Title: Seventeen Years in the Making
Couple: Det. Mike Logan and Dr. Liz Olivet
Summary: A secret is revealed about Liz in court and Mike Logan slowly begins to realize what is missing from his life.
Disclaimer: Nope don't own L&O or L&O: CI or the characters from the show. I'm just taking them out for a little spin is all.
Spoilers: I'm fudging the timeline a bit here. In the L&O universe it takes place during "Betrayal" but in the L&O: CI universe it takes place just before "10 Count".
At times the all characters will definitely not be canon and have out of character moments. Liz is a bit more emotional than we've seen her on the show but if any man could push a reasonable woman like Dr. Olivet over the edge it would be our Mike. Mike will also have moments that will be out of character for him but I do think in a way things have been building up to these moments, especially considering what happened in his last three episodes.
Also, I know Liz was pregnant on the original show once but in "To the Bone" Mike is looking at a photo of Liz with two girls. I don't remember the whole back story of her children (if they ever did one actually) so I'm going to make the girls twins and I'm not sure of the age from the show so in my story they are about 10 years old. Also I know there was a man in the photo but I'm not going to include him in the story (aww fan fiction is a wonderful thing :D).
Part 1
Mike Logan stormed through the halls of the District Attorney office. He was on the hunt for a certain DA by the name of Jack McCoy. It hadn't taken long for the gossip to travel about what happened in court today and that Dr. Elizabeth Olivet had been offered up like a sacrificial lamb.
His head turned when he heard the man in question voice drift out from the office of that new kid who took over for McCoy when he stepped into DA spot. Not bothering to knock he pushed the door opened to find Jack standing right in front of him.
"Logan, what are you doing here?" asked the older man.
"This," he responded as he pulled back and his fist collided with Jack's chin, spinning him backwards onto the floor. "That was for Liz you sanctimonious son of a bitch!"
"Hey," Cutter shouted as he grabbed Logan and yanked him away from his boss, "Connie call security."
"Don't bother, I'm leaving." Logan huffed as he pulled his arm away from the other man.
Connie and Cutter watched as Mike Logan walked out and push past the audience that had gathered at the door during the commotion.
"Let me guess, he's the cop Olivet had an affair with," Cutter mused as he helped his boss stand up. "I would have figured her to have better taste."
"I can see why," Connie mused as she examined the bruise on Jack's chin. "Do you need to see a doctor?"
"I'm fine," Jack reassured them as he straightened his tie.
"I'll have them pick Logan up for assault," Cutter said has he picked up the phone.
"That won't be necessary, I'll talk to his captain about him submitting a formal apology."
"Jack, he should be brought up on charges," Cutter argued.
McCoy shrugged his shoulders as he sat down.
"Maybe you feel like you somewhat deserved it for what you had Michael do to Liz today in court," Connie surmised.
"I still say you should press charges," Cutter said as he leaned against his desk before turning his attention to Connie. "Seriously, you find that jerk attractive?"
Connie couldn't help blushing slightly at the two men as she answered the question, "well yeah, I mean come one he's tall, dark and handsome. Plus he has that whole 'I'm broken' thing going on."
"I'm broken?" Cutter repeated in confusion.
Jack snorted in amusement, "Connie, half the women in this building have had a hand in trying to 'fix' Mike Logan."
"I never said the man wasn't a dog," Connie conceded before wondering out loud. "I wonder what Liz will say when she finds out about what just happened."
***
Mike sighed as he sat down at his desk. He didn't need to be a mind reader to know what was about to happen to him. He just wasn't crazy about the idea of being stuck back on Staten Island again. He looked up as his partner strolled over.
"I finished going through the tapes," Wheeler said as she sat down, she looked at her partner in concern as she saw how pale he was. "How did your errand go?"
Logan looked up and gave her that trademark grin of his. "Great."
The partners worked in silence but both looked up when they heard murmuring in the bullpen. Logan winced when he saw the reason for the commotion walk by and into Ross's office.
"I wonder what Jack McCoy is here for." Wheeler said as she turned around to face her partner.
"Trust me you don't want to know." Logan assured his partner wearily.
Megan looked at the older detective questioningly but didn't get a chance to ask him what he meant when an older woman came into the squad and she heard Logan swear softly to himself.
"Miss, may I help you?" Wheeler asked as the woman stopped at their adjoining desks.
