A/N: I don't own any of the characters except my own.
"Dad, you need to sit down."
"I need to make sure my wife and daughter get out of there safely."
"Dad, you need to think about yourself."
"Justin, I get you're worried about me but I am going stir crazy knowing that my wife could be dead in less than an hour and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. How would I explain this to Noah and eventually Lexie? I'm not ready to bury another wife."
Hank had tears running down his face and it was unlike him to lose his composure around his squad. Al had seen it before and so had Trudy. She came over and put her arms around Hank. Justin hadn't seen his father like this in a long time. Olive had her arms wrapped around Justin, Pauline had her arms around Trevor, who had become visibly upset and Maggie and Jenna had their arms around each other, while Dickie had his arms around both of them. Trudy finally got Hank to sit in the squad. Ed had gone inside with a member of SWAT, who had briefed him on the situation upstairs. When he got upstairs, everyone was sitting quietly.
"Who the hell are you?"
"I'm Captain Ed Tucker. I head the Hostage Negotiation Team for the NYPD, so I am just helping out. You are?"
"Pissed off because I am being harassed by the police. I didn't rape anyone like they are accusing me of."
"The thing is, they have your DNA, which proves you did do it."
"I did not."
He took the safety off of Lisa's gun and held it to Olivia's head.
"Why do you think killing your hostages is the solution?"
"Because no one is listening to me."
"I'm listening."
Ed sat down on the desk.
"I don't really think you want to kill Lieutenant Voight, do you?"
"I don't give a shit about her."
"Do you have a family?"
"No."
"She does and they want her to come home to them tonight. Sergeant Langan has a family as well. Put the gun down, release Lieutenant Voight and talk to me."
"I don't want to."
Ed could see the tears running down Olivia's face. All Olivia could think about was being in Hank's arms and holding their children. The suspect released Olivia and then he started pacing the floor. He still had Lisa's gun in his hand. He turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger. Everyone outside heard the gunshot but had no idea that the suspect was the one that was dead.
"Olivia, I'm sorry."
"Don't be. You did the best you could and got him to release me. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Olivia, Erin and Lisa hugged Ed and then he went with them downstairs, while someone called the Medical Examiner. They went outside where their families were waiting. When Jay saw Erin, he jumped over the barricade, ran over to her and held her tight. Olivia hugged Ed again and ran into Hank's arms. Lisa hugged Ed again as well and ran right into Trevor's arms, while Maggie ran into Ed's. Hank did not want to let go of Olivia.
"I have never been so scared in my life. You don't know what was going through my head when I heard that gunshot. I thought I lost you. Did he hurt you?"
"I'm just a little shaken up but I'm ok now that I'm in your arms."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Olivia kissed Hank and then Justin, Jay and Olive all hugged Olivia, while Hank hugged Erin. Olivia, Lisa and Erin all hugged each other.
"Ed, thanks for your help."
"No problem, Hank."
Hank shook Ed's hand.
"Who's with the kids?"
"Right after you left, Lucy showed up."
"Good."
"Lieutenant, are you ok?"
"I am. Thank you for being here. Both of you."
"This is getting to be a habit with you, Lieutenant."
"Yeah, no kidding and now it has become a habit to have Ed be the Hostage Negotiator."
"Halstead, here's your vest back. Thanks for letting me use it."
"No problem. Thanks for getting them out of there safely."
"I was glad to help."
"Baby, I want to go home."
"Ok. Let's go."
Everyone headed to Hank and Olivia's. Sarah called Greg to meet them there with the kids. When they arrived they got out of the vehicles and went inside.
"Hey, Olivia."
"Hey, Lucy. I'm a little surprised to see you."
"I blew that all out of proportion and I apologize. Kelly and I agreed to be friends but nothing more. I just recently started seeing someone. We've only been out a few times so far. He lives in my building and he's a paramedic. Amanda seems to know him."
"What's his name?"
"Adam Johnson."
"I know him. He's a great guy. I hope things work out for you two."
"Thanks."
"I know his family. They were neighbors of mine when I lived in my condo. I think his dad is in Investments or something like that."
"That's what he said. He wants to take me to meet his parents soon. He said his brother was also a firefighter and died on 9/11."
"I think I know who you're talking about. Was his brother named Ryan?"
"I think so."
"He was friends with my son."
"Adam is the youngest of 5 kids. His brother was the oldest and then he also has 3 sisters."
Olivia went upstairs to the bedroom. When she got up there, she broke down and started crying. Hank got Erin to go upstairs to see if she was ok. Lisa went up with her and they knocked on the door.
"Come on in."
Erin opened the door and they came in.
"Mom, you ok?"
"Not really. That son of a bitch could have killed me."
"To be honest, I'm glad he killed himself."
"Me too. You don't know what was going through my head when he took the safety off and was holding that gun to your head. I know Dad would have gone after him if he had killed you."
"I don't doubt it."
"Jay and Justin both said Dad was crying in front of everyone and normally he doesn't let his guard down in front of anyone. Olinsky has seen it and so has Platt. Obviously I've seen it and so has Justin. Justin said Dad made a point of saying that he wasn't ready to bury another wife."
"Honestly, all I could think about was being in his arms and holding our kids."
Hank, Ed, Jay, Trevor, Mike and Bill all came into the room and Jay had Lexie.
"Hi Sweetie."
"Mama!"
Jay handed Lexie to Olivia and then Hank got on the bed next to her. He wrapped his arms around both of them. Jay wrapped his arms around Erin and Trevor wrapped his around Lisa.
"I'm surprised Aunt Maggie let you out of her sight."
"She'll be up in a minute. She stopped in the bathroom."
Then Maggie joined them.
"Your mom, Greg and Sarah are taking the kids back over to your house."
"We'll be right back."
Lisa and Trevor went to say goodbye to their family and Justin and Olive went to say goodbye to Hank and Olivia before they both went back to work. Trevor and Lisa went back upstairs as well and Lucy watched a movie with the boys.
"I thought Greg closed the office."
"He had to finish something that he was working on and Olive is always willing to help."
"I should probably head back too. Are you going to stay here until I'm off?"
"That's the plan."
"Ok. I love you."
"I love you too."
Jay kissed Erin and then he kissed Olivia's cheek before he left. As he was heading down the stairs, Noah was coming up, so they gave each other five in passing. Noah went into Hank and Olivia's room.
"Mommy, are you ok?"
"I'm ok, Sweetie. I just had a bad thing happen to me at work."
"Oh. I'm sorry."
"Thank you."
"Can we go swimming?"
"Sure."
Lucy came up with Daniel.
"So, what brought you to Chicago?"
"I came to see Alyssa. She was on her way to therapy when I got to her parents', so I decided to come here. Mrs. Tucker told me what was going on and I offered to stay with the kids. Amanda was fine with me taking a couple days off because Sonny's family has been spending some time with Jesse."
"If they're going to be family, it only makes sense."
"Yeah."
"I've never met his family other than his one sister. Amanda's family is another story. I can see why Amanda came to New York."
"Her sister tried to convince Amanda to let her move in with her and Jesse but she said no."
"The last time Kim was living with her, things didn't end well. Fin can't stand her either."
"She was always pounding on the door and Amanda told me not to let her in for any reason. I sometimes I would take Jesse to my apartment or I'd take her to visit my parents in New Jersey. This weekend Amanda is moving in with Sonny, so then her sister won't know where to find her."
"I don't think she has spoken to her mother since Kim went to jail the last time. She treated Amanda like crap because she allowed Kim to go to jail. Amanda is a great mom. Are they going to keep you once the baby comes?"
"They said they would. It makes more sense for me to be around when they have cases in the middle of the night instead of having to take them to Sonny's parents'. I'm already used to that with you anyway. Them having the second one will be great."
"They did get a couple more Detectives for SVU, since there are already two on Desk Duty."
"I'm expecting there to be one more soon enough."
"Jenna?"
"Yeah."
"I think from now on, I am only going out when I absolutely have to. You and Kyle are in charge."
"I'm fine with that."
"I'm actually thinking about that too."
"Good."
"That's what's good about being a Lieutenant or higher. I go out mainly because I was behind a desk for many years. This is a change for. My son-in-law said he'd like to get into something that will allow him to use a rifle."
"Good for him."
"Chief, you knew about Rollins and Carisi, right?"
"I did. They told me a while back. I told them I was fine with them working together but the decision was Lieutenant Barba's. The DA and I would have both been ok with the Barbas working together but he decided on his own to do Homicide cases."
"I even offered to come back to SVU for a while."
"Lucia and I both say Rafael is going to pass out in the delivery room."
"That wouldn't surprise me one bit."
Olivia held Lexie the way Rafael did the first time he held Noah.
"That's how he held Noah the first time. He's a lot more relaxed with Lexie."
"Trevor almost passed out in the delivery room from what I heard."
"Yeah, we heard about that."
"That's because I looked at what they were doing instead of staying behind the drape."
"Michelle and Rafael are attending birthing classes and he gets queasy watching the videos."
"Hank, who deals with seeing dead bodies and blood for a living, got queasy watching the videos."
"Yep."
"I could totally see Jay doing that."
"I have another one that may want to join SVU."
"Who now?"
"Burgess. She and Ruzek got back together recently, so she wants to go to another Unit, so they're not working together."
"She misses me."
"That too."
"How's Upton working out?"
"She seems to be fitting in."
"Good."
Everyone kept talking and then Lucy went to get the kids changed into their swimsuits. Mike and Bill left and then Ed and Maggie went to get their swimsuits at the hotel and Trevor and Lisa went to change and get the kids, so Sarah and Pauline could go home. Olivia and Erin changed and Hank joined everyone outside. Lucy got a call from Alyssa that they were back, so she left and went to see her. During the next few days, the ones from New York went back. SVU temporarily relocated because no one really wanted to be at their District after what had happened, especially Olivia. The ones involved took a few days off and then were all cleared to return to work but also had to talk with IAB before they could return. Olivia started talking to Dr. Charles since a lot of her memories of what happened with William Lewis and Joe Utley had started resurfacing and she started having nightmares again after the incident at the District. She had been able to cope with it better than she had with what happened with William Lewis because she had the love and support of her family and friends.
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