A/N: Apologizes again, please read and review xx
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just love writing about them
Against Olivia's advice, Nick decided to go to work. He should have listened to Olivia and taken the day off, but Nick was stubborn. He didn't want to push Cragen's buttons any more than he already had, so in fear of upsetting him he went to work. Desk duty was not something Nick enjoyed. It wasn't long after Nick entered the precinct that his eye's found Brian's. He had only hoped that Brain's anger would have calmed down. It had been a week following Olivia's confession. Nick was wrong; in that time the pain and hurt that Brian felt had vanished, all that was left was anger. Lots of it.
"You fucking asshole." Brian said, enunciating every word. He ran up to Nick and punched him in the face. Nick attempted to stop his blows, but they were too quick. The initial punch left Nick winded, the second one made him fall to the floor. Before Brian could get another hit in, Fin was on him in seconds holding him back. Nick took advantage of that moment and got up from the floor, wiping away the blood from his nose.
"I didn't give her anything she didn't want." Nick said challenging him. "You're never home, what did you expect?" Nick spat at him.
"You really are pathetic." Without a struggle Brian got from Fin's grasp. He wanted to get one more hit in, but Cragen's voice stopped him.
"Cassidy, in my office, now. Amaro go home." Cragen voice was firm, he didn't shout. Yelling wasn't necessary. The depth in his voice was enough of a warning for the two detectives. Nick was already on thin ice and Brian was just pushing his luck. Cragen didn't want him around the precinct any more than the other detectives.
Nick obeyed Cragen's orders and left the precinct. His blood boiled with rage. He didn't know where to go; he didn't want Olivia to see him like this. So heavy with fury. He realized the best thing for him to do was to drive around for a while and calm himself down.
Brian angrily entered Cragen's office. Cragen followed behind the detective, slamming the door behind the two of them.
"What you did out there is unacceptable. Any animosity between you and Amaro needs to be handled outside of my precinct."
"Do you know what he did?" Brian asked. Clearly Cragen was unaware of Olivia's infidelity. He didn't know exactly what happened between Nick and Brian, but by the words the two detectives threw at each other he figured it had something to do with Olivia.
"No. And I don't care to know. Take a couple of days off. That's an order." He said, as Brian walked out of his office.
Olivia Benson awoke to the sound of her door handle opening. Her heart began to race, she grabbed her gun from her nightstand and carefully walked downstairs. She already had her gun pointed forward, ready to shot whoever was coming through her front door.
"Liv," Nick said using the spare key Olivia had given him to open the door.
"How many times do I have to tell you; only for emergencies." Liv said with a sigh. She closed the door behind Nick and carefully placed her gun on the table.
"I got sent home." Nick said dryly. "We got into it." Nick raised an eyebrow and pointed at his swollen nose.
"I'm sorry." Olivia said empathetically, lightly kissing his bruise. "Please tell me you got a hit in." Olivia said jokingly. Nick rolled his eyes, not finding humor in Olivia's attempt to make light of the situation at hand.
"Olivia now is not the time for jokes." Nick said, annoyance lacing his voice.
"I'm sorry." She said again. Olivia didn't really know what else to say. It was her fault entirely that Brian had lashed out on Nick. If she had just been honest about her feelings for Nick, instead of cheating all of this could have been avoided. "Listen," Olivia began. She was quickly interrupted by the ringing of Nick's phone.
"Amaro." Nick said firmly. "Yeah she's with me... I'll give her the message." Nick sighed before hanging up the phone. Olivia's eyes peered up at him as she wondered who had called him asking for her. "It was Amanda," Nick said answering Olivia's unasked question, "She wants you to come over as soon as possible. She said she tried you're number a bunch of times, but you didn't answer."
"I was sleeping." Olivia said blankly, "You always keep me up at night with your snoring." Nick smiled playfully at her.
"Is that all I keep you up with?" Nick asked with a smirk. Olivia blushed at the sound of his words. She lightly kissed him again.
"You're so cute." Olivia looked up at him, her eyes searching his. She loved to look in his eyes; she could lose herself in them. When her eyes found his she would become so transfixed that she would forget all her troubles, everything with Lewis, everything with Brian. It wouldn't matter, his eyes told her that she was his and that's all that mattered. "I'm going to head over to Amanda's and see what she wants. Make sure you ice this." Olivia said pointing at his nose. She grabbed her coat and keys and made her way out the door.