Second chances are rare. The first time around, Harry ignored all his rules and let Ruth Evershed into his life, only to lose her to outside forces. When she returns, Harry vows that things will be different but only if can learn from the past.

AKA one shots that are hot. E/O.

What if Olivia's text to Elliot at the end of "Burned" had been answered differently? E/O. Rated M for language and sexual content.

"My old partner.. he'd know what to do." Set Mid Season 15. *Trigger warning: Violent scenes and sexual assault.* E/O. COMPLETE.

Cragen orders Elliot to pull Olivia from an undercover op at an elite gentlemen's club. While under the guise of a wealthy stockbroker Elliot finds himself in a very compromising position with his partner. E/O.

A soft post 9.8 one shot. Ruth is on Harry's doorstep.

Slight rewrite of 9.8 when Lucas kidnaps Ruth and Harry rescues her, this time with a happier ending.

He looks worn, unshaven, bulkier than she remembers and when he draws closer his lips lift into a familiar smile that reaches his eyes. He's looking at her as if they had only spent the Christmas break apart. Not 7 years. Set: Season 19. E/O. COMPLETE.

Harry Pearce tells the story of love and loss and happily ever after, the story of his life with Ruth Evershed.

They say opposites attract but when she looked at him, it felt like looking in a mirror. Maybe she had this drive to help him because she really wanted to help herself. Early (2018) Benstone for the takers. Story is finally done!

Harry is away from the Grid - AWOL, gone dark - and no-one knows where he is or why. Lucas has been left in charge of the team, and that can't be a good thing. So, what should Ruth do? A fic of 7 chapters only, set late-ish in S9.

AU. Ruth Evershed has been seconded to MI-5 from GCHQ. Her new boss, however, turns out to be someone from her past. She has no idea how they can possibly work together, or if he even remembers her after so many years. Shouts out to ABBA for inspiring this story and its title and that guest reviewer who shamed me in a review for not making that explicit.

It had been the right decision to refuse Harry a second date; office romances were always doomed. But when a mission on foreign soil pushes Ruth to her limits, lines drawn in the sand become hard to maintain.

AU. Serial nomad Ruth Evershed finds herself in a little town by the sea, wondering if this could be her home. She meets the gossipy but kind townsfolk who all seem to want her to stay and all seem to want to know everything about her. But what of the gruff and somewhat mysterious police chief? His dark hazel eyes seem so soft...

Follow up to Shut Up and Dance. As Ruth and Harry embark on a personal relationship, Ruth finds herself struggling to navigate their changing circumstances. The risks are many, and Ruth must decide if the benefits of loving Harry outweigh the costs. Now complete.

Harry Pearce has alway lived by his own set of commandments. At least that was the case until a certain analyst stumbled into his section. It was never supposed to happen, but somehow events moved beyond his control, and now Harry is left to contemplate how he has managed to break every single rule he has ever set down.

As a young man, Harry Pearce was sent to Galway on a dangerous mission. Now, twenty years later, his past has come calling. Sent once more into the breach, Harry will have to face the dark deeds that haunt his past, and the one woman he thought he'd never see again. Now complete.

Season 4 team in current political climate. Rumours of a planned terror attack has the team scrambling to get more information, when a surprise development has personal consequences for Harry. Will he be able to save both the country and those he cares about? And how will all of this impact on his burgeoning relationship with Ruth?

In the world of espionage, nothing is ever as it seems. An unknown woman, missing Intel, an unreliable asset - if anyone can connect the pieces, it's Ruth Evershed. But this time, the man she trusts the most is withholding information and Ruth is left to wonder if there could ever be a place for her and Harry between all the secrets. Everything belongs to Kudos and the BBC.

It is 1986, and Harry and Connie are in Moscow on Operation Renaissance. Harry is developing suspicions about the operation as there are increasing indications that it has been blown. But who can he turn to for help to confirm those suspicions? A re-imagining of the old operation mentioned in episode 7.7.

Set in in 1814 after Napoleon's defeat and exile to Elba, Major General Sir Harry Pearce is a worn-out Army officer returning from years on campaign with his home life in tatters. The thought of the London Season fills him with dread until he is introduced to his god-daughter's chaperone, Miss Ruth Evershed.

