When Amanda arrived at the station at nine-thirty that morning, she saw that Olivia's blinds were closed as was the office door.

She paused just outside the door, trying to catch a bit of the conversation she was sure was going on in the closed office. But instead, she heard silence. Puzzled about what was going on she knocked lightly on the door, receiving no reply. She opened the door just enough poke her head in to see if Olivia was in the room. Olivia was sitting at her desk with the lights off, her arms crossed under her head.

"Liv?" Amanda said hesitantly, not sure what was going on, she was worried about Olivia.

"Did you need something Rollins?" Olivia asked, sounding completely unlike herself. Amanda was stunned at the use her last name considering everything that had happened recently.

"I just wanted to check on you, see how things went this morning." Amanda said, taken aback by the change in Olivia's demeanor.

"I'm not sure what to even say about what happened this morning." She finally looked up and meet Amanda's gaze. It was evident that she had been crying, her eyes were red and swollen. Amanda went over and crouched down in front of Olivia's chair and turned her so that they were face to face.

"What happened?" she peered into Olivia's eyes, searching for an answer.

"Apparently I haven't been performing well enough to meet their expectations and they want to bring someone else in as Unit Commander. I'm still a Lieutenant, but I'll be out in the field as if I was a Sergeant or Detective." Olivia explained, fresh tears threatening their escape. She swiped her hand avoid her eyes, giving off a child like appearance.

"What the fuck? You've done an amazing job as leader Liv. They're nuts." Amanda was furious. "Who are they planning on bringing in?"

"I don't even know. They're treating me as if everything is on a need to know basis and I don't need to know because it's not my job to know anymore." At that she broke down. Tears flowed freely and she didn't try to stop them now, she was broken. Everything she had worked for was crashing down around her, and it felt like she was back at square one.

Amanda brushed hair away from Olivia's face to get a good look at her, tears of her own threatening to break loose at the sight of this woman falling pieces in front of her. Suddenly Olivia lurched forward into Amanda's arms sending them both to the floor. She was pretty well in Amanda's lap, her arms wrapped around her neck crying uncontrollably into Amanda's neck, her tears soaking the collar of her shirt. Amanda hands rubbed reassuringly up and down Olivia's back, holding her tightly to her chest.

"Liv, you gotta relax. Take a breath sweetheart. Come on, breathe." Amanda coaxed gently, continuing to whisper reassuring things in her bosses ear. "There you go. Everything will be fine Liv. It'll all work out."

"How do you know that?" Olivia asked with a whine not unlike that of a grumpy child.

"I just do, I know everything will be fine one way or another, we are a team, we are family. We've got your back no matter what. We all love you, you know that right?" Amanda asked.

Olivia pulled back just enough to look into the blondes eyes, there was something more to that statement than what was actually said and it sent butterflies straight to Olivia's stomach. "I love you guys too." She replied, hoping to convey the same message she was getting from the blonde.

Her message was received and answered with a crushing kiss. This kiss was unlike any other either had experienced. They became one being at that moment, melded together. Olivia was straddling Amanda at her thighs, pressed as close as possible, her hands tangled in the blonde hair tugging her face towards her, as close as she could get.

Amanda untucked Olivia's shirt from her slacks and ran her hands over the exposed skin, digging her fingernails into the skin there causing Olivia to moan into her mouth which caused Amanda's already evident arousal to ratchet up to amazing heights. She knew they needed to stop soon, that they couldn't be doing what they were doing here, in the precinct, in the office that was no longer Olivia's, but she desperately wanted more.

As of right on cue, Fin and Carisi strolled into the squad room making an ungodly amount of noise. The two women stopped what they were doing and got off the floor to compose themselves before facing the other members of the team. Amanda leaned in for one more quick kiss before exiting the office to get the guys, leaving Olivia alone to dry her eyes and attempt to look less of a mess.

"Yo, Rollins, is Liv here?" Fin questioned, gesturing towards the closed off office.

"She's here, yes, but guys it's been a bad morning and I'm sure she will be out explain everything once she has a chance.

Olivia wanted to go out there and face the members of her team with pride and confidence and tell them what was going on, how everything was about to change, but she couldn't. She was terrified they would think of her as a failure for losing her position as Unit Commander, but she couldn't hide in her office forever. So she decided to pack away a few things in an evidence box to transfer them to her new desk in the squad room. After a few minutes of packing the box she decided it was time. She opened the door and stepped out onto the squad room with the box in her arms. The looks on the male members of their team were pure confusion which only intensified as she went to the empty desk across from Carisi and placed her box upon it.

