A/N: This is another part to the last chapter titled 'Busy Night in Chicago'. There will be a third part as well. I don't own any of the characters.
Reconnecting
For the second morning in a row, Hank woke up with Olivia on one side of him and Noah on the other. He adored Noah but it seemed like Olivia didn't want to let him out of her sight since he had been kidnapped. He and Olivia hadn't been able to be together for the Holidays, since he had gone out to Arizona to spend it with Olive and Daniel. He had invited Olivia and Noah but then guys both managed to be off at the same time, so she and Amanda were the only ones available to work. Both kids ended up needing to be put in daycare as neither nanny had been available during that time and Olivia wasn't quite trusting Sheila enough to be with Noah for that long. Jesse hated daycare by herself but if Noah was there, she was ok. It had been a while since Hank had seen them and he really wanted to be able to spend some time alone with the woman he loved. Hank got out of bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Olivia had woken up and went into the bathroom too. She knew he was in the shower and she knew he hated when she flushed the toilet while he was there.
"Oh, for crying out loud, Benson!"
Olivia started laughing.
"Good morning to you too. You're cranky this morning."
"I am not."
Olivia peeked around the shower curtain with a smirk on her face.
"Mind if I join you?"
"Are you alone?"
"Yep. He's still sound asleep."
"Then yes, you can join me."
Olivia got undressed and joined Hank in the shower. She wrapped her arms around Hank.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"He'll sleep in the other room tonight. I promise."
"I hope so. I haven't had much time alone with you since you got here."
"I'm sorry."
"It's ok."
"No, it's not Hank."
"It is. I know you want him close by."
"Part of it's me and a part of it's him. I need time alone with you. We really need to figure out what we're planning to do because I want us to be together all the time."
"I do too."
They started kissing and then they finished up in the shower. Hank opened the door to the bedroom and noticed that Noah was gone but heard the TV blaring downstairs.
"I think he left. The TV is blaring downstairs."
Hank locked the door and then he and Olivia got on the bed and started kissing. They removed each other's towels and made love. Afterwards Hank was holding Olivia and she had her head on his chest.
"It has been so long since we last did this."
"It sure has. You're right. We need to do something. I assume suggesting we get married is out of the question."
"How soon are you planning to do this?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Yeah. Why not?"
"Because we need to really think about this."
"You're no fun."
"Sure I am."
They started kissing and then they made love again before they got up and got dressed and went downstairs.
"Morning, Sweetie."
"Morning, Mommy. Morning, Hank."
"Morning."
Hank went to make breakfast and then they all ate before they decided to head to the Planetarium. Meanwhile in New York, Amanda and Sonny were trying to keep their new relationship a secret but it wasn't so easy. Sonny had spent the night at Amanda's but he had left earlier to stop home to take a shower and change. Amanda arrived at the Precinct first.
"Mornin', Fin."
"Mornin'. Everything ok?'
"Yeah. Carisi and I transported Sheila and the other guy back here and we were met by the corrections officers at the airport and I wanted to spend the day with Jesse."
"Carisi never came in either."
"That's his choice I guess. Anything happen while we were gone?"
"Nah! Ken and Alejandro are having a date night tonight, so I get to watch Jaden. I haven't seen him in a while at least not since Christmas."
"That's great. I'm happy for you."
"I can't believe Sheila was the one that had Noah kidnapped."
"Liv was pissed."
"I bet she was. I'm guessin' Voight was too."
"For once, he was the level headed one. He had to drag her away from Sheila before she went after her. I don't doubt that she would have."
"I don't either. I'm glad Liv decided to take some time off too."
"Yeah. I think she needed some time to reconnect with Voight."
"I think so too. One of them is eventually goin' to have to relocate and we need to take into consideration that it could be Liv."
"Carisi and I talked about that. We wouldn't blame her for leaving though. When you love each other the way they do but you live in different cities, sacrifices have to be made."
"Yep. She truly seems happy. Even though she said she was happy, her eyes never lit up when she was with Tucker the way they do with Voight and she smiles all the time. He seems more at ease with Noah. I get that he had a kid of his own and he has a grandkid too but honestly, I couldn't see Tucker as a father figure."
"I still don't get what she saw in him in the first place."
