Casey just sat at the kitchen table watching Nick make breakfast.

He glanced over at her "What do you want to eat?"

"Nothing" She answered with a shrug.

"You have to eat"

"I'm not hungry."

"Case I will make you eat, either tell me what you want or I'm making you eat healthy stuff that you don't want."

"Cereal" She answered.

"Want to settle for pancakes?" He smirked at her.

"Making me food isn't going to change that you are leaving me again."

"Casey I'm not leaving you. I have a job" he rolled his eyes as he poured her orange juice. "C'mon don't be like this"

"Dad always left and you hated that. Now you're being like him," She snapped.

"That was different. I don't have kids or a wife."

"You have me!"

He got quiet and said nothing as he kept making breakfast.

Casey pulled her legs up and pressed them to her chest. She rested her chin on her knees and kept quiet.

Nick finally made her breakfast and put the plate in front of her. He playfully put her coffee cup by her face "I got coffee" Casey smirked a little but didn't look at him. He kissed her on the head. "C'mon don't be mad."

She rolled her eyes and took the coffee. She put her legs down and started to eat her breakfast her brother made her.

Nick sat down by her and played with his watch nervously. "Can I ask you something?" She nodded. "Um…is the food good?'

She looked up at him sensing his nervousness. "That's not what you had in mind but yes it's good."

He ran a hand through his buzz cut hair "Um…what if I ask Olivia to marry me?"

Casey started to choke over her food "Excuse me?"

"I'm really falling for her" He shrugged a little "It's weird. I'm really starting to be in love with her."

"Then you buy her something you don't pop the question after one date Nick"

"But I love her"

Casey put her fork down. "Nick honey, Olivia isn't a girl you move this fast with. Her longest relationship with man is Elliot. She doesn't trust you that much after one date."

Nick took a deep breath and just shrugged. "Ok"

"I love you with all my heart but if you want Olivia you have to step lightly. If you told her you loved her this fast you would just scare her off."

He rested his head on the table. "Her whole mom issue?"

"Yea" Casey nodded and patted him on the back. "Plus popping the question right before leaving the country is such a horrible idea"

"But Casey we have been friends forever. We flirt with each other every time we see one another."

"That doesn't mean anything. She has been friends with Elliot forever and she flirts with him all the time"

He rolled his eyes. "Well she didn't sleep with Elliot…at least I don't think she did."

"Eww don't tell me these things" Casey said disgustedly and started to eat her breakfast again.

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Olivia wrote her report at her desk. She was swamped in paper work all day. Elliot was on another case in Brooklyn and John and Fin had their own case.

She felt someone sit across her. She looked up and spotted Nick sitting in Elliot's seat. "Hey" She smiled a little.

"Hi. Where is everyone?" He asked with a smirk.

"Working." Olivia answered, "What are you doing here?"

"Dropped Casey off at work. I finally got her to go back to work." He said proudly. "I came here in hope you had time to go to lunch with me."

"Oh" Olivia looked around her table at all the mess from her paperwork. "Not sure."

He smiled pleadingly and held up a red rose from the inside of his jacket "Please?"

"Well I don't know how I can resist" Olivia smirked and closed her file. "Your treat"

"Of course" he got off his seat. He took her jacket and held it for her.

They went out of the squad room and walked down the hall. Nick spotted Casey down the hall talking to someone. She gave her big brother a warning look not to propose or do anything stupid that might ruin what he had going on.

Nick saw the look but placed a hand on Olivia's back and led her onto the elevator.

Casey just shook her head and went to the squad room to get some files.

Cragen came out and noticed his lead detectives were all gone "Where's Benson?"

Casey looked up. "Oh. I think she went to lunch"

"By herself?"

"No. With my brother" Casey answered with a smirk.

"Nick's back?" Casey nodded. Cragen just nodded at the younger woman. "By the way welcome back counselor." He smiled a little at her and went back to his office.

Casey smiled and kept looking for her files.

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Instead of going to a restaurant somehow they ended up in Olivia's room. Both fell over on the bed in complete sweat.

Nick breathed hard and tried to calm down his breathing.

Olivia was also breathing hard and wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Lunch huh?"

