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

Stubborn

Normally Olivia and Hank checked their schedules when they had planned to visit the other's city. They had both been so busy lately that Olivia had made arrangements to fly to Chicago for a few days without Noah and without telling Hank she was coming. She really had no idea if he was even home but she had a key to his house and he had one to her apartment. She had gotten the last flight out of New York and when she arrived in Chicago, it was close to Midnight. She got her luggage and got a cab to take her to Hank's. She was excited to see him but she was glad they could spend some time alone without having to deal with her 5-year old. When the cab driver pulled up in front of Hank's house, she paid him and got her key out. There were still lights on in the house, which meant he was either still up or not even home. She unlocked the door and went inside.

"HELLO. HANK, ARE YOU HERE?"

She got no answer. She took her suitcase up to the bedroom. She came back down and went to see if his SUV was in the garage and it was, so maybe someone had picked him up. She knew Molly's was still open, so she grabbed the keys to the SUV and drove there. When she arrived, she parked and went inside. Gabby, Herrmann and Otis as well as the rest of the group from 51 and the 21st were all still there.

"Hey, Lieutenant. It's good to see you."

"You too."

"Can I get you anything?"

"Sure, why not?"

Herrmann got Olivia a glass of wine and went to sit with Trudy.

"Do you know where Hank is?"

"He went to New York. I figured he would have called you."

"And here I thought I would surprise him by coming to see him without letting him know. Now I feel like an idiot."

Then Olivia's phone rang. She smiled when she saw it was Hank.

"Hey."

"Hey yourself. Where are you?"

"You're not going to believe this but I'm in Chicago. I'm at Molly's right now."

"I'm at your apartment."

"I took a cab to your house and drove your SUV."

"That's fine. What do we plan on doing to get us both in the same city?"

"I like the idea of spending time alone with you without Noah, which is why I came here."

"So, then I guess that means you want me to come back to Chicago?"

"That would be helpful, since I am here to see you."

"And I'm here to see you."

"Are you going to start an argument?"

"No."

"This is the reason why we haven't made any plans for the wedding yet because we can't agree on where we're living. You're too stubborn and pigheaded to give up your life here."

"And you're too damn stubborn to give up your life here."

"I also have Noah to deal with."

"There are schools in Chicago too, you know."

"I know. You need to fix this."

"Ok. I'll see if I can get on the first flight out in the morning."

"Don't give me an attitude about it, Sergeant."

"I wasn't trying to, Lieutenant."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Olivia hung up the phone.

"Are you two ok?"

"Yeah. He said he was going to see if he could get on the first flight out in the morning."

"You don't want to move here?"

"I don't know. Maybe I should. Chief Dodds is such a pain in the ass and when I took the time off after what happened to Noah, I got a feeling that he didn't want me to come back. I don't think I would have gotten through that without Hank, my squad or any of you. I just want to be married to him but I can't tell him that."

"Why? There's nothing wrong with feeling that way."

"A part of me thinks he doesn't really want to get married."

"Why would you think that? He wouldn't have asked you if he didn't want to marry you. I know Hank better than most people. It took him a long time to get over Camille's death. That man does not give his heart to just anyone. Camille was his only love until you came into his life over 3 years ago. He has the biggest heart of anyone I know but it broke into a million pieces when Camille died."

"I love him probably more than I have ever loved anyone in my entire life with the exception of my son but I am no stranger to heartbreak."

"I don't think Hank has any intentions of breaking your heart."

"I know for a fact Hank is taking your relationship seriously and he wants to be married to you as much as you want to be married to him. He has already bought the wedding bands."

"He has?"

"Yep. He has been wanting to propose to you for a while and every day, Trudy and I would keep asking him if he was going to do it and he'd say no. I helped him pick the ring out. I kept telling him that he almost missed his chance with you a couple years ago and not to blow it. He said he was going to propose by the end of the year."

"Which he definitely did."

"If he chooses to leave Chicago, we'll be ok."

"Fin says the same thing about me leaving New York but somehow I have my doubts. He doesn't want to take over the squad."

"Erin is with SVU now, right?"

"Yes, she is."

"You would think that having her in New York would be an incentive for him to want to be there too."

"He hasn't made any indication that he wants to be there because of her. New York is all I have ever known."

"Chicago is all he has ever known."

"If I move to Chicago, I will lose Lucy. She has been with Noah since I first brought him home. This isn't just about me and Hank. This is about Noah too."

"You would also be gaining the rest of us. He could easily spend a couple hours with me at the District after school or even if he has off from school, he can stay there with me."

"Donna is off the same days he would be, so I'm sure she wouldn't mind spending time with him. I can certainly ask her."

"Cindy wouldn't mind either."

"He can hang out at the Firehouse anytime he wants to as well."

"I have a lot to think about. I should go."

Olivia got up, put her coat on and headed out to Hank's SUV. She drove to the house and when she arrived, she parked in the garage, went in and locked up. She went up to Hank's bedroom and got ready for bed. She got into bed and did some thinking before she fell asleep. Hank had made reservations for the first flight out in the morning. Noah had been staying with Amanda and Jesse, so he didn't even know Hank had been in town.

The next morning, Hank got up early and headed to the airport for his flight. Once he boarded the plane, he texted Olinsky to have him come pick him up. Once the plane took off, Hank fell asleep. He woke up shortly before they landed. All he had wanted all weekend was to have Olivia in his arms. The plane landed and once it arrived at the gate, Hank got off and went to get his luggage. He then went outside and found Olinsky waiting for him. He put his luggage in the back and got in.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Thanks for doing this."

"No problem."

"Is she pissed?"

"No. Don't tell her I told you this but she thinks you don't really want to marry her. AI told her that you wanted to very much and already bought the wedding bands."

"You tell anyone I'm telling you this, I'll deny I said it. I'm scared, Al."

"Scared of what?"

"Don't get me wrong, I love Olivia so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with her but I'm scared of losing her the way I did Camille. The last thing I want to do is put her and Noah in any kind of danger because I have so many enemies. If something happened to either one of them because of me, I don't know what I'd do and I'd never be able to forgive myself."

"What happened to Camille had nothing to do with you and what happened to Justin had nothing to do with you. Olivia knows how to take care of herself. She took care of herself when that Lewis guy had her for 4 days and did what he did to her, which could have been a lot worse. She had you and the rest of us when that Porter woman kidnapped Noah but she said she wouldn't have gotten through that without you, her squad and the rest of us. If anyone knows how it feels to lose a child, I definitely do."

"I know you do. Lexi's death just opened old wounds for me with Justin. I know we didn't have the best relationship but he was still my son and I still loved him."

"Lexi and I didn't have the best relationship for a while there either. The one good thing that came out of Lexi's death was that Meredith and I have gotten close again."

"Sometimes tragedy does that. Camille's death drove more of a wedge between Justin and me. He really grew up once he was in the Army and became a father. It's hard to say goodbye to your child."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

Al arrived at Hank's house.

"I'll make sure no one bothers you this weekend."

"Thanks. I appreciate that, Al."

Hank got his stuff and went in. He went upstairs to the bedroom and noticed Olivia was still asleep. He took his boots off and got into bed with her. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead.

"I love you."

Hank fell asleep and a couple hours later, Olivia woke up. She felt Hank's arms around her, so she turned to face him and kissed him. Hank opened his eyes.

"Good morning."

"Hey."

"When did you get here?"

"A couple hours ago."

"I missed you."

"I missed you too."

Hank and Olivia started kissing and then they undressed each other before they made love. Afterwards Hank had his arms wrapped around her again and she had her head on his chest.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too."

"I did a lot of thinking last night. I think I want to be here with you as long as we can wait until after Noah is out of school before he and I move here."

"Of course it can wait until he's out of school but are you 100% sure this is what you want?"

"Yes, I'm sure. There's something else."

"What?"

"I don't want to wait any longer to get married and I think I want to retire."

"I thought you weren't ready to retire a year ago."

"I wasn't but that was also with Tucker. I couldn't see myself going to that next step with him. Noah has really become my priority lately even though I was getting tired of being home with him, I don't know if I could move him to a new city and have to depend on someone else to take care of him. Trudy said he could stay with her at the District for a few hours, Chief Boden said his wife would love to spend time with him on the days off from school and Herrmann even volunteered his wife. I saw things differently when I took that time off with Noah. You were the one that kept me sane through all that."

"Is Chief Dodds still being an ass?"

"When isn't he being an ass? I can't deal with him anymore. I want to be where you are. Fin, Rollins, Carisi and Erin can handle things. I'm sure Dodds will bring in someone to replace me but you know what? I don't care anymore. All I care about is being with the man I love and that's you."

"I'll support whatever you decide. You know that. You're 100% sure about all this?"

"Yes."

"When do you want to get married?"

"The sooner the better."

"We still have to deal with being in separate cities though."

"Yeah, I know."

"We can go apply for the license and then do what we need to do. Do you want me to get Olive, Daniel, Erin and Noah here at least?"

"I don't want a big fuss about this."

"I get that but they're our family. The squads are also our family."

"I know."

"Is there some reason you don't want any of them here?"

"Not really. I just don't. I just want this to be us. That's all."

"I think the 4 of them at least need to be here."

"I knew you didn't want to marry me."

"I never said I didn't want to marry you."

"Then why can't you just respect my wishes and marry me now without them being there? We can tell them later."

"Don't you think Erin will be pissed that she wasn't invited?"

"Forget it then. I'll just go back to New York if you're going to be such an ass about all this."

Olivia got out of bed, took her phone and went into the bathroom. She was about to call to get a flight when Hank went into the bathroom with her. He told her that he just wanted her to be happy. He still wasn't sure getting married without having anyone, especially Erin, Olive and the boys there was the right choice. He just wished he could convince her of that.

To be continued…

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