"Me neither."
Carisi came in.
"Mornin'."
"Mornin'."
"Hey."
"So, what are you two talkin' about?"
"The last two relationships that Liv has been in."
"I say she marries Voight."
"You got no argument from me on that one."
"Why was she even with Tucker in the first place?"
"Why are you askin' me? I never liked the guy."
"I just asked as a general question. That's all. None of us liked him. So, Rollins, did you enjoy your time with Jesse?"
"Yeah, I did. Thanks for askin'."
"No problem."
Sonny winked at Amanda and she smiled at him.
"You two are up to somethin'."
"What makes you think that, Fin?"
"I'm still tryin' to figure that out. Whatever it is, you better hope Liv doesn't find out."
Fin smirked at both of them. Amanda took one of the files on her desk and whacked Fin with it.
"What the hell, Rollins!"
"Serves you right, you big baby!"
Amanda went to get coffee and a doughnut and Sonny followed her.
"This isn't going to be easy."
"Yeah, I know it's not."
"You wanna have lunch with me?"
"Are we actually planning to eat?"
"We'll see."
"Are you spendin' the night again?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Ok. Then I will."
Sonny winked at Amanda as she went back to her desk. He got coffee and a doughnut as well before going to his desk. Everyone got to work. A little while later, Erin came in.
"Hey, guys."
"Erin, hey."
"I just heard about Noah. I've been in Washington, DC for the last week. What the hell happened?"
"Sheila took him or had him taken. He doesn't know that she was behind it. We had a suspect from a child trafficking that got away from us and he was the one that Sheila paid to take him to Chicago of all places. Obviously Sheila had no idea that Liv has connections in Chicago. Fin was the only one that stayed here. We were at the airport when Liv called Voight to tell him that a kid matching Noah's description was seen boarding a plane for Chicago. Liv thought he could have been with our suspect. She sent him the guy's picture and he had his unit and patrol at the airport to meet the plane. Noah told Voight that the guy told him that some lady was supposed to meet them in Chicago. From that, Voight figured out that it was Sheila. He told Ruzek to take Noah to get somethin' to eat, while he told Olinsky what he thought. They found out that she was on an incoming flight to O'Hare. He took Noah to wait for us and Olinsky and Ruzek waited for Sheila and took her into custody. Liv was pissed when she found out."
"I can imagine."
"Sheila was put in the Cage and I guess Liv did most of the talkin'. I guess she wanted Voight to open it and he said no."
"If someone ends up in the Cage, Hank means business. If Liv wanted him to open it, then she must have been pissed."
"We saw him dragging her by the arm to his office, so obviously he had to hold her back from wanting to rip Sheila's head off."
"Usually it's the other way around. She's usually trying to stop him from wanting to rip someone's head off like she did when that Van Camp guy was in custody."
"I don't think I've seen Liv that pissed in a very long time. Although I think I'd do the same thing if it was Jesse."
"Is Liv back?"
"No. They're staying in Chicago until Sunday. She needed some time with Voight anyway."
"I think it had been a while. I flew out to Arizona for a few days, so I got to see him then. He was pretty bummed that he couldn't spend the holidays with Liv and Noah."
"She felt the same way. She and I were on call because these two were off. I'm thinkin' she's about ready to leave New York for Chicago. Of course nothin' may happen until Noah is out of school for the summer. I don't blame her for feelin' that way."
"It was only going to be a matter of time. I know they both hate the distance but this is the happiest he has been since before Camille passed away."
"We're they married a long time?"
"Over 20 years."
"I've known Liv for 18 years and this is the happiest I've seen her in that time. With all the other jerks she dated, she never discussed those relationships with us but she has no problems talkin' to us about her and Voight. I just wish they had gotten together a lot sooner."
"I was hoping they would have gotten together after the Yates trial. We noticed that."
"That's true. Liv was getting' pissed when Yates was sayin' Voight did all that crap to Nadia."
"He may be aggressive sometimes but there is no way in hell he would ever hurt a woman like that. I saw how loving and gentle he was with Camille. She died in his arms. I know because I was there. I've seen him with Liv too. He will do anything to make her happy."
"I don't doubt that."
"I need to go."
"Ok. Talk to you soon hopefully."
