Author's Note: Hello! I'm really thrilled to be writing another SVU fanfic! This one takes place after the episode Underbelly where Dani Beck and Elliot Stabler kiss. I made this one to focus on one thing that I would've loved to see in the episode. What if Olivia saw them kissing and how would that change things? I hope you like this story because I intend for it to be filled with a lot of E/O action!
Disclaimer: Everything in this story that has a relation to Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is owned by Dick Wolf. I own nothing! c:
Chapter One: Flashback
"Casey, have you seen Elliot?"
"Olivia, what are you doing here?"
"Munch told me you guys came here. I need to find Elliot. Where is he?"
"He just left like two seconds ago but Olivia, I should tell you-"
It was too late, Olivia pushed past the crowd in the bar. If she went fast enough, she could still find Elliot. She needed to tell him the truth. How's she been feeling about him this whole time. She wanted to tell him how her heart sped up just a little when they touched, or when they were extremely close. How she loved him more than he could ever know. It was time to let those inner feelings out and she had her chance earlier today at the precinct but decided not to when she ran into her replacement instead. She saw how friendly Elliot was to her but he's an all around nice guy. He was probably making her feel welcome and Olivia kept telling herself she just overreacted by thinking he liked this Dani Beck. She wanted to work with him again and as soon as possible. She loved Elliot and wanted to be at his side for as long as it took.
Olivia reminded herself of all the things she loved about Elliot while she went to the parking lot. Her heart was racing and her hands were trembling with adrenaline. This was going to be the day her relationship with Elliot Stabler was going to change for the rest of their lives. That is, until she got to the parking lot. Olivia froze instantly when she saw the car with the open door in the near empty lot. The two figures were close, holding each other, touching, smiling and…kissing. Olivia felt the whole world crash and shatter into a million pieces only to later realize that wasn't the world that broke, it was her heart. The fresh tears were hot as they filled her eyes and the impossible to swallow lump appeared in her throat. As much as she wanted to, she couldn't get away. Her eyes were fixed on Elliot kissing his new partner. The partner that was perfect for him. He was happy now and that's all that mattered to him. He didn't need her. He had Dani Beck.
The only thing that unstuck Olivia's feet to the ground was the ringing of their cellphones. The phones they neglected to answer because they were too busy kissing until they finally gave in. Olivia finally got herself to leave the parking lot. She mentally scolded herself for being so stupid to even think he wanted Olivia back. To get her hopes up and think there was nothing to between Elliot and Dani when in fact, there was nothing between Elliot and Olivia. All those seemingly intimate times were professional nothing personal. The next day, Olivia told her Captain she was wanted to be reassigned to a new job so Elliot could work happily with his new partner. Cragen tried to convince her to change her mind but she refused so he made it so. Elliot and Olivia's relationship did change that night but not in the way Olivia wanted or expected it to. From that point on, the two never spoke again.
Three months later
Beep beep!
"Come on lady! Move it! The damn light is green!" Shouted a voice from behind.
Olivia jumped and blinked back to realization when she heard a loud honk coming from the car behind her followed by the screams of an angry New Yorker. She was thinking about it again. She was having those flashbacks again. About the day she went to the precinct after working undercover. How she met Dani Beck then realized that she was a more suitable partner for Elliot and told Cragen she wasn't ready to come back yet. Then, shortly after she realized that was a ridiculous thought only to find out it was true when she saw them kissing in the parking lot later that night. The day her heart broke. It still killed her inside and she never stopped loving Elliot, though she has looked for different alternatives. Blind dates, formal clubs, and making friends at her new job, even a little coworker flirtation. Olivia now worked as a guidance counselor for victims of rape and abuse. Some of rapists have never been caught and each time she heard the victims tell her that, it made her want to go out and find them herself. Hearing the victim's stories made her made her miss her old job sometimes. Her desk, Fin, Munch, and most of all, Elliot. Then she would remind herself Elliot had Dani now and was much better off.
