Nightmare within a Dream
By: Liv-x-Lex4Ever & E. Scribbles
Chapter 3: Make It Stop
"You're sure you've had no contact with him over the last year? No threatening phone calls, cards, maybe even someone either of you two thought looked like him?" Olivia asked, sitting beside her on the couch.
Alex shook her head. "Nothing until this morning."
"We're doing what we can. Liz said she was having the female officer questioned. We'll question her too," Olivia assured.
She sighed. "What difference will it make, Olivia? He's on the run. He knows where Casey lives! Unless someone can personally guarantee her safety..."
"I will."
"Olivia, you have other cases to work, people who need protection and reassurance, more than us. Elliot, Munch and Fin can't do it all. Besides...you have a way with kids and women that they don't."
She raised a brow. "You're avoiding your emotions."
"Shouldn't I be? I don't want to go back, Olivia."
"Back? You mean into protection?"
She nodded. "An attempt was made on my life by a man who was said to have been in police custody."
"But you wouldn't have been the prosecutor, so he wouldn't want you dead for..."
She sighed. "..True, but to get to Casey, he'll do anything. He proved that. It's not just my job, my friends or...even Casey. I promised my family I would never let that happen again."
"Let it happen?" she asked. "You had no choice. He saw you as a viable threat, Alex. Still has no reason. Plus, that was a federal case. This isn't. And we're going to try to keep it that way."
"Trying may not be good enough."
"You're right, but we're gonna try."
Seconds later, Elliot walked out from the bedroom closing the door quietly.
"She's asleep, right?" Alex asked.
He nodded, sighing.
"What?" Olivia asked. "Did she tell you something?"
He sat in the chair beside them. "Kinda. Not really about him. About Alex."
She sat forward. "What about me?"
He shook his head.
"Elliot!"
"No Alex, you need to talk to her! She...really needs you, not me, not Olivia, you."
"Okay, but it would still help if I knew what was going on."
Olivia sighed. "You didn't hear her, did you?"
"No, when?"
Elliot cut in. "When you basically left her standing alone and walked right into Olivia's arms. She feels—"
"—Hurt," Alex realized. "You two walked in an-and I just," she sighed. "I didn't mean to make her feel like—"
He held his hand up. "I know. I also know that, typically, Olivia's the one who can get you to see clearer, see reason."
Alex sighed and looked at Olivia for a moment, but when she gave an encouraging nod, she stood wearily and padded into the bedroom, pulling the door mostly shut.
Casey was still curled into a ball facing the wall, fast asleep. Every once in a while, she'd cry for Alex to stay and help her.
Alex stood for a short while, watching her, then she slowly moved to the bed. Kneeling beside it, she brushed hair from Casey's face and whispered her name.
Casey coiled into a tighter ball, not realizing Alex was there. "Alex!" her tears fell fast.
Alex bent forward to kiss her cheek, and kept stroking her hair. "Whatever happens, I'll stay with you. Even if that means...you're my family, Casey. I'm gonna stay right here, beside you, forever."
Slowly, her eyes opened and she reached for her. "Wh-why did you just leave me standing there alone? Why did you ignore me?"
"...I wanted to be reassured. Reassured that I could look after you, that I wouldn't make it harder somehow. I didn't ignore you, I didn't even hear you, I was just so focused on getting people to protect you...I forgot about you for a moment. You know how forgetful I am." Alex gave a small smile.
Casey nodded, scooting over toward the middle of the bed. "What are we supposed to do?"
"Dunno. The bed is pretty big. And pretty quiet, so..." She wriggled her eyebrows suggestively, reaching out a hand to wipe away Casey's remaining tears.
She smiled, pulling Alex to her. "Really? You want to? Even with them here?"
Alex gave a quiet laugh, lying on the bed and giving her a gentle kiss. "Not really, but glad to see that smile again."
Casey moved into her arms, laying her head on her chest. "Well, maybe not...all the way, but think I could get a little reassurance?"
"How much is a little, hm? This much?" Alex slid down a little to suck and kiss at her neck, her hand sliding under her top to caress her side. "Or this much?" She moved up to capture her lips, her hand sliding into Casey's bra.
By the time Elliot entered the room, ten minutes later, to tell them about a call he'd just received, Casey was lying back with her eyes closed and Alex was under the covers. "I've just…Oh god."
Casey's eyes snapped open. She sighed. "Yeah, yeah, big shock. Just go."
He was rooted to the spot, his eyes wide.
At the strange note in his voice, Olivia walked in behind him, just as Alex gently nipped Casey's thigh.
Olivia sighed. "Didn't I tell you to let me go?"
Casey looked over, gasping as Alex continued to nip. "O-okay, if both of you are g-going s-s-say SO...otherwise," she motioned for them to get lost.
Olivia, blushing furiously, pulled Elliot from the room and slammed the door.
A few second later a grinning Alex stuck her head out from under the covers.
"Oh don't even... Should we...see what they wanted?"
Alex, still a little breathless, sat up, straddling Casey's middle for a moment as she looked down at her, then reached forward to do up the several buttons shed pulled undone. "You..ah...clean up, and I'll go and see."
Casey nodded, sliding from the bed. "Hey Alex?"
Alex looked up at her.
Casey pulled her closer to kiss her. "I'm glad you're here."
"I wouldn't be anywhere else. Promise."
She nodded, remaining there a few seconds more, before walking into the bathroom.
Author's Note: So, things just took a major turn! What do you think will happen next?
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