" she asked.

"Hypothetically?" he asked.

"Of course" she added.

"Well… no not really. I think relationships are more important most the time. What about you?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yeah. I agree"

"Well I guess that's why we're partners. We agree on a lot of things" he told her.

"Do you think they both wanted a relationship over their jobs?' Olivia asked.

"Well, yeah." He looked up at her.

"…well, it was a weird case" she added.

"Very"

"Highly unlikely to happen again any time soon"

"Very high" he looked away again.

"Well… I guess I will go" he told her.

"Yeah. I'm tired anyway" she told him as they both stood. They walked to the door and he reached for his coat. He couldn't reach as far as he thought and she backed up against the wall. He was closer to her now, still not able to reach his jacket which hung behind her. She took in a quiet, but deep breath as he leaned in closer. He got a hold of his jacked and moved his arm to this side. He didn't move though. He started to lean in a little but then backed away, then she did the same thing and backed her head away too.

"I'll see you Monday" he stepped away from her.

"Yeah" she said almost with no voice.

"Ok. Bye" he said as he hesitantly left. She closed the door and leaned against it.

"Bye" she said quietly to herself before she shook it off and went to bed.

Finished.

Ok, anyone who is going to say this was a worthless fanfic dont even go there. I explained in the review of my story that this was short and just a ficlet. so if you have a review saying this was short and worthless dont-- you can say if you liked it or hated it-- thats fine. i am open to suggestions, etc.