"Probably."
Erin left and then SVU got a call, so they left. Meanwhile in Chicago, Olivia decided she liked Hank's idea to get married, so they went to get a license and then they went to get the rings. They didn't care if anyone was there other than Noah but Hank called Olinsky and Platt and asked them to meet them at City Hall but didn't tell them why. Hank, Olivia and Noah were already there when Olinsky and Platt got there.
"What's going on, Hank?"
"We're getting married."
"Who is?"
"I am marrying this beautiful woman right now. Today."
"Well, it is about damn time, Hank Voight!"
"Erin is going to kill you. You know that, right?"
"I'll deal with her later."
"My squad probably won't be happy about this either but I don't care."
"Who's relocating?"
"She is. I'm going to take some time off to stay with them for a while. We're going to start looking for a new house and hopefully we can go look at some of them before they go back to New York."
"Are you transferring here or retiring?"
"I need to think about that. I want to be able to spend time with Noah but Hank did mention that they are trying to start up an SVU here and he has already asked if I'd run it. He said he knew the perfect person for the job. If I could bring Fin, Rollins and Carisi with me, I would."
"Erin would have loved that if she was still here. Burgess might be interested."
"If you decide to take it, Noah can probably hang out at the District with me after school."
"I can talk to Meredith too."
"Maybe once you get settled here, we can have a party and include your friends from New York. Fin, Rollins and Carisi are welcome here anytime."
"Thanks. I really appreciate that. I doubt Noah and I will be moving here until he's done with school."
"Mommy."
"What?"
"Was Grandma Sheila the reason why I was brought here?"
"Yes, Sweetie, she was."
"Is she in a lot of trouble?"
"Yes, she is. How did you figure that out?"
"I overheard them talking when we were at Hank's office. Is that why you were yelling at Hank? She wanted me to be with her?"
"She did. I don't think she liked that I was your mom. Yes, that's why I was yelling at Hank but I'm sorry for that"
"Olinsky, who would have said something?"
"Burgess stayed in there with him until you two came back upstairs and I had gone into the lounge to get coffee. I accidentally left the door open. I'm sorry."
"It's ok, Al. I know you didn't mean it. Noah, we're sorry we didn't say anything but we felt it would be easier if you didn't know right now."
"I'm not a baby."
"I know you're not. You have been through so much in the first 5 years of your life. When we get back New York, so maybe Monday, I will call Trevor and have him start the paperwork for Hank to officially become your daddy if that's what I want. "
"I want that."
"Do you feel the same way?"
"Uh huh."
"I'll probably wait until after he's done with school to have our last name changed. I'll probably still be known professionally as Olivia Benson but it will be Voight though."
"You don't have to change it, you know."
"I want to."
"Let's do this."
Hank kissed Olivia and took her hand. The 5 of them went wherever they were supposed to go and then Hank and Olivia got married. Once they were married, they went home for a while and Al and Trudy went back to the District. Hank told Al and Trudy that he wanted to take them and their spouses out for dinner. They said they would both check and get back to him. Meredith agreed and so did Mouch. Hank picked the place and then once everyone was off of their respective shifts, they met for dinner. When everyone arrived, they got out of their vehicles.
"Hank, Olivia, congratulations!"
"Thanks, Meredith."
"Congratulations."
"Thanks, Mouch. Don't tell anyone though."
"I won't."
"Well, you might. You talk too much."
"I'm surprised he trusts you."
Trudy gave Mouch a dirty look and he gave her one back. Noah couldn't help but laugh at them."
They all went in and got a table. They had their drink order taken and then they had their order taken.
"Alvin tells me that you may be moving to Chicago."
"Yes. I just haven't decided if I'm working yet or not."
"If you do, I'd be more than happy to keep an eye on Noah for you."
"Thank you. I appreciate that."
"It's really no problem at all."
"Just remember, we're all family now."
"I'm glad to hear that."
They got their salads and ate them before their food arrived. After they ate, they had dessert and then everyone went home. Olivia and Hank both tucked Noah into bed in the other bedroom and then they went into Hank's bedroom to make love. The next day, Hank took them around the city and they went to look at some houses they found online. They relaxed at home before they all left for New York on Sunday.
To be continued…
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