A/N: This is another request from DaX0315. I don't own any of the characters.

Awkward

SVU had been working on a prostitution/trafficking case with the FBI. This was the first time they had worked on a case with Erin Lindsay since she has been with the FBI. The case had led them once again to Chicago. Erin had gotten the ok to go but really wasn't looking forward to going home again. She knew it would be awkward for her and the only person she was really looking forward to seeing was Hank. The 5 of them met at the airport. Lucy was staying with both Noah and Jesse and Frannie was staying with them at Olivia's apartment as well. Olivia really wasn't looking forward to this trip either and Carisi had been avoiding Amanda. Fin liked the peace and quiet of not having Carisi talking everyone's ear off. Carisi was sitting across the waiting area from everyone else, Amanda was already checking on Jesse, even though she had just left her and Erin was on the phone with Hank. Olivia and Fin were sitting the closest.

"Ok, Liv, what's your problem? You usually look forward to these trips to Chicago. Did somethin' happen the last time we were there?"

"I don't even know where to begin, Fin. The last time we were there and I had gone to Molly's with Erin, Hank showed up. Everyone left and he and I stayed and talked for a while. I told him about my relationship with Tucker but even then, I had my doubts about it. He invited me over to his house and said he had more alcohol there. The Manhattans I had were really doing nothing for me. We got there and he had a brand new bottle of whiskey that we managed to polish off. We had some pretty amazing sex in almost every room of his house and somehow ended up passed out in his bed because that's where we were when we woke up. He called me a cab and had it take me to the hotel. We haven't spoken about it since. I feel like I made a complete ass of myself because I was so drunk. We both were and honestly drunken sex with him was better than any sex with Tucker. I think Tucker was the reason I was drinking so much to begin with."

"Wow! You've never told me anything this private about yourself before, Liv. I still can't figure you doin' anything like that with Tucker. Voight, yes but Tucker, hell no!"

"Yeah, I know. It's just that this trip could get really awkward but the thing is, I didn't think I felt anything for Hank after that night but I do. I have for a while. I thought it was nothing more than drunken sex. If that's the case, then why do I want something to happen with him while sober? I'm guessing that he won't even want to speak to me."

"It's really him you should be tellin' that too and not me."

"I know."

"Did you ever tell Tucker what happened with you and Voight?"

"No. You're the first person I have told this too. I went back to therapy after Dodds died because I was blaming myself for what had happened to him. I never even told Dr. Lindstrom about it. There are times though when I thought I was turning into my mother. Tucker even noticed that I was drinking a lot. I didn't start until I was held hostage by Joe and started seeing Tucker. I stopped myself before it got too out of hand. I didn't want to put Noah through what I had gone through my entire life."

"Do you have feelings for Voight that go beyond what happened that night?"

"Definitely. I think I'm going to go get coffee for everyone."

Olivia and Erin left to get coffee and then Amanda went over to Fin.

"Can we talk?"

"Sure."

"Carisi has been avoiding me since that last case we worked on."

"What, the case when those witnesses were being asses?"

"Yep."

"When Carisi avoids you, it's good for the rest of us because it's actually quiet. I appreciate that."

"Those guys bullied Carisi a long time ago and they told me absolutely everything that they used to do to him."

"I have zero tolerance for bullying and for idiots. Does this change how you feel about Carisi as a person."

"Not at all. It wasn't his fault. They were just so smug when they told me though."

"Have you talked to Liv about it?"

"She was there. She knows too except he can't avoid her like he can me."

Amanda looked and saw Carisi giving her dirty looks because he knew she was telling Fin about him. He got up and went over to them just as Olivia and Erin came back.

"You're a bitch, Rollins and I'm never gonna speak to you again!"

"Whoa! Carisi, what the hell is wrong with you?"

"It wasn't your place to tell Fin about what happened to me. They had no right to tell you any of that."

"I didn't get into specifics about what they did. All Fin knows is that they bullied you and they told me everything they did. How stupid do you think I am?"

"Carisi, if you're going to be rude to Rollins, I would suggest you stay here."

