A/N: I don't own any of the characters.

Alone Time

Hank had retired and moved to New York after he and Olivia got married. Things were going fine but Olivia had been working more and would come home after Noah was in bed most nights and she rarely had time for her husband and son. While he understood what she was going through, this was putting a strain on their relationship. Instead of sleeping in their bed with Hank, she had moved into the guest room and whenever she was home, they were arguing more. Fin, Rollins and Carisi were trying to take some of the stress off Olivia but she insisted that she do it herself. Amanda was on the phone with Erin almost daily trying to figure out a way to get Olivia to take some time off to be with her husband and son. Erin, as always, had been there for Hank and now that they were once again living in the same city, she wanted to help the man she loved like a father try to save his marriage.

Erin, Olive, Fin, Amanda and Sonny urged Hank to arrange to take Olivia somewhere where they could have some time alone. Hank didn't want to exclude Noah but he understood that his parents needed some time together, so he was fine with it. Hank booked a cruise for 10 days and he hoped it would help them. On the day they were leaving for Florida, Hank had everything ready and he had hired a limo to take them to the airport. Fin, Rollins and Carisi knew what Hank was planning, so they knew to expect the chauffer.

"I'm looking for Olivia Voight."

"She's right in there."

The chauffer went to Olivia's office.

"Ma'am, come with me please."

"Excuse me?"

"I have my instructions to come here to pick you up."

"From who?"

"That doesn't matter."

"Never mind. I know. Is this going to take long?"

"Please just come with me, Ma'am."

"Fine."

Olivia took her purse and her coat and went with the chauffer. Fin texted Hank to let him know she was on her way outside. When they got outside, the chauffer opened the door for Olivia and she got in.

"I should have known it was you. What is all this?"

"I'm taking you away for 10 days and I'm not taking no for an answer. We need time for us."

"I'm sorry I've been so bitchy lately."

"It's ok. Come here."

Olivia moved closer to Hank and then they kissed.

"So, where are we going?"

"We are going on a 10-day cruise."

"What about Noah?"

"He's fine with this. Erin, Olive and your squad urged me to do this. Noah knows you and I need some time alone. Erin is staying with him and if she gets in a bind, she'll call Lucy or Rollins. What's going on with you?"

"Sometimes I feel that getting married ruined things between us. This is all so new to me. You've done this before."

"If you felt that way, you need to talk to me about it. Don't shut me out. I get you're getting stressed with your job. Trust me. I know. I've been there. I'm glad I retired."

"I'm just not ready for that yet."

"I get it. Just promise me that you won't shut me out anymore."

"I promise."

They arrived at the airport and went to get checked in. They went through security and went to the gate to wait for the flight. Once the flight took off, Olivia fell asleep on Hank's shoulder with his arm around her. When they arrived in Fort Lauderdale, they went to the hotel and got checked in. They had a light dinner and made love to reconnect before they fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, they checked out of the hotel and went to the ship.

"Hank, this is amazing!"

"Nothing but the best for you. You know that."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Olivia kissed Hank and then they found out where they were staying. They walked to their cabin and went in.

"Oh, Hank, look at this incredible view!"

"Why do you think I chose this cabin?"

"You're an amazing man, Hank Voight."

"You're an amazing woman, Olivia Voight."

Olivia kissed Hank again and then they made love. A little while later, once the ship had set sail, they walked around to see what there was to do on board and had lunch. They went back to the cabin and changed into their swimsuits. They went down to the pool, got in the water for a while and then just relaxed.

"Thank you for this."

"You're welcome."

"I didn't realize how bad things really were for me until I started taking it out on everyone."

"Like I told you yesterday, just talk to me. That's all you need to do."

"I know. I've really missed this. We need to take Noah somewhere."

"Yeah, we do. We'll arrange something. Don't worry."

After spending a few hours at the pool, they went back to the cabin to get ready for dinner. After dinner and dessert, there was dancing and then they went back to the cabin.

"Dinner was delicious."

"It sure was."

"It's going to be great to not have to worry about work for 10 days."

"Your squad was more than happy to take over while you're gone."

