I'm trying my best to get the SVU procedures correct, and I'm sorry if I made some mistakes. Hope you enjoy!

"Richard Dickie Stabler. Age...16. Went missing 6 hours ago. Last seen leaving a friends house. He is considered at risk until significant information to the contrary is confirmed," Cragen shouted at the room full of uniforms. His eyes stopped on Elliot, before hastily looking away. He could see the worry and hurt in his eyes, and he couldn't stand to see one of his best detectives in so much pain. "Canvas the neighborhood, knock on doors...anything you need to do to find him," he spat out, while pointing to the picture of Dickie on the board. The uniforms left, and Elliot let out a long breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Fin, Munch...go talk to the family who saw him last. See if his friend knows of any place Dickie liked to go that was within walking distance," Cragen barked. He looked at Olivia as Fin and Munch swiftly left the room. He lowered his voice to a whisper to talk to her. "Check to see if there's any…registered sex offenders in the neighborhood."

She nodded her head and went to her desk without looking at Elliot. She felt bad for him, but nothing she could say or do would make him feel better about the situation. She loved Dickie like he was her own son, and she fought back the tears she knew were coming while she started checking the list of known sex offenders.

"And me?" Elliot asked while walking towards his captain.

"Go home. Get some sleep. Comfort your wife. Be there for your kids. You're in no state to help." Cragen didn't look him in the eye, because he knew what would be lurking behind the younger mans eyes and he couldn't stand to see it again.

"You're kidding, right?" Elliot demanded, his voice rising with every word. "You expect me to just...do nothing while he's out there?"

"Fine," Cragen sighed. He knew Elliot wouldn't back down. "But if I see that this is too much, I'm taking you off the case." He walked into his office and sat down. As he looked out his window at his detectives, all he could think of was how much he wanted a drink.

Olivia was looking through the sex offender registry and the list of recent parolees who might have a grudge against Elliot, but she couldn't stop herself from switching her gaze between her computer screen and Elliot. He looked as though he had aged 10 years in the past few minutes, and the look of him made her heart ache. She wish she could give him some kind of comfort, but she couldn't even give herself any.

"Good news. It looks like there is no sex offender within 10 miles of your house," she said, while silently congratulating him for picking such a safe neighborhood.

"Hmm…" was his only reply, and she wasn't sure if he heard her at all.

Elliot was absorbed in his own work, looking through a bunch of files on his desk. As Olivia walked around to his side of the desk, she saw that they contained information on other missing child cases.

"We'll get him back, you know," she stated. She tried to make her voice sound confident, but she quietly cursed herself when she heard the panic in it. She sat on his desk and put a hand on his shoulder.

He glanced up and she looked into the glistening eyes of her partner. They stared at each other for a moment, telepathically telling each other it was going to be okay, before she got up and sat at her desk again.

The call came in around 6 that morning. The ringing came from the phone in Cragen's office, but everyone heard it. No one was sure if they should run towards it or flee from it, afraid to know what the person on the other end had to say. So they all ended up staring at it, until Cragen finally answered it.

He let out a shaky breath. "Special Victims."

The man on the other end said something that caused Cragen's eyes to go wide, as he peered through his window at Elliot.

He hung up but didn't move, as he stared at Elliot. Finally, he broke the painful gaze and walked slowly to his doorway.

"Elliot. They...found a boy's body-" he paused, as Elliot groaned and collapsed on his knees. He reluctantly continued. "They found a body matching Dickie's description, and they need you to ID it."