Give a Little Bit Chapter 4, a law and order: svu fanfic

A/N: No, APB was totally by accident, serisously. Took Allie from Allison Cameron on House, and Paige from Charmed. Thief amung us! (and only a similar theft happened with the House fanfiction, Instant Gratification, that this one is tied into! I got the names Olivia Madison after two girls who I cared for at a daycare in Seattle, and Elliot is a 7-year-old boy I was a nanny for this summer. I SWERA! I've only been watching the show a month!)

SVU

Elliot and Olivia were comfortable. It was the only way to describe what they had. He would cook breakfast while she changed and fed Allie, and she'd cook dinner when he called to tell her he was on his way in from work. It was peaceful, and they were happy. Every other weekend, he'd have his kids over during the day. They loved the baby, and accepted Allie into the fold. Allie was used to being cuddled, loved and rarely used all the crap they'd bought. Elliot was the first to point out that he tripped over a $75 bounce chair that hadn't even been spit up in yet, and the baby was 6 weeks old. Olivia laughed and put the baby in the seat while she cleaned up the morning meal.

"She uses it every day. Their called Bibs, El."

"I see no marks, that means no kids." She smiled warmly and bounced the baby lightly. Allie cooed at her mother.

"I never thought I'd enjoy this."

"What this?"

"Being domestic. I was so into work that I figured I would hate the Suzy Homemaker life style. God knows my mother wasn't a role model in that department." Liv sighed and looked down at her baby. "She's got so much hair," she commented with a small grin.

"Kathleen and Lizzie had a full head from day one." He grabbed a burp rag and cleaned up the projectile spit up that had hit the bib Allie was wearing. "Okay, Linda Blair, I gotta get to work. Don't do anything too cute 'til I get home. Got it?" The baby cooed at him. "Good girl." He dropped a kiss on her forehead. "And what do you have going on today?"

"I have an appoinment with Dr. Joan Golfinos."

"The lesbian OB/GYN?"

"How do you figure she's a lesbian."

"One word. Buchman."

"She was in that?"

"Basically married to Paul Buchman's sister." Liv shrugged in acceptance. "So, what is today's appointment for?"

"I get cleared to have sex." Elliot dropped his cell phone after fumbling with it. "Easy there, killer. We're not there yet." She laughed when he gave her a pleading look. "Get to work before Cragen calls here."

"I may need another shower after that little announcement."

"Get the hell out," she joked. Before he left, she grabbed him by the tie and pulled him down for a quick kiss. "Don't get shot, hot stuff." And Elliot was sure that they were officially dating now.

SVU

"Hey, little bitty. Come here," he said, lifting the 3-month-old baby up onto his shoulder as she protested her wet diaper. He cleaned the baby up and brought her into Liv's room. "Liv," he called. "No milk in the fridge. You half-way decent?"

"Yeah, come on," she mumbled. She sat up and took her daughter. "Hey you. Hungry?" the baby latched on immediatly. "There's a healthy stash in the freezer always."

"I know, but I figured that would take too long and the people upstairs were going to come down and complain again. High class snobs." Elliot stretched out on the bed while Olivia fed the baby. He was used to seeing this, and then bringing Allie back to her crib. During the 'important parts,' he'd just look away. "She done already?" Liv nodded and Elliot took the baby.

"Well, I'm up for a while," she said, wandering into the livingroom. "Want to watch some TV, or do you need more sleep?"

"Nah, its almost 5. I need to get up soon anyway." He folded his blankets from the pull-out bed and put it back into couch form. "They, uh, they should be done with my place soon. Its been nearly 5 months. I'll be outa your hair soon." Liv looked at him curiously.

"Why?"

"I can't live on your couch forever."

"I'm going to need a room mate now that I have to provide for two. When you move out, and with the cost of daycare, I'll have to move out of here anyway." She looked over at him, hoping he'd catch on that she wanted him to stay.

"Why don't you and Allie move in with me? My place is more than big enough for three...when the neighbors don't burn it down."

"What about your kids?"

"They love you. Hell, the girls come to you with things a hell of a lot quicker than the go to Kathy."

"I mean where will they sleep? You have a three bedroom. We can't cram 4 teenagers and a baby into one room."

"We'll work it out later," Elliot said, stretching his legs across the couch. Liv laughed and shoved his feet off her lap. "What? Can't a man get a rub of some kind?"

"Oh, you'll get a rub," she said, rubbing his balding forehead roughly. He swatted at her hands before just grabbing them and pinning her.

