A/N: Sorry this is so late for Christmas. I've had computer problems. This is set now. Justin and Dodds are both still alive. As always, I don't own any of the characters except my own.
Best Christmas Ever
After years of never liking Christmas, it was now Olivia's favorite time of year. On Christmas Eve, she and Hank were going to be celebrating their 2nd wedding anniversary and last year, their family got bigger. Nicholas, Marissa and Molly came to live with them after their mother died in a car accident. Their father left after Marissa and Molly were born. Olivia had looked into their family to see if there was anyone else but she didn't find anyone and no one came forward to claim them. Things had been going great. Nicky was a year younger than Noah, so he was now 4 and the girls were 2. They were 3 and 1 when Hank and Olivia took them in. Olivia loved being the mother to 6 kids and the grandma to 2. Hank had moved to New York and Erin did too. Erin really wanted to work for Olivia. Hank decided to retire, so he could enjoy time with Noah. They still had Lucy whenever they needed her.
It was a few days before Christmas and Olivia was still at the Precinct. She had wanted to leave early because Justin and Olive were coming in for the Holiday with Daniel and their new daughter, Allison. She was off until after the first of the year. Everyone was trying to get paperwork done. Trevor had come in and knocked on the frame of Olivia's door.
"Hey, Trevor. Come in."
"Thanks. Do you think you, Hank and the kids can meet me in Judge Linden's chambers as soon as possible?"
"Yeah. Sure. Is everything ok?"
"Yeah. She wants to finalize the adoption before she leaves for vacation for a few weeks."
"I'll call Hank and have them meet me there."
"Ok. Great. I'll see you in a little while."
"Ok."
Trevor left and then Olivia called Hank.
"Hey, Babe."
"Hey, Honey. Can you bring the kids and meet me at the Courthouse? Judge Linden wants to get the adoption finalized before she leaves for vacation."
"Justin, Olive, Daniel and Alli just got here."
"Bring them too. I'll bring Erin."
"Ok. I'll see you in a little bit."
"Ok."
Olivia hung up and went out to the Squad Room.
"Erin, do you want to come with us to Judge Linden's chambers?"
"Of course."
Olivia went to get her stuff and put her coat on, while Erin put her coat on and then they headed to the Courthouse. They arrived at the same time everyone else was. As soon as Olivia saw Hank, she kissed him and then she hugged Justin, Olive and the kids. Everyone went to Judge Linden's chambers and then Nicholas, Marissa and Molly officially became Voights. Everyone went home to eat and watch Christmas movies after they picked up dinner. Olive had already put Alli to bed. The rest of the kids had fallen asleep before the movie was over, so Hank and Justin took them all up and put them in bed. They came back down and snuggled with their wives.
"I am so happy right now."
"Yeah, me too."
"Noah loves being a big brother."
"I do too. I know I don't get to see all of you as often as I'd like to but you already know how much I love Noah. I love Nicky, Marissa and Molly just as much. I never thought I could love someone the way I loved my mom but I have never seen Dad this happy in a long time. You bring out the best in him and I'm glad you're my mom now."
"I'm glad you're my son. I love you."
"I love you too, Mom."
Justin hugged Olivia and then they finished watching the movie. After the movie was over, everyone went up to bed. Hank and Olivia had already gone to sleep and Erin was in her room when she heard a knock on the door."
"Come on in."
Justin opened the door and then he and Olive came in.
"How's the party coming?"
"Great. Now it's a double celebration. We're having it at the Precinct, since nothing was open on Christmas Eve. They don't suspect a thing."
"Is the group from Chicago coming in?"
"Yep."
"Are Mom and Dad behaving themselves?"
"Oh yeah. He's loving every minute of being a stay at home dad to 4 kids 5 and under. They do still act like newlyweds sometimes though."
"We do too. They're still letting you live here though, huh?"
"Yeah. They said I could stay here as long as I need to. I've looked but it is so damn expensive. I want to find something close by if I can."
They saw Noah standing in the doorway.
"Are you talking about Mommy and Daddy's party?"
"Yes, we are. What are you doing up?"
"I had to go to the bathroom."
"That'll do it. Come on. I'll take you back to bed."
"Can I get a piggyback ride?"
"Sure."
Justin sat on Erin's bed and Noah got on his back. Justin got up and took Noah back to his room. Everyone else went to bed. During the night, the twins had crawled into bed with Hank and Olivia. By the time they woke up, both girls were curled up on Hank's chest. Olivia couldn't help but laugh.
"What's so funny?"
"Them and you."
"Jealous?"
"A little bit."
"You're so cute when you're jealous."
Hank kissed Olivia and then the girls woke up.
"Ew!"
"Ew?"
Olivia took one of the girls and then the 3 boys came in.
"Morning."
"Morning."
"I think I'm going to get in the shower."
"OK. I'll get them dressed."
"Ok. Take your daughter."
Hank took Molly and then Olivia kissed him before she went to take a shower. Hank took the kids to get dressed and then everyone else got up. Erin took over getting the kids dressed, so Hank went to join Olivia in the shower. He got undressed, got in, snuck up behind her, wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck.
