Tempt Me, Barba.
Summary: Rafael Barba has a surprise waiting for him and a new detective is transferred from Chicago PD, originally from the Dominican Republic. This surprise, and this detective, what do they have in common?
Warning: Sexual content, mature language, possible violence, and too much time on my hands.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Law&Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago PD, and/or any and all of their affiliates. I also do not own any rights to the labels and artists that are/will be mentioned throughout this piece of fiction. No copyright infringement intended.
Author's Note: Hello everyone! Thank you for reading chapter 3! Rossi's Lil Devil, thank you so much for your praise and thank you for your concern. I hope things get better and that every day is a sunny day for you. Times can get tough, but we can find happy things, "If one remembers to turn on the light" (Albus Dumbledore).
In case you missed it…
Effy is leading instruction into her first case after her transfer from Chicago PD. Olivia and the rest of the squad are impressed with the way she was able to take charge. Barba, of course found it very sexy, but he is mystified with how she sexy she is regardless. Effy had one problem after she left for the day; she hadn't unpacked her stuff since she moved into her place. Barba, being Boy Scout Cubano, helped out and called people to put everything in its place. But, of course, our Cuban hunk of burning desire wanted to have Miss Effy right there on the floor of the closet. Effy, standing her ground, gave Barba ground rules. He can only have her, ALL of her, when the time is right. She opened the door to a hurricane of sexual tension and it's only just beginning.
Let's find out what happens when that hurricane listens to Elizabeth "Effy" Santa Rosa. Remember, my lovely friends, when Effy moves, the hurricane intensifies.
Chapter 4: Green Eyes, Ojos Verde
The next day, Effy woke up in her own bed. Her home finally felt like a home. She felt so happy to wake up to her own place, even though she couldn't help but admit that she enjoyed waking up next to Barba in his gentle embrace. However, his place was not her place.
Softly shaking her head, she turned on her radio and played some Empire of The Sun to get her day started. She started to get breakfast ready until she heard a knock on her door. She turned off the stove and looked through the peephole of the door. It was Barba, of course. Effy didn't bother putting anything on yet, and she opened the door. "Eliz…Ay dios mio." Barba stuttered. He was at a loss. Her color choice of lingerie was mint green. Barba's eyes went from her piercing green eyes, her tattoo above her left breast, her dragon tattoo from the waist down, her slender legs. Oh, her legs! He wanted to bury his face in between them and push her to the edge of her limits. He wanted them wrapped around his waist. However, he had to wait. Effy wanted him to wait. He was not liking it at all.
"Come in, Rafi. I was about to make breakfast. Hungry?" Effy said as she went to turn the stove back on and make an omelet.
Barba shook his head politely. "I made something already, but do you have any chocolate?" Barba had an idea.
"Feel free to search the cabinet, that's where I keep the snacks. It's the one by the glass cabinet." Effy was traveling with her breakfast and started going about her routine in between forkfuls.
In the back of her mind, Effy knew that she put Barba to the ungodly task of making him wait to have her at the right time. However, she did like to make him sweat. So she decided to, what she liked to call "Effify" her appearance.
After quickly putting her plate and fork in the dishwasher, she scampered back into her bathroom. She took a hot shower, dried her hair and made her way to her bedroom. After drying her hair, she put on a sexy black push-up bra and a lacy black thong. Over it, she put on black pants that made her butt pop out a little more than usual. She decided to wear a royal blue button-down long sleeve top with a fitted black blazer over it. She put on some light makeup before inserting her contacts. She decided to straighten her hair, and even surprised herself with how long her hair actually was when it was straight. "Shit…that's a little past my elbows. I might have to get this trimmed..." she said to herself quietly. She put on some black heels with a 3-inch heel and grabbed her favorite black Chanel bag.
"Elizabeth, are you rea-" Once again, Rafael Barba was searching for words but couldn't get any out.
Effy was enjoying the effect she had on Barba. She had him by the balls with just being in front of him.
"Oh fuck me" Barba said out loud. He unwrapped a piece of chocolate and strode up to her. He put half the piece in his mouth and pulled Effy close. Her lips were touching the chocolate. She loved chocolate and she wasn't going to refuse it. He leaned in close and as Effy took a bite of the chocolate, their lips touched. A literal chocolate kiss took place in the middle of the living room. Effy couldn't help but enjoy it and let the kiss linger. His hands roamed from her back to her ass and when the chocolate diminished, they fell back onto the couch. For a split second, green eyes searched for answers but found none. They continued making out for about ten minutes until they came up for air.
"Rafi, cariño (darling, baby, etc.)" Effy said, trying to catch her breath. "Remind me never to give you chocolate again. Or at least hide it from you when you come over."
Barba straightened his tie as he pulled her close to him so his breath crept across her neck, making her shiver.
