A/N: The idea for this chapter was floating around in my head, so that's why I updated so quickly after the last one. I don't own any of the characters.
It had been a couple months since Olivia was shot. She was still on light duty at work, which she hated but that gave her an excuse to get away. This time she was heading to Chicago without Noah. Hank had no idea she was coming and she wanted to keep it that way. Hank had also been on light duty, so he was staying in as the rest of the team went out to a case. Olivia had called Trudy to let her know the flight information, so she left to pick her up. Olivia had gotten her luggage and went outside to find Trudy, who had picked her up in the squad car.
"Hey, Trudy."
"Hey."
"Thanks for picking me up."
"No problem. How are you doing?"
"It's still bothering me a bit but the doctor and Physical Therapist said it was ok to fly. I'm still on light duty at work but then that gives me an excuse to get away."
"Hank is still on light duty too."
"I wanted to have some time alone with Hank without Noah for a change."
"That makes sense."
Trudy drove to the District but when she got there, Hank's SUV was gone.
"His SUV was here when I left. I think I might know where he is."
Trudy drove to the cemetery where Camille and Justin were buried and sure enough, Hank was there.
"Thanks for doing this."
"No problem. I'll put your bag in Hank's SUV."
"I appreciate it."
Olivia got out of the car and walked over to Hank. She snuck up behind him, wrapped her arms around him and kissed his cheek.
"Benson, what are you doing here?"
"It's nice to see you too."
"I'm happy to see you. I'm just surprised. Where's Noah?"
"At home. I figured we needed some us time. I am yours all weekend."
"I can't wait. It's been too long."
"Yes, it has."
"Let's go."
"I didn't mean to interrupt you."
"You didn't. I try to come here every day if I can. Who knew you were coming?"
"Trudy. She also knew where you were."
Hank kissed Olivia and then he took her hand as they walked to his SUV.
"How's the leg?"
"It's better. It still bothers me sometimes though. How are you feeling?"
"Better. Even more so now that you're here."
Hank helped her get into his SUV and then he drove home. They barely made it inside before they started kissing. They went up to the bedroom, undressed each other, got on the bed and made love. Olivia had fallen asleep in Hank's arms. Hank had been thinking about wanting to propose to Olivia ever since he had returned from New York. He had a ring but he still wasn't sure he wanted to do it. He didn't want her to say no as they hadn't even been together for 3 months yet. No one else knew he was thinking about doing this except for the 2 people buried at the cemetery. He was proud of the ring he had picked out and he really wanted to give it to her. All he knew was that this was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. That also included her son, the little boy he has grown to love as much as he loved his own son and now grandson. Olive loved Olivia and so did Daniel. He already knew how Erin felt about her. The 3 of them were the only ones that mattered at this point. Hank made sure Olivia was still asleep before he pulled the ring out of the drawer of the bedside table. He opened the box and looked at it. He knew the moment had to be right for him to give it to her. He was feeling this moment was right, since there was no more perfect time to ask the woman he loved to be his wife than right after they made love. Olivia started waking up, so he closed the box and put it back in the drawer.
"What was that?"
"What was what?"
"In that box you just put in the drawer."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You're a terrible liar. You know that, right? Show me what's in the box."
"Are you going to arrest me if I don't?"
"Don't tempt me."
"You can't arrest me in my own city."
"I could have someone else do it or I could drag you to New York and arrest you there."
"I'd like to see you try."
Olivia reached over Hank and opened the drawer.
"You going to arrest me?"
"Nope."
She pulled the small box out of the drawer.
"I'm opening it."
"Go ahead."
"You're not going to stop me?"
"Nope."
"You sure?"
"Yep."
Olivia slowly opened the box revealing her engagement ring.
"Oh, Hank, it's beautiful!"
"I've been thinking about this since I got back from New York. I know I want to share my life with you and Noah too, obviously. Olivia Margaret Benson, will you marry me?"
Olivia had tears running down her cheeks.
"Yes!"
Hank put the ring on Olivia's finger and then they kissed.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
They started kissing and then they made love again to celebrate their engagement. Afterwards Hank had his arms wrapped around her and she had her head on his chest as she admired her new ring.
"Tell me I'm not dreaming."
"You're not dreaming. You just agreed to become my wife."
"I was wondering when this was going to happen."
"Oh, you were, huh?"
"Yep. We never did look at houses."
"I know. Maybe I'll have to come out there, so we can look, since we do need to get serious about this. I put in my paperwork. I am retiring as of the end of December. I plan to move to New York to be with the woman I love and hopefully our son."
"He will be your son. He's still bugging me about you becoming his daddy. Honestly, I can't wait for the 3 of us to be a family."
"I can't either."
Hank started thinking about Justin and his eyes filled with tears.
"You're thinking about Justin again, aren't you?"
"Yep. I seem to be doing that a lot."
"You probably will for a long time. I'm sure you still think about Camille."
"Yeah, I do."