"They're a great group. I definitely need to change my attitude, so hopefully this trip with do it for me."

"You also need to relax. If things start to get to be too much for you, let your squad handle it. You don't have to do it all by yourself."

"I know and I shouldn't take things out on you and I shouldn't avoid Noah the way I have been."

"He understands more than you think."

"Maybe I'll have to eventually take a day off after we get back to spend some time with Noah."

"He'll like that."

"I think I am also going to start working more normal hours."

"You're the Boss."

"Yep. I'm not going to think about work. All I want to concentrate on for the next 10 days is us."

"Good."

Hank and Olivia started kissing, undressed each other, got on the bed and made love before falling asleep in each other's arms. The next morning, they got up and got ready before they went for breakfast.

" I slept better than I have in a long time."

"You are planning on moving back into our bedroom, right?"

"Yes. Part of it was because I didn't want to disturb you and the other part was that we were arguing more and I didn't want to have an argument with you about anything. I hate when we argue."

"I do too."

After breakfast, Hank took Olivia's hand and they walked around the ship again. They went into the gift shop and bought a few things. They decided to go to the pool, so they went back to the cabin and got ready. Olivia had taken some pictures with her phone. The rest of the day was pretty quiet. They had dinner and went to bed.

The next day, the ship arrived at its first port. They got off the ship and walked around. They took pictures, had lunch and did some shopping. They stayed ashore until it was time to head back. Once they got back on the ship, and it headed out to sea again, they watched the sunset and called it a night. They did the same at the other ports as well.

By the time they arrived back in Fort Lauderdale, they were closer than they had been since they got married. They got on their flight to New York. Once they arrived in New York, they got their luggage and had the limo take them to their house. When they arrived, Amanda was there with Jesse.

"Hello."

"Mommy! Daddy!"

"Hey, Sweetie! I have missed you so much."

"I missed you too."

"Thanks for staying with him, Erin."

"No problem. I take it you two are ok?"

"We're more than ok. I think we're closer than we've been since we got married. We really needed this."

"Yeah, I think you did."

"We missed you, Liv."

"I missed you guys too. I'm not going to let my job come between me and my boys ever again. From now on, they come first."

"Good. We were all starting to worry about you."

"I take it the 3 of you handled things without any problems?"

"We were fine. Chief Dodds checked up on us."

"That's always fun. Did you have to stay with Noah at all?"

"No. Erin's schedule allowed her to stay with him at night and Lucy took him to school, picked him up from school and stayed with him until Erin got here. Jesse's nanny has been sick the last few days, so Lucy was kind enough to watch her for me."

"Good."

"JESSE, TIME TO GO HOME."

"NO!"

"JESSE LYNN ROLLINS, LET'S GO."

"NO!"

"WE'RE HAVING DINNER WITH CARISI."

Jesse came into the room, hugged Hank and Olivia and then she and Amanda left after Amanda hugged Olivia and Olivia gave them their presents.

Thanks, Liv."

"No problem."

"Thank you, Auntie."

"You're welcome

"I should go too."

Olivia gave Erin her present and after Erin hugged all of them, she left.

"Noah, can I talk to you?"

"Sure."

"I wanted you to know that I am so sorry for how I have been acting lately to you and Daddy."

"It's ok, Mommy. I love you."

"I love you too. We bought you some stuff."

Hank got the bag that had all of Noah's stuff.

"Cool! Thank you."

"You're welcome. Did you have dinner?"

"Not yet."

"Let's order pizza."

"Sounds like a plan."

Olivia kissed Hank and then she went to order the pizza. Once the pizza arrived, they put a movie in and ate dinner. By the time the movie was over, Noah was asleep. Hank carried him upstairs and got him ready for bed. After they both kissed Noah, they went to get ready for bed, kissed each other goodnight and went to bed themselves.

Olivia returned to work the next morning and had promised Hank she would be home at a normal time, so she could dinner with them and tuck Noah in like she had always done before. As she was getting caught up with the pile of paperwork that was on her desk, she thought about the last 10 days and how amazing they had been. She just hoped that things would stay the way they were between them. She knew that as long as she made her family her top priority, everything would be fine.

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