"You're in for it, Benson. You forget, I know you're ticklish right...here," he said, going for a spot right under her ribs. She quealed and laughed. "Say I'm the best partner on the force," he teased.

"You...stop it...are the best partner...Elliot!...on the force...dammit that tickles!"

"Say I'm the best partner you got."

"You are the...best...partner I've got...okay?" He took another go at her ribs.

"Say ya love me," he said, teasing more.

"I love you," she said when he stopped. He hadn't meant for that to come out, but now it had, and Olivia had told him she loved him. "I love you, Elliot," Liv whispered. Elliot took in her words, and the whole situation. He was in boxers and a t shirt, pinning her to the couch, and she was in little more than an NYPD academy T-shirt, telling him she loved him.

"I love you, too, Livvie," he responded, running his hands up her side. He started to lean down to kiss her, but Olivia took charge and met him half way. Their lips met in a sweet, innocent kiss that quickly turned into to passion. It was officially their second kiss. The first had been when he set up the nursery. Sure, there were pecks on the cheek here and there, but nothing like this. Those were cute and sweet. This was romantic. This was passionate. This was-

"Elliot," she said.

"Hmm?" he mumbled from the spot he was nibbling on her jaw.

"Bedroom," she whispered into his ear. Elliot climbed off and lifted her up. His arms felt so strong around her.

SVU

"You've got more bounce in your step today, Stabler!" Munch teased. "How's Olivia doing?"

"Liv is absolutely wonderful."

"Stabler, my office," Cragen called. Elliot swallowed and walked into the office. "Meet Detective Riley O'Bannion. Your new partner." The man stood and shook Elliot's hand. "Don't scare this one off. The last two you went through actually quit the force." Elliot had a string of partners during Olivia's maternity leave. All of them bumbling fools according to Elliot.

"With all due respect, I got a partner."

"Can you excuse us, O'Bannion."

"Of course, Captain." The man left the room.

"As I was saying, sir, I have a partner."

"Whom you now live with, and whom you are helping to raise a child with." Elliot sighed. "Elliot, whether or not you two are sleeping together, and by the glow in your eyes today I assume you are, isn't going to work. If you are chasing after a rapest and he manages to get ahold of Benson, you would kill him before we could book him and kick his ass ourselves. Munch would have to stand in line, and he's pretty impatient."

"What about Liv?"

"She's going to be with Munch. She'll keep her desk and you'll be here, but you two will not be going on runs together until you porve to me that you can keep it out of the office. Fin's going to be your partner when Liv comes back. O'Bannion is temporary." Elliot nodded and thought for a moment.

"I wish Liv cuold just stay home with the baby, I hate the thought of her on the streets."

"I know. I hate it, too. Munch is just as protective of her as you are, so I put them together.

"She can handle herself."

"And yet we all jump in to the rescue if she breaks a nail. Face it; we all love the girl."

"She's the best partner I've ever had, Cap. I love her."

"That's why we got him before she comes back to work; she's not your partner right now, and there can't be a write up if you aren't sleeping with your partner," Cragen explained. "Elliot, we've known from the minute I paired you two together that you'd end up that way outside of work. I knew you were in-love with her for some time."

SVU

"They have a baby, and you are just figuring this out?" O'Bannion asked Munch.

"Elliot's not the kids father," Fin filled in. "He might as well be. See all the pictures on his desk? That side is his family; Maureen, Kathleen, Lizzie, and Dickie. This is just Allie over here." O'Bannion nodded. looking at the half a dozen pictures on the man's desk of Allie.

"He's one of those 'Nice Guys, good cop,' partners?" O'Bannion asked. Fin laughed.

"Not exactly."

"Stabler is one pissed off son-of-a-bitch when it comes to some of these people. Olivia's the good cop. She is very calm and sweet, and Stabler...well..."

"In-your-face-if-you-think-about-lying-to-me," Stabler finished, leaving Cragen's office. "I get a kick out of picking on the pedofiles; my temper tends to flare up around them. The get under my skin; I got 4 kids."

"Five, El."

"Maureen, Kathleen, Lizzie, Dickie, and Allie."

"Allie's not my kid, as much as I lover her and wish she was." Ellopt sighed and looked at one of the many snap shots of the baby on his desk.

"Look at your desk. She's not your blood, but she's your kid. She's more your kid than her father's."

"Has he even met the little sweetie?" Munch asked.

"Yours." Fin concluded. Elliot laughed and showed off a new picture on his cell phone to the guys.

"She's smiling now," he bragged.

"Jesus, she looks like Olivia."

