A/N: I'm so sorry for how long this took! My life got very busy, but I was able to get this small chapter out.
10 Years Ago
Fin was working with Nick when his phone started ringing. He was slightly surprised at the number that came up on the phone.
"Hey man what's up?"
"Have you talked to Liv?" Elliot asked from thousands of miles away.
"You talk to her more than any of us." Fin said since he was one of the few who knew about Olivia and Elliot's relationship.
"Normally yes but she hasn't returned any of my texts and missed a scheduled call with Eli."
"I'll swing by her apartment and check on her. I'll have her call you."
"Thanks man." Elliot said as he hung up.
"We need to swing by Liv's." Fin said to Nick. When they got to Liv's door they noticed it was open and they could see a mess in the hallway.
"Call the cap." Fin said pulling his phone out and dialing Elliot
"You and Junior need to get here."
"What's wrong?" Elliot asked
"Her apartment is trashed and she's 's been a fight, the photo of your family thats on the hall table has been knocked in the floor, liv wouldn't leave it like that" He said
"No she wouldn't Dammit, I knew something was wrong." Elliot said
Present Day
Elliot woke up Trying to catch his breath. In his dreams he went back to the horror of when he lost Olivia for two days. His surroundings came back to him and he realized that for the first time in a long time he was home and Olivia was in his arms. He wasn't sure what made him think of that day, and the helplessness that he felt on the flight back to New York with Eli beside him wondering if for the 2nd time Eli was going to lose a mom. Maybe it was knowing that they were about to end up in a possible bad situation with his undercover assignment. He could hear the boys in the living room so he slid out from under Olivia and pulled on his sweats and made his way into the living room. He smiled when he saw the boys attempting to make toast.
"What are you two up to?"
"Making breakfast!" Noah said with a bright smile.
"Want some help." He asked them as he walked to them.
"Yes!" The boys said together. Elliot loved being with his boys because of his circumstances he hardly ever got to be with them together. It was always him with Eli and Liv with Noah and maybe 4 weeks a year with the 4 of them together.
30 minutes later they had the food together and made their way into his and Olivia's bedroom.
"Momma! We brought you food!" Noah said, bouncing on the bed.
"Thank you baby!" Olivia said, kissing his head. The family of 4 sit on the bed eating breakfast which made Elliot think back to when they first got Noah and Olivia had brought him to Italy.
9 years prior
Elliot woke up to the cries of baby Noah, He gently unwound himself from Olivia and made his way to the crib they had moved into their room.
"Hey baby boy what's wrong." Elliot said, picking him up and packing him into the living room to the balcony that looked out over early morning rome. He rocked him and Noah quieted down
"I want you to know I love you so much and I'm your daddy, even though I won't always be around but I promise I'll change that. I know you've had a rough go buddy but now you have a whole Stabler army behind you and you have the most amazing momma." He said as Noah fell back to sleep.
He crept back into his room and laid the baby down and then crawled back into bed when he noticed Eli had crawled into their bed in Elliot's absence.
"You're the best dad ever." Olivia whispered to him as she curled around him and he kissed her forehead as all four of them fell asleep.
Present day
Elliot's mind drifted back to the present and looked at the three other people on the bed. And he felt the sense of pride and love he always did when he looked at them. As he wrapped an arm around Olivia and watched their boys joked around. He vowed that he would do everything to keep them safe even if it meant dying for them. When he glanced at Liv he caught sight of one of the photos that always sit in the hall, the same photo that Lewis had destroyed by knocking it off the wall. He could still remember the pain he had felt when Fin had handed him the destroyed family photo. It was a memory of his worst nightmare, one he vowed to never let it happen again.