"Hank, I love you so much."
"I love you too."
Olivia kissed Hank, finished her shower and got out, while Hank took his. Olivia went out to the bedroom and locked the door. By the time Hank was out of the shower and Olivia dried her hair, they started kissing, got on the bed and made love. Afterwards they got up, got dressed, made the bed and joined everyone downstairs. After they all had breakfast, Erin left to go meet the rest of the squad to go over the last minute details of the party and decorate for it. Olive baked cookies with the kids and Hank and Olivia left to go pick up a present for the entire family: a puppy. After they picked up the puppy from the shelter, they stopped to get some supplies from the pet store. When they arrived at home, Olivia carried the puppy in and Hank brought everything else in. Everyone was watching a movie.
"Hello. We're back. Do you want to see what we have?"
Noah was the first one to turn around.
"A puppy! Awesome!"
"This is Lily."
"Hi Lily."
Noah got up and went over to Lily. He put his hand out, so she could get used to him. Nicky, Marissa, Molly and Daniel did the same. She licked the 5 of them. Olivia put Lily down and went upstairs to wrap presents. Olive went up to help.
"Need some help?"
"Sure."
"You have a lot stuff here."
"I know. I went overboard for Nicky and the girls. I love the 3 of them as much as I love Noah. A part of me still wishes I could have had a baby but I'm fine with adopting them."
"You gave 4 kids homes that they may not have had otherwise."
"Yeah, I know that."
Then Justin joined them.
"Is your dad keeping them busy?"
"Yeah. The girls have him wrapped around their little fingers."
"Oh, I know they do. Look at these pajamas I found for the kids."
"So cute."
"I even got a pair for Daniel and Alli."
"We'll have to get a picture of the 6 of them on Christmas morning."
Hank came up with Alli.
"I think someone is hungry."
"She probably is. Come on, Sweetie."
Olive took Alli and went to feed her.
"Are you sure you trust them by themselves?"
"I'll go."
"Thanks, Justin."
"No problem."
Justin went down to keep an eye on the kids.
"You still need to put the bicycles and tricycles together before Christmas morning."
"I'm on it."
"You're the best guy ever. I love you so much."
"I love you too."
Hank kissed Olivia and then he went to put the bicycles and tricycles together. Once Olivia was finished wrapping presents and Olive was done feeding the baby, they took the presents down and put them under the tree. The doorbell rang, so Olivia went to answer it.
"Hey, Lucy."
"Hey. I just wanted to drop off the presents for the kids."
"Come on in."
"Thanks."
Lucy came in and Lily ran to see who it was.
"This is Lily."
"Hey there, Girl. Congratulations on the adoption."
"Thanks."
Lucy squatted down and let Lily sniff her. She then took her presents and went to put them under the tree.
"Hey, Justin."
"Hey, Lucy. You're coming tomorrow, right?"
"Oh yeah. I just brought my gifts for everyone now, since I have to head to my parents' tomorrow night. How long are you here?"
"Until after New Year's. This is Alli."
"She's beautiful."
"Thank you."
"Hi Lucy."
"Hey, you 4. Hi Daniel."
"Hi Lucy."
Olive brought Lucy a plate of cookies.
"These are for you."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Olivia came in and got Lucy's presents.
"These are for you too."
"Olivia, you didn't have to do that."
"I know we didn't but we did anyway. This is for you too."
Olivia handed Lucy an envelope, so she opened it.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. You took on a lot more in the last year with the other 3 and Hank and I really appreciate that. You have been such a big help to him."
"No problem. I need to get going."
"Ok. Thanks for dropping everything off. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"
"You too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!"
"You too."
Lucy left and then Erin came in with Jesse.
"Hi Jesse."
"Hi Auntie Liv."
"Noah, look who's here."
"Hi Jesse."
"Hi Noah."
Jesse ran over to where the rest of the kids were.
"Rollins and Carisi had to go shopping, so they asked if I could watch Jesse for a while."
"That'll do it."
Olivia heard Hank cussing downstairs.
"Justin, can you go help your dad?"
"I asked but he said no. I'll insist this time."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Justin went downstairs and helped Hank. Several hours later, Amanda and Sonny arrived to pick up Jesse and Olivia invited them for dinner. Once they left, they all got the kids ready for bed and put them to bed. A little while later, everyone else went to bed.
The next day was Christmas Eve. Justin, Olive, Erin and the kids had gotten up early to make breakfast for Hank and Olivia. Hank woke up and went to lock the door before getting back into bed and kissing Olivia.
"Happy Anniversary!"
"Happy Anniversary to you too!"
They gave each other their gifts and then Hank kissed Olivia again before they made love. They heard the kids knock on the door.
"Just a minute."
They got up and put their robes on. Olivia got back into bed, while Hank went to open the door.
"Happy Anniversary, you two!"
"Thanks."
"Happy Anniversary, Mommy and Daddy!"
"Thanks."
"We made breakfast for you."
"That was sweet of you. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Justin gave them the tray and kissed Olivia's cheek.
"Thanks for putting up with him."