"She looks like you," O'Bannion said. "Genetics or not, she looks like you."

"C'mon. We got a piece of trash to interrogate. Oh, and I really don't do the 'Good' cop well." O'Bannion followed the man out of the bull-pin.

"Whoa, who's this hottie? I'd like to bang that-" O'Bannion didn't see Elliot turn and take a swing at him. He only felt it, and then the floor meeting him. "I take it this would be that partner, Olivia, I've heard so much about?" he asked from the ground.

SVU

"Ready for this, Liv?"

"Yes, and no." Elliot nodded. "I miss work, but I am not happy about leaving my 16-week-old baby in daycare."

"This place is awsome."

"Its expensive. I should have hired a nanny."

"James is footing the bill, its the best in Manhatten, and you can watch her from your computer any time you want. Better than a nanny cam." The elevator stopped, letting them off into work. "Cap's already called to tell you that he's got her classroom on a computer where the whole bull-pin can glace in on her any time. Anything going on you don't like, you'll know."

"Hey, Benson! Welcom back!"

"Hey Munch. Why'd you move the desks around?" Her desk was still next to Elliot's but there was a new one in the room, and the others shifted around to make room.

"Riley O'Bannion, Stabler's new partner."

"Olivia Benson, Stabler's old partner," she said shaking his hand.

"And current girlfriend," Munch added.

"You sound Irish."

"Yeah, lived here about 10 years now, but originally from Ireland."

"Cap paired two Irish tempers? This city'll be cleaned up in a week," she joked as she took her first case file.

"Livvie, you lucky they ain't killed each other yet. Came damn close the first day."

"O'Bannion saw a picture of you and said something about banging you. Elliot didn't take too kindly to that." Liv noticed the bruise on his cheek. "Apparently, he took it as a death threat, not a date threat." Elliot looked guiltily at the floor.

"Nice, Stabler."

"Liv," he started, but she was already back with her nose in a file. He sighed heavily. "What we got today Ban?"

"Just Benson's case."

"We'll talk to the victim, you question the suspects?" Liv said. Munch and Elliot nodded and the four paired off. "See you at lunch, El."

SVU

The next month was uneventful as Summer came around. Liv and Allie had moved in with Elliot in a bigger apartment in his old building. It was roomie, had a nice nursery painted by Munch and Fin as a gift, and enough bedrooms for the four kids that would be visiting often. It was now official; Olivia was back to being a detective. Her mind was on work rather than Allie during the day, and she had proven herself able to be in the field.

When Allie had just made five months, it was middle of summer, and James decided to make his first visit. They had a few commen friends living in the city. They had all met through Liv's old college friends, Stacy and Greg, and had gotten quite close with the group of doctors in Princeton. In fact, Elliot had chosen the name Allison after a friend of Jimmy's from the hospital. She had been very kind to the two of them. The visit was short and uncomfortable, and ended with James signing away any parental rights to Allie, and coming out as gay. There was mention of Allison, whom Allie was named after, getting married to Jim's best friend, and had a daughter named Olivia. It was pure coinsedince that Elliot named the baby after Allison, and that Allison's daughter, while not biologically hers, was named after Olivia.

Sometime around Thanksgiving, O'Bannion left Special Victims for Homicide, leaving Stabler and Fin, and Benson and Munch to their work. He'd said he couldn't handle listening to a 15-year-old recount an attack and still look at his own daughter without remorse. He wasn't cut out for it. The job had gotten to him. And, it went without saying, Olivia had gotten to him as well. The group could see that he had feelings for Liv, even Elliot. It went without saying; Elliot and Riley were not fond of one another.

When Christmas rolled around, Elliot had all of his children over for the first time. He'd had as many as 2 at a time over the last few months, but never all at once. This was pure insanity. And to make things a little more interesting, Allie was now crawling.

"Hi baby girl!" Maureen said, picking up the intruder in her room. "What's going on?"

"Come here, honey!" Kathleen cooed as the baby crawled around the room after the girls.

"Allie?" Liv called in a panic. With four teenagers around, the baby was getting into things easier.

"She's in here, Olivia," Kathleen called. She had Allie balenced on her tiny feet, standing proudly on the ground. Allie smiled up at Liv. "Say Hi Mom!" The four-toothed baby grinned. Liv watched them play.

"Hey, you," Elliot said, wrapping his arms around Liv from behind. They headed into the living room and curled into the couch comfortably.

"You have great kids," Liv told him. "They are so good with Allie."