It's never over. With his best officer gone, the section in shambles and the shadow of Nightingale still lurking in the corners, Harry turns for support to the only person left who truly understands him. If only he can convince her that they could be so much more. An interlude between seasons 8 and 9. Everything belongs to Kudos and The BBC.

Alternate Universe. January 1944, and World War II is moving towards its climax. Young Intelligence cadet Ruth Evershed is selected for a special mission in France - to become the liaison with a German asset. But is the SS officer she is sent to meet all that he appears to be? Warning: Contains descriptions of the Nazi atrocities that took place in the concentration camps.

In the aftermath of Ros's death, Harry and Ruth take comfort in each other, but when their relationship falls apart, they believe they've reached the end of the road. Even love has consequences, and neither of them are prepared for what happens next. Starts at the beginning of season 9. Mostly from Ruth's perspective, with quite a bit of Beth thrown in as well. Now complete.

Because this time, It's his turn to be the strong one. "Yet, like after a wildfire, the earth renews, more vibrant and alive than the dead brush of the past." EO (Now Complete)

Set late S4. Champagne, ball gowns, black tie and Spooks.

Ruth has to step beyond the role of desk spook and venture undercover, putting her in a position Harry is not at all happy about.

'The only thing Fin knew, was that Olivia's words were irrational, wrong, out of character. There had to be a reason...and as rationality was out of the window, he decided to secretly meet with Munch as soon as the bizarre Stabler Bashing Session was over.' Warning: Contains clones. An evil villain. Memory wiping. Cryogenics. A sudden and terrifically convenient divorce.

Things between them haven't been the same since Olivia returned from Oregon. A new case had them following the leader of a sex trafficking ring but neither one of them is ready for what happens next. Will it force them to finally admit what's been happening between them all along?

An epilogue for Reentry. Here's what happened in the bedroom. That and nothing more. This can be read as a one-shot, but it's much more gratifying if you read Reentry first.

Sergeant Olivia Benson is settling into her role as mother and commanding officer when an unexpected development in a case unearths an unsettled part of her past. She's not the same as she used to be. And neither is he.

Series of unrelated EO one-shots/shorts. 18th is, Manifest Destiny. "...she had fused the bones with the imprints of her fingers…and everything he had never known he had needed, was right there in his grasp."

When Malcolm suddenly has to drop out of a day at The Oval with Harry for the Fifth Ashes Test, someone else has to step in to replace him. Set sometime mid series 5 - Harry and Ruth with sizeable cameo's from Malcolm, Zaf, Adam and Wes. Epilogue now added.

**This is a parody** Set S17, with Elliot Stabler. "Somebody is controlling us all...in charge of our destinies...but they have taken to ignoring twelve years of our pasts and are rewriting Elliot Stabler...changing the past ...denying the mutually supportive, deep connection that Olivia and Elliot shared..so much so that they wiped the reality from Olivia's mind."

He has been her one-man crash course in self-discipline for 14 years. But now something has shifted. She is finally slipping. "He absorbed her admission as he absorbed her body into his chest – with everything he had and no inhibitions." The story assumes that Elliot Stabler never retired.

Set after Lucas jumps off the Enver Tower at the end of series 9. As the ramifications over Albany start, Ruth comes to realise that she still needs the one person she's been pushing away - but does he still need her?

Olivia f**ks up. Elliot doesn't let her forget it. Angst/Romance/Humour. E/O. COMPLETE.

Olivia realises how much support she has for becoming a mother.

The 2020 edit of some post-Loophole fun. Elliot can't be left to his own devices on disability leave, Liv got stuck in a men's room, and my favorite co-creation Aidan Murphy makes an appearance. For those not familiar with Murphy, picture a Grey's Anatomy era, McSteamy Eric Dane in your head…that's what I do when I write him :) Spoilers up to and including Loophole.

Ruth has been in exile for three years of painful separation from Harry. When events happen and she has to return to the UK, can they find a way to make it work and clear her name? Set after series 5 AU. Now complete.

Takes place after episode 6.9. With Zaf missing, Ros and Ruth in exile and Adam threatening to fall apart, Harry struggles to hold his team together in the wake of the Davey King debacle. Then he is confronted with an impossible choice, the consequences of which could ruin his career and any chance he might have of reuniting with his beloved analyst. Shortish one.

