A/N: And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! **dramatic music** You didn't think I would introduce you to 'Romantic Olivia' and then not allow her to really romance Alex, did you?
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Chapter 19
Together
Olivia and Alex approached the elevators, the detective pulling the attorney closely behind her as she pushed the call button. Alex slinked her arms around Olivia's stomach, resting her forehead on the back of Olivia's head, inhaling her scent and delighting in the detective's soft chuckle. Olivia placed her hand atop Alex's wandering one, tracing over her stomach. The brunette stopped the traveling hand and rested it on her taut abs, caressing Alex's soft skin on the back of her hand.
The two women stood there for a few minutes in silence, Olivia's hand resting atop Alex's, lying on the detective's stomach, when the elevator doors opened. A young, blonde man with a bike emerged, barley missing Olivia.
"Oh. Olivia! Hi!" He moved the bike so he could speak to Olivia in a hushed tone, as Alex walked into the elevator. "I took care of…" he looked toward Alex and lowered his voice "uh what you asked me."
Olivia smiled and clapped hands with the young man in a half-hug. "Kev, I owe you."
The elevator doors shut as Alex turned towards the brunette with an inquisitive look on her face. Olivia answered very matter-of-factly, pointing towards the young man. "That's Kevin. He's my neighbor—he's in 45B."
"Ok…?" Alex was searching for further explanation, but instead was met with a grin from the detective.
"What?" Olivia raised her hands and looked Alex over. The slim-fitting black dress looked spectacular on the blonde, hugging her small breasts, slender waist, and strong runner's legs.
Alex smirked and replied as she moved closer to the detective, pinning her between her body and the wall of the elevator. "Oh, nothing." She closed her eyes and placed a soft, yet eager kiss on the detective's lips, gazing into the golden brown eyes.
The doors opened and Alex pushed her body off of Olivia, turning and walking out of the elevator nonchalantly. Olivia rolled her eyes, smiled, and followed closely behind her, enjoying the view. Alex stopped at the door, waiting for Olivia to unlock her apartment. The detective dug in her tight pants pocket and found her keys, shuffling through them to find the small silver key. She inserted it and moved her body to allow Alex to enter first, holding the door for the attorney. Instantly, Alex could see exactly what Olivia had asked Kevin to do.
Alex thought there must have been fifty candles lit around the kitchen and living room, creating wonderfully seductive lighting in the apartment. Alex walked to the kitchen table to see a vase full of red and white roses, complete with a card. She turned around to Olivia, who was standing in front of the closed door, locking it and keeping her eyes on Alex. The attorney had tears in her eyes and her mouth was slightly open as she connected with the detective, her hand lingering near the card.
"Go ahead." Olivia's voice was soft—barely above a whisper, and she smiled hesitantly as Alex reached for the card.
The attorney slid her hand under the unsealed flap and removed the card from the envelope. She opened the blank front to see Olivia's familiar handwriting.
Alex,
I can only hope that you've enjoyed your day, and I am so happy that you allowed me to create it for you. When you came back from WITSEC, I'll admit that I had a hard time reconciling my feelings. I was upset, nervous, stubborn and touchy, and I will apologize for that behavior for the rest of my life, because I know that I pushed you away by acting that way. But now, I know that it was YOU who saved MY life, not the other way around, and I'll fight everyday to be able to love you more and more. I want to thank you for loving me since you've been back, and even more, for loving me the whole time you were away. I can never repay you for the time we lost together, but I can work towards making you the happiest you've ever been.
I love you.
As Alex read this, Olivia moved into the living room, taking off her jacket and laying it on the back of the couch. She watched Alex read the card, moving closer to the attorney, but still giving her room to read the card in privacy.
Alex closed her eyes as she finished reading the card, and a solitary tear fell from her eye, landing on the kitchen table. She turned around to find Olivia standing a few feet away with a concerned look on her face.
"Oh Alex, I'm sorr—." Alex raised her hand and displayed the card to keep the detective from speaking.
