I don't own anything that Dick Wolf owns.

This is my Rollaro story, it's kind of my take on how they got together . I hope you like it.

This takes place somewhere in season 16. Nick is back at SVU.

It's been a rough week.

They've been working on a tough case, and even though every case in SVU was rough, this one got to him.

A young woman was missing for a couple of days, she was found badly beaten, but she was not cooperating. She didn't want to talk to the detectives and every time they tried she would cry and say she was fine. Liv decided they should leave her alone for the time being. But they still investigated. Her boyfriend, who was the one to report her missing, tried to help, told them everything she had said to him, which was almost nothing, and tried to convince her to talk to them. But she was reluctant. They barely had any physical evidence and knew the case was getting cold fast.

Nick wasn't sure what exactly was weighing on him about this case, they've seen worse, but the look on her face got to him. He saw so much fear in her eyes he just knew they had to help her. But how can you help someone who doesn't want it?

Maybe that was it, her unwillingness to accept the help they offered. Even her boyfriend's help, a man who loved her and she loved back, seemed to by something she couldn't accept, but they told him to be there for her.

Maybe it was hard for him not being able to help someone who really needs it. And Nick was the kind of guy who wanted to help. But he failed. He couldn't help Maria with her PTSD, couldn't keep Lewis away from his partner, couldn't help himself when he beat up Wilkes, couldn't keep his daughter close.

He knew he had to let that feeling of failure go, but sometimes he just couldn't. And these were the hard times. Like now, he wanted to help the girl, but couldn't. So he tried to put it behind, told himself they will be here when she changes her mind.

He got help with thinking about something else when they had another case. He went to the hospital with Liv to talk to the victim. When they got there she was sedated, the doctor said she had a bad panic attack and she needed to rest. They did talk to her parents who tried but weren't very helpful.

It was almost 1 am when they got out of there and Liv's phone rang.

"Benson" she answered.

Nick looked at her for a moment, he wandered if it was another case. They were swamped and all he really wanted to do was to go home. Not to his home though, he spent the last two nights there because she was had a couple of days off and went to Atlanta. But he knew she should be back by now. He really missed her, he was surprised by how much he missed her though. They didn't get to talk since she left, and he realized she didn't even text him to say she was back. But he figured she had to be at home cause he knew when her flight was scheduled. He hoped this wasn't another case but he couldn't tell, Liv was mostly listening and the only thing she said was "okay" and "I see".

But then she said "we're on our way" and hung up.

"What is it?" Nick asked.

"It was Weiss from homicide, said they found a body and wants us to check it out".

"Did he say why this is a SVU case?"

"No, he just said we need to get there ASAP" Liv said and shrugged her shoulders "but I know Weiss, he's a good guy and wouldn't call if it wasn't important.

"Okay" Nick said "I'll follow you" he added and went towards his car. Since it was late they drove separately so they could go straight home from the hospital, but no such luck he thought.

The scene wasn't very far from the hospital, it was at the park and they had to walk a bit to get there. It was a bit secluded but they didn't have a problem finding it.

Weiss was there and he hurried to approach them before they could see what was going on.

"Benson, thanks for coming so fast" he said.

"Sure, I don't think you know detective Amaro" she said and Weiss shook Nick's hand.

"Nice to meet you" he said.

"So what's going on?" Nick asked.

"We found a body, looks like it's been here for at least a day, but the coroner is not here yet, so I can't be sure, but he's on his way and should be here soon" he said and looked at Liv and than at the location of the body.

"So why did you call us?" Nick asked, if the coroner wasn't there yet how could he be sure this was a SVU case. If the officer who got to the scene first thought she was raped he would probably call them.

"Well" he said, and for a moment it looked as if he didn't know what to say so Liv asked the question that was on both hers and Nick's mind.

"So you think she was raped or is she a victim from another case of ours?"

When he heard Liv's words he couldn't help but think about the girl they couldn't help.

"She's not one of your victims" Weiss said "look, I can't be sure but I think" he got quiet again for a second "I think its one of your detectives".

Nick and Liv looked at him with a look Weiss could not understand. He was in the force a long time, and he was in homicide for a long time but that moment you tell someone news like that never got easier, every reaction was different, but all of them were hard to take.

"Look" he said "before you see her, you need to understand that she was beaten up pretty bad, and we couldn't find an ID, so until the coroner arrives we can't be sure".

"But you think it's a detective?" Liv asked.

Weiss didn't answer, he just went towards the body and they followed him.

The body was lying on her side, she was dressed but the clothes were a bit turn. But that's not what they looked at.

Her face.

She had cuts and swollen bruises all over her face, her hair was dirty with mud and dry blood. It was clear why it wouldn't be ease to identify her, but it was also clear why Weiss called them.

Nick and Liv looked at each other. And Nick wanted nothing more than to say he was wrong, it wasn't her, it was someone else.

But he couldn't, he couldn't be sure that it wasn't Amanda.