Disclaimer: I got my DVDs and I didn't get Elliot with them…DARN IT!!!!

A/N: So…I counted at least 4 or 5 people who had requests about who to shoot and who not to shoot…I guess that would be the question huh? Well, I guess you are about to get the answer…PS – I think we have established that I know nothing about NY, so I just make up places, roads and such as I go along…

My Boys

Olivia sat in the waiting room at St. Mary's trying to distract herself from what was going on behind the doors of the Emergency Room. She still couldn't believe what had happened only a few short hours ago. It was then that it finally clicked that everything she loves could be destroyed in an instant. You would think that it was something she would have learned the first time, but it hadn't really hit her until that moment. One second her family was whole, safe, happy and lively; the next second all of that was threatening to fall and crumble under the horrible pressure of one single bullet.

Jake wasn't doing much better. He sat across from his mother trying to keep his mind focused on the baby resting on his lap. He didn't want to think about what the doctor could say when he came out of the ER. Elyse was lying on his lap looking up at him with her bright blue eyes that reminded Jake of his own. She was waving her little fist in the air and trying to keep her brother's attention longer than Jake was willing to give it. He was still having trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that he was going through this horrific experience again. He was only 17 years old and this was the second time he was on the verge of losing someone he loved.

Jake had called Becca on his way to the hospital. He knew that it was 3 in the morning in St. Louis, but he needed to hear her voice. He needed to hear her tell him that everything was going to be alright. She told him just to hang on to the strength of his love for his family and to rest his faith in God, that everything was going to turn out okay.

Jake originally had a break this week from school and had a plane ticket to St. Louis. His plane was supposed to leave in a little less than 5 hours, but with everything that had happened he wasn't going to be able to go. Some time in his conversation with Becca he had told her that he didn't think coming there right now was a good idea. She had agreed and politely informed him that if he would have shown up, she would have kicked his ass, put him back on a plane and not spoken to him for a good while.

It was two more hours before the doctor came back to the waiting room to see Olivia. "Mrs. Stabler?" Olivia nodded and the doctor continued, "He is out of surgery and going to be just fine. He is still under right now, but you can go see him if you would like. The rules state that there should only be one visitor at a time, but under the circumstances, I don't see why all of you can't go in."

"Thanks. What room?"

"Second floor, room 213."

"Thank you," she didn't wait for the doctor to reply before she got Jake, Gage and Elyse and headed to the elevators.

Olivia lightly pushed open the door and closed her eyes to what she saw. She had never seen him look so small before, but there he was lying right in front of her, pale, weak and small. She didn't know whether to cry because he was shot or to rejoice because he was fine and would be back with the family in no time.

What she really didn't expect to see was the figure that was sitting next to him in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs. The figure's arm was in a sling, which matched the one of the unconscious inhabitant of the hospital bed, and he was resting his head on the side of the bed next to the warm body. His hand was resting on the other man's chest and he was asleep.

Olivia didn't want to wake the pair so she stepped back out to the hallway and told Jake what she saw, "Jake it is so cute, look."

Jake peered into the room and smiled. He dug his phone out of his pocket and took a picture of the scene laid out before him. He smiled, saved the image and sent a copy to Becca. He also made a mental note to call her to tell her that they were alright and not to worry anymore.

Gage, who lay protectively now in Jake's arms, made his presence known by whining a little and hitting his brother on the chest with his fist. Jake brought the small boy to his shoulder and tried to calm him back to sleep. Olivia looked at her watch and realized why Gage had woken up.

"Jake, take Elyse. I think the little man woke up because it has been almost four and a half hours since I fed him last, and he usually likes to eat about every two and a half. Your sister should be fine until I am done with him," Olivia said as she and Jake switched infants.

Jake nodded and gazed down at his only little sister. Even though he was 17 years older than her, he was still going to protect her. When her first date comes to pick her up, he wants to be there with his dad and Gage, and possibly Luke, to intimidate him. He wants to dance with her at her wedding and be there for her if a boy breaks her heart, and then go break the boy, of course. He knows that she will eventually get annoyed that they watch her every move, but she will learn that being the only girl has its disadvantages.

