Love and Danger

Chapter 14

As soon as Olivia entered her apartment, the stench of blood filled her nose. She looked around her apartment and screamed. She heard Elliot drop everything and start running towards her apartment, yet she couldn't force herself to meet him at her door. Her once beige colored walls were now a dark crimson red. Everything was overturned and on the floor, and a young woman lay dead in front of her couch, her body pale from what Olivia could only guess was blood loss. Suddenly Olivia jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Without thinking, she spun around, her fist coming in contact with whoever was behind her. She heard a satisfying grunt before arms wrapped around her, trapping her arms at her sides. Olivia started screaming and thrashing desperately trying to get out of her attackers arms.

"Liv! Liv! It's me! It's Elliot." Elliot pleaded with her, concerned that she was so frightened, He felt her go limp in his arms, sobbing uncontrollably. He sinks down to the floor, still cradling Olivia in his arms. Elliot wanted to cry himself as he listened to Olivia sobbing in his arms. Finally, after close to thirty minutes, he heard he sobs quieting down, he pulled back to look at her. Her eyes were red and puffy. Elliot stroked her face gently, wiping away the few tears that were slowly making their way down her face. "Liv, it's ok. We're gonna be ok. I'm gonna call CSU and get them up here to collect evidence. You can stay with me until this entire thing clears up. Ok?"

Olivia looked at him with big brown eyes, looking lost. "Ok." she said, her voice quiet. She got up off of Elliot and walked out of her apartment, refusing to look back. Elliot watched as she stopped at the other end of the hall and slid down the wall, burying her head in her knees. He turned back into her apartment and went to call CSU.

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Three hours later, CSU had come and gone, tearing Olivia's apartment They had found no evidence that they could use to locate the killer. Melinda had come and examined the body, finding that the young woman was only 23 years old, and that she had been killed in Olivia's apartment only 2 hours before being discovered.

Cragen, Munch, and Fin had all shown up soon after Elliot had called CSU. They had tried to talk to Olivia, but she refused to talk to anyone. She ended up making her way down to Elliot's car and locking herself inside, unwilling to talk to anyone. Cragen had talked to Elliot, both coming to the decision that they needed to get her to talk to someone, and if she didn't, they would call Huang.

Elliot watched as everyone filed out of Olivia's apartment and turned on his heel, making his way to her bedroom. He pulled out one of her suitcases and packed her clothing, hoping she would be ok with what he packed. When he finished packing everything she would need, he ran out of her apartment, making sure to lock up. When he reached the car, he let himself in and slid into the driver's seat. He looked over at Olivia and noticed that her face was tear stained. He quietly started the car and drove to his apartment. He watched as Olivia got out of the car and grabbed her bags, not once saying anything or looking at Elliot. He followed close behind her, keeping a protective and concerned eye on his lover. When they reached his apartment, Elliot let them in and watched Olivia set her stuff down and sit herself on the couch. Elliot grabbed two beers from the refrigerator and made his way over to sit beside Olivia. He handed her a beer and sat back, resting his head on the back of the couch.

After several minutes of comfortable silence, Olivia finally turned and looked to Elliot. "So, what did CSU find?" she asked quietly, scooting closer to Elliot and resting her head on his chest, smiling when she felt his arm wrap around her.

"Nothing. Melinda said that Jane Doe was killed in your apartment, and that her killer had slit her throat and wrists. She had no chance of survival."

"I think Richard White is involved." Olivia said quietly, burrowing herself deeper into Elliot's side. She felt Elliot tense and hold her closer.

"I have no doubt that he is involved in some way. You do need to know that I am not going to let him or anyone else hurt you again. Nothing is going to happen to you baby."

Olivia looked at Elliot and gave him a small smile. "I know. You wouldn't let anything happen to me as long as you could help it. I love you so much, Elliot."

"I love you too. More than you could ever know. I was so worried about you when you were missing, and nearly died when I saw that car go into the river. Liv, I was so worried I had lost you."

"But you didn't lose me. I'm right here and not planning on going anywhere."

"I couldn't live without you. I don't know what I would do. You mean the world to me." Elliot said, tears in his eyes from remembering the pain he felt when she was missing and in the hospital. Olivia looked at him, wanting to cry herself when she saw the tears streaming down his face. Olivia pushed herself up and straddled him. She took his face in both of her hands, wiping his tears with her thumbs. She made him look her straight in the eye before speaking.

"Elliot, I love you so much. I never want to leave you, but sometimes we can't control what happens. Hell, I could die right now of a heart attack. There is no way of telling when our time will be, but we can live in the moment. And if for some reason I do die, you would keep living. I wouldn't want you to cry and live in misery. I would want you to keep on living for me. I would want you to keep doing everything you could to be happy. Promise me. Promise me that you would live to keep my memory alive, to continue doing things that I left unfinished. Promise me you wouldn't eat your gun or live in misery. Promise me, Elliot."

"I promise." Elliot managed to choke out. When Olivia head his answer, she smiled and brought her lips down on his. She smiled against his lips and depend the kiss when she heard him moan. She broke the kiss and stifled a moan when Elliot continued to kiss down her neck. She leaned her head back to allow him more access.

Suddenly Elliot stood up, keeping Olivia in his arms. Olivia instinctively wrapped her legs around Elliot and returned her lips to his. Elliot carried them to his bedroom and laid her down on the bed before crawling on top of her and kissing her passionately. He pulled back and looked deep into her eyes.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked, wanting to make sure she was ready to go all the way.

"So sure." Olivia breathed with a lust filled voice, before pulling him down on top of her.