"Believe me, I understand. She was your first love and the mother of your son. I don't expect you to not think about her just because you're with me. I also don't think Noah will ever be able to take Justin's place in your heart."
"Not completely but when I'm around him, I feel like I've been given a second chance to be a father. Camille's death affected my relationship with Justin and it really wasn't until he became a father that I started to have more respect for him again. He learned to fight his own battles instead of having me do it for him. Unfortunately, fighting his own battles is what ended up costing him his life. I wish he had come to me with that one."
"You can only do so much."
"I know."
"Is Olive ok with you leaving Chicago?"
"She is. I'm giving her the house. She has family in Indiana but she knows she and the kids can come visit us whenever they want. I also told her we'd take Daniel and the baby any time. I told her that when the time comes and she feels she's ready to start dating, if she meets the right person, I'm ok with it as long as I can still have a relationship with the kids."
"Do you think Justin would want her to date again?"
"Yeah. He knew it would be a matter of time before he got shipped somewhere. He and I sat down and had a long talk. He told me he would want Olive to find love again but he'd also want me to support her decision. She said it'll probably be a while before she's ready for that especially with the baby coming in less than 6 months."
"At least she knows how you feel about it. What does she do with Daniel during the day?"
"The place she works offers daycare. She can check on him throughout the day. He does pretty well. I think he really misses his daddy though."
"I'm sure you both do."
"Yep."
Hank and Olivia started kissing and were about to make love again when the front door opened.
"HANK, ARE YOU HERE?"
"NO. GO AWAY, ERIN. I'M BUSY."
"DOING WHAT?"
"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS."
Erin opened the bedroom door and walked into the bedroom.
"Can't you knock?"
"Sorry. I thought you were kidding. I guess you really are busy."
"Yeah and you really know how to kill a mood."
"Hey, Liv."
"Hey, Erin."
Olivia had her left hand on Hank's back.
"Hank, did you propose to Liv?"
"Maybe."
"HEY, ERIN, IS HE HERE?"
"HE'S UP HERE."
Hank pointed at the door.
"Goodbye, Erin."
"I'll shut it."
"Good idea. Keep your mouth shut about what you just saw."
Erin left the room and shut the door again.
"We can pick up where we left off later."
"Sorry about that."
"It's ok."
They kissed again, got out of bed and got dressed before going downstairs. The whole Squad was in his living room.
"Hey, Lieutenant."
"Hey."
"How are you feeling?"
"Better. It's still a little sore sometimes."
"That's encouraging."
"We would like you guys to be the first to know. I've asked Olivia to marry me and she said yes."
"That is awesome! Congratulations."
"Thank you."
Erin looked at the ring.
"Did you pick that out all by yourself?"
"Yes, I picked it out all by myself."
"That's surprising."
"Why? I've done this before."
"I know."
All of you are invited to New York to visit us anytime except Erin."
"Oh, come on, Hank! I'm teasing. It's a beautiful ring."
"She likes it and that's all that matters. I suppose you want a big wedding."
"Not necessarily."
"Not necessarily probably means you do."
"Honestly, I don't care. We can elope for all I care."
"You 2 can't elope."
"Sure we can."
"I need to be there for this."
"Not unless you're invited."
Both Olivia and Erin smacked Hank.
"Apparently, I'm outnumbered."
"You'd better believe it. How about this, we can do the ceremony at City Hall with just the family and then we can have a party afterward with everyone else."
"City Hall wedding and then if you can get the time, we should do our honeymoon in Europe. We can decide what we want to see and how much time we want to spend."
"Hank, I can't see you in Europe. Do you even have a passport?"
"No but I can get one."
"I was thinking something more like the Bahamas or Mexico, where we can go for a week. I don't want to leave Noah. I don't necessarily want to take him on our honeymoon. Maybe next summer I can take a couple weeks off and we can take a family vacation somewhere, so that would include Noah, Erin, Olive and the kids."
"You won't go to Europe with me but you were all set to go to Paris with Tucker."
"Don't start. I never went with him. I want to go with you but not without Noah. I will go anywhere as long as I am with you."
"I'd like to do a Caribbean cruise."
"We could do that for our honeymoon. I don't want a long engagement."
"We'll discuss that later."
"Ok."
Hank's Squad left and headed back to the District. As soon as Olive got home, Olivia and Hank told her they were engaged. Olive took Daniel to see her family for the weekend, so Hank and Olivia had the house to themselves. They decided to get married at the end of the year and booked a New Year's cruise for their honeymoon. After their weekend together, Olivia went back to New York and told her Squad their news. The next step was to find a house or townhouse, so Hank flew into New York at the end of the week, so they could look. It didn't take them long to find something that would be perfect for the 3 of them and still have room for company. Hank started the paperwork to officially adopt Noah before he went back to Chicago. Neither of them could believe that in a little more than 3 months, they would be starting their life together as husband and wife with their son in their new home.
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