"You Neanderthal jack ass! Who do you think you are?!" Liz Olivet shouted.
Mike stood up and tried to grab her by the arm. "Liz let's go talk about this in private."
"It's a little late to talk about in private. It's all over the DA office and the courthouse that Mike Logan decked Jack McCoy in my honor!" She shouted as she poked Mike in the chest.
"You hit the District Attorney?!" Wheeler cried in shock.
Mike sighed as he turned his head to look at his partner and held his hand up. "Wheeler, please I can only deal with one hysterical woman at a time."
Liz glared at the man in front of her. "Hysterical! I'm not hysterical you ape! I'm angry, actually I'm pissed off! First Jack betrays my confidence today by having Cutter ask me about sleeping with a cop I was counseling after his partner was killed and then you basically take out an ad in the Times announcing you are the damn cop by attacking Jack! I have every reason to be angry!"
"Well what the Hell do you want from me Liz? What McCoy did to you today was cheap and he deserved it." Mike argued.
Liz huffed as she turned away from Mike. "It's none of your damn business! You have no right acting on my behalf!"
"Too bad, I can't just stand by while the woman I love is being crucified!" Mike shouted in frustration.
Mike froze as he realized what he had just said. He watched as Liz's back stiffened and tentatively he reached out to touch her should as he whispered her name.
"Don't." She hissed as she slapped his hand away before turning around to face him. "Seventeen years. Seventeen years and this is how you tell me."
"Liz, I'm sor..." Mike started to apologize only to have Liz cut him off.
"I don't want to hear it," she said as shook her head. "Just stay away from me Mike. There is nothing left to say."
Logan watched as Liz turned and headed out of the squad room. Sighing he looked back to see Wheeler staring at him. Putting both hands on his desk he closed his eyes while taking a deep breath.
Megan swallowed the lump in her throat as she watched her partner. She had never seen him look so vulnerable or defeated before, not even after the fight at the fire house on their second case. Truth be told it scared her to see him this way because suddenly Mike Logan seemed as human as the rest of them. She tried to think of something to say when she saw Liz come rushing back into the squad room and stand before her partner.
The red headed detective would never forget what happened next as the older woman reached up, cupped her partner's cheeks and brought his head down for a searing kiss. When they finally parted she heard Liz say in a choke whisper 'you are such an idiot' before turning and walking away.
Mike let out a shaky breath as he sat down across from Wheeler. He slowly turned his chair around to face his partner. "So was there anything on the tapes?" He asked as he picked up the file in front of him.
"Umm, no there wasn't anything that we could use." Megan answered. She started to ask Mike if he wanted to talk when Captain Ross's door opened.
"Logan a minute," the captain said as he held the door open for the other man to join them.
"Great, Staten Island here I come." Mike mumbled as he got up and walked into his captain's office.
***
Mike stepped into Ross's office and saw his captain behind his desk while Jack stood looking out the window.
"Logan, District Attorney McCoy has agreed that if you issue a formal apology that he will not press assault charges against you."
"You expect me to apologize after what you did to Liz today." Mike snorted in disgust.
McCoy turned to face the other man and nodded his head. "Apology accepted," Jack announced as he and Logan shared a look of understanding.
"Jack," Ross said as he watched the two men in his office.
"I said the apology Detective Logan just made was acceptable. Now if you will excuse me I have a meeting in half an hour." Jack said as he started towards the door but stopped to stand in front of Mike, his trademark grin on his face. "So what do you think Lenny would say if he was here?"
Mike couldn't help but return the other man's grin as he thought about his old friend and partner, "Smooth Mikey, real smooth."
Jack chuckled as he slapped Mike on the shoulder before exiting Ross's office. Once the door was closed Logan looked at his captain, bracing himself for the new asshole he was sure the other man was preparing to rip him.
"Well Logan, I guess occasionally the luck of the Irish does shine down on you." Ross said as he sat down. "Take the rest of the day, we'll see you tomorrow."
"I don't need to take time. Wheeler and I are working on…"
"That wasn't a suggestion Logan, it was an order." Ross said as he cut Mike off.
"Fine," he said as he shook his head in disgust before storming out of his captain's office. Stopping at his desk he grabbed his suit jacket. "I'm out of here Wheeler, I'll see you tomorrow."
"You're leaving?" She asked in surprised.
