Home for the Fight
Spoilers: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3(Olivia, The Box, The Plateau, Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep, Amber 31422, 6955 kHz, The Abducted).
Disclaimer: If I owned Fringe...Olivia would be on the right side and with Peter.
During the drive, Olivia found herself wondering about Peter and his state of mind at that moment.
"Tell me what you're thinking," she looks over at him and he sighs, picking at the sling's adjustment buckle.
Peter looked at her, "everything, just everything I missed, what if I had never left this side after I found out. What it was like over there, who did what to you. Stupid things like how can you still want this to work after betrayal?"
His left arm was in the sling so she couldn't reach over and take his hand so she settled with placing it on his thigh. "Because you're the part of me I have to hold onto, the part that holds me straight when I veer off. The voice that tells me that everything will be alright even when it isn't at that moment. The only partner who hasn't ended up dead."
"Yet!" He looked at her, "its bound to happen sometime."
"Not while I'm around." She chuckled as they drove into the Massive Dynamic underground parking, the guard stopped the car and Olivia rolled down her window. "Olivia Dunham…"
"Its good to see you Agent Dunham, you too Mr. Bishop."
Peter nodded, "thanks Marty, tell Maria I said hello."
"I will, you go ahead inside."
Olivia drove in and looked around for a parking spot but Peter pointed to a slot that was near the elevator and she looked at it surprise at what it said: Olivia Dunham, FBI-L.
Pulling in, she looked at the sign on the wall. "What does 'FBI-L' mean?"
"Federal Bureau of Investigation Liaison, Broyles has one that says 'DOD-L' which is short for Department of Defense Liaison. Nina thought it easier then all the insanity of getting visitation passes each time so she just added you to the list of the many liaisons she has but as far as she's concerned…you're head of security, if you want a change then you have the power to change it."
"What happened while I was away, what changed?"
Peter unbuckled his seatbelt, "well when Bell died, he left Walter all the Massive Dynamic shares. He owns Massive Dynamic but Nina runs it for him, I take care of most of the decision making over all and you…well she, which we know as you now, are in charge of security. Speaking of security…I'll need the systems redone completely, think you can help with that?"
"Do I get an office?"
Peter chuckled, "your office is in the process of being arranged, it should be done next week."
"Then we have an agreement, let's get that arm looked at."
Peter and Olivia headed to Medical only to find Nina and Dr. Mulara talking, the last however saw Peter and gasped, shaking her head.
"When I expect my next patient to be Agent Dunham, it turns out to be you. What happened?"
Peter sat on a nearby bed, "let's just say Olivia's evil twin shot me in the shoulder and as much as I love hospitals…they can't do what you can."
"Flattery won't work on me," Mulara looked at Olivia, "you need to keep this guy on a short leash or he may just run away."
Olivia chuckled, "you have no idea but if he's flirting, I know he's sane and alive so I put up with it." She placed her hand on Peter's shoulder and watched as Mulara set to work on his other shoulder.
Nina walked over and looked at Olivia, "she shot him?"
"Yeah she shot me, that's how I know which Olivia is which now…mine would threaten to shoot me but never will." He grunted as Mulara began to remove the cast. "Watch it, that laser is dangerous."
Olivia shook her head, "if you aren't quiet Bishop, I'll give her the chance to use one of the large gauge needles I know she's dying to inflict on you, I'll even hold you down while she uses it."
Peter looked at Nina, "I'm stuck with threats, I've already been shot…which I deserve but the threats are non-stop."
"I'll leave you three alone," she turned to leave but turned back, "and if I'll be sure to tell security to ignore any screaming that comes from the room."
Nina left and Olivia watched as Mulara removed Peter's arm from the cast and proceeded to work on his shoulder. Within ten minutes Peter's shoulder could move again, back to normal and the only thing that said 'shot' was the scar from surgery but when they attempted to heal that he was adamant about letting it scar.
A/N: A sweet moment between Olivia and Peter up next.