"With all due respect, Lieutenant, I want to go. I'm the one that always gets stuck here when the rest of you go to Chicago. If anyone stays here, it should be Rollins."

"Why should I stay here? You're not the Boss of me."

"You're not the Boss of me either, so I would appreciate if you would keep your big mouth closed regarding my past."

"Again, I didn't say anything."

"Carisi, she didn't say anything."

"Yeah, right!"

Carisi took his coffee and went back over to where he was sitting as Olivia and Erin sat down. Amanda and Fin took their coffees

"Am I the only one that thinks this is going to be a bad day?"

"It's never a good day when we have a case like this."

"You're right about that."

"The only people I'm looking forward to seeing are Hank, Olinsky and Platt. I left in a hurry and never said anything to the rest of the squad. No goodbye, nothing. Hank said when he told the squad that I was coming and SVU was coming, they were excited that the 4 of you were coming."

"Some of them were I'm sure. I'm guessing he's not looking forward to seeing me and I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, since you two are very close."

"Yeah, I know about it. He's more embarrassed by the fact that it happened the way it did. He's not sorry it happened though."

Amanda looked confused.

"Trust me, Manda, you don't want to know."

Olivia ended up telling Amanda what had happened between her and Hank the last time she was in Chicago.

"Wow! I thought I was the only one that did stupid stuff while drunk."

"Not really."

Carisi was glaring at Amanda and then other people looked in their direction.

"We apologize for him. He really is that annoying."

"Don't worry about it."

The guy got up and walked over to them.

"Are you all cops?"

"We're Detectives with the NYPD and she's an FBI Agent. I'm a Lieutenant and he's a Sergeant."

"Well, thank you for everything you do. I think the Police are pretty underappreciated right now."

"Thank you. That means a lot."

"What kind of Detectives are you?"

"We're with the Special Victims Unit. We handle sexual assaults primarily but we also deal with kidnappings."

"Wow! I'm Ryan Jenkins, by the way."

"It's nice to meet you, Ryan. I'm Lieutenant Benson, this is Sergeant Tutuola, Detective Rollins, Agent Lindsay and over there is Detective Carisi."

"It's nice to meet all of you too."

"You from Chicago?"

"Yeah. My parents moved out here after I graduated from high school. They're visiting my grandma but she has cancer, so they told me to get out there to see her."

"So sorry to hear that. What kind does she have?"

"Pancreatic. It's been pretty fast."

"Wow! What do you do?"

"I'm a firefighter. I was 14 when 9/11 happened and I really respect all first responders. That's what made me decide that I wanted to be a firefighter."

"Good for you. What Borough are you in?"

"I'm here in Queens. You're where?"

"Manhattan. We're out of the 16th Precinct."

"Ok. Are you Erin Lindsay?"

"Yeah."

"Ok. I thought I knew you."

"You lived next door to the Voights."

"Yeah, I did. I know Mrs. Voight passed away seven years ago."

"Right. Justin died a little over a year ago. He was married and has a little boy, who's two."

"Oh, wow! I had no idea. Are they in the area?"

"They were in Kentucky because Justin was in the Army. She moved to Scottsdale, Arizona to be closer to her sister."

"Oh. Was it because of an Army thing?"

"No. He was trying to help someone and got mixed up with the wrong people. He was in Chicago when it happened and he's buried next to his mom."

"I never said anything before but I used to have such a crush on you."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

They continued talking until they all boarded their flight. Ryan had a seat by them, so he and Erin talked the entire flight, while Olivia got some sleep. Fin was less than thrilled to have sit in between Rollins and Carisi on the flight. When they arrived in Chicago, Erin had made plans to meet up with Ryan back in New York. They all got their luggage and then the 5 of them went to get their rental. Erin drove to the hotel and then they got checked in before heading to the District. When they arrived, they went in.

"Lindsay! It's is so good to see you."

"You too."

Trudy hugged Erin. Olivia introduced Carisi to Trudy and then they headed upstairs. Trudy buzzed them in and they headed up. Everyone was busy and then the room went silent when they saw Erin.

"Hey, Lieutenant."