"What's going on Lieutenant?" Carisi asked, becoming more and more confused with each passing second.

"Well guys, you all saw my appearance on the news last night. 1PP and the brass were not happy at all about it, so they've decided things need to change around here. From this point on I am no longer Unit Commander. I will be working side by side with you all to solve the cases we catch while someone else will be running things from the commander's standpoint." She said, doing everything she could to hold herself together. Throughout her little speech she kept her eyes glued on Amanda, her rock, her safe place.

"What the hell? Why are they bringing in?" Fin asked now standing and obviously furious with the new information.

"Honestly guys, I have no idea who is replacing me. They told me it was need to know, and apparently I didn't need to know at the time, so I'll find out when you guys do."

At that moment a man walked through the doors of the squad room. He was dressed to the nines in his expensive suit and probably more expensive shoes. He looked overjoyed to be there, while everyone else in the room was fixing him with a glare that would intimidate most.

"Ah, great everyone is here. I'd like to introduce myself, I'm Captain Reynolds." He walked to where the detectives were and extended his hand. It wasn't reciprocated by anyone. "Tough crowd huh? That's alright, you'll like me soon enough. I'm sure things are going to be strange for a while but I hope you all can understand why this is a necessary action to be taken. I hope in time you can all trust me enough to come to me with any problems or complaints about absolutely anything, I have an open door policy so just come on in." he flashed a smile that sent chills down Amanda's spine. There was something truly off about this guy, and everyone felt it.

"You must be Detective Rollins? " he asked once again extending his hand that was once again left empty.

"That'd be me." She replied dryly.

"Well I sure hope you feel comfortable enough to come to me if you need anything at all. As I said, my door is always open." He finished with a wink that made Amanda want to vomit on his shoes that probably cost more than Amanda's apartment.

The scene playing out in front of Olivia made her stomach turn. She was seething with anger at the fact that this was the man taking her place, and even more so at the fact that he clearly crosses lines without shame.

Captain Reynolds strode away into his new office and closed the door behind him.

"That fucking guy? Really? That's your replacement? What the fuck are they smoking up at 1PP?" Fin asked, just as angry as everyone else was.

"He seems like a real dick to me." Carisi spoke up.

"I think I have to agree with both of you." Olivia said, looking to Amanda who was still quiet.

The way he looked at her like she was a piece of meat made her skin crawl, and the way he spoke to her made her stomach turn in on itself. She felt ill and quickly made her way to the ladies room to empty her stomach. She pushed open a stall and fell to her knees on the floor and vomited for what seemed like an hour before she felt hand behind her holding her hair back and running circles into her back.

"You okay?" Olivia asked quietly, she had locked the door behind her so they had totally privacy.

"Yeah I'm fine. He just rubs me the wrong way. Did you see how he was looking at me?" She asked, still shaking from the amount of adrenaline coursing through her system.

"We all saw it. I think it's best if you doing go anywhere alone with him until can get a better read on him, okay?" she squatted down behind Amanda and continued to rub her back. After a few minutes Amanda stood and walked to the sink to rinse out her mouth and wash her face. Olivia just stood by, watching the woman she was falling for try and put herself back together after what had just happened. Amanda turned to face Olivia and couldn't help but smile.

"What's that smile about?" she asked.

"You. You're wonderful, you can't rushing in here to help me throw up after I got creeped out. You're just wonderful Liv. Thank you." Amanda said, leaning back against the sink bracing herself with her hands.

Olivia crossed the short distance between them and pressed their bodies together before pressing her lips softly to Amanda's. It was short, but sweet and left both of them wearing smiles.

"Let's go see what awaits us out there shall we?" Olivia proposed in a somewhat teasing manner.

"I believe we should. So let's get this day over with because it's Friday, and we're off this weekend." She replied, kissing her lover once more before striding towards the bathrooms exit, Olivia right behind her.

I hope you're enjoying this one! I'm really enjoying writing it. If anyone has any suggestions for what they'd like to see in the next chapter don't hesitate to throw them out there! And as always, leave reviews and comments! Everything helps!-Bry