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Fic Title: Lockdown

Chapter: 2

Summary: Elliot and Olivia always had a special unspoken bond that no one could ever understand. Through thick and thin, they stuck together. Through all the ups and downs, arguments and disagreements; they stood tall and they stood strong. Side by side. However, everything changed the moment Olivia successfully infiltrated into the eco terrorist group. Having to leave Elliot for an unknown amount of time wasn't easy on her; and it wasn't easy on Elliot either. However, once she returned, the two didn't quite know how to act around the other. They felt as if they hardly knew one another, and that such short time brought such big change. Their bond seemed shattered… Along with the forbidden love they both felt. Nevertheless, Cragen demands they clear the air between them and hop onto their next case… A case that could either make or break them. The two arrive at a Psychiatric Hospital, where a series of rapes have been occurring, and as required, they check in their badge, gun, and cuffs at the front desk. Soon after, they find the man has gone onto a more sophisticated spree of crime…murder. Having killed over a dozen mental patients, he heads down into the lower levels of the hospital, and when Benson and Stabler pursue, the entire hospital is put on Lock-Down, leaving them alone and defenseless against one armed perp. How will they survive? Can they rekindle their bond? Just how far will these two unrequited lovers go in order to make it out alive… R&R

A/N: Okay. So I like the reviews I have gotten so far! Thank you all :) Now...I will be shocked if I get over five reveiws for this chapter... Amazing how everyone reviews the first chapter and lets the story go... Oh well! I love you all anyways, because I am loveable like that. Anywho. Anyone want some smut in this story? Because they are, you know, going to a hotel room...all alone.. ;) I can see all of us pervs conjuring up hella shit for them! Haha.. And my smuterific mind can make up some damn good stuff... Want smut?! TELL ME! In a review of course :) Someone actually made a vid for this fanfic. My friend. I am honored and shocked at the same time. Anyone want to check it out?

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Olivia heaved a loud sigh as she through her hand lazily out and shut off the alarm; groaning inwardly at the fact she and Elliot had to spend god knows how long together. Normally, that fact would have her heart leaping for joy, though under the current circumstances, she just didn't know how they would handle being together. Much less, having to stay in the same room together. One thing was for sure, his ass was bunking on the couch, and she didn't give a damn if he protested.

Well, maybe she was looking forward to this little event.

Lamely, she sat up and brushed her long brown locks back, swinging her legs out over the edge of the bed. The fatigue of getting somewhat too old for the job hit her like a wave, and she groaned in protest when her phone rang.

It had to be him.

He's the only one that knew the exact time she woke up. how he did, she didn't know. But she was going to be sure to ask him later.

Flicking open her cell, Olivia sighed and gave a half-hearted 'Benson' while fumbling over the blankets which had somehow managed to wrap around her during the night. She didn't know how she always got into such positions, though she knew who to blame for her dreams.

"Just gettin' up?"

His voice was rough and hoarse, and she imagined him smirking cockily at the fact he knew she was just waking up. She wanted to tell him to shove it, but instead, took on her platonic tone and masked every emotion running through her at the moment. What good would it do to let him have it over the phone? No. She'd rather wait until she had him in that hotel room where he had no place to go, and no place to run to. Then she would corner him with all her questions and insecurities, and hopefully resolve whatever problems they had between them.

"You sound pretty tired yourself, late night?"

She smirked to herself when she felt the sudden drop in his mood, and sh eknew she managed to make the guilt he felt ten times worse.

Though, she did feel slightly guilty herself.

She DID leave him.

Though not entirely by choice.

She didn't know she was going to infiltrate, let alone go under cover for as long as she did. And she HAD tried calling him.

So many things were wrong, and she knew they needed to fix them.

She missed the late night conversations they had, and the early morning breakfasts. Not to mention the small talk, and even the pillow talk they'd have from time to time.

She missed their playful bantering, and she missed how comfortable comfortable was when they were near.

She missed him.

"Just going over the case. I'll pick you up in a few, Cragen had the flight changed. There was another rape last night."

"Just give me a few minutes and I'll be ready."

As usual, the conversation hadn't last longer than a few lingering moments. Just how were they going to fix the gap that had managed to force its way inbetween them?