He smiled a little "Well I wanted to eat"

Olivia smirked and slapped him on the stomach. She pulled herself up and grabbed her watch from the nightstand. "I have to go"

"Wait" he sat up also and rested on his elbows. "You still have time."

"I got like twenty minutes" Olivia smirked.

"That's enough time." He took the blanket and pulled it over their bodies. He moved on top of her and gently kissed her. "C'mon I'm leaving tomorrow." He whispered as he gently went down to her neck. "I might not see you again"

Olivia wrapped her arms around his body and rested her palms on his upper back. "Don't go"

"You know I have to" He whispered, "Please don't make this harder then it is"

Olivia nodded and pulled him closer. "Ok" She gently met her lips with his. They slowly started to kiss each other.

Olivia wrapped her legs around his waist "Faster this time cause I have work"

He smiled a little and nodded. "You got it." He gently pushed inside of her.

Olivia let out a small moan and pressed her body to his. She slowly gyrated her hips against him as he moved inside of her. He held on hand on her back to support her and the other hand was on the headboard as he moved faster.

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Olivia walked into the squad room and only Casey was there looking through some files "Hey."

Casey looked up and quickly noticed a hickey on Olivia's neck "Compliments of my brother?"

"What?" Olivia asked confused. Casey pointed to her neck. Olivia opened her locker and looked in the mirror. "Oh no" She pulled her shirt collar over it.

Casey opened her purse and threw some cover-up at her. Olivia caught it and quickly went to the bathroom.

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Casey slept on the couch at Nick's house and he slept in his bedroom. His uniform was hanging from the closet and all his bags were packed.

Casey twitched a little hearing a sound.

Chad broke the lock on Nick's house and slowly came in. He spotted his wife on the couch. He walked over to her and placed a hand over her mouth.

Casey's eyes flew open and stared up in fear at her husband she was separated from. She tried to scream but his grip around her mouth got tighter. "Hi baby" he smiled down at her. "Think you could come into my house and embarrass me like that?" He kept on hand over her mouth and started to choke her with the other. "I'm going to teach you a lesson for disrespecting me."

Casey started squirming around not being able to breath. She started to hit him but he didn't move.

Nick groaned hearing noise in the next room "Casey turn the TV off" He mumbled sleepily. He rolled his eyes and dragged himself out of bed. He came to his doorway and spotted Chad choking his little sister.

He grabbed his baseball bat from his room and walked over calmly. He whistled. Chad looked up. "Strike one" He punched him with the baseball bat over his back and pushed him away from Casey.

Chad fell on the floor and lay there holding his ribs.

Nick grabbed Casey's hand and pulled her up "Get out of here"

Casey rubbed her neck and looked at her big brother "He probably has a gun"

Nick nodded and walked over to Chad "C'mon boy" he grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him up. He threw him against the plasma screen. "C'mon! Get up you pussy!" Chad wiped his nose that was bleeding. He pulled a gun out of his blazer pocket. Nick swung the bat at his hand and sent the gun flying to the side. "Strike two bitch!"

Casey just looked in fear knowing her brother was going to kill him "Nick you can't do this"

"Get out" Nick ordered. Casey just kept looking at him. "Out!"

Casey grabbed her jacket and shoes. She grabbed her car keys and went out of the house. She knew her brother was just trying to save her from what he was about to do. He didn't want her involved in any way.

Chad held his hand and started to move away from Nick. Nick was only in white boxers and still holding his baseball bat. "You come into my house!" He smashed the table by Chad's head. Chad covered his head from the glass. "You try to kill my baby sister!"

Chad just looked up at him. Nick had tattoos and ribbed muscles "You're going to go to jail."

"No mother fucker" Nick hit his leg with the bat. Chad let out a scream. "You entered my house" He slammed his own head into a window "You hit me."

"Fuck you"

"Fuck me?" Nick grabbed him by the neck and pulled him up. "Fuck you!" He slammed him against the door. Blood ran down on the side of Nick's face. "You like getting fucked you little bitch?"

Chad just gurgled as his feet got lifted off the floor.

"Huh mother fucker?" Nick threw him on the floor and kicked him in the ribs. "You want to fuck a little bitch as you throw my sister out?"

"Fuck you Nick. I will have you arrested" Chad let out a groan. "I'm going to kill you!" he grabbed the gun from the floor and pointed it at him.

