A/N: Sorry that was rough but I'm back! I know where we're going now!
Charlie and Benny were rolling around between them in bed one morning and El and Liv were silently watching them.
The Stabler genes were strong with Ben, who looked exactly like his daddy when he was little.
On the other hand, they'd gotten Liv's mini me in Charlie- and man was she the light of everyone's life.
"Tell me," he whispered, looking at her. She gave a warm smile. "You always know," she mused as she watched him pick up Ben and cuddle him into his chest.
Doing the same with Charlie, she scooted closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Thinking about how far we've come- both in 25 years and since you've been home…" she said softly as she and Charlie yawned at the same time.
He smiled and looked over at his girls. "Lots has changed since that first Christmas together huh?" He commented more than asked and she nodded, closing her eyes and thinking back.
"Spend Christmas with us," he whispered into her cleavage where his head rested.
"El," she breathed out, looking down at him and beginning to move again on top of him, trying to distract him.
"Can't distract me," he said, tilting his head up towards her and bucking his hips lightly. "You and Noah… kid's request. Santa can come there," he offered and she bit her lip, looking down at him.
"It's too soon…." She trailed off when he held her hips tightly to stop her movements.
"I'd agree with you if my kids hadn't made the request. But they did. Please," he pouted, quickly blinking his lashes.
She smiled small and sighed. "Okay… okay fine," she said, bouncing a little harder, "but no sex with all the kids home," she said breathlessly as she increased her speed.
Reaching a hand between them to tweak her clit and cause her to gasp, he nodded with a smirk. "Whatever you say."
"Mommy I'm soooooo excited," Noah said as she buttoned his coat.
Her face lit up at his joy and she kissed his cheek softly. "Me too baby…"
"I really love El and his kids. I just can't wait to hang with Dickie and Eli. You think they'll like what I got them?" He asked, motioning to the bag of presents his mom held.
"I know they will," she smiled and reached for his hand. "Ready?"
He nodded and they headed to El's new apartment he'd recently moved into.
"Merry Christmas!!!!" Noah cried when Mo opened the door. She grinned and scooped him up, spinning him slightly. "Merry Christmas Noah!!"
"Is that my man!" Dickie yelled from Eli's room, excitedly making his way out to the common area.
"Dicccckie!!!!" Noah grinned, reaching for him. Dickie took him and held him over his shoulder.
"Hi Liv, Merry Christmas, if you need us we'll be in Eli's having bro time!" He said starting to walk away.
"Wait!" Lizzie called, running from the kitchen. "They need their matching jammies!"
"Oh yeahhhh," he said setting him down as Kathleen came out and handed over the pajamas that matched the Stablers before giving Liv a tight hug.
"Guys… that's so sweet you didn't have to do that…" she smiled small, only to have Dickie waved her off and hug her next. "Hush, glad you're here. Merry Christmas!" He smiled, taking her bags from her.
She and Noah hugged the rest of the family and Eli came out, hugging Liv before ushering Noah to the bathroom to change so they could hang out.
"Dads showering, you can go change in his room and put your bags in there," Dickie said casually, causing her to freeze.
"Subtle, Dick," Mo rolled her eyes. Liv hesitated, looking at the girls. "Go, Liv, you're good and we're all adults here," she smiled encouragingly and Liv nodded, awkward making her way to El's room with no direction.
Lizzie snickered, looking at the three older siblings. "They pretend they aren't dating and dad made us clean cause they'd only been here once, and yet Liv knows exactly where she's going…"
The three laughed and Dickie held up his hands. "Whatever makes dad happy… but remind me to razz them about that later.
Liv knocked gently on El's door before going in. "El… it's me."
His bathroom door opened and he stuck his head out, making sure she was alone before walking out, stark naked and causing her to laugh.
"Hi me," he said, quietly clicking the lock on her door and holding her hips. "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, baby," she whispered, standing on her tip toes to kiss him. "I would say thank you for the matching PJs but… I know that wasn't you."
"Correct," he smiled, pressing himself against her.
"Better stop, mister… this thin fabric is gonna do nothing to hide this," she whispered against his lips as her hand wrapped around his semi-hard cock.
"What are the chances I can get you in the shower?" He asked softly against her lips.
"Right now? 0. After Santa comes? Maybe…" she winked, trying to pull away but he kept a firm grip on her, pressing her against the wall and attacked her lips with fire and vigor. They roughly made out for a few minutes before he pulled back, leaving her breathless.
Her chest was heaving, lips swollen, and cheeks flushed, and he was now rock hard.
She stared up at him, biting her lip and sinking to her knees in front of him. Kissing his dripping tip softly, she stood back up and wet his lips with his own precum. "Will have to wait till later."
He groaned playfully. "I hate you…" he said and she laughed.
They emerged several minutes later in the pajamas, and Liv came up behind Lizzie smiling and wrapping her in a hug. "How much do I owe you for the PJs? 40 okay?" She whispered, discreetly holding two 20s in her hand.
"I don't want your money… I'm glad you're here and that daddy and my brother are smiling again," she said genuinely and turned to hug her back.
She gave her a look and Lizzie matched it, not backing down. The two women broke into laughed and Liv gave her another squeeze. "Thank you honey."