"Hey, Halstead."

Jay introduced Carisi to everyone and Olivia made her way to Hank's office, while Erin tried explaining things to her former squad. He was busy looking through files for the case and doing paperwork.

"Sergeant."

"Lieutenant."

"Can we talk?"

"Yeah. Shut the door."

Olivia walked into Hank's office, shut the door and sat down.

"I wanted to apologize."

"For what?"

"You know for what."

"It's forgotten. As far as I'm concerned, it never happened and it meant nothing. Now, if you'll excuse me, I would like to get this case done as quickly as possible."

"Right. The sooner the better."

Hank got up, left his office and went to hug Erin. Olivia was confused. Erin had told her that Hank said he wasn't sorry for what happened but he had just told her that it meant nothing to him. She got up and joined everyone else, so they could discuss the case. They found out that the girls they were looking for were being held at a Prostitution Club on Rush Street. They just needed to get into the Club. Olivia was no stranger to going undercover for cases like these. The last time she had done it was when they eventually arrested Johnny D. Amanda, Erin, Kim and Hailey were the girls being sent in and Fin and Olinsky would be their pimps. Carisi, Jay, Ruzek and Dawson would be sent in as their potential Clients for the evening, while Hank, Olivia, Atwater and Platt were doing surveillance outside in the van. They got ready and then Fin and Al each took two of the girls on their arms and went inside. The Chicago Field Office for the FBI had been informed of the plan and were helping with surveillance as well. Each of the members of the team had some kind of camera or microphone on them, whether it was a piece of jewelry or an accessory of some kind and once everyone split up, they had eyes all over the entire club. They had seen some people go into another room.

"Olinsky, find out more about that room."

"It appears that it's more of a couple's thing."

"That must be it."

Hank and Olivia got ready to go in. Olivia had a blonde wig on and they both wore wedding bands. It had occurred to Olivia that this was the second time that they were posing as a married couple. They had posed as Henry Thorne's parents when they were searching for him during the first case they had worked on together. When they were ready to head inside, Hank offered Olivia his arm but instead she took his hand and laced her fingers through his. All of a sudden, Olivia's heart started pounding in her chest. She didn't know if it was the adrenaline from this case or because she was holding Hank's hand. She almost felt like a schoolgirl holding hands with her crush for the first time. Once they got inside, Hank gripped her hand tighter. He was having the same reaction she was. For both of them it suddenly brought back memories of what had happened between them that night over a year and a half ago. They saw Fin and Olinsky talking and then they saw the Carisi and Rollins making out in a corner, Lindsay and Halstead making out in another spot, Burgess and Ruzek making out in another spot and Upton and Dawson in yet another. They arrived at the room and knocked before being let inside. They sat down and went with what the other couples seemed to be doing and that was kissing. Olivia started unbuttoning Hank's shirt and began to kiss his chest as he started caressing her bare leg.

"Take it easy, you two."

"Uh huh!"

The guy they were after came in to the room with a young girl and saw Hank and Olivia. He told her to get to work. She sat down next to them and looked frightened.

"If you don't earn your money, then I am going to take you into the other room and you know what will happen then."

"No! I won't. I don't want to do this. I told you that already."

Then he slapped her hard across the face.

"Don't talk back to me! I own you, Bitch!"

"No, you don't."

"Like hell I don't. Earn your money or pay the consequences."

"Go to hell!"

He grabbed her up and dragged her into the other room.

"Make a move. Now!"

Hank and Olivia jumped off the sofa and pulled their guns.

"Police! Everyone put your hands up. Now!"

"How the hell did the cops get in here?"

Everyone else came in and then started hauling people to jail. Olivia took the girl.

"Sweetie, can you tell me your name?"

"Amber."

"Do you know where everyone else is?"

"Yes. They're downstairs."

"Downstairs."

Everyone including Amber went downstairs and they located all the girls they were supposed to. The girls all went to get checked out at Med and then they called their parents. The girls had all become friends during their ordeal. They needed to stay in Chicago until the trial. The parents of the girls from New York would be there first thing in the morning. They were treated to a suite at a hotel, where they could have hot showers and something to eat, as well as comfortable beds to sleep in. Kim and Hailey went to get them some clothes and swimsuits, so they could go to the pool as well. The hotel would be well protected. Once both squads changed their clothes, everyone went to Molly's. The time that Rollins and Carisi had spent making out at the Club, helped Carisi regain Amanda's trust. Olivia and Erin had been sitting at their table talking and having a drink.

"Did you work things out with Jay?"

"I told him we can still be friends but I want him to move on from me. Don't get me wrong, I loved making out with him and it brought back so many memories of what we once had. I want to see what happens with Ryan."

Erin didn't know Hank was standing there.

"Who's Ryan?"

"Ryan Jenkins, your former neighbor. He was on our flight and he told me that he had such a crush on me. He's a firefighter in Queens."

"He's a good guy. Are you and the rest of the squad ok?"

"Yeah. We're all good now."

"Good. Now, get lost."

Erin got up and hugged Hank.

"You're welcome."

"Thanks, kid."

Erin left and went to sit with Burgess and Ruzek, while Hank sat down.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

"One more but that's it."

"Herrmann, two Manhattans, please."

"You got it, Sarge."

Herrmann made the Manhattans and brought them over to Hank and Olivia.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

"Can we go somewhere to talk?"

"Yeah, sure."

They drank their Manhattans and then they left. They got into Hank's SUV and he drove home. When he arrived, they got out of the SUV and went inside.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to get you drunk this time."

"Good. Was I the only one that felt something at that Club tonight?"

"No, I felt something too. I may not remember a whole hell of a lot about what happened the last time you were here but I'm not sorry we had sex. I don't think us being as drunk as we were was a good idea though."

"I agree with that."

"You still with Tucker?"

"No. We broke up earlier this year. To be honest, drunken sex with you was better than any sex with him. Sometime I'd like to try it sober with you."

"I feel the same way."

"I have actual feelings for you, Hank and have for a while. The last time was mindless sex all over this house. I don't want that. I want us to actually make love."

"I have actual feelings for you too and have for a while. I agree that we need to actually show each other how we really feel about each other. We don't have to do this tonight unless you want to."

"I want it to happen tonight. I want to be with you, Hank."

Hank made sure the door was locked and then he took Olivia's hand. They headed up the stairs to the bedroom and shut the door. They started kissing, undressed each other, got on the bed and made love. Afterwards, they held each other and laced their fingers together.

"I could get used to this."

"Me too."

"Where do we go from here?"

"We could try to be in a relationship and see what happens."

"I like that idea. I'd like for you to meet Noah."

"I'd like to meet him too."

They started kissing and made love again before falling asleep in each other's arms. The next morning, Hank got up and took a shower before taking Olivia to her hotel. They made love again before she got in the shower and then they met Fin, Amanda, Carisi and Erin for breakfast.

"Good morning, you two."

"Good morning."

Hank and Olivia were holding hands, so they obviously didn't care that her squad knew about them.

"Did you two have fun last night?"

"We did. We are going to try to be in a relationship."

"Good for you. I want you to be happy, Hank and I know Liv makes you happy."

"She does. I haven't felt this way about a woman since Camille."

"I know you haven't."

"How long are you staying?"

"Unfortunately, we have to head back today."

Hank started pouting.

"Hank Voight, are you pouting?"

"Yeah, I am. I was hoping I could spend some time alone with you."

"We did that last night."

"I know."

"Why don't you come to New York? I could take a few days off and you can have the chance to meet Noah."

"We can handle things for a few days."

"What time is your flight?"

"2pm."

Hank called to see if he could get on the same flight and since he could, he booked the seat. After they had breakfast, they went to the District and he told them he was going to be off for a few days. He went home to pack and then they headed to the airport early in the afternoon. Hank was nervous about meeting Noah but Olivia assured him that it would be ok. When the time was right and they were sure things were going to work out, he intended to introduce Olivia and Noah to Olive and Daniel. Hank's seat was next to Olivia, so she slept on his shoulder for the entire flight. They both hoped they could make it work.

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