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Today was the important day. They had been with this case for almost a month. It seemed a simple one, with the rape of a young woman. But as they had kept digging it became high profile case. In which the suspect was a serial rapist, who had been attacking for the last twenty years without any detention.

It had been a difficult one. They had gone to a lot of cities, had talked with a lot of people to arrange all the information and evidence before going to court. But Rafael was sure that the rapist was going to be in prison for a long time. They had worked hard; it was for this kind of thing that they work there.

Today the jury was going to announce the sentence, and all the squad was there, even their bosses. In the end, the jury found the man guilty of all charges. They won this battle after all the hard work. Once outside Rafael was saying some words to the press when all happened.

It was all so fast. Olivia just heard the gunshot before her instinct clicked on. She went down at the same time she took her gun looking from where they were being attacked. They were quickly surrounded by the rest of the team and the police officers who had been sent there as a support, in case something happened.

"Rafael?" She called the attorney. He had been just standing beside her while talking with the press. She didn't hear any answer, so she looked behind her to see worst nightmare become real. He was lying on the stairs, with his eyes closed.

"Rafi!" She screamed as she went beside him. He didn't answer; he seemed to be unconscious.

"Someone call an ambulance!" She ordered her team while checking where it was the problem. "Rafi!" Olivia was crying "Rafi don't do this to me, please." She said shaking him.

"Hurts" He didn't have much breath. His left shoulder hurt like hell. He didn't know what happened. He was talking to the press, and then something hit him and threw him to the ground with so much pain.

He could not speak for a few seconds until Olivia started to scream at him and shake him like a boxing bag.

She didn't care for anything more. She knew that they were surrounded and that the problem was being taken cared. And after what it seemed a few long minutes for her, probably not much more than one in real time, Rafael opened his eyes, seeing Olivia almost with her forehead with his, crying.

"Hey Liv" He called her trying to calm her a bit and caressing her cheek with his right hand, getting her attention "Take a deep breath cariño (honey), it's just my shoulder... it's hurting like hell, but I don't think that I'm going to die, ok?" She couldn't answer him, she just put her face on his chest, trying to regain her breath, worrying the ADA as he caressed her hair attempted to calm her.

They were in their own world until Fin came to them

"Guys, the shooter has been taken down. Are you two all right?"

"Yes," Rafael answered the man while Olivia sat beside him "But I could use a doctor right now" He laughed a little.

"It's not funny Rafi" Olivia chastised him.

"I know mi amor (my love)" He consented her as he was helped to go to the paramedics.

It wasn't after they were in the hospital room, once they had patched up Rafael and Liv had stopped to fuss around him, when their acts came back to them, with the figure of the chief Dodds, surprising they both.

"Chief, not that we don't appreciate your worry but what are you doing here?" Olivia asked.

"Barba, Lieutenant" He nodded them both as a sign of greeting. "I just wanted to know how was our highly regarded ADA. And inform you both that we have arrested the shooter, it was the son the bastard had with his first victim." Both Rafael and Olivia could see that the chief was a bit tense about all that.

"Yeah, thank you. Rollins already called" Olivia said. "But I have the feeling that you are not here for this" Dodds only signed.

"You two don't make it easy. I have spent the last three hours with the DA trying to restrain the implications of this. It's already on the internet." He said before to show them a photo of the two kissing when Rafael sat on the ambulance before he went to the hospital. "I had the feeling that something was going between the two of you, and then with the shooting, Olivia, you were not exactly subtle. "I know..." Dodds kept talking, stopping Olivia who attempted to justify them. "That it was a hard situation, and that sometimes the feelings control us. But... you should have said something. Or it was a first time thing?" Dods asked knowing by their faces that it was not "Ok, how long have you had a relationship?, and I want the truth."

"Five months" Rafael answered. "At first it was so new, and then wanted to have a steady thing when we were going to tell you, but the last three months have been a hell. I know..." He looked at Liv, squeezing her hand as support. "We are aware that it's not an excuse, but we thought that disclosing in that environment was not the best option."

Dodds signed again. They all knew that it was a complicated situation.

"The fact that you managed to keep it for five months is a good sign. That you can keep separate the professional and the private life." Dodds was not talking with the couple anymore. "We could make it work," He thought up "Don't suck this, you two are a team too good to have to reassign one of you." Dodds looked at them "But the DA and I are still mad at both of you, you let us without pants in the middle of the jungle press." That made them laugh.

"Take two weeks, at least, both of you and come back when all this has gone down, we'll have your backs" Dodds didn't say anything more before leaving them, he seemed to be in a hurry.

"Now it's official; we are going to give a show every time someone hears about our relationship," Rafael said, pulling Olivia besides him on the bed. She only laughed.

"They gave us two weeks of leave, so we could take this time to move in at last." She smiled happily after all the ordeal, kissing his cheek.

"Yeah" Rafael smiled too "You always have the best ideas" He kissed chastely on the lips. "We could ask when I can go home."

"Yeah, just let's stay like this a few more minutes." Olivia leaned on his good shoulder, running her arm over his belly as he wrapped her shoulders around her.

"Ok" Rafael kissed her forehead, thanking his luck. Having this woman in his arms willing to fight for them both.