"Olivia. I love you. I love you baby, I love you." She rushed to Olivia, still holding the card in her hand as she grasped the detective's face, kissing her feverishly. She planted kisses on her lips and cheek as she began speaking. "You are the most wonderful person, Olivia Benson." She stepped away from Olivia, holding her hands in her own and looking into the detective's eyes. "You know, just a few days ago, after I knew that I actually had a chance to be with you, I imagined what it would be like to be in a relationship with you. After all, the only Olivia Benson I ever see is the rugged, tough detective. But today, you exceeded every expectation I ever had, Liv. You are so unlike anyone I've ever known, and with you, I feel like the only woman in the world…and I want to thank you for that." Olivia smiled understandingly at the attorney.
Their eyes locked and neither could deny the energy. Alex reached up and cupped Olivia's face, pulling the detective delicately towards her, and placing her other hand on Olivia's hip. She looked from the detective's slightly parted lips to her relaxed eyes and spoke gently. "Kiss me, Olivia." She wanted to be submissive to the detective—she liked feeling Olivia's strong arms and her gently assertive grasp.
Olivia enjoyed Alex directing her. She held the slender blonde in her arms, grasping her body at her waist and on the small of her back. Olivia pulled Alex as close as she could and pressed her lips to the attorney's. Alex basked in the feeling of Olivia's strong arms holding her tight, her biceps and forearms flexing around Alex's waist. Alex reciprocated the kiss gently at first, but it quickly grew passionate between the two women, as Alex's hands traced to Olivia's face, grasping with each thrust of her tongue. Olivia's eager hands reached around to Alex's zipper and began to pull it down when Alex placed her hands above Olivia's breasts and pulled away.
"Liv-" Alex gasped as Olivia cut her off.
"Don't." Olivia's voice was rough, yet pleading.
Alex caught her breath as she and Olivia eyed one another hungrily, moving their eyes from the other's eyes, to lips, to bodies. Olivia knew that Alex was conflicted about what they were about to do. The detective knew that Alex wanted to, and was probably only holding back because she didn't want Olivia to be hurting. Meaning to make her silent decision easier, Olivia pulled Alex closer, tilted her head and placed her lips on Alex's delicate neck. She began kissing with her mouth closed, placing small pecks up and down her neck, before using her tongue to entice the attorney. Olivia could feel Alex reciprocate, holding the detective's head with one hand and squeezing her ass with the other. Olivia sucked lightly on the blonde's neck, intimately pulling Alex's skin away with her mouth, before the attorney lowered her head and spoke.
"Take me to bed, Liv."
Olivia needed no further direction. She took Alex's hand into her own and placed a kiss on the attorney's mouth. She led Alex down the hall as she saw the glow from the candles she knew were lit in the bedroom. When Alex stepped into the room, emotion overtook her again, this time in the form of arousal and pure, unadulterated love. Rose petals adorned the bed, and as she surveyed the scenery in the warm candlelight, she heard soft music faintly playing throughout the room. Alex turned and looked at Olivia, hoping she could sense the appreciation in her eyes.
Olivia led Alex to the end of the bed and put some pressure on her, causing her to sit. Olivia dropped to her knee, delicately removing Alex's new black wedges, placing them carefully aside, and running her hand up the attorney's calves. She lifted one of Alex's feet, holding her heel and kissing her ankle, calf, and tracing her tongue up to the attorney's knee, where she placed a gentle kiss. As she stood, she kicked off her own shoes, pulling Alex's hand to stand up and face her. It always bothered Olivia that the attorney was somewhat taller than her, but right now, she was in perfect position to unzip her dress. She began to reach around Alex when she felt pressure from the attorney.
"Let me," Alex's voice dripped with desire as she began to unbutton Olivia's shirt. She slowly worked down, releasing each button, savoring the new sight of skin each opening presented. She carefully slid the shoulders down, allowing the shirt to fall to the floor, leaving Olivia clad in a solid nude colored bra. Alex slid the straps down over Olivia's shoulders as she reached around and unclasped Olivia's bra with amazing dexterity. As her bra fell to the floor, Alex moved in to kiss Olivia's shoulder. She placed tender kisses directly over the two symmetrical wounds that scarred the detective's muscular shoulder. Olivia closed her eyes and sighed, feeling love swell in her heart for the blonde attorney.