Olivia looked up from Gage and saw the love in Jake's eyes as he looked at Elyse. She had been so nervous when she found out about the twins because there would be basically an entire childhood of difference between her first born and her youngest. She was more than ecstatic when both boys had embraced the idea of her having more children and that excitement was refueled each time she watched her children interact with one another.

The door to the hospital room opened and brought Olivia from her thoughts. He husband now stood in the open doorway in his hospital issue gown and slippers.

Olivia smiled, "Hey baby."

"Hey," he said as she shuffled over to her and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips.

"How are you feeling?"

"Better."

"That's good. You didn't leave Luke in the chair did you?"

Elliot smiled, "Nope, I moved him to the bed the best I could. Do you know how he managed to sneak in there? I woke up and he was suddenly there."

"No, I thought you knew. He was sleeping with his head on the bed when we came in. He is all you sweetheart, he knows how to get what he wants, and it looks like he wanted to be with his father."

"Yeah."

"Hey Dad, how are ya?" Jake asked after finally noticing Elliot standing with his mother.

"I'm doing better son, thanks. How are you?" he asked as he walked over to where Jake was sitting in the hallway and sat down next to him.

"I'm fine. Just worried about you two, that's all."

Elliot smirked, "Don't worry. I got the worst of it. Luke will be up and causing your headaches in no time."

Jake grinned, "Actually Dad, I can't wait." Jake had been so scared when he saw that both his brother and father had be hit. He didn't know if he could go through another major life event and was happy when he found out they were okay, "I was just so scared that I was going to lose you again. I wouldn't be able to take it Dad."

"I know, I know. I am still so sorry about leaving you and your mother like that and I promise that no bullet will ever take your old man away again," Elliot told him as he pulled him in for a hug. Elliot was careful of the bundle that Jake held in his arms; after pulling away a little, he bent down and gave Elyse a kiss on the forehead and then placed one on Jake's.

The family walked into the hospital room to have a little privacy. Jake sat on the bed with his legs spread out in front of him. He brought his brother close to his side, careful of his shoulder. He held Elyse in his arms and Gage was lying on the bed between his legs. Elliot and Olivia sat in the uncomfortable chairs next to the bed and just watched as their children interacted.

Luke woke up about an hour later and started to play with Gage, who was now in his brother's arms. Olivia was feeding Elyse and Elliot was having a quiet conversation with his eldest.

"Daddy?" Luke said to get his father's attention.

"Hey buddy, how ya feeling?"

"My arm hurts. What about you? Does your arm hurt too?"

"Yea, it does. Do you want me to get you some medicine?"

Luke nodded and went back to playing with Gage. Elliot got up and went to find a doctor. He came back a few minutes later with a nurse in tow.

"Hello Luke, do you want me to help your arm feel better?"

"Yes please."

"Okay. I'm going to put some medicine in your IV and it will probably make you sleepy, okay?"

"Okay," he said with a nod.

The nurse put a little morphine in his IV and left the family alone. Elliot and Olivia watched as he gently fell back to sleep.

Two days later Olivia was told that she could take her boys home. Elliot and Luke were packed and ready and eager to get home. The two had matching slings and had been joking about them over the three days they had been in the hospital. After the first day when Luke had snuck into Elliot's room, the doctors had decided to let him stay and set up another bed there.

The day after the shooting, Elliot was told that Captain Cragen had shot and killed the intruder, who he now knew was Nick Ganzner, and was now under IAB investigation. Ganzner had been the same man who kidnapped Olivia on their engagement night. Before he had died, Nick told detectives that he was still upset that Olivia had chosen Elliot and he wanted to get her back for good.

The two detectives that were in charge of the investigation had come to talk to him and Luke to try and get dirt on the captain. Elliot had thought that it was a fine shot and if he hadn't taken it, he is afraid that Luke wouldn't still be with him. The first bullet had only nicked Luke's collarbone and lodged into Elliot shoulder. The force of the bullet on Luke was enough to shatter the collarbone itself and cause him to need quite a number of stitches. The bullet had missed any vital part of Elliot because of that nick, but all Elliot's brain was telling his was he would have rather taken the whole force of the bullet than let his son suffer through his encounter.

A/N: The end didn't come out like I wanted, but I hope the chapter as a whole was okay and lived up to this story's potential.