Olivia didn't know, and she was getting a serious headache from all the thinking. Forgetting the issues at hand, she made her way towards her bathroom and began a hot shower. Really, all she wanted to do was light some candles and soak in a hot steamy bath. But, duty calls and she needed to be ready within the next hour or so. She idly thought about her latest dream, and let her eyes drift closed as she began peeling off her clothes. The moment she stepped into the onslaught of water, she felt her tense form relax only slightly. The thoughts of her partner once again filled her head, and she dared think that she would never get the man out of her mind.

Though, she couldn't really object to the hot and sensual thoughts she often had of him.

The days she would come into the precinct, and think to herself that she would not fantasize about her partner, yet when he walked on in, she idly sat back with a soft smirk placed on her lips. And the thoughts began. Forbidden, unbidden thoughts. The way his shirt sometimes contored his muscles, outlining every tone. The way he rolled up his sleeves, or the way he would give that grin. That Stabler grin.

Even the hot water pouring from the shower couldn't prevent the sheer shiver she got from imagining Elliot. And she had to bite her lip when the image of him with his shirt off popped into her mind. God, she really needed a new habit.

Elliot could only imagine what would happen between him and his partner once they arrived at the hotel. Hell, he couldn't bare to think about what he would have to do to keep himself composed. For as long as he could rememver, that woman turned him on. It was only worse when she was angry. He wanted to be rough with her then.

Shaking his head, he finished gathering his bags before trugging the load down to his car.

Again, he thought about her.

And again, he thought about how it wouldn't be right.

Yet, it was the right kind of wrong.

For years, he had wanted something to happen between them. Even with Kathy. There was nothing like a woman who could kick his ass, and make him submissive all at the same time. There was nothing like a woman who had beauty, brains, and talent. Nothing like a woman who could wear heels, even a dress, and still manage to bust the perp.

There was no one like Olivia Benson.

Finally hitting her street, he grinned slightly, knowing that the hotel stay was going to be a lot more fun with the bickering between them. He knew it made him out to be a prick, but if it was to get what he wanted, he was willing to play his cards the wrong way. He knew how to break her; knew how to make her crumble. Knew how to get through the facade she had put up. It was all too easy after being her partner nearly ten years.

Putting the car into park, he switched the ignition off and got out, jogging up the few stairs to her apartment room. The rain hadn't stopped; and just by the few feet he managed to skip, his body was soaked with the skies tears.

She heard the knock, and knew exactly who it was. Smoothing out her red tank, she grabbed a blank-tight over shirt with a deep V neck and pulled it over her head, smiling at the color. She reached for her black jeans, and quickly pulled them on over her red thong and pulled back her hair and a half up, half down style and then purposely walked slowly towards the door. He was early, and he could wait.

"Ready?" He asked, not even giving her time to state where she were ready or not as he pushed past her and grabbed the bags on the floors. Well, he was rude but sincere. Contrary to that fact, he hurriedly walked towards the elevators, glancing back once to see if she were there.

"You could slow it down, you know. The plane isn't going anywhere for an hour." Her voice was thick, and it came from his other side. He smirked, and shrugged.

"I want this case over."

Lies.

"Me too."

More lies.

"Good."

Silence.

"Yep."

The elevator doors opened with a ding, and Olivia nodded to her two neighboors before stepping inside and holding the doors for her partner. Ironically, she thought of him more as a friend. No more 'best' nor 'close'-ness to it. They'd lost that touch. And as quick as her triumphant mood had come, it had gone and she suddenly felt as if her world was crushed. What had happened to them? Why had it come to this? After so many years of partnership, of friendship, of devotion and damn near love.

They'd let themselves fall apart. Too easily.

But would it be just as easily fixed?

As the doors opened once again, Olivia stood there for a moment as she watched Elliot head on out towards his car.

One thought flowed through her mind to answer her own pondered question.

"Like hell." She murmured with a slight sneer and sigh, stepping out into the rain. 'A day couldn't be more perfect.' Idly, she bit her inner cheek and got into the passenger side, ready to argue who gets the first station, and to face the oncoming silence.

A/N: Okay. So... I have a headache. And the car ride, plus hotel first scene is in the next chapter. After that chapter, well... You guys decide ;) Smut w/hot EOness or we skip the EO raw and rough sexcapade and head on into the main storyline. REVIEW!!

Translation to EVERYTHING: Fucking Review, pretty please with a huge ass cherry on the top ;)