"Elizabeth, baby, you just can't handle me. You pull away, but you know you want more. Give in once. You're driving yourself crazy trying to stay away. You know you can't stay away; otherwise, you wouldn't be here trying to hold it together." Barba whispered.
He was right…Effy couldn't handle him. She barely tried to get her shit together the first time…
"Rafi, sabes que? (you know what?)" Effy asked, getting up.
Barba looked up.
"Pay close attention. You won't make me weak that quickly. You think I don't remember that you got so uneasy when you saw me after 15 years? You almost lost it in front of the squad. You're fucking kidding yourself if you think that I'm going to lose to you. Baby, you don't really know me, do you?"
Effy walked over to the door with her purse and keys and jangled them in front of Barba. He got up and followed her out.
THE PRECINCT
Effy walked in and sat down, getting right to business on how to figure out an undercover strategy. She would have to get in touch with someone named Declan Murphy in order to make this effective and effortless. She was great at undercover operations, but she didn't know where to start. She would need two other girls, and it wasn't going to be easy.
"Hello, is this Declan?" Hi, it's Elizabeth from Chicago PD. I was transferred to NYPD's SVU. Haha, yes, Sex Crimes. I did it in Chicago, I'm sure I can handle it. Listen, I was wondering if you'd be able to help me out with an undercover matter. You'll come down? I'll be here. Great, thank you kindly. Bye."
Effy was looking forward to this and she was not going to fuck it up.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Barba was sitting in his office. It was a fairly slow day, so he sat in his office just going through his phone. Unbeknownst to Effy, Barba had her on instagram. His page was usually full of travel pictures, food, and family; he had the occasional selfie, maybe a gym mirror picture or two. He wasn't a total prude. His instagram name was "StingLikeABarba".
Her page, however, was just so perfect. She had professional pictures taken of her when she went to events, her travel pictures were so beautiful. His favorite was one she took in October when someone took a candid of her carving a pumpkin with a glass of wine. It was captioned "Ohhhh, she tried it" with the hashtags "inner child", "is this adulting" and "October antics". Her hair was pinned up and she looked so concentrated. Her instagram name was "WhatsMyAgeAgain", named after her favorite song by Blink 182.
Effy's body wasn't the only thing that turned Barba on. It was her just being herself. She was sassy, determined, smart, and she was one of those women every man wanted to have but couldn't. She had an intimidating type of beauty that made her seem perfect.
When she looked sad, he got sad.
When she hurt, he hurt.
If she ever got hurt, he wouldn't have been able to live with himself knowing he couldn't protect her.
He didn't know what she was planning to do with the case at hand, but he was praying hard that she'd be careful.
She was a strong woman, but even a strong woman can fall at her knees when things start to cave in around her.
PRECINCT
Effy, Amanda, Olivia, and Declan sat in Olivia's office talking about the upcoming undercover sting they were going to do.
"So, what I'm proposing is that Georgia Peach, Sargent, and I pose as a Bermuda triangle of our own to get into the ring. Build up some kind of cover so we'd fit in, and then you'll pose as our pimp. I can't stand that word, but you understand" Effy explained to Declan.
"I see this happening. I don't think it's going to be easy, but if you can hold it together, we should be fine." Declan said simply.
The women nodded and the group stepped out of the office to fill in the men on the operation.
After going over everything with the men, Effy excused herself to go grab something from a food truck. She was digging donuts with a passion.
She found a Stan's Donuts truck down the street and ran into Barba.
"You're making this a habit, counselor." Effy said lightly.
"I make a lot of things a habit, detective." Barba countered.
Effy shrugged and pulled out a black device from her purse. It was a vaporizer, commonly known as a vape. She stopped smoking cigarettes and made a better transition. It was inexpensive and she was alright with it.
"Oh? You have one as well?" Barba took his out of his briefcase. He had the same one as Effy, but his was grey.
He was sick of the smell sticking to his suits and stinking up his apartment. This was a healthier and more pleasant alternative to him.
After picking up a few donuts filled with nutella and cookie butter, her main vices, they parted ways, both looking back at each other, longingly.
END OF THE DAY
Effy and Barba made it to their apartment and went to their respective units.
Effy turned on some music as she put her stuff down.
She went to go change her clothes and changed into comfortable short shorts and her favorite off-shoulder sweater that read "The bags under my eyes are designer".
She was just lounging on her couch until she smelled something familiar.
"Weed?" she said quietly.
She opened her door and walked down the hall to Barba's door.
It was his.
Effy knocked on the door.
Lo and behold, Barba opened the door. Shirtless, in black plaid pajama bottoms, with some light smoke behind him.
"I never took you to be a stoner, Rafi. You surprised me." Effy said, nonchalantly.
In her head, she was wondering how much caramel she wanted to lick off of his abs and where else she could lick it off, too…
"Sometimes, not often." Barba shrugged.
