January
What better way is there to ring in the New Year than marriage counseling?
Elliot was nervous. He wasn't sure of himself at all, which was a weird feeling. What if his answers were bad? What if the truth wasn't good enough? What if he lost Kathy?
Surprisingly, it was the doctor who calmed him down. "I take it you are more of a doer than a talker," she said to him.
He nodded.
"Lots of my patients are. Everyone has his or her own form of communication and that's okay. We're here so you and Kathy can find out how to communicate effectively again, which means that we'll use whatever is easiest for the two of you."
Kathy was a few minutes late. "Sorry, Richard has some time of stomach … I don't know what. He's sick as a dog."
"Well I hope he recovers soon. Let's get started."
They started with background: how they met, why did they get married, what they liked best about each other and what scared them most about marriage.
Elliot wasn't surprised that it was his confidence that drew in Kathy. He was surprised, however, that right away she feared that he would leave her for a younger, thinner woman someday.
"I was pregnant and big as a house. He was still the fit athlete that I had fallen for, and I couldn't see him staying when prettier girls would pass by every day."
He only had eyes for Kathy, but it was hard for her to know that when he was gone so frequently.
"I never think twice about other women. Most of the women who come to me at work either had something bad happen to them or are a witness to something. They're not exactly itching for love." Not to say that he hasn't dealt with some inappropriate women in the past, but it was a rarity for him.
"He's always at work, or at least he says he's at work, and then he never says what he was doing all day!"
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
"What are you afraid of?" the counselor asked Kathy.
"What?"
"You say he says he's at work, which suggests you are afraid he is somewhere else. Where are you afraid he is?"
It didn't feel good to have the tables turned on her. "His partner is gorgeous, and he's with her all the time. She sees him more than I am."
Elliot knew Kathy used to be jealous of Olivia; he didn't realize she was still jealous.
"You look confused," the counselor said to Elliot.
"I can't believe she's still jealous of Olivia. We aren't interested in each other that way. She's like a little sister to me."
"Would you say you see her more frequently than your wife?"
He sighed. "I probably do, but we're both workaholics. When you know some bastard is running around targeting women and children, it's hard to just go home and pretend he's not still out there."
"You feel responsible if he attacks someone else while you were at home with your family."
He nodded. "These women, these children, they have fathers, and mothers and brothers and sisters. If something like that happened to my family, I'd be beside myself, and if someone could have stopped him, but they didn't …"
"You want the world your family lives in to be safer."
"Yes."
"That's admirable, but they need you in their world too. You can't catch every bad guy around every corner, but you can be the person they turn to if they ever are in trouble. You can't keep everything on your shoulders. It's how strong men give out in the end."
The hour was up.
"We got off to a good start. How about we all relax, think about what we've learned about each other, and come back ready to talk next week."
Kathy and Elliot walked out.
"Are you going back to work?"
He shook his head. "Captain and Olivia both said they'd punch me if I came back today."
She chuckled. "Did you want to come over for dinner?"
Things were just starting to look up.
When Casey opened the door to their Upper East Side apartment, the smell of rosemary overtook her senses. Alex made pork for dinner, yum.
The blonde Bureau Chief was basting pork tenderloin in rosemary butter. Soon it would go in the oven and finish cooking
"How was your day?" Alex questioned as Casey approached her for a kiss.
"Long and tiring. How do you get home so early?"
"It helps that I'm the boss." Alex had a deputy for a reason, even fi he was a pain in the ass.
"Liv should be here soon." Casey called her before leaving the office. Olivia covered for Elliot on Thursday afternoons, so he could make it to his marriage counseling sessions without issue.
"Do you think Kathy will let Elliot come home?"
"It's only their first session, but hopefully he can come home within the next month. He must be so lonely."
He had been in Olivia's apartment, but her lease expired, so he had to move to Casey's apartment.
"I would invite him for dinner, but I think that might just make Kathy even more angry."
"She has nothing to be jealous about. We won't share Liv, well with anyone else."
"I know that, and you know that, but jealousy can make people miss the obvious."
About twenty minutes later, Olivia came home. Alex already had a bottle of pinot noir open and had a glass in her hand. Casey had a Guinness.
"Two beautiful ladies, and dinner in the oven, how did I get so lucky?"
She got a kiss from each of her lovers and went for a sip of Casey's beer.
Ten minutes later, they ate.
"Any news on Elliot?"
Olivia checked her phone. "Kathy invited him to dinner."
"This is the best thing you ever made," Casey insisted as she bit into the spicy asparagus, which had been served with pecans.