"They love the kid. What can I say; its contegious." Liv smiled. Everyone seemed to adore her little daughter. Munch held her for 3 hours straight at the picnic over Labor Day when she fell asleep in his lap. Fin would often babysit when Olivia had a case and he was free. Cragen had a play yard hidden away in his office so she could play there when things were slow instead of going into the day care. Not to mention each of the men had a car seat for her in their cars and would pick her up from daycare during lunch. "I swear, her first word will be Munch."

"Elliot?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you think of her as your daughter?"

"Yeah," he said after a few minutes. "I do." Liv smiled and cuddled down into his chest.

"Hey Dad?"

"What's up?"

"She reaks," Kathleen said, holding out Allie to them.

"So...change her diaper."

"That would be your job, Dad. We're only paid for entertainment, not manual labor."

"I'd find it entertaining to see you change a diaper," he teased. He took 9-month-old girl from his daughter. "Come on, Squishy; oh good lord, you do reak."

"Um, did I mention she started squash this week?" Elliot gagged. "Happy changing!" She laughed as he wandered off towards the nursery. When her cell phone rang, she groaned.

"Benson," she said, answering.

"Its Munch."

"You are not calling me on Christmas eve to work, are you...?"

"I'm sorry, Liv, we have a case. Can you meet me at Bellevue to talk to our victim's parents?" Liv sighed. "It'll take an hour or so tops."

"I'm on my way." She hung up the phone. "Elliot, I have to work," she yelled as she wandered through the apartment gathering coat and shoes. She unlocked her gun safe and took her holster out. As she locked the safe again and slid it back under the bed, she felt his arms around her. "I'm sorry, El."

"Want me to go instead?"

"No, spend time with the kids. I'll be home before 9:00."

"Be safe, and we'll see you later. We won't open anything until you get home." She smiled and was off.

SVU

Liv unlocked the door the apartment and sighed. Things had taken much, much longer than originally planned. Olivia was at the hospital most of the night waiting for the girl's aunt to get there, while Munch booked the girl's parents for neglect and abuse. It was still very early, and she expected everyone to be asleep still. What she saw when she came in melted the long night away instantly. Elliot was dozing on the couch with his feet on the coffee table, with Allie asleep on his chest and Kathleen and Lizzie on either side of him. Dickie was asleep on the smaller couch, and Maureen was flipping pancakes in the kitchen. She was grateful to see a warm, kind family for a change, and sighed again. This time, when she sighed, it was out of love for the people in her home.

"What is everyone doing up? Its not even 5:00!"

"Hey," Maureen whispered, handing Liv a plate. "We've been waiting up for you." Liv took a bit of the pankcakes and her eyes closed involunterily. "Good, huh?" Olivia nodded.

"Wonderful. Should I wake up the cavelry?" Maureen nodded. "Merry Christmas, Maureen."

"You, too, Liv." Olivia walked into the living room. They all looked so peaceful, but she wanted to kiss Elliot so badly. Liv went and locked her gun and badge into the gun safe before waking the troops. As soon as the safe was locked, and the clip was in its locked drawer, she changed out of her work clothes and into her favorite jeans and blouse. Suddenly, she'd been transformed from Detective Benson; crime-fighting cop lady, back into Liv; woman, mother, and friend.

"El?" she whispered. He stirred in his sleep, and opened his eyes. "Hey you. Merry Christmas," she said, planting a kiss on his lips, waking him efficiantly. Lizzie and Kathleen woke up, and one tossed a pillow at Dickie, waking him as well.

"Morning, babe," he said, kissing her back.

"Get a room, Dad," Dickie moaned as he woke up.

"How was work?" Elliot asked, seeing how exhausted she was.

"It was work. Let's leave it at that. Come on, Maureen made breakfast." The kids bound off to the table. "She's a great cook," Liv said taking the sleeping baby and heading into the nursery. Upon return, she stared for a few minutes. Elliot was at the table with his children, passing syrup and milk around, setting a place for Liv, and no one starting until she was there.

"You coming?" Liv nodded at her family and took her seat next to Elliot.

SVU

"I'm not transferring," she said angrily at Cragen.

"Its just temporary, Liv."

"Why?"

"Computers is short a person while-"

"It would leave us short. I'm happy here, Munch is a great partner, and I am not taking it." Cragen rubbed his forehead while Liv looked around. All traces that her daughter would be there were either gone, or well hidden."Cap, what is going on?"

"Internal Affairs will be watching the next few weeks. It has nothing to do with you and Elliot; you aren't partners any more. I can't explain now, but either we can make it temporary now, or they'll catch wind that you two work more closely than I let on and its permanent." Liv nodded.