Nick grabbed the gun and pulled it out of his hands "You want to kill me you little cunt? You do it like a man."

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Olivia flipped over hearing her phone. She grabbed it sleepily. "Benson"

"It's Elliot. Shots reported at Nick Novak's house"

She quickly jumped up. "What?"

"Casey showed up when I got the call. She's fine but said Chad and Nick are left over there. Meet me there."

Olivia hung the phone up and quickly jumped out of bed. She got dressed and got her gun and badge.

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Elliot parked his car in front of Nick's house. Olivia showed up two minutes later. There were two cop cars already there.

"What happened?" Olivia asked the two uniforms.

"We circled the house and there is two bullet holes in the windows and one window is broken" The cop answered who was behind the car door.

"Nick!" Elliot yelled as he held his gun toward the house "Come out man!"

Olivia gulped and held her gun up also. Nick wasn't violent except when it concerned Casey.

"Olivia?" They heard Nick yell out.

"Yea I'm here!" Olivia yelled back.

"Do you love me?"

Olivia took a deep breath not sure what to do. She had to be honest. "Yea"

"I love you too baby. I've always loved you and always will."

The front door opened and Nick slowly came out with his baseball. The bat was bloody and Nick had a black eye and blood running down his face. His boxers had bloodstains of blood on them.

"Drop your weapon!" The uniform yelled at him.

Nick tossed the bat to the side. "Take care of Casey will you?"

Olivia slowly nodded. "I promise"

"Hands on your head and get on your knees"

Nick placed his hands on his head and dropped down on his knees.

Elliot and the uniform walked over and handcuffed him. Elliot pulled him up.

"Hey El" Nick nodded a little at him "Good to see you again"

Elliot just shook his head and led him to the car.

"You take care of Olivia for me ok?"

Elliot nodded "Yea man."

The uniforms led him into the car and read him his rights.

Elliot walked over to Olivia "You ok?"

Olivia shook her head "He was leaving again in the morning" She turned around and went to her car.

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Nick blinked at the flash going off in his face.

"Turn to the side"

He turned to the side as they took his mug shots.

Casey came over and stood there. "What the hell did you do?"

"I have the right to remain silent" Nick shrugged.

Casey rolled her eyes and showed her ADA badge to the officers. "Can I have a moment please?"

The officers walked away. Nick just looked at her "What? You have a problem? Cause if so lets hear it sis"

"You killed a man," She whispered angrily as she walked over to him. "You beat him with a baseball bat"

"He attacked you" Nick whispered back angrily. "Don't give me that shit. He came into my house and attacked you."

"You beat him to death. You're going to jail"

"It was self-defense. I would give up everything for your good so don't start to preach to me Hilary Clinton."

"Screw you Nicholas"

He took a deep breath "Excuse me ADA Novak. I have arraignment."

Casey shoved jeans and a dress shirt in his arms. "Here. It's better then those sweats they got you wearing."

"Thank you" He walked away down the hall.

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Nick stood in court in front of the judge. He looked over and Casey was sitting behind him.

"Trevor Langan for the defense" Trevor stood by Nick.

"ADA Moreno for the people your honor"

Petrovsky looked up and spotted Nick there. "Mr. Novak. Surprised to see you on that side of the court. What is the defendant being charged with?"

"Manslaughter your honor. He brutally beat a man to death with a baseball bat." Moreno answered.

"How do you plea Mr. Novak?"

Nick glanced at Casey and then the judge "Not guilty your honor."

"The people are asking for remand"

"That's insane. Mr. Novak isn't a flight risk. He is a member of the U.S. Military. He was being deployed this morning to Iraq. He isn't a threat." Langan argued.

"Your honor Mr. Novak owns weapons-"

"He is part of the U.S. Military, he has permits for the weapons found in his house. The victim entered Mr. Novak's house and assaulted his sister, Casey Novak. It was self-defense"

"The victim wasn't armed when Mr. Novak beat his brains out. He killed Mr. Richards because he is Mrs. Novak's husband"

Petrovsky cut in. "That's enough. Bail is being set at five thousand."

Nick let out a small laugh.

"Something amuses you about this Mr. Novak?" Petrovsky asked.

"No your honor. I will enjoy the pleasures of the cell." Nick answered.