Her world falls apart after he leaves. Will she be strong enough to survive it? The final chapter is up! I appreciate all that have read and reviewed. I hope that it has been an enjoyable read.

Even after Sealview, she was not this nakedly raw, this transparently vulnerable. From this he concludes: So this was worse than Sealview.

Picks up around season 15. Her Negotiation never happened. Kathleen Stabler's wedding reception. Detective Olivia Benson shows up for the reception, and she's guarded and prepared. It's a Stabler wedding, so let's use our imaginations to see who's there. Slow building. In character.

Takes place directly after episode 5.4. A walk-in brings information about a terror attack on British soil, and alleges that there is a mole in MI5. It sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy everything Harry has worked for and holds dear.

For ninety-nine hours, she had been held against her will. For the ninety-nine days that follow, her will is what he up against.

/"And I'm guilty," she tells him, darkly, and her words dance like the victims' do. "But I'm guilty for needing you most."/ Oneshot centered around the premiere and its aftermath. EO.

Elliot/Olivia. Post-ep for "Annihilated". Elliot talks through the events of "Annihilated" and thinks through the events of "Paternity".

Elliot/Olivia. Missing scenes from "Bombshell". Elliot and Olivia discuss fashion and fidelity.

Elliot/Olivia. Post-eps for "Bang" and "Scorched Earth" and a continuation of "Heroic Measures" and "Hearts Divided". A case causes Olivia to reconsider Elliot's offer.

"Oh, and don't bother coming back until all your issues have been resolved. You're both on leave." When Elliot and Olivia get sent off to conflict resolution therapy, things take a shocking turn. And then they take a few more shocking turns. AU in that Elliot's not gone for good but Kathy is, and assuming NYPD would actually pay for such a thing as conflict resolution. M.

Alternative season 10 story. MI5 gets an offer of information about the whereabouts of a notorious terrorist, and must decide whether it is for real or an elaborate trap. Ruth is roped in from her new job at the Home Office to help assess the source of information, which brings unresolved feelings to the surface. And then the Americans get involved - with devastating consequences.

Olivia was tired of nice and pleasant. She wanted heat. Passion. She wanted things that had always been right within in her reach for 12 years until they weren't anymore. She wanted him. But perhaps what she wanted most of all, was an explanation. A short drabble because I am not okay with Olivia eating pizza with Cassidy's mother.

Elliot/Olivia. Missing scene and post-ep for "A Single Life". Olivia is a well and Elliot's fallen in.

Set after 10.6. Massively, completely AU. Six months after Harry has left the country to avoid being taken into custody by the CIA, Ruth sets out to find him. Fluff in a warm climate.

"This was their chance for a fresh start. The baggage, the unfinished business could all wait till after. Right now, she could pretend that everything was alright." Five years after Elliot's departure, Olivia sees him again for the first time. It was their second chance. A new familiar. e/o

Alternative season 10 storyline. When Russian Minister Ilya Gavrik and his wife come to London, quickly followed by the CIA, a drama that started in Berlin more than thirty years ago comes to a head. Will Harry succeed in keeping secret events that could destroy him and wreck the tentative steps he and Ruth have taken towards each other in the aftermath of Albany?

Harry driving Ruth to work. Set near the end of season 4.

An alternative season 10, set in December 2011. Harry is saved from the tribunal to face a new threat to the service. To do so, however, he must face up to a few ghosts from his past. Rated T, with some Christmas team bonding and a healthy dose of H/R. NOW COMPLETE

A collection of behind-the-scenes pieces, from Ruth's POV, centering around her character development and her canon relationship with Harry. Starts season 4 and should continue, chronologically, right through to season 10.

Ruth has been in exile for 13 months, and Harry has taken stress leave. Malcolm has a plan for Harry to regain his focus and his self-respect.

Harry receives an unexpected visitor with a remarkable story to tell. Is it a lie, or is there truth to the tale of a ghost from the past that poses a grave threat to national security, but who could also return to Harry that which he desires most of all?

Alternate Universe. It is 1944 and Britain is at war with Germany. Plans for the Allied landings in France have been laid, but when these plans threaten to fall into the hands of the enemy, who will Prime Minister Churchill turn to?

Harry, Ruth, and some starlight...

Harry visits Ruth after the Albany fiasco. Set immediately post-9. