I saw a video on TT were dads were suffering as they hold their baby girls to get their ears pierced, and it screamed Protelliot and I had to write this.

They got together on season 13, but not a lot of background in this fic.

Hope you enjoy it ❤️

"I really don't think we have to do this" he said as they walked through the shopping.

Olivia adjusted her purse on her shoulder and grabbed Noah's hand leading the little boy to their destination. At two and a half years old, the toddler loved to walk ever since he learned the new skill.

"Elliot, please , we already had this conversation. Let's not start it again" she felt the headache coming. They had exhausted this matter a couple of weeks ago.

"But.. it's gonna hurt" he whined like a little kid.

"Well, yes, that's why we are doing it so soon, so we can all forget about it soon enough." Olivia reasoned.

"I don't like it" Elliot mumbled.

" Dear God , you have three daughters, I'm sure you've been through this before" she was already exasperated.

"Mommy" The shopping was full and Noah lifted his little arms for his mom to carry him.

"I didn't. Kathy did it on her own, I wouldn't have agreed with it back then too. I just think it is unnecessary." He argued.

"Well, get ready, we are doing it" it was the final word on the conversation.

In Elliot's arms, the little brunette baby girl was cooing blissfully unaware of what was going on around her. Their daughter existence had been quite a surprise to both of them. They were finalizing Noah's adoption papers when a series of nauseated mornings made Olivia go to a doctor only to find out she was 4 months pregnant already. The older kids took it as champions, jokingly saying we are already 6, what's one more?

Dickie, excuse her , Richard, was the most surprising one, getting completely emotional as he cradled his baby sister in his arms. He was mercilessly teased about it by his other sisters.

During her pregnancy, Elliot had taken to refer to their daughter as Lil darling and Eli assumed that meant her name was Lily, so obviously, the 6, almost six-and-a-half , started calling her that. By that point, her name could hardly be any different. And then, 5 months later, with a one week delay (that made her mother go absolutely insane " That's it, I evicting her, she has to come out right now!" ) Lily Bernadette Benson-Stabler was born in a Tuesday afternoon.

They made their way to the parlor they were looking for in little time. The attendant was quick to make her way toward them. "Good afternoon, folks. How can I help you?"

"Lily here will get her ears pierced" Olivia answered the cherry woman.

"Well, you've come to the right place! Come with me, please. You can choose the earrings and we'll go from there." She then showed them the ample selection of mini sized earrings proper for children. "These are all children safe, we'll mark the placement with a pen, sterilize her lobes and use the gun to get them pierced, it will be quite quick and painless"

"Yeah, you'd say that" Elliot mumbled.

"Elliot" Liv reprimanded him.

"I'd like to see if it was your mama's boy who had to do this" Elliot said kissing his little girl forehead and hold her tighter against his chest. The blue eyed girl smiled sweetly to her dad and made some baby noises "Isn't that right, Lily? Mommy is being mean"

"Don't say that to her" Olivia rubbed Noah back as he was still on her arms, now resting his head against her breast, almost falling asleep to the beating of her heart. "And since she is such a Daddy's girl, you get to hold her during it"

The attendant remained calm, used to father being reactive to their little girls pain, even the most little one. She finally directed him to the chair and explained how he had to hold the baby's torso and head so she would be stable for the piecing.

"Ready?" She said as she placed the gun in the little girl's ear lobe. The father anxiously nodded and braced himself, closing his eyes as if he was the one getting his ears pierced. The cute girl smiled up at her with a toothless grin as the piercing gun went off. The father jumped a little in surprise and the baby was startled by the noise and the sudden movement. As her little brain registered the pain, she looked around confused. And then it slowly began, her eyes moistened with tears and her little face contorted into a crying expression.

Her father gently shushed her making soothing noises and kissing her head "I know, my little darling, I known. It's almost over" his eyes were also filled with tears and the attendant had to smile at this hulk of a man suffering at the chair. If only all fathers were like this . The mom was filming it as a milestone and awkwardly balancing the other kid. They sure have been busy .

"Now the other one" the attendant said. Dad gave her the stink eye and held the girl still. A new wave of tears came after the second earring. He was quick to get up and walk as far way as he could quieting his daughter as he calmed her. The mom finished paying and reached them.

"Never, ever make me do something like that again. She has to get the shots? You go with her. Dentist? You go. I can't take her crying" he said with a voice honestly emotional.

"Alright, you big softie. I'll do it" she said gently kissing his mouth. Lily already forgot the pain and was playing with her little fingers "She doesn't even feel it anymore, you are suffering more than her"

"Yeah, yeah, she took it like a champ. Shut up" he said a little embarrassed but still moved by the whole thing.

"Ok" Olivia said starting to walk to the where their car was parked "But I'm sending this video to Fin"

"Don't you dare" he said quickly following her "Olivia, I'm serious"

"And Munch"

"Olivia!" She continued walking with Noah already asleep in her arms "Olivia, give me your phone!"

She looked back at him, gave him a smile and continued walking.

Jesus, this woman will be the death of me.