"Glad to hear that. Next case"

Nick shook hands with Trevor and turned to look at Casey "Don't even bother wasting your money. I'll be fine" He gave her a kiss on the cheek and let the guard take him away.

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Two Years later…

Nick stared at the ceiling of his cell. He was convicted but only got two years because Chad entered his house. He was convicted because Chad was unarmed when Nick killed him.

He was getting out today. He told Casey not to visit him because it was just too hard. He hardly talked to Olivia and when they did he just felt guilty for everything so after a while they just stopped talking.

He heard the buzz and his cell door opened. "Get up princess"

He got off his bed and followed the guard down the hall. They gave him his clothes and let him go to a room to change. He stared at his new appearance after two years. His hair grew and he had a goatee. He had a lot more muscle and Olivia's name tattooed on his left peck in cursive.

He got dressed in jeans and a hoodie. He took a deep breath and went to sign his name out.

He walked down to the gates and spotted Olivia leaning on the hood of her car. He smiled a little and went out as the gate opened. "What are you doing here?"

"To arrest you for that ridiculous hair" Olivia teased and looked up and down at him. He didn't have a buzz cut anymore and looked extremely good.

He walked over to her and just stared into her chocolate eyes. "You want to hug me?"

"Only if you hug first"

He smiled and took her in a hug. He closed his eyes and held her. "I missed you so much"

Olivia hugged him back and rested her head on his shoulder "Me too. Never hugged a convicted man before" She chuckled a little "I love you"

"I love you too" he kissed her on the lips and then hugged her again. "You smell good"

"You look good" She ran her hands up his muscular back. "Real good."

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They lay on his bed making out. Every couple of minutes Nick would stop and look at her being glad he was home.

Olivia pulled his hoodie over his head and kept kissing him. She stopped spotting a new tattoo on his chest. She smiled seeing it was her name. "No way"

"I like your name" He smiled at her. "I love you"

Olivia pressed her lips to his again. She grabbed his arm and pulled him on top of her. He pulled her shirt off and kissed her neck. She worked on his belt as they started to kiss each other again.

His bedroom door opened. "Nick!" Casey yelled out with a grin.

Nick fell off the bed getting startled. "Christ Casey, give me a minute"

"Sorry" His little sister closed the door seeing Olivia was only in her bra and he was shirtless.

Nick pulled himself off the floor and grabbed his t-shirt "I'll be back. Have to see her" He pulled his shirt on and went out of the room.

Casey was sitting in the living room waiting.

"Hey girly" Nick smirked and jumped on the couch next to her.

Casey grinned and hugged him. "I missed you so much"

"You too honey" He gave her a kiss on the cheek "How are you?"

"Good. I'm dating again" She nodded.

He messed with her hair "And you're blonde now?"

"Well thought I change it up a little" She answered with a shrug and then messed with his hair "You need a haircut"

"Well I don't know, Olivia likes it so I might keep it like this." He smiled and hugged her again. "I missed you kiddo" He held her closer. "Breakfast tomorrow? I sort of have to talk to Olivia about things"

"Talk? Yea ok." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'm gone" She gave him one more hug and then went out the house.

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Nick lay awake with his arm around Olivia's waist. She was half asleep and only a blanket around them. The only light that was in the room was coming from the moon outside and the streetlights.

"Olivia?" He whispered softly as he placed a small kiss on her shoulder.

"Mmm?" She breathed out with her eyes closed.

"Marry me?" He whispered softly into her ear.

Olivia opened her eyes and turned to look at him "What?"

"Get married to me," He whispered "Please?"

Olivia sat up in bed "What? Are you serious?"

He sat up next to her. "Yes. While I was in there all I kept thinking of was you." He took her hand and placed it over his heart where his tattoo was. "Marry me Olivia?"

Olivia kept looking at him and then slowly nodded "Yea"

He smirked a little "Yea?"

She smiled and nodded "Yes"

He turned around and pulled out a box from his drawer "I have been wanting to give you this for two years now" He opened it and took the engagement ring out.

"Wow"

He smirked and placed it on her finger. "I love you"

Olivia hugged him and closed her eyes enjoying the embrace of her fiancé "I love you too."

The End

A/N: Thanks for reading! Now lets do me a favor and review! Thanks!