"I wouldn't have it any other way. Erin, do you have something you'd like to tell me?"
"How'd you know?"
"It's a little obvious. How long have you and Mike been seeing each other?"
"A couple months. I wasn't sure how to tell you but you seemed ok with Amanda and Sonny in a relationship. It just sort of happened between us."
"You have to watch her. She did the same thing in Chicago."
"I know. I'm fine with this as long as you don't let it interfere with your jobs. You two also have to tell Chief Dodds because I won't."
"I'll talk to Mike and make sure he knows that we need to talk to his dad."
"Did everyone else in the squad know?"
"Rollins and Carisi already knew and not much gets passed Fin."
"That's for sure."
Hank and Olivia finished eating breakfast and then everyone got ready. Erin called Mike and told him Olivia knew but they still had to talk to his dad. The group from Chicago arrived on Saturday night. It had been 6 months since any of them had seen Hank and longer for Erin. Hank and Olivia had taken the kids to Chicago over the summer, so everyone saw him then.
Erin left early because she and Mike were going to go talk to his dad, so Justin and Olive were in charge of getting Hank and Olivia to the party.
"Why are we at the Precinct?"
"You'll see."
They got out of the SUV and went in.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Congratulations on the adoption being finalized and Happy Anniversary!"
"They did all this for us."
"I know."
"All of you gave up Christmas Eve for us?"
"Yep. You both mean a lot to us."
"Congratulations, Liv."
"Thanks, Rafael."
Everyone who was there hugged them.
Hey, Man, congratulations!"
"Thanks, Al. We're glad you could make it. Where's Halstead?"
"He stayed home. He thought it would be too painful to see Erin."
Then Trudy and Mouch came over to talk to them.
"Who's the guy Lindsay is with?"
"That's Sergeant Mike Dodds, Olivia's boss' son and he is also the Sergeant for SVU."
"He's handsome."
"Excuse me?"
"No asked you, Randy."
Nicky came up to Olivia.
"Mommy, I have to go potty."
"I got him, Mom."
"Thanks."
"Sure. Come on, Buddy."
Justin took Nicky to the bathroom. Olivia got the twins some pizza and sat them down at one of the desks. She got herself some food and went to sit in her office. Hank helped Noah get some food, got himself some food and joined Olivia.
"And to think, this is where it all started."
"What?"
"Us."
"Oh. I was just thinking."
"You ok?"
"Yeah. I wouldn't be here right now if you hadn't come into my life 3 years ago."
"That's what I meant about everything starting in your office. You threatened to arrest me and won my heart at the same time."
"I think posing as your wife did it for me."
"It was still my first visit here."
"Yep."
Hank leaned over and kissed Olivia.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
After everyone ate and had cake, Erin came in.
"How'd it go with Chief Dodds?"
"Surprisingly, ok. He's fine with it as long as you are."
"That doesn't surprise me. If you want Mike to stay tonight, we'd be happy to have him."
"I'll tell him. Thanks. I'm glad you're being so supportive of us."
"He's a great guy."
"I see Halstead didn't show up."
"Al said he thought it would be too painful seeing you."
"Oh well!"
Then Mike came in.
"They said you can stay with us tonight if you'd like."
"Thanks, Lieutenant."
"I'll be keeping an eye on you, Sergeant."
"We'll be professional when we're working."
"I hope so."
"I'll get my stuff and meet you at the house."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
Mike kissed Erin and then he left to get his stuff. Everyone else headed out as well. It had started to snow, so the roads were starting to become a little slippery. By the time they got home, all the kids were asleep. They got the kids out of the SUV and put the 6 of them in their matching pajamas. Justin went out and cleared off the driveway once the kids were in bed. Everyone else got ready for bed and had some hot chocolate. Justin was still outside when Mike got there.
"Hey, Justin."
"Hey. Are the roads any better."
"Not really."
Justin finished up and then they went in through the garage. Olivia made both Mike and Justin some hot chocolate. After they were done, the guys went to put the bicycles and tricycles by the tree before everyone went to bed. The next morning, Noah and Nicky got up and went downstairs.
"Santa's been here!"
Marissa, Molly and Daniel came down too and Lily was with them.
"Santa's been here!"
"Yay!"
"Woof!"
"SANTA'S BEEN HERE!"
Olivia came out of their bedroom and went downstairs.
"Mommy, Santa's been here!"
"Yeah. I heard."
Everyone else got up and went downstairs. Olive took Alli into her and Justin's room to feed her.
"Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas, Mommy!"
Hank kissed Olivia and then he hugged the kids.
"Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Daddy."
Hank sat down next to Olivia.
"I think this is the best Christmas I have ever had."
"I think so too."
"Me too. Know why?"
"Why, Noah?"
"Because now we're all a family."
"That's right. We are."
Once Olive came down with Alli, they all looked in their stockings and Olivia, Erin and Olive took picture of the 6 kids in their matching pajamas. They had breakfast and got ready. Once the group from Chicago arrived, they all opened presents. Erin and Mike left and went to spend some time with his dad. The kids spent the rest of the day playing with all their new toys as they all watched Christmas movies.
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