A/N: This relates to last night's episode of SVU. I don't own any of the characters.

Emotional

Olivia and Amanda had both taken this last case hard. After it has ended, Olivia invited Amanda and Jesse over to have pizza with her and Noah. The kids had already fallen asleep. Frannie was sleeping at the foot of Noah's bed and Olivia and Amanda were watching them sleep. They finally decided to go sit on the sofa. Olivia had her shoes off and her feet on the coffee table. Amanda had hers off as well and was stretched out on the sofa, so Olivia started rubbing her feet.

"Thanks, Liv."

"No problem. Ever since this case, I have been making sure that I am home with Noah a lot more."

"Me too. I could never hurt Jesse or the baby like that. This world sucks sometimes but Jesse is my entire life and the baby will be too."

"I feel the same way and Noah is my entire life."

"What about Voight?"

"Him too. This long distance thing sucks big time."

"At least you have a great guy in your life. I don't even know what to do about Al anymore. He already pretty much indicated that he doesn't want the baby but yet he sent the flowers and keeps calling me. I can't be with someone that keeps playing around. I need to quit making such stupid mistakes with my life. I suck when it comes to relationships."

"If anyone understands that, I do. You're talking to the person who thought dating Ed Tucker was a good idea. It really wasn't. I realized that my heart had always been with Hank. I've had feelings for him since we first worked together but I didn't think he had feelings for me. I was definitely wrong about that. I also wasn't sure how well something long distance would work out. We both hate being apart but we do talk as often as we can and try to see each other once a month, sometimes more. We went to Chicago when Noah was off Columbus Day weekend. We haven't discussed Thanksgiving and Christmas yet. Erin said they were planning to go see Olive and Daniel for one of those two holidays but haven't decided which one yet."

"Are you going with them?"

"Probably. It's times like this when I really wish Hank was here. I've been crying myself to sleep more and more lately."

"Yeah, I know. I'm an emotional wreck right now and I know most of it is my hormones."

"Sometimes it doesn't take much for me to be emotional."

There was a knock at the door, so Olivia got up and went to see who it was. It was Hank, so she opened the door.

"Hey."

"Hey. How did you know I needed you? I haven't even talked to you in the last few days."

"I talked to Noah before you got home and he said you've been kind of sad lately, so here I am."

Hank put his bag down and wrapped his arms around Olivia while she broke down. Then they went over the sofa and Amanda was crying again too.

"Tough case?"

"Yeah."

Hank sat down between both Olivia and Amanda. Olivia told him about the case and then she started to get emotional again. He put his arm around Olivia, who had her head on his shoulder and then Amanda put her head on his other shoulder and was rubbing her belly, so he put his other arm around her. He kissed Olivia's forehead and let them both cry.

"Hank, I love you so much. I am so glad you decided to come here."

"I love you too and I'm also glad came here when I did. I was actually planning to come here this weekend but after talking to Noah, I knew I needed to be here sooner."

"I appreciate this more than you will ever know."

Olivia looked up at Hank and then they kissed. Amanda had fallen asleep.

"She's out."

"We have both been a wreck lately. She probably needs the sleep. She and I have gotten closer as friends lately. This case was harder on us than it was on Fin and Carisi."

"We get cases like that too sometimes. As much as I try to not let these cases bother me, it's hard not to, especially when children are involved."

Hank didn't realize it but Olivia had fallen asleep as well. He reached over Olivia to turn the light out, kissed Olivia's forehead again and then he eventually fell asleep himself. The next morning, Jesse and Noah were the first ones up.

"We had a slumber party."

"Yep."

Noah and Jesse both got out of bed and went out to the living room. Both Olivia and Amanda were both still sound asleep but Hank woke up when he heard footsteps.

"Morning, Hank."

"Morning."

"Uncle Hank!"

"Hey, Jesse."

Frannie came into the room, jumped up on the sofa and started licking Amanda's face.

"Frannie, stop!"

Hank shook his head and both kids started giggling. Amanda opened one eye and realized where she was.

"Frannie, go wake Liv up."

Frannie then sat on Hank's lap and licked Olivia's face.

"Hank, stop it!"

"It's not me."

Everyone started laughing and then Olivia realized it was Frannie.

"Sorry, Hank."

"It's ok. If you want me to kiss you though, you might want to wash your face first."

"Oh, yeah, I know."

"Liv, do we have to go in today?"

"Unfortunately."

"Ugh!"

"I can't talk you in to spending the day with me?"

"I think you probably could."

"Can I stay home from school?"

"No."

"We should probably go. Thanks for letting us crash here last night."

"No problem. Anytime. You know that."

"Yeah, I know that."

"Tell Fin that I will probably not be in the next couple days unless it's urgent."

"Ok. I'll tell him."

Amanda got up and put her shoes on. She then went to help Jesse in the bathroom before getting her stuff and putting her shoes on over her pajama feet. Olivia put Frannie's leash on. Amanda and Jesse came out of Noah's room and then hugged Hank and Olivia before they left. Noah went to get dressed and Olivia went to wash her face, while Hank fixed something for breakfast. Olivia came out of the bathroom and went to get a kiss from Hank.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, yourself."

Noah came out of his room with his backpack.

"I'm ready."

"Good. I'll get your lunch together."

Olivia made Noah's lunch and then he had breakfast. Even though Lucy knew Hank was going to be there, she still came to take Noah to school.

"Morning."

"Morning."

"You about ready?"

"Yeah. I just need to brush my teeth first."

"Ok."

Noah went to brush his teeth and then he went to hug both Hank and Olivia.

"Lucy, thanks for taking him to school. I'll pick him up."

"There's no school tomorrow, right?"

"Right. I have a Parent-Teacher conference, so he should be fine with Hank while I go to that."

"Ok."

"Have a good day, sweet boy!"

"I will."

Noah kissed Olivia and then he left with Lucy.

"Finally, alone at last!"

Hank and Olivia finished breakfast and then they left the breakfast dishes in the sink. They headed into the bedroom to make love. Afterwards they were holding each other.

"I've missed this."

"I have too."

"I just wish we could be together more often."

"I know. Me too."

"I would like for us to at least think about being in one city. It is getting harder and harder to be apart after we spend so much time together."

"I know. It does for me too. For me, things have gotten a lot harder since Al died. I have my memories of him and my memories of Camille and Justin. Trudy is the only person I have talked to about this but I went and put my papers in to retire at the end of the year. I realized that I wanted to be here with you and Noah but I'm done with the cop thing. I don't want to make the same mistakes with Noah that I made with Justin by never being there for him. That doesn't mean you have to get rid of Lucy and I know you think of her as one of the family."

"Yeah, I do. Maybe we should think about looking for a bigger place."

"We could do that. There's something else."

"What?"

Hank reached into the pocket of his and pulled something out.

"Olivia, will you marry me?"

"Oh, my! Yes, Hank, I will marry you."

Olivia had tears running down her cheeks as Hank put the ring on her finger. They kissed and then they made love again. They spent the morning in bed and Olivia admired her engagement ring. They took and shower and had lunch before they cleaned up the kitchen and looked online for a bigger place. Later that afternoon, they went to pick Noah up from school and told him they were engaged and looking for a bigger place to live because Hank was planning to retire and move to New York. They stopped at the Precinct and told everyone their news. Erin was out of town, so they had to wait to tell her.

The next day, Noah and Hank spent some time together, while Olivia went to the Parent-Teacher conference and then the 3 of them spent the rest of the day weekend together before Hank had to go back to Chicago. Just like always, it was hard for Hank to leave but pretty soon they would be together all the time.

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