so this fic came about after a tweet exchange with livsxelliot (parallelsoulamates on Ao3) and i just thought it was so cute. this will have a few chapters (i hope) anyway i hope you enjoy

Arriving home to her apartment Olivia sighed, dropping her bag on the chair in the hall. It had been a long and difficult shift, they had been called to a 13 year old girl who had been abducted on her way to school from Morningside park. There were very few witnesses and those that they did have couldn't agree on the basics of what was seen or what the kidnapper looked like. There was the added difficulty that street cameras didn't pick anything up so they were literally working with nothing.

They eventually found her tied up in an abandoned property in Sheepshead bay. She was badly beaten. They still haven't found the kidnapper and the girl was too traumatised to tell them anything that evening.

Looking at her watch she sighed, Elliot had left right behind her so he should be here by now. He had split up with Kathy whilst she was undercover in Oregon. A year after she had got back and his Divorce was finalised he had asked her out on a date. They had been going out for 6 months and he had a drawer with his things in along with space in her wardrobe. Hearing her phone ring she smiled seeing his name on the caller ID

" hey Where are you I thought you were right behind me" she said.

"I am so sorry, I am going to be a little late something has come up"

"Is everything okay its not the case or the Kids is it" she asked.

"No, everything is fine. I won't be too long"

"Remember we have the kids tonight" she said.

"I know I already texted Kathy, and asked if she can drop them at yours " he said. "See you later"

Heading into the kitchen she pulled open the fridge, as usual it was empty apart from a half gallon of orange juice, half a gallon of milk as well as leftovers from several nights ago. Pulling out the bottle of wine she had opened the previous evening she poured herself a glass.

Flopping down on the sofa she sighed, as her jet black cat jumped up on the sofa and onto her lap.

"Hey puss " she smiled scratching the cat behind her ears.

She had adopted the cat from the shelter after she had got back from Oregon after not having much luck with her love life. She decided she might as well become the crazy cat lady and adopt a cat. Somehow this kitten had captured her soul as soon as she walked into the cattery. It was Jet black with huge amber eyes that just looked right at you like it was reading her mind. She also had found it sad that black cats were always left because they were considered unlucky or satanic. It had the perfect name; Karma.

She smiled as the cat jumped off her lap and curled up in the corner of the sofa.

Hearing the front door open she smiled walking into the hall.

"Hey" she said "Everything alright"

"Yeah" he said "umm I may have got you something" he said

"Ooh what is it?" Olivia grinned

"Here it is," he said gently, pulling on a lead and a German Shepherd trotted forward. "This is Mazikeen"

"You got me a dog " she said trying to sound elated "when I have a Cat."

"I am sure they will be Fine. She is fully house trained. A buddy of mine is in the k9 unit and this little one didn't quite pass her aptitude test and i couldn't let her end up in a shelter because she would not be adopted" he said unclipping the lead

"You got me a police dog. What did she fail her test on" Olivia asked watching as the dog explored her new surroundings

"A few things." he said "but she is perfectly harmless" he said as Mazikeen trotted over sticking her nose into Olivia's hand

"And how can we take care of a dog when our hours are insane" she asked

"We can make it work. Besides having a German Shepherd might be a good thing if you are ever out late"

"Elliot I'm a cop if anyone tries anything I can just pull my gun" she said

"That's a fair point but she might prevent the need for that"

"You are not going to take no for an answer are you?" Liv smiled

"No" Elliot grinned closing the gap snaking his arm around her waist

They were broken apart at the sound of his 3 of kids rushing in to the apartment

"You got a puppy!" Dickie cried seeing the dog who at the sight of new people began jumping around trying to greet all of them

"She is so cute" Lizzie chimed in as the dog began jumping up trying to lick her face

"Guys can we not get her all excited and worked up in Liv's apartment please" Elliot said

"Hi Dad," Kathleen said, following her siblings through the door. "Mo says Hi but she is swamped with school work"

"It's fine" he said kissing his daughter on the cheek "you had a good week"

"Meh it's been okay" she said "what's with the dog"

"Your father thought I might need protecting" Olivia grinned as she finally managed to calm Mazikeen down.

"Dad Olivia is a bad ass cop why would she need a dog" Kathleen laughed

"That's what I said" Olivia laughed

"What are we having for dinner dad" Dicky said still in his coat playing with the dog,

"I thought i would go out and get a Pizza" he said

"Can we have pepperoni" Dickie asked

" I don't like that" Lizzie moaned "can't we have chicken"

"How about both" Elliot sighed it was an impossible task to get his twins to both agree on the same thing.

"YAY!" both twins cried

"Right so 1 chicken, 1 pepperoni, anything else?" he asked turning to Olivia

"I don't mind" she said softly

"Katie?" he said turning to his daughter

"They are fine for me" she said " I have some homework I need to do" she said

"You know where your room is" Olivia smiled "I'll call you when your dad gets back"

"Thanks Olivia" the young woman smiled walking down the corridor

It had taken a while for the kids to come round accepting the end of their old family life and the fact that their parents would no longer be living together and be under the same roof. But they eventually came round and they all loved Olivia.

Later that evening Olivia was curled up on the sofa, the kids were all asleep and the apartment was finally quiet.

"Here we go" Elliot smiled, handing her a glass of red wine.

"Thanks" she smiled as he sat down

Shifting so she was nestled in his arms they both watched as Mazikeen walked round curling up on the cat bed that was in the corner. Jumping down from her perch on the window ledge Karma walked over to Mazikeen seeing why she was sleeping in her bed before squeezing herself in the small gap that was left purring loudly at apparent her new friend

"See told you they would be best of friends." Elliot smiled

"Fine, she can stay. " she sighed. "I was going for Crazy cat lady vibes with my life anyway so I guess I can add a dog" Olivia smiled as he teased her into a kiss.

"Well they seem settled," he said, indicating to the two animals , "the kids are asleep. Why don't we turn in ourselves" he whispered in to her ear

Leading her down the corridor to the bedroom, she smiled falling against the bed. She had no idea how she was going to manage a dog, cat and a full time job but she loved the idea of the chaos it was no more than her normal. And it would be nice having something warm that she could interact with when he was at his own apartment or if he was working late. She loved karma but she was a typical cat and would ignore you if she didn't want to play.