In his head, he was wondering what her body looked like without all those clothes, underneath him, bent over, in his shower, on his kitchen counter…
They weren't thinking straight.
At all.
"I just wanted to know where the smell was coming from. It's not bothering me, goodnight Rafi" Effy said, waving as she walked back to her place.
Effy closed the door and sank down to the floor…
"Oh my god, why did he have to answer the door shirtless?" Effy said to herself.
Was Barba right?
Was she not able to handle him?
Was she giving in?
"Fuck." She said to herself before going to bed.
THE NEXT DAY (Early Evening)
Effy, Amanda, and Olivia emerged from the other room of the precinct where there were beds and lockers when members wanted to catch some shuteye in between shifts or other situations.
The male portion of the team, including Barba, waited for them to come out so they could help the girls with the wires.
That was going to be hard
Amanda came out wore a black crop top with skintight high waisted pants and shimmery platform heels. Her hair was done up in high ponytail (thanks to Effy). She had on simple makeup with her eyeliner sharp and defined.
Nick was speechless as she strode up to him so he could help her with the wire.
"You look so fucking fine, Peach. If you're free tonight after this, I'm coming over and I'll give it to you so hard." Amaro whispered as he helped her with her wire.
"By the time I'm done with you, I'll make your dick twitch every time you think of me." Amanda whispered back.
Nick and Amanda kept silently talking dirty to each other until Olivia walked out.
She was wearing a peach colored bodycon dress with a serious push-up bra underneath. Not that she didn't have anything there, but it was pretty obvious she had something to work with tenfold. She had on black platform heels and her hair was done in long curled tresses past her shoulders. Her makeup was light with her eyeliner done just like Amanda's.
Fin was gentlemanly enough to nod at her and he helped her put on her wire.
"Cassidy must be a happy man to have you, Liv. Send him and Noah my blessing. You look great tonight, girl." He said as he passed her gun to her. She smiled and patted his shoulder.
The whole squad stopped when Effy came out.
Effy came out dressed in all black. She wore a tight black lace dress with a nude lining under it to give the illusion that she was naked. She wore a had on a black cross necklace with a tiny mic in the middle underneath. She had her hair straightened and her makeup was minimal, mirroring the other two women. She had on black platform stiletto pumps. Upon closer inspection, she had a taser in a garter holster in case folks wanted to pop off and start something.
Sonny and Barba had to almost fight each other to help her with her wire.
Barba decided to be a gentleman (more of a pussy) and let Sonny do it.
"You're gonna get into a lot of trouble dressed like that. Up to you to decide if it's gonna be good trouble, or bad trouble." Sonny said raising his eyebrows up and down.
"I don't look for trouble, it looks for me" Effy said, looking into his eyes. He almost lost it and he handed her gun to her.
Declan came out of the men's room dressed in a red button down shirt and black pants. He had a gaudy gold medallion on and some brass knuckles to look the part of the intimidating pimp. His undercover name was Flash. No surprise there.
Effy cleared her throat. "Okay, we're leaving now, Nick, Sonny, and Fin, you guys will lay low across the street in the truck. Barba, you're driving, don't bang up my car. Pay close attention to everything that's happening, what is said, and the behavior of certain individuals. Anything and everything can be vital information for this case. Let's fucking do this."
With that, Effy led the team out into the cool summer night.
It was a good thing Effy led the way, the guys (with the exception of Fin and Nick, well he saw a little bit) were checking the women out.
DURING THE UNDERCOVER STING, A LOT OF SHIT WENT DOWN. A SHOOTOUT, TWO GIRLS DEAD, 2 INJURED, A CATFIGHT BETWEEN AMANDA AND A FEMALE PIMP (CALLED MADAMS), 5 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
IT WAS A SUCCESS. THE CASE WAS CLOSED AS GIRLS WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES, OR LAID TO REST IN MARKED GRAVES PAID FOR BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS.
6 MEN WHO WERE BIG IN THE RING WERE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
The next week…
Olivia called the squad, and Barba to attention. Everyone was feeling good about the last week's events and the outcome of it all that they were eager to hear what she was going to say.
"Because 1PP and the other precincts were so impressed with the case and the direction by one of Chicago's Finest"
"Fine is right! Effy looked so good!" Sonny called. Amanda threw her gummy bears at him and he shut up real quick.
"Duly noted, Carisi. Anyway, we've been granted with a 4-day weekend vacation retreat. Relax guys, your vacation starts tomorrow, so go home and pack. It's been a long day today and I would like to get home to my two favorite guys right now." Olivia pulled up a powerpoint and left it for the squad to see as she left in a hurry with her purse and folders.
Effy and Barba looked at each other, green eyes piercing each other.
What was going to happen?
END OF CHAPTER 4
That's chapter 4 everyone. This is my late Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/other holiday gift to you all. I know, there are a few flaws, but at least you get to see a bit of the feisty pair's vulnerable side.
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