Warning ahead: has some mature content!
6.11 Contagious
Elliot raged out of that basement, out of the house, Olivia right behind him.
„I gotta get out of here, I'm losing it," Elliot said walking down the front porch stairs.
Olivia followed him, trying to calm him down.
„It's okay, Elliot. You gotta calm down," she said reaching for him.
Elliot looked at her for a split second and then turned away.
„I nearly punched that woman in the face in there. I can't do this anymore. I can't do this," he said walking back and forth.
"You know, this is tough on all of us," Olivia tried.
"It was never this hard," he said.
"Look, you're under a lot of stress right now. Why don't you go home and get some rest?" Olivia offered.
"The house is empty," Elliot said, finally stopping and standing in front of Olivia.
"Call Kathy, call your kids and go see them," Olivia suggested.
Elliot shook violently his head at Olivia's suggestion.
"It's not the same. I want my kids with me every day. I don't wanna negotiate over visiting hours or if I get them every other weekend. I want them and I want you," Elliot said in anger. He crouched, placing his hands on his knees.
Before Olivia got chance to reply, Fin got out. Elliot quickly wiped away the tears about to fall. Fin showed them his findings and went back inside.
"Come on, I'll drive you home," Olivia said, walking past him.
Elliot stopped her by reaching out his hand and catching her middle. Olivia stopped and looked up at her partner. He removed his hand and stood in front of her.
Before Olivia had a chance to say or do anything Elliot's hands were on both sides of her face and his lips on hers. She could sense anger radiating from the kiss and voices in her head were screaming to stop, but it felt good, so instead of pulling apart she gave in the kiss, again.
He pulled away, when his lungs were screaming for oxygen, but instead of stepping away he wrapped his hands around her and pulled her against him.
"Liv, don't you ever leave me," he said out weakly.
"I won't," Olivia said, trying to process his actions.
Fin came out again.
"If eating bad sushi results in hug from Liv, I'd eat it all the time," he said, looking over at Olivia and Elliot.
"His wife left him, give the man a break," Olivia replied, pulling away from Elliot.
"So I've heard. I'm gonna give our findings to Casey," Finn announced before getting into car and pulling away.
"I'll drop you off," Elliot said.
They both got into car, Elliot took Olivia home, then headed back to precinct and fell asleep in the crib.
***SVU***
Olivia walked to squadroom, finding Fin and Munch there, but no sign of Elliot. She called his cell, but like last night, he didn't answer, even Casey called Olivia about Elliot. She knew he wasn't home, so there was just one place to look – the crib.
That's exactly, where she found him sleeping. Olivia walked over him, sat down by the edge of the bed and shook his shoulder lightly. He woke up startled.
"What time is it?" He asked opening his eyes and rolling over to his back.
"It's five to eight," she answered.
"How'd you know I was up here?" He asked.
"Well, you didn't answer your phone last night or this morning," Olivia explained.
Elliot quickly collected his thoughts, at this moment realizing how well his partner knows him. He noticed how soft and relaxing her voice was, making him want to fall asleep again with her voice humming in his head.
She put her hand on the other side of him and leaned over him. Olivia brushed a strand of hair off of her face, so her vision was clear.
"We catch a job?" He asked.
"Not yet," Olivia said.
He put his hand on her thigh and the other one ended up on her side. He coaxed her to lie down with him by pulling her body lightly.
"It means we have time," he suggested.
"No time. Novak called. She's prepping Holly for her swearability hearing. She wants you there," Olivia said still serious and not about to give in.
"What does she need me for?" Elliot asked.
"She wants to make sure that Holly is comfortable testifying," Olivia replied
"Cover for me, will ya?" Elliot requested.
"Holly asked for you," Olivia said.
He opened his eyes and looked ahead before answering.
"I'm done," he announced.
Olivia was shocked, but recovered quickly.
"You know, running away is not going to help," Olivia said simply.
"You know, I'm a little too beat for the dime store shrink routine right now," Elliot snapped.
"Elliot, that little girl is counting on you. You quit on her now, and you're just another man that she can't trust," Olivia said, disappointed in his partner. Halfway during her sentence she stood up and headed for the door.
She stopped at the doorway.