"Yeah," he huffed as he looked over and saw he had an audience and snapped. "What the hell are you looking at Campesi?!"
The female detective in question quickly turned her attention to a report on her desk as Mike started to walk through the bullpen, his partner hot on his heels.
"Logan," Megan said as she grabbed him by the sleeve and steered him towards conference room.
"What Wheeler?" Logan asked in annoyance.
She looked at him, concern in her eyes. "Staten Island?"
"It's all set," he reassured her before adding with a wink. "So you're stuck with me partner."
Megan smiled in relief. "That's good."
Mike watched as his partner shifted her weight from one foot to the other, her hands in her back pockets as she took a deep breath and her cheeks puffing out as she released the breath. "Oh for crying out loud Wheeler, if you got something to say just say it before you have an aneurysm."
Megan nodded her head towards the chairs at the table and joined Mike as he sat down. Giving her partner a tight smile she blurted out, "you have to go to her Mike and tell her how you feel."
Logan stood up quickly. "We are not having this conversation Wheeler."
His partner got up and blocked his way. "Please Mike, I wouldn't be saying anything if I didn't care."
Sighing he stared at his partner before finally saying. "Two minutes, you've got two minutes to speak your mind."
Sitting back down Megan fidgeted with and invisible thread on the hem of her shirt. Looking back up into her partner's eyes she smiled as she tentatively began to speak. "It's just Logan, don't you think you're a bit…" she paused as she tried to find the right words, "on the mature side to still be picking up a different girl every other night of the week."
"A different girl every other night of the week, come on Wheeler that pushing it. I might date my fair share of women but let's not exaggerate."
"Women," Wheeler snorted at her partner. "Logan you took home a twenty-three year old receptionist who clearly had daddy issues last Tuesday night. I kept waiting for a call that you had a coronary while having sex."
"Hey!" He shouted indignantly.
"Don't give me that look, I see how you eat. You're a bypass waiting to happen." She argued, letting herself get sidetracked. "I mean if you don't think that you're going to get a lecture next week when you go in for that colonoscopy you're kid..." Wheeler stopped in mid sentence and gulped when she saw the look in her partner's eyes.
Smiling shyly Megan reached into her pocket, pulling out a sheet of paper and slid it towards him. "I forgot to tell you that your doctor's office called earlier to remind you about your appointment and to remind you to drink both bottles, don't eat any solid foods, no red jell-o and no alcohol for the 24 hours before your procedure."
Logan glared at his partner as he snatched the paper from her. "Your two minutes are up."
Wheeler shook her head, "I still have a minute left and you said I could say whatever was on my mind."
"Fine, one minute." He conceded angrily.
"You've been in love with this woman for seventeen years and obviously she has some sort of feelings for you. If she didn't she wouldn't have kissed you like she did. I find it hard to believe that you really don't want to be with somebody who you could share your life with."
Mike's anger slowly dissipated as Wheeler's words sank in and he said softly, "You don't know our history."
"You're right I don't know your history. That is between you and Liz. Are you really not going to at least try and see where this could take you? Are you that much of coward that you can't put yourself out there like the rest of us?" She asked.
Mike cocked his eyebrow at her last remark. "The last time I put myself out there the lady killed herself."
Megan nodded her head slowly in understanding. "I know you had feelings for Holly and unfortunately you will never know where things might have lead between you both. But Logan, Liz is here and you have a chance to make something good with her. Don't throw it away because partner I don't' think she's going to give you another seventeen years to make your move."
Mike gave his partner a sideward glance before turning his attention towards the bullpen. "I see why Ross wants me to take off nobody is doing a damn thing out there. They're all watching us in here." He said as he stood up.
"You should go," Megan agreed as she joined him.
"I really should give them something to talk about and kiss you." He told her with his best devilish grin.
"Do it and you'll be walking funny going in for your colonoscopy," she shot back before adding. "Just think about what we've just talked about, ok."
He nodded his head slightly as he opened the door for her. She didn't say anything else she knew that he would think about what she had said to him. She watched as he continued out of the squad room, glaring at anyone who dared to make direct eye contact.
Mike turned as he walked out of the Major Case squad and saw his partner talking to their captain. He couldn't help chuckling to himself. Mike Logan getting romantic advice from the kid, there was something definitely wrong with that. No matter how strange it was one thing kept gnawing at him, was he really a coward?