Disclaimer: I don't own any of the character that you recognize from either show. But if I did . . . All hell would break lose
A/N: Thanks to everyone that is reviewing. I know that they haven't gotten to the prison yet, but just wait, action is a coming. This is still a little background and a little tension. Just be patient.
Who am I …
When they took a break for dinner, Elliot took Olivia to a small Italian restaurant a few blocks from the station. They sat side-by-side in a small booth in the corner. Elliot took this time to tell Olivia what Warden Glynn had told him.
"The Aryans? Oh El, that is gonna be horrible."
He put his arm around her shoulder and she relaxed into him and lay her head on his shoulder. Before he answered he gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
"I know. I don't even know all the jargon and I am going to feel so bad. I taught all the kids not to use those words and now I am gonna have to. I guess it is better than drugs, I am really glad I don't have to do that."
"Yeah. Good point. Have they given you your new identity and rap sheet yet?"
"Nope. All that comes after dinner."
"When would you leave?"
"Unfortunately either tonight or early tomorrow morning." She lifted her head off his shoulder and looked him in the eye.
"What! You mean we don't get to spend one night together before you go?"
"Not. Not if we leave tonight," he said reluctantly, "I know how you fell. I wanted you all to myself tonight. But I guess we have the rest of our lives to be together." He leaned in and kissed her passionately.
"Yeah. I guess your right," she said with a sigh, "but I don't have to like it."
"I know, I know. Well, we have to get back," he said as he caught a glimpse of his watch.
"Yeah, if we have to."
They walked back to the precinct hand in hand. Olivia was leaning into Elliot's side, just trying to memorize the feel of him before he had to leave. They were two blocks from the building when Elliot pulled Olivia into an alley and pushed her against the wall of the neighboring supermarket.
"Wha-" she was cut off by his lips. His tongue was dancing around her lips until he was finally granted access. Eventually the need for oxygen forced them to separate.
"What was that for? Not that I am complaining, but why?" she asked while trying to catch her breath.
"No reason. I just wanted to kiss you before we get back, just in case we have to go a long time without being alone," he explained. "Will you come visit me at the prison? We can 'pretend' to be married or something and we could kiss without speculation."
"Good idea! I was planning on coming up there anyway. I don't know how long I can go without seeing you and knowing that you are okay," she said with a smile. She leaned in and kissed him again.
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Elliot and Olivia walked back into the squad room fifteen minutes later than Elliot was supposed to be back. Munch and Fin gave them sly looks as they came through the door. All they could do was smirk and shake their heads. Olivia just rolled her eyes, whispered something to Elliot and went to finish some paperwork. Elliot broke out into a large grin. As he was heading towards the conference room, he stopped, whispered something back to Olivia and kept going before she could say anything. As he walked away Olivia's face started to get a pink tint and her jaw slacked slightly. She turned her head and watched as Elliot escaped to the rest of his meeting.
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1-6 Conference Room
"Where is Stabler?" Cragen asked to no one in particular, "he is supposed to be here by now."
"He went to eat with Olivia, they are probably on their way back now," Cassidy offered to the distraught captain.
"Well, if he isn't back in the-" he was interrupted by the door opening and Elliot apologizing for being late.
"Where have you been?"
Elliot looked at the captain, "The waitresses at the new Italian place down the street don't know what the hell they are doing yet. It took them twenty-five minutes to even notice that we needed to have our orders taken," he finished shaking his head.
"Well, okay, but try not to be late again." With that he gave Stabler and Cassidy two folders each. "This folder," he pointed to the blue folders, "contains your new identities, a brief background, your rap sheets and another summary of your responsibilities. This folder," he pointed to the red folders, "contains a run-down of significant prisoners, a list and key notes about CO's, and an overall schedule of a day in OZ." With that Cragen gave the floor to IAB agent Tucker.
"Gentlemen, I am responsible for your new identities, and if you blow your cover, I will do everything in my power to have your badges. Understood?"
"Yeah, whatever." Elliot answered with an eye roll.
Tucker continued, ignoring Elliot's comment, "Cassidy, you will be Ryan O'Reily. You are a full blooded Irish and you are very proud to be. We will be giving you a tattoo on your hand of a shamrock. This tattoo represents your membership in one of New York's toughest Irish street gangs." He turned and looked at Elliot, "Stabler," he said with a little disgust, "you are now Christopher 'Chris' Keller. You have been divorced four times, with 3 different women. You also did a stint in Lardner at age seventeen." He paused, then continued, "Detectives, do either of you have any identifying marks? Anything that you could be recognized by? We don't want any of the prisoners to know who you are by seeing your tattoos or something."
Both detectives looked at each other and nodded.
"Detective Cassidy, what is yours?"
"I have a tattoo on my right shoulder," he raised his sleeve and revealed the bull head tattoo placed there.
"Okay. Detective Stabler?"
"Yeah, I have a crucifix tattoo on my left shoulder, my Marine tattoo on my right forearm, a tattoo that is somewhere that I am not showing you and of something I am not telling you, and a scar on my left elbow from surgery after I was shot by a neo-Nazi fuck during court."
"Oh, okay. Well you can't hold a grudge against the Aryans at OZ or this wont work."
"Ya think?"
Tucker shakes his head and continues, "So you two should study and memorize your backgrounds and rap sheets. We have decided to leave in the morning so you can explain this to your loved ones a little bit before you have to go. You guys go home, get some sleep, and be back here at 7 am sharp," he gave Elliot a don't-be-late-or-else look.
All the men stood up, shook hands and said their good-byes. Glynn, McManus, Murphy and Tucker left, leaving Cragen, Stabler and Cassidy in the conference room.
"Well, I got to get going. See you fellas in the morning," Cassidy said.
"Bye."
"See ya."
Cassidy and Stabler walked back to the bullpen and Cragen returned to his office. Cassidy walked over and shook Munch's hand.
"See ya John. It was good seeing you again."
"You too, Brian." John saw Fin over Brain's shoulder, "Oh yeah, Brian Cassidy this is Odafin Tutuola. Fin, Brian. Fin is my partner, he replaced Jefferies."
"Nice to meet ya." Fin greeted.
"You too," they shook hands and parted ways.
Cassidy then walked towards Elliot and Olivia's conjoined desks. He walked behind Olivia's chair and put his hands on her shoulders. Olivia looked at Elliot then turned and looked up at Brain.
Leaving his hands on her shoulder, he said, "I am heading out, I hope to see you in the morning before we have to go." He bent down and whispered in her ear, "Maybe you should come and visit me at OZ. We wouldn't be breaking your rules anymore, we don't work together."
She put her hand on his chest and smiled sweetly. She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Not in you life. I told you, I have a boyfriend. You know what? We are pretty serious and might even get married." She moved her left hand, backed up and looked at her ring finger, "Oh, would you look at that! We are getting married! Don't make me call him and tell him you are harassing me. He is really protective of me. Isn't that right El?"
Elliot, who had been watching the entire exchange, jumped at the chance to stop the interaction. "She's right Bri, he almost ripped my head off once when he saw me with Liv at the bar after work. We had to calm him down and explain that I am just her partner and best friend, before he had a chance to hit me."
"He still doesn't like that I spend most of my time with these three," she said, pointing to John, Fin and Elliot. "So, you see, hanging all over me probably wouldn't be to good for your health."
Brian thought about it for a second and backed off. "Okay, I get it. Just remember, if this," he said, pointing to the ring, "doesn't work out, I will be here waiting."
"Don't worry Bri, I don't see this relationship ending anytime soon. You can't just shut down love."
"Yeah, okay. I'll see you tomorrow Elliot."
Once Brian was gone, all four detectives broke out into side-splitting laughter. Elliot came over to Olivia and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Do you know how hard it was to see that and not say something or not rip his head off?" he asked.
"Well, I did tell him to watch his back. I told him how protective you are. I just forgot to mention that the guy who is protective of me was standing the room. That must have just slipped my mind."
