Thanks for all the feedback guys! Here it is…
Dr. George Huang sat at his desk with the same smirk on his face that irritated yet strangely comforted Elliott whenever he stopped by the doctor's office to talk with him if it was on his own or a mandatory visit.
"Elliott, it's good to see you again, take a seat", Huang said in his soft yet always monotone voice.
"Yup, it's always a pleasure" Elliott replied sarcastically as he slouched down on the awkward leather chair in his office.
"So, how are things?" George Huang asked as he sat down and began to write god knows what in his folder titled, Det.7642 in black ink on the side panel.
"Fine, I am doing alright." Stabler said not being one to voluntarily give out details unless necessary.
"How is your family?" The doctor continued to scribble in his notepad but glanced up at Elliott awaiting his response.
"Kids are doing well from what I hear and see twice a month, Kathy has moved on quite nicely and I am a wild bachelor…well not exactly but I am getting more used to being alone now." Elliott said as he fiddled with a pen lid that he found in his pant pocket.
"Dating?"
Elliott just shook his head and crossed his arms.
"Have you had any desire to pursue a relationship or meet someone new?" The doctor asked, Elliott knew that for every question Huang asked there was always something behind it, he was always analyzing and dissecting everything but it was his job. "I didn't have time or even any desire for my wife so no I am not going out to bars and having flings" Elliott responded.
"I never said anything about flings, how has your sex drive been since the last time we talked?" Dr. Huang asked. Elliott cringed, the last time they had a mandatory conversation Elliott let it slip that he was having erectile dysfunction problems, Huang assured him that it was due to depression and stress but Elliott hated talking about it none the less.
Elliott hated discussing his sex life because it was never anything thrilling but he did have a rather high sex drive. The doctor was the only one he could talk to about it partially because he was forced to talk to him and also because he had no one else he could talk to about it without having cast judgement on him.
The doctor was getting paid to hear him talk about it and in Elliott's mind it justified it. "My sex drive has been higher than normal lately and… nothing, forget about it."
"No continue Elliott, it's good to discuss any issues you may have so we can figure a way to solve it." Huang said continuing to write.
"Trust me, you can't solve this one." Elliott said shaking his head.
"Go on…" The doctor nodded in order for him to proceed to continue.
"I have been having these dreams lately and I am doing something I shouldn't be doing with a woman that I am not even allowed to think of doing it with"
"Is it Olivia?"
"Bingo." Elliott said. Part of him was taken back for guessing right off the bat that the woman was Olivia but then again Elliott wasn't completely naïve about people perceived him and Olivia to be.
"What happens in these dreams? "
"God, what doesn't happen? I mostly just watch her in these dreams…I am almost intruding in on her while she is being intimate but I never end up laying a finger on her, I just observe." Elliott nervously said as he followed the doctor's hand writing quickly.
"Can you identify who is she being intimate with? Does she know you are watching?"
"I am watching her be intimate with…herself. Right before I wake up she always acknowledges that I am there." Elliott said failing to make eye contact with George Huang. He was embarrassed to disclose this type of information with a man who saw him on a daily basis as a respected professional.
"So she is aware in the dreams that you are watching her masturbate, what's her reaction?" Dr. Huang quizzed him as his writing never stopped for a second even when his eyes glanced up from the folder to look at Elliottt.
"It's not like I'm a perp that is spying on her, its almost like she is performing or something, she knows I am watching her all the time."
"Elliott, this is a sexual fantasy, you seem to associate a risqué fantasy with something only perps you deal with on a daily basis experience. There is nothing un-healthy about dreaming about a woman who has been part of your life for quite some time especially Olivia." Huang said cracking a small smile.
"What do you mean?" Elliott asked feeling frustrated
"You and Olivia aren't partners regularly like you used to be, there is an attraction and connection there that caused you two to get new partners am I correct?" Huang said dropping his pen.
"I don't know, I really this is something that has never happened to me before, I gotta go."
And with that Elliott walked out of the office.