"You always say that."
"I always mean it."
"I can't wait until we go to Hawaii," Alex murmured. "I'm done with this cold weather."
"I like it," Olivia declared. "I get to warm you two up once we're inside."
"I think I'll need some warming up after dinner," Alex suggested.
"I'm sure you're quite warm," Casey retorted.
The dishes could wait. As soon as they were done eating, Alex raced to the bedroom, both of her lovers hot on her tail.
Hands roamed all over as Olivia and Casey stripped their blonde lover. Alex locked her legs around Casey's hips and flipped them over so she was on top. Olivia went straight for Alex's bra, unsnapping it before yanking it away.
Right away Casey started pinching and pulling on the pink nipples presented to her.
"OH YES!"
Olivia started sucking on the blonde's neck, leaving her mark. The detective's strong hand made it into the Bureau Chief's underwear. "It looks like you're plenty warm."
Alex thrusted her hips forward, trying to get Olivia's fingers inside.
"Not yet," Olivia teased. She took her hand back and started to remove her own clothes. Alex tried to help, but Casey distracted her with a hungry kiss. Alex decided to undress Casey instead, and began unbuttoning her blouse.
Casey hadn't worn a bra that day. Alex went right for a hardened nipple and began to suck on it eagerly.
The redhead arched her back and hoarse moans escaped her mouth as Alex switched sides.
Slowly, she made her way down Casey's stomach to her hips and then she yanked off the ADA's skirt, leaving her in a black thong.
"Someone wanted to get lucky today."
Casey wanted to get lucky most every day.
Alex yanked away the soaked underwear and started teasing the swollen lips with her finger pads.
"DO ME!"
Alex looked into green eyes and saw nothing but desire. She slowly pushed a finger inside and started to pump it in and out.
Not one to be forgotten, Olivia started teasing Alex's inner thighs with her tongue. The blonde jutted her hips back, hoping Olivia would take the hint, but the brunette would rather tease her instead.
Eventually, Olivia shoved her tongue inside of Alex.
"OH FUCK!" The blonde lurched forward, sending a second finger into Casey. The three moved in tandem with Olivia setting the pace. She used her mouth and one hand on Alex while using her other hand on herself. Alex used her fingers on Casey while the two made out wantonly.
The blonde could feel Casey tightening around her fingers and knew she was close. The redhead was fighting it, trying to come at the same time as Alex, but the Bureau Chief knew she needed more time. "It's okay. Let go."
Casey gasped before she came all over Alex's fingers. The greedy blonde licked her hand clean and then gave Casey a bruising kiss.
Olivia sucked Alex's clit in her mouth, forcing the blonde to break the kiss and groan loudly. She didn't last much longer; soon, she was gushing all over the detective's face. Just hearing her shriek in pleasure, was enough to send Olivia over the edge, and she came too.
"Are you still cold?" Olivia questioned.
"Well, they did call me the Ice Queen for a reason."
Elliot still had to go back to the apartment at the end of the night, but Kathy did kiss him. That was a reason to smile. He quickly got jealous, however, when he saw the shit-eating grin on Olivia the next day.
"Really, again Olivia?"
"What?"
"Do you always have to sport the I just got laid grin?"
It's not my fault I had a good night last night, and well most nights. "Sorry maybe I should try abstinence."
He grumbled. Lucky bitch!
Fin and Munch were used to Olivia's smiling, but they had to tease too.
"Seriously, you should do an ad for Crest or something," Fin told her.
"Speaking of ads, Alex's first Prada ad is out." Munch turned around his computer screen and there it was, Alexandra Cabot looking delicious in her Prada suit.
"In related news, JC Penny released an ad too," Elliot teased.
They all laughed.
"To think, I used to shop at JC Penny." Olivia commented.
Elliot looked at her.
"What? I did. I didn't know."
"Shut the fuck up. Let me guess, you wear only Italian designers now."
"I wear whatever Alex buys me, and I'm a happy camper." She was really just teasing Elliot. She still bought her own clothes, for the most part.
"Ugh!"
Alex wasn't even thinking about the ad until she got to work.
"Looking sharp Boss!" Finn told her.
Alex frowned in confusion until the girl said, "Remember, your Prada ad came out today."
"Oh right, thanks."
Of course, her staff kept playing. "This is Prada, that's JC Penny Bitch!"
"Stop fooling around and get to work!"
The meme was a fan favorite. Even Lena watched it in her chambers sometimes. She couldn't let it influence her rulings during the trial, but it was hilarious.
The trial would be starting in February, and now, people had a reason to watch.