"I'll clear my desk out and report over to computer crimes. I think this is a crock, and I know you do, too."

"Olivia," he said, calling her back. "You and Elliot could always just go on vacation; since yesterday was Christmas, you can still call it a Christmas vacation. If you want, I'll even take Allison for you. Go home, talk to him, make some plans and get back with me tomorrow."

"We'll talk." As Olivia left the office, she waved Elliot to follow her to the cribs. He stood and followed.

"What's up, Babe?" he asked, taking a cot across from her.

"I'm transferring," she said softly.

"You're what?"

"Its temporary. Internal Affairs will be here the next few weeks, and Cragen is putting me over at Computer crimes, or we can take a vacation."

"Vacation?"

"We take off a few weeks, go somewhere warm, spend time together without 5 kids," she murmured into his ear. He stepped back. "What? What's wrong?"

"I don't think I can take a vacation with you just yet," he started. "There are some things we need to talk about first."

"I guess I'll take the transfer then." She was mad; he could feel it.

"Liv, wait-"

"Why? You can either have me as your girl friend or your partner. You can't have both."

"I don't want either," he said. Olivia's heart broke before he could explain. Tears poured over immediatly. "I don't want you as my partner. I don't want you as my girlfriend. I want you as my wife, Liv."

"You-wha...what?"

"Nothing makes sense without you. Olivia, you and Allie mean more to me than any two people on Earth. You were by my side when I needed a friend, you've been there for me and my kids when we needed you. Liv, you are why I get up every morning. Its...I just...it...Life makes sense with you, Olivia Benson." He got down on one knee, and took a black velvet box from his pocket. "Olivia Benson, you make life worth living, and you make me feel like...I need you...Oh for the love of God this isn't how I planned this...Will you marry me?" Liv stood staring at him, in complete shock. "Liv?"

"I...oh, God...Elliot," she stammered. He started to panic. Liv, seeing this, pulled him up by his tie and kissed him deeply, and allowed him to slip the ring on her finger. "I love you," she whispered. She looked at the ring. It was a very simple ring, and it suited her perfectly. "Its beautiful."

"The kids helped me pick it out. I wanted to get this big rock, but Maureen suggested something that was almost antique looking. Kathleen said you'd like this one the best. Dickie told me, you're gonna love this, The ring should be simple, Like you Dad, and elegant, Like Olivia." Liv laughed and kissed him again. "I love you, Liv."

"I love you, too."

SVU

"I can ignore you living together, under the circumstances of your lives. I can ignore you passing glances at each other all day. I was even able to look past Elliot beating up his partner for a dirty comment about you. Hell, I was behind him 100! But I can't look past this. One of you needs to transfer. IAB is going to be all over me. You can hide a girlfriend from IAB, but not a wife." Cragen paced the office while the Dynamic Duo sat, grinning like mad at the man's reaction. "Don't get me wrong; I'm happy for you. I'm thrilled! But could you have picked a worse time to pop the question?"

"Cap, with all due respect-"

"Save it, kids. Go make an announcement. Go home. Take a vacation. I'll have you transferred to Computer Crimes when you get back, Olivia." He sighed. "Either you work together or you have a life together. I think it would be better for you with the second half of that."

"I want to transfer," Elliot said calmly. "Liv is too good at this to lose her job."

"Elliot," Oliva said. "I don't mind."

"These guys are like family to you. When I leave here, I got you, Allie, the kids, my parents and sisters, their kids...whole Irish family waiting for me. You got me, Allie, my kids, and these guys. I can't take this away from you, Livvie. I'm not going to take away half your life."

"I don't think its a great idea for me to stay at SVU. When we get married, I'll be on ass duty more often than not. These guys won't let me do my job as it is because I have a baby at home. What happens if we have more kids?"

"You want more kids?" Elliot asked, grin forming.

"Yeah," she admitted.

"A little you and me! That's great, Babe!" he said gently. He kissed her hand lovingly.

"Want to start trying for that soon?" He nodded, blushing, feeling like his father was in the room.

"Hey, Cap, you hear that? There's going to be Six Mini-Stablers!" Cragen rubbed his forehead. "You really want to take the transfer, Liv?" Olivia nodded.

"It would be better for everyone; including me. We'll still be in the same building, the guys can still pick up Allie whenever they want. Its a good move for me," she said, smiling. Cragen nodded and the two left. "I can work in another department as long as I can go home to you," she whispered to Elliot. "And our bed." Elliot smiled wickedly and blushed to his ears.