"So…" she asked, "What are the Stabler family traditions?"
"Well we usually do midnight mass but we're gonna skip this year and hang here. But other than that, we have dinner, open one gift each, and then cuddle up and watch it's a wonderful life," Mo smiled and Liv nodded.
"Sounds amazing… I never had traditions growing up and Noah and I haven't started one so…" she trailed off and Dickie smiled coming out of Eli's room with the boys. "Well now you do!"
She could help but smile at the three boys who emerged from the room smiling and laughing.
"Mommy this is the best day ever I swear!!!" He grinned, and everyone smiled at his sweet innocence.
The group moved to the table to sit for dinner, where they joined hands and Elliot said a sweet grace. "Thank you Lord, for allowing us to be together tonight- for allowing Liv and Noah to join us. And Kath we know you're here too," he nodded, "to new beginnings and a merry Christmas."
"Here, here," Dickie said with a smile as the crew dug in to eat.
Afterwards, they gathered on the couch to open gifts. They boys sat together and smiled, laughing when they got each other similar Yankees stuff.
"Great minds!" Eli said and Noah giggled. "This is the best," he said again, looking up at Dickie who hugged him. "Sure is brother," he smiled and Liv, who'd been playing it a little cool with Elliot, let out a happy sigh and sunk against him.
"I think this is gonna become our thing, yeah?" Dickie asked the boys, "baseball games- hanging at Yankees stadium together huh?"
"I'm about it," Eli grinned. "Me toooo!!!" Noah smiled huge.
After they finished with gifts, everyone got up grab blankets and curl up on the large sectional. "Wait," Kathleen said, "we need to take a selfie!"
They all laughed and squished together with the boys in front, arms wrapped around each other. El smushed his face to Liv's and the girls came to her other side, moving in close.
El snapped a few photos and everyone broke away, but he lingered next to her cheek a moment. Pressing a quick kiss to her temple, he smiled and sat back on the couch.
Blushing, she fell beside him and Eli sat on his other side. Noah was the last one left standing and giggled as everyone started to bribe him to sit with them.
"Come snuggle us Noh!" Lizzie smiled, motioning to the space between her and Katie.
"You know you wanna hang with your favorite," Mo smiled and she and her husband made a small space for him.
"Super weird cause I'm his favorite obviously," Dickie called from the other end of the couch and Noah laughed harder, pausing and looking at his mom and Elliot.
"I think I wanna sit with mom and El," he smiled small and everyone awed as he snuggled in between them.
He loved Elliot. He loved Eli and Dickie and the girls, but he loved El. From the moment he met El, they'd bonded; a deep, father and son bond- like they shared DNA. Like Elliot cut his chord and held him in the hospital.
Noah was obsessed with Elliot, and Elliot with him.
Grinning at his decision, he wrapped an arm around both of his younger boys as Dickie hit play on the movie.
When the movie had ended, Noah was curled into Elliot's chest and had fallen asleep, while Eli dozed against his arm.
Katie glanced at Mo who nodded and smiled. She got up and got a small box from under the tree, handing it to Liv.
"Just something little," she'd said. "To show you how much we love you and Noah."
"And to show that you and dad are fooling absolutely none of us so you can stop the charade and accept that we're ok with it." Dickie said with a laugh that everyone in the room echoed.
In the box was a small ornament- one you'd get at a shopping mall kiosk. Snowmen. 2 larger ones at the top and 6 smaller on the bottom. A snowman for each, adorned with their names. "Stabler's Christmas 2021" it read at the bottom.
The tears came before she even realized it, as did Elliot's, who the gift was a surprise to as well. She hugged them all and told them each how much she adored them and would never try to replace Kathy, to which they all sang their "I knows" and "we loves yous".
"Let's get this guy to bed," El said, nodding at Noah, "and we'll get to bed so Santa can come," he smiled.
They all moved quickly and quietly, El chuckled as he helped her lay out presents. "What?" She asked with a smile.
"Setting out gifts for our kids with you had been a dream of mine... pretty cool," he smiled softly and leaned in to kiss her gently.
She set down her last item and her arms went around her neck, the lights from the Christmas tree, silhouetting them as they kissed.
The girls and Dickie watched from the hallway, smiling small with tears in their eyes. "I'm happy for them," Liz whispered and Kathleen nodded. "If it we're gonna be anyone... I'm glad it's Liv."
El pulled Liv's body close to her and she smiled again his lips. "I love you, Stabler," she said, just above a whisper for the first time to him.
His eyes filled and he shook his head. "I love you, Benson..."
Their lips connected again and she laughed softly against them when she felt his tears of joy. "How about that shower," she asked and he nodded. "Please..."
They retreated to his room and he turned the shower on, slowly peeling her out of her pajamas through kisses as the water heated up.
Mouth attached to her neck and front flush with her back, he slowly led her into the shower, expertly spinning her in his arms and pressing her back against the cool tile wall.
"I love you," he said again, needing to know her saying it was real.
She grinned and here hand trailed down his body to his cock. "I love you, baby... make love to me," she whispered, dragging her right leg up his body to fit around his hips, opening herself up to him.