Olivia took advantage of Alex's gesture by reaching around and unzipping the back of her dress. She pushed the shoulders over Alex's, as the attorney removed her arms. Olivia crouched down in front of Alex and peeled the dress over her body, watching the black fabric give way to ivory white skin. When the dress reached the floor, Alex took Olivia's hand and stepped out of it, flicking it with her foot towards the chair in the corner.
The blonde quickly returned to Olivia, slowly unbuttoning her pants and peeling them off, in the same fashion that her dress was discarded. Olivia stepped out of her pants and pulled the covers back on the bed. She strongly, but delicately guided Alex in front of her, facing the bed. She unclasped the blonde's bra, pushing it off of her shoulders from behind, her hands tracing down the creamy white skin, causing Alex to moan in delight. Olivia tossed the black lace bra towards the dress that was already lying haphazardly on the floor.
Olivia reached under Alex's arms and cupped the blonde's supple breasts from behind, kneading them lovingly in her strong hands. Alex's head fell back against Olivia's shoulder, granting the detective access to resume her activity from earlier. She placed her lips on the side of Alex's neck, quickly feeling the vibrations as the attorney moaned in pleasure. Alex turned in Olivia's arms, face to face with the detective, fixing her eyes on Olivia's: both sets of eyes were darkened with arousal. Neither of them needed to speak, and both were ready to be even more intimate with each other.
Olivia wrapped her arms around Alex, gently laying the attorney down on the bed, supporting both of their weight with her uninjured arm. Alex lay on her back as Olivia hovered over her, mere inches from her face, her eyes filled with love and intrigue.
"You're so beautiful." She spoke lovingly as she removed the attorney's glasses and placed them on the nightstand before looking back at Alex. She glanced down to the black lace thong she had purchased hours earlier and began to speak. "As great as that looks…" She knew she was granted permission at once, as Alex licked her lips. Olivia balanced on her knees between Alex's legs and gently hooked her fingers under each side of the thong, pulling it down her thighs as Alex's raised her legs and knees, Olivia pulling it down her calves and over her ankles, finally tossing it over the side of the bed.
Olivia scooted forward, placing her hands on Alex's hips, rubbing up and down the attorney's thighs, kissing the inner part of her knees before resting her eyes on Alex's wet core. The attorney was cleanly shaven and Olivia could see the swollen bud awaiting her touch. Alex leaned up and switched places with the detective, removing Olivia's panties and placing them on the floor.
Alex didn't want Olivia to have to support her own body, so she decided she would take it from here. She gently leaned forward, placing kisses up and down Olivia's neck, tracing down to her chest where she enclosed an erect nipple in her lips. The detective moaned quietly as Alex trailed hot kisses from one breast to the other, giving the other nipple the same wet, gentle treatment. Olivia could feel her core growing hot as Alex explored her body, open mouthed, licking and delicately nibbling her olive skin.
Alex straddled Olivia below her and let her hair dangle down onto Olivia's face. Their eyes connected as the detective reached up to grasp Alex's breasts. As she did this, pure sex exuded from the attorney, as she arched her back and moaned in ecstasy.
"Oh Liv." Olivia scooted up, effectively holding Alex on her lap as she rested her bare back against the headboard. Alex's hands found Olivia's face and she began to kiss the detective below her hungrily. Soon, both were thrusting towards one another, gasping for air and moaning into each other's mouth. Olivia kneaded Alex's thighs, pushing her hands harder into her hips, before slipping one hand between the attorney's legs.
Instantly, Alex felt her lover's hand and almost collapsed over Olivia. She braced herself by grabbing the top of the headboard with one arm and pushing on Olivia's chest, above her breast, with the other. Olivia moaned as she felt the burning wetness between Alex's legs. She looked above her, meeting Alex's eyes as the attorney nodded, giving Olivia permission.
She slid one finger into the attorney, as Alex moaned into Olivia's ear, still holding tight to the headboard, as to not collapse onto the detective. Olivia moved her other hand around to the small of Alex's back, feeling the attorney begin an up and down rhythm, her muscles contracting and releasing around Olivia's hand.
Slowly, Olivia inserted another finger, and then another, as Alex continued her pace. Olivia leaned forward and placed hot kisses on the attorney's chest and stomach while Alex began to grow louder.
"Uhh Liv. Fuck, mmm I'm gonna…oh my god, I'm gonna come baby." She whispered into Olivia's ear as she increased her speed. Before she realized it, though, Olivia withdrew her fingers and almost growled into Alex's ear.
"Not yet." She wrapped her good arm around Alex and, in one motion, switched positions with the attorney, laying Alex on her back. The blue eyes Olivia had come to be so familiar with burned with an intense desire, almost begging the detective for more.
Olivia hovered over Alex, separating the attorney's legs with her knees and kissing down her torso, nipping at her hipbones as Alex's core thrust off the bed. Olivia gently calmed Alex's legs, running her hands over her thighs. She separated her legs, looking down on the attorney's throbbing core. Slowly, she leaned down and licked the length of Alex's lips, eliciting a loud release from the attorney. She circled Alex's clit with her tongue and gently reinserted two fingers, starting a moderate pace, and rubbing the inside of Alex's thigh with her other hand. She felt Alex's muscles contract tightly around her fingers as she gathered the bundle of nerves in her mouth, flicking her tongue over it and driving the attorney crazy. She reached down and guided Olivia's head as the detective removed her fingers and concentrated solely on the attorney's oral pleasure.
Olivia continued until Alex's hand tightened in her hair and she moaned out her name. "Oh baby, I'm coming." Olivia inserted a finger and began to stroke Alex's inside walls as the attorney began to crash down around her. "Oh Liv!" Olivia could feel Alex's muscles clench tightly around her hand, and a moment after, Olivia sensed a release, and she leaned down to lap up Alex's juices. She ran her tongue through the attorney's pink lips multiple times, as Alex shuddered and relaxed.
Olivia worked her way back up Alex's goose bumped body, placing kisses on her hips, stomach, breasts, and neck, before laying her naked body atop the attorney's. Alex brushed Olivia's hair out of her face and placed a zealous kiss on her mouth, opening her own to taste Olivia. They both lay against each other, sweating and panting, trying to regulate their heartbeats. They parted when Alex began speaking.
"Wow…I have no words." She sighed and gazed into Olivia's eyes, as she guided the detective to lay beside her, tracing her body with her fingertips.
"I love you Alex. Thank you."
The attorney turned her head to meet Olivia's eyes. "For what?"
"Well, the whole point of today was for me to spoil you—for me to make you see exactly how worthy of my love you are. And, although there are obviously other ways, I can't think of any better way to show you than to make love to you."
Alex looked back at the detective and basked in her glow—she knew that's exactly what had happened: they had made love, completely different from the first time they went to bed together, and they both knew that this time, it was for real.
"I love you Olivia—I know that for sure. And…if I had any energy, at all, I'd show you exactly how much." She smiled and cuddled towards the detective, resting her head on Olivia's good shoulder and placing her hand on her abs.
"Well, maybe that can wait till tomorrow—I have therapy in the morning, so maybe after that, I'll be able to dazzle you with that push up you wanted."
Alex's lips curved into a smile. "You know, I actually thought about that…until you started kissing my neck."
"So that's what melts the Ice Queen? Good to know." Olivia tightened her grip around Alex, pulling her closer as the attorney pulled the covers up around them.
"I could get used to this," Alex said as she snuggled her head into Olivia's neck, placing a soft kiss on her jaw, and caressing her lover's stomach until she fell asleep, secure in Olivia's arms. The detective knew she could wait a few minutes to blow out all the candles. For now, she wanted to hold Alex, reliving the evening's events, and knowing that she truly held her world in her arms.