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Olivia pulled up in front of Elliot's building, got out of her car and headed inside. She knocked on Elliot's door, she movement behind the door followed by a crash.

"Damn it!" she heard Elliot yell.

He opened the door; Olivia was surprised by a disheveled Elliot standing in the doorway. She could smell liquor on his breath.

"Olivia, I didn't expect you to be stopping by" he slurred.

"Have you been drinking?" Olivia questioned, already knowing the answer.

"What do you want?" Elliot ignored her question.

"I came by to see how your meeting went, and I brought some take out… but I guess I should've called first."

"You're damn right you should've." he yelled back.

Olivia looked past him noticing what a mess his apartment was.

"What the hell happened in here?" she said pushing past him

She looked around the room, there were broken dishes, broken glass, things knocked over, the place was completely torn apart.

"What the hell happened in here?" Olivia asked Elliot.

"What does it look like?" he said angrily.

"Well, it looks like you destroyed your apartment."

"Oh hey, look at that brains and beauty, great work detective." He said sarcastically.

"What the hell is your problem?"

"You" he replied.

"You know what, I don't feel like dealing with your attitude especially when you're drunk" she said walking towards the door.

I can't believe him, giving me an attitude for no good reason she thought to herself as she walked out the door.

"Liv wait"

She turned around to see a remorseful Elliot; she looked into his eyes and couldn't seem to go anywhere.

"I'm sorry Liv, I shouldn't have snapped on you, it's just…" he looked down "today hasn't really been a great day" he said

"What happened?"

"The short version? Kathy got custody of the kids, I've got visitation every other weekend… I mean I can only see my kids every other weekend, what kind logic is that, she's the one who cheated she's the stupid who-"

"El, come on, she is their mother" Olivia interrupted not knowing why she was defending that bitch.

"So you're saying you agree with this arrangement? Thanks a lot Olivia, glad to know you're on my side"

"No Elliot, I'm not saying that, you know I'm always on your side, I'm just saying it's not like she's a bad mother"

"So now you're saying I'm a bad father?"

"Jesus Elliot, stop putting words in my mouth, I never said you're a bad father. I was just making the point that Kathy may be a lot of things but she's a pretty good mother."

"What about me Liv, do you think I'm a good father?" Elliot asked slightly afraid of what her answer might be.

"Are you kidding me?" Olivia said without hesitation "El, I've seen you with your kids, I think you are truly the best father any kid could have," he said with a smile.

Elliot smiled, "Thanks Liv… and again I'm sorry."

Olivia got up "It's fine El, now let me help you clean this place up," Olivia said starting to pick up broken pieces of what appeared to be dishes.

"No it's fine" Elliot said getting up and walking towards her, "You don't have to –" he was interrupted by a piece of junk on the floor causing him to trip and fall, knocking Olivia down with him.

They looked at each other and started laughing.

Elliot got up and offered his hand to Olivia, "sorry," he laughed pulling her up off the ground.

"It's alright" she said still laughing.

"How about you just sit down, and I'll clean up a bit so you don't kill us both," she said with a smirk.

Elliot plopped down onto the couch deciding it was best to listen to Olivia.

Olivia went around his place with a trash can throwing away broken pieces of dishes or glass or whatever else trash she found.

I can't believe El did this to his place, I mean sure he has anger issues, but this is just chaos.

She looked over at Elliot he was sitting there quietly just staring off into the distance.

He's so amazing, how could Kathy do something like this to him? God she's dumb.. I would never hurt him like this, I love-"

"Olivia Benson" Elliot yelled at her with a laugh "What's on your mind?"

"Huh?" she said coming out of her deep train of thought.

"Wutcha thinking about, I can tell something's on your mind"

Olivia hadn't realized she'd stopped cleaning and was just standing there staring off into space

"Oh, uh, nothing really, I was just thinking about that little boy's case" she lied.

"You sure that's it?" He asked, even intoxicated he could still tell when something was on her mind.

"Yeah" Olivia replied looking around the room. "Alright, I think I've gotten most of the dangerous stuff, just be careful." She said sitting down on the other end of the couch.

Elliot looked at her and smiled "Thanks Liv, for everything… I don't deserve to have someone as great as you in my life." He said standing up to walk across the room.

Why is she so patient with me? Why is she so… amazing. I'll never understand why she puts up with me… maybe it's pity… yeah that must be it. He thought to himself.

"El" he felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned around to face Olivia.

Olivia looked into Elliot's beautiful blue eyes, they had tears in them, his tears surprised Olivia, she never saw Elliot like this.

"You deserve the best El, and I'm not nearly that, but I'll always be here for you no matter what happens. You're my partner, I trust you with my life on a daily basis and yes sometimes you get on my last never but… I can't imagine my life without you." Olivia said tearing up a bit herself.

"Liv, you are the best." He said staring into her brown eyes.

He glanced down at her lips, then back into her eyes, he gently brushed a piece of hair out of her face and slowly leaned in towards her.

Is this really happening? She thought as she felt his lips press gently against hers.

Okay! don't hate me too much for the cliff-hangery part! What'll happen next? hmmm! don't forget to review! hope you liked it! thanks for reading!