Their mouths connected again as he took hold of her leg and she guided him into her dripping core. "Hmmm..." she whined softly as he filled her.
"Elllll... El yes..." she whined in her sleep, her breathing becoming erratic and her hips moving upwards gently.
He'd long since moved the babies into their cribs and was studying their heart rate and O2 level patterns in the bed next to her when he heard her.
"Uh baby... yes... faster," she gasped as his head rolled to look at her and the sounds she was making went straight to his cock.
"Liv..." he whispered.
"El... Elliot oh right there baby..." she moaned as her hand drifted to her lower half.
"My god," he muttered to himself, setting his phone down and carefully moving to her side, knocking her hand away and slipping his in her panties instead.
Gasping when he started his movements on her swollen and throbbing clit, she cried out again. "More... Elliot more..."
Her eyes shot open when two of his thick fingers entered her slick heat and she sat up on her elbows. Moaning in pleasure, she returned to the world of the conscious to the sight of him working her with one hand.
"I w-was d-dreaming," she stuttered out breathlessly and he chuckled, that deep throaty laugh he reserved for when he was about to ruin her.
"Oh I know," he said, his voice deep and dripping with need. "Twins will probably be up in 15..." he trailed off as he pulled her panties down and slipped his fingers back into her dripping pussy, finding that spot like it was their only job. "Let's make this quick."
It was the last thing she heard before her muffled screams took over the room and his mouth roughly connected to her distended clitoris.
Her hips were bucking wildly as he brought her to a squirting edge in record time. Back arching off the bed as her orgasm ripped through her, his rough fingers continued to play at her g-spot as her ejaculate gushed on his face and the bed.
"B-b-baby stop!" She managed out after what felt like years of a powerful and wet release overtaking every muscle and nerve in her body.
Stopping when she requested, he knelt back and ripped his damp shirt over his head, wiping his face before tossing it aside.
He pulled himself out, not even bothering to push his sweats down completely, took hold of her hips and pushed into her still quivering pussy.
Her head swayed from side to side as a new type of pleasure washed over her and he moved within her at a steady and strong pace. "El oh El," she gasped, her body sweaty and her hair stuck all over her face.
Fuck, he thought, this was one moment when she was most beautiful to him.
"Tell me what you were dreaming about, Olivia," he said, the powerful use of her full name making her clench around him.
"Our first Christmas," she gasped as he increased the pace of his thrusts ever so slight.
He smiled lazily and thoughtfully, remembering the perfection of that night like it was yesterday. "You ever have wet dreams about me before."
Her body shook as she orgasmed again, muscles growing exhausted from the amount of stimulation that ran through her body in such a short time. "Yes," she said, barely able to speak.
"When we were partners," he asked, his line of questioning fueling his now rapid thrusts as his fingers dug into her hips. "Mhm," she moaned and he nodded.
"Tell me." He commanded. "And look at me."
Forcing her head to roll forward and her eyes to open, she met his now dark blue pools. "C-cribs... d-desk..." was all she could say.
"Wet dreams about me fucking you in the cribs or over your desk," he asked, his eyes screwing shut as the mental image of him bending her over in the Captain's office, combined with the sight below him became too much.
"Fuck!" He groaned as he spurted into her, his hips gradually slowing down.
Her rough panting filled the room and a chill ran down her spine at the pressure in her core. He was about to attack her clit again with his thumb when they heard a twin cry.
"Saved by the babes," he breathed out a chuckle as he slowly pulled himself from her.
Gasping, she lay motionless- completely spent, and he gave her a prideful smirk as he leaned down to kiss her. "Now I'm excited for you to go back to work," he whispered, his deep timber sending a chill up her spine. "Never know when I might show up to make either, or both, of those dreams come true."
He pecked her lips and stood, fixing himself before retreating to the nursery to play super dad.
Hearing him grab both twins and expertly move around the kitchen, grabbing bottles and burp cloths; she willed her legs to move and her core to help her sit up. Finally managing, she cleaned herself up, got redressed and pulled her hair in a sloppy pony.
A grin spread across her face at the sight of him in his recliner with a baby on either side. Walking out to him, her eyes were full of love and euphoria, and despite her efforts to clean herself up, she still looked throughly fucked- which he of course commented on.
"Nothing like this sight," he smiled up at her still flushed face, noticing the glint in her eyes.
"Ditto," she whispered, leaning to kiss his lips and then the twins heads. He passed off Benny to her and she sat with him on the couch, watching him suck down his bottle.
When Charlie finished her's, he relocated to the spot next to her and she smiled over at him. "I'm suddenly not so scared about going back to work anymore," she whispered and he laughed.
"Why... cause I promised you a nice fuck on your desk?"
She flicked him but giggled. "No.. cause you're such a fucking good daddy and I just... you guys are gonna be awesome."
He smiled proudly and kissed her temple. "That means everything to me. Thank you."
"Thanks for knocking me up at 53," she teased and he smiled. "No one else I want to do this with."
Benny reached a hand over to his sister and she giggled at him, causing him to squeal.
"I think they're saying thanks too," she commented, leaning against him and he laughed. "Definitely."