As Olivia gripped onto the steering wheel, blinked back the tears and stepped on the gas, she forced herself not to pay any attention to the upcoming building on her left. Everyday she would pass it and tell herself the same thing which was not to look at it. The sixteenth precinct of Manhattan. The place she worked for most of her career. If she did look, then she'd be reminded of all the memories she had working there. Today was no different, she tried to convince herself not to even glance at the place. When she went against her word and looked out of her window, she saw Elliot and almost crashed her car. She wanted to jump out of her car in the middle of moving traffic and talk to him. Tell him how much she missed working there and how she wanted to go back. Instead of doing that, though, she only sped up and went forward to her new job before he saw her. Luckily, he wouldn't recognize her car. This has been the first time in eleven years Olivia used her very own car to drive to work. All the other times she would go with Elliot. Not anymore.
After transferring from the precinct, Olivia wanted to change herself before going to her new job. She ditched the ponytail and let her hair fall to the base of her neck and let her side bang cover her left eye. She added highlights to make the sexy but professional look complete. Since her new job wasn't as rigorous as her job as a cop, she got to wear shirts that hugged her curves a little more. Pants that were impossible to run and stretch in but still really cute. She also grew an interest in yoga pants. Today, she decided to wear a pair of comfortable and stretchy pants that clung to her waist along with a plain white v-neck shirt, exposing her cleavage that peeked out. This job was definitely less strict than the other one.
Back in the precinct, Elliot sat at his desk across from the sandy blonde haired woman. Elliot and Dani have grown a romantic relationship since that night at the bar parking lot. Dani was at one point pretty close to leaving but they worked things out and Dani was there until further notice. Their relationship was strong but not as strong as the relationship Elliot had with Olivia. To Elliot, Olivia was like no other friend or partner he's had before. She understood him the most and was there when nobody else was. He could tell things he would never dream of telling Dani or even Kathy for that matter. They made each other realize things about themselves that they would never even think was possible. Yes, Olivia was someone who was especially special in his life.
The problem was, he hasn't seen Olivia in months. She wasn't supposed to be undercover this long. He's even seen Dean Porter wandering around the precinct about new cases but Olivia hasn't arrived back yet. At one point, Elliot thought she was hurt, or killed. He finally asked Cragen where she was and he said she went and he said she worked someplace else now permanently. He got upset, saying why he never mentioned this to him before. It made him upset for the longest time but Elliot didn't show it to many people. He tried to call Olivia but she never responded. That only made him miss her more than he already did.
Little did Dani know, she's already seen Olivia once before. She tried talking to Elliot about Olivia a few times, just to get to know more about her. Elliot would give her responses like, "She was a hard worker," or "She was really good with a gun" but nothing personal. He never told her how she would put her line on the life for her friends and family or victims who weren't being treated fairly. Or how she knew how to talk to kids to get them to love her. He would never mention how sexy and beautiful she could be when she didn't mean to and even more alluring when she did. Elliot never shared any of that personal stuff with Dani. He didn't want her to think this was a competition so he would always tell her she was a great partner and he couldn't ask for anybody better. The lie there was, he could ask for someone better and that was Olivia.
"What's on your mind, El?" Dani asked. If Olivia heard Dani Beck call Elliot "El", she would've gone crazy. Dani only picked up that habit from the others at the precinct.
"Nothing." Elliot replied. He thought about Olivia way more than he should. Especially if he's in a relationship with Dani now.
"I know it's nothing, now spill." Dani replied. That's when Cragen came out of the office and over to the two.
"There was a rape about a month ago. The victim is just speaking up about it today in counseling. You should go over to the counseling office and see what happened. Who knows how many more victims that perp has attacked."
Elliot and Dani got the address, stood up and walked out of the precinct. Elliot looked out on the street and before he turned to Dani, he saw a flash of brown hair pass him in the car. The driver looked a lot like Olivia but Elliot only called himself crazy. He was probably seeing her everywhere because he thought about her more than he needed to. He blinked to get that thought out of his head and turned to Dani who was smiling at him.
"Ready?" She asked.
"Yeah, let's go." Elliot replied. Dani kissed him lightly on the lips and the two made their way to the car.