"That's not who you are," she added before leaving him alone.
Elliot knew that she was right and dragged himself up again, trying to help that little girl.
***SVU***
Later their case took an interesting turn, causing them to ruin a man's life for nothing. Elliot was taking this even harder than he should have. After interrogating Wilcox he was beat, when he caught Olivia.
"I'm going home," he announced.
"Why don't you stop at your desk first?" Olivia suggested.
Elliot just stood there, so Olivia walked over to him.
"Liv, let me take you out," he said to her.
"Just go to your desk," Olivia repeated.
"No, I'm serious. I'm separated and you're single, we work together and we care for each other. We know each other flaws and that hasn't scared us apart. You make me happy, Liv. And I wanna go down that road with you," Elliot said sincerely.
Olivia stared at him, taken back.
"Come on, it's my birthday, you can't say no to me," he smirked.
"Just go to your damn desk, Elliot," Olivia said for the third time.
They walked through the hall until his desk became visible – his kids were there with cake.
"Happy birthday, Dad," Maureen said.
Elliot started walking towards the kids, while looking back at Olivia, knowing she arranged this.
"Think you got enough candles on that cake?" Elliot teased.
"We always have a cake," Lizzie announced.
"Olivia called me and said you'd be here. Mom lent me the car," Maureen explained, while she hugged Elliot.
He hugged the twins and then Kathleen.
"You have to make a wish," Dixie said.
"'Course I do," Elliot agreed.
He looked up to see Dobbins walking out of Cragen's office with his wife. He quickly excused himself to apologize, but nothing he did could take away, what this unit did to an innocent man. Elliot was not surprised, when Dobbins was angry at him and walked away.
"Your kids are waiting," Olivia said quietly.
Elliot turned around and instead of going to his kids, he hugged Olivia.
"You're probably the only woman who can put up with me. Thank you for being here," he whispered.
"That's what partners are supposed to do," she replied.
"You've always been more than just a partner," he said softly to her ear.
Elliot kissed her cheek before releasing her and going to his kids with a smile on his face. Maybe things will work out after all.
He spent awhile with his kids, chatting and learning about their recent activities, while eating the cake. During the time he kept on looking at Olivia, who was finishing some paperwork at her desk. She looked relaxed and seemed like loud chattering coming from his kids didn't interrupt her at all. To her it seemed to be like a normal night at the precinct.
After the cake was eaten and it was getting late, Elliot grabbed his stuff and left the precinct with his kids. He said goodbye in the parking lot and watched as his kids drove away. He walked towards his car and got inside. He started the car, but didn't drive away.
Instead he quickly turned off the engine and got out of the car. He ran back, cursing as the elevator seemed to be moving slower than usually, but finally he got back to the squadroom and found Olivia still sitting there.
He walked over to her confidently and leaned on the desk forcing her to look up from the current report she was writing.
"What?" She asked.
"Come on, we're getting out of here," he said with a bright smile.
Olivia raised her eyebrows and studied his face for a good moment, but she couldn't get her read on him.
"These reports won't finish themselves," Olivia said, giving herself a good excuse.
"No, but they're not running anywhere, so come on, get up," Elliot said and closed the report on her desk. He placed it neatly on top of the pile, where the rest of her case files were.
She gave him a puzzled look, but he still had that crooked smile on his face. After a quick debate with herself Olivia threw her arms up, put the pencil on the table and shut off the light on her desk. Elliot was one step ahead of her and grabbed her coat from the hanger while Olivia grabbed her handbag. He helped her into her coat and took her bag from her.
"You don't have to carry your handbag, because I carry it for you, remember," Elliot said, hinting to something he said many years ago, when she was still the rookie in their team.
Olivia smiled at the flashback as they walked to the elevator.
"Where are we going?" Olivia asked.
"I'm taking you on a date," Elliot said simply.
"I didn't say yes," Olivia teased him.
"Didn't say no either," Elliot responded with a smirk.
Olivia mumbled something under her breath and even though Elliot wasn't sure what she said, he was positive that it was not something nice about him.
They walked out of the precinct and into the streets.
"Most of places are closed by now," Olivia stated, noticing it was almost midnight.
"Then we order in," Elliot said, proud of himself.
Olivia shook her head and stayed quiet as it seemed like he had an answer for everything so suddenly asking questions didn't seem such a good idea.
Elliot slide his hand around Olivia's shoulders as they walked down the streets of Manhattan. He felt her subconsciously leaning into the touch as they kept on walking.
"You know, I never realized how quiet it is during the nights. It's peaceful, when the city sleeps," Elliot commented after awhile.
Olivia just nod. She'd walked home at this hour so many times she barely even registered the silence, usually she was just numbly walking home, letting her mind ran through the case they were currently working, trying find if they had missed something or maybe get another angle on the crime.
It didn't take them long before they arrived at Olivia's apartment. She locked the door after him and threw the keys on the counter. Elliot went straight to her couch, throwing his jacket over the headrest, and looked over at the menus of some delivery places located nearby.
"What are we having?" Elliot asked Olivia.
"I don't care. You decide," Olivia said from the kitchen corner.
"Pizza?" Elliot asked, looking over at some pizza place's menu.
"Fine by me," Olivia said.
Elliot placed his order, making sure to order a pizza without pineapple since Olivia seemed to have developed some weird hate for the fruit.
She came over by his side with 2 glasses and a bottle of red wine. She poured some wine to both of them and sat down on the couch.
They casually discussed the latest case and possibilities of how they could have handled it differently, when their pizza was delivered. Elliot paid and placed the pizza box on the table in front of them.
"So this is nice," Elliot said after finishing eating.
"Huh?" Olivia asked.
"I mean pizza and wine on our first date. It's almost like we went to some Italian place. It's not as romantic though and probably not perfect, but it's nice," Elliot said looking over at the table.
"Well, it certainly isn't what I do on my first dates," Olivia agreed.
"What do you do on first dates?" Elliot asked curiously. He was well aware of Olivia's dating history, but they never talked about what she actually did on those dates.
"Usually by the time we've finished with dinner, I've told what I do for living and that's kind of a turn-off, so he usually drops me back home and we share a kiss on the car. He promises to call, even though most of the times that doesn't happen," Olivia said, giving him a quick scenario of her dates.
"I already know where you work and where you live. So I guess it's time for a goodnight kiss," Elliot said with a smirk.
Olivia smiled at his straight-forward attitude and leaned in. He met her halfway brushing his lips softly against hers. He moved his hands to her waist pulling her to him and this time she agreed. She climbed to his lap putting her knees on both sides of him and letting her hands slip around his neck, toying with his short hair. He deepened the kiss, letting his tongue dance with hers.
He slipped his hands under her shirt and traced her soft skin with his hands. He reached the hook of her bra and undid in one quick motion. He moved his hands to cup her breast under the shirt. She gasped into his mouth, when he ran his thumbs over her hardened nibbles. He smirked at her reaction and continued his tease. When he felt her tight shirt becoming a distraction he stopped and grabbed the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head, breaking the kiss, but as soon the shirt was out of the way he crashed his lips to hers with urgency. The bra came off next and he threw it on the floor along with her shirt.
"El," he moaned, pulling her lips from his and throwing her head back.
He moved his lips to her exposed neck and started trailing open mouthed kisses on every inch he could reach.
"This is not what I do on first date," Olivia moaned.
"Me neither, but there is always a first time for everything," Elliot said and pulled her head up so he could kiss his swollen lips again.
Her hands moved between them and started unbuttoning the buttons on his shirt and ripping from his pants. With a little help from him, she managed to get rid of the shirt, which gave her access to his exposed skin.
"El," she said through the kiss.
He pulled away from her and looked down into her brown orbs.
"You're right. You are a lady and this is not a way lady should get laid," Elliot decided, gaining a glare from Olivia.
He kissed the tip of her nose before grabbing hold of her back and stood up, lifting her with him. She wrapped her legs around her as he headed towards the bedroom, kicking the door open with his leg. He carefully placed her on the edge of the bed and stood in front of her. Her hands flew to his waist and undid the belt along with zipper and let his pants fall to the floor. He stepped out of them and pushed Olivia down on her back climbing on top of her.
"Feel what you're doing to me," he said to her ear and pressing his hardened member against her abdomen.
She smiled proudly and pulled his lips to hers. She wrapped her hands and legs around her body and flipped them over, so she ended up on top of him. She started kissing her way down, passing her jaw, neck, muscles along his chest and abdomen until she met the hem of his boxers. She played with it before slowly pulling his boxers down.
She teased him by drawing circles on the tip of his member with her tongue before closing her lips and taking him to her mouth.
"Liv," he groaned in pleasure.
His hands winded up in her hair, pulling lightly. She kept on moving her head as he felt himself getting closer to the climax. He closed his eyes and kept on moaning her name.
He pulled her hair stronger and said her name through gritted teeth, to let her know he's coming, but Olivia ignored his attempt to warn her and continued moving her head until he finally came. He might have shouted her name way too loudly, but he didn't care as stars were dancing in his eyes. Olivia swallowed and climbing up on the bed, lying down beside him.
"Happy birthday, Elliot," she whispered.
"It is the best birthday gift a man could wish for," Elliot replied.
After a few moments of collecting his bearings, he rolled himself so he was facing her and lazily kissed her on her lips. His hand moved from her shoulders downward, until he met the belt on her pants. Abruptly he broke the kiss and focused on getting her rid of the remaining items of clothing still covering her body. Didn't take long before she was completely naked by his side and he took a moment to admire her figure.
"Better?" Olivia asked with a grin.
"Oh, so much better," he replied mirroring her grin.
He came to kiss her again, slowly at first, but when Elliot moved his hand to rest on her breast the urgency and passion came back, heating up the kiss. He removed his hand from her breast and moved it downwards until he met her wet opening.
"Oh my, you are wet," he said hoarsely.
"That's what you do to me," she said seductively.
He smirked and teased her with his fingers. She arched her back, wanting to feel more. He slipped one finger inside of her and watched her as she closed her eyes and grabbed his shoulders, her nails drawing blood, but he didn't care.
He moved his mouth to her left breast and started sucking it, getting even louder moans from her in response. He slipped another finger inside of her and started thrusting slowly, feeling her tense at the movement. Elliot released her left breast and gave the same treatment to her right one. At the same time he fastened the movement of his fingers feeling her breathing becoming erratic and her heart beating fast in her ribcage.
"Elliot!" she shouted as she felt her abdominal muscles tightening before she found her release. He moved his lips up to her face and kissed her jaw and then dropped multiple kisses to the corners of her mouth.
He removed his fingers, when he felt her body relaxing against his, though her breathing was still erratic and her pulse was way above normal. He kissed her lips, giving her long and tender kiss, hovering over her again, caressing her soft skin.
As Elliot felt his member hardening again he pressed it against her thigh, letting her know about his further plans. Her hands found his member once more and guided him to her opening. He broke the kiss and held her weight over her, so he could look at her face. Slowly he entered her, watching her wince and then groan as her eyelids covered her brown orbs. Elliot stayed still for a moment, waiting for Olivia to adjust.
She opened her eyes and looked into his deep blue ones, pulling his head down for a kiss, she wrapped her legs around his waist and wrapped her hands around his back. Slowly he pulled out of her again and then slammed into her hard, causing her to groan into the kiss, before he found the perfect rhythm.
It didn't took long before Olivia found her release again, her world coming undone as his name left her lips, and Elliot followed soon after, calling out for her and collapsing on top of her.
After catching his bearings he rolled off of her, but pulled her body close to his, canoodling her. His grip on her was tight and protective, pushing every doubt about Elliot off of her mind.
"That was amazing," Olivia said, getting her breathing under control.
"Oh, honey, I'm not done with my present yet," Elliot whispered seductively.
"If you wanna kill me," Olivia deadpanned.
Elliot chuckled and ran his hands up and down on her back and planted a kiss in her hair.
"That's not something I'm interested in doing. Let me know, when you're dying, right?" Elliot said softly.
"Trust me, you will hear about that," Olivia assured him with a smirk.
Elliot chuckled and planted another lazy kiss to her lips. Lying there with Olivia in his arms, he realized how much time he had wasted, because the key to his happiness had been right in front of him for over six years, but he never made a move until recently. He had found many things to regret, but he decided that Olivia was not becoming one of them. She's everything he needs.