Disclaimer: Dick Wolf owns SVU.

AN: Inspired by a twitter conversation I had with someone after Raul left the show, basically what if the episode had been a dream and Liv woke up to find Barba in the shower. Like Bobby in Dallas. The idea has been in my mind all this time but muse problems and real life. Unbeated, So I'm sorry for all errors.

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Olivia stood there after Rafael had walked off, anguish going through her.

Why did everyone always leave her?

She could still feel his lips on her forehead, he had practically said I love you.

When had he gone from being Barba to Raphael? To becoming so important in her life?

Why couldn't she make her legs move?

She had never begged anyone to stay, how could she start now?

She felt tears leak out of her eyes, good God she was in a public place.

Damn the Householders! Damn Rafael for having to get so emotionally compromised.

"Come back," She whispered, "Come back. "

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Olivia bolted awake breathing hard, her nightgown clung to her as her body was drenched in sweat.

She realized she was in her home and in her bed.

Then she heard the shower running and she went into the bathroom.

She slowly pulled the curtain aside a bit, Rafael was washing shampoo out of his hair.

"Sorry sweetheart, I didn't mean to wake you."

"You're here? But you left..."

"Liv?" He asked.

Tears poured down her face as she told him her dream and she realized that he was real and still here.

Rafael came out of the still running shower and embraced her, neither caring that he was still wet.

"I'm here mi Amor, I'll never leave you, I'm not the others."

He gave her a kiss and she responded.

The Householder case was real but it had happened to the SVU prescient in Miami, a cop named Janet Everson had been the one to pull the plug on the baby.

The poor woman had been beaten and raped on an undercover assignment gone horribly wrong three years before. And had miscarried a baby not knowing she had been pregnant. She was now in a mental institution after suffering a complete break down after what she had done.

They pulled apart, "I love you, Olivia Benson."

"I love you DA Barba," he had won Jack McCoy's position when he had decided to finally retire.

Someone named Peter Stone would soon become ADA for SVU. Olivia kept telling herself to give him a chance although a part of her wished Carisi had tried to get it.

"So, Lieutenant how about you help me finish my shower?" His voice had gone husky.

She let her soaked nightgown fall to the floor, Noah was spending the weekend at a friend's so they had plenty of privacy.

"I have no problem with that at all."

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AN2: I still miss Raul on the show, it just doesn't feel the same. I know he's returned a couple of times but I haven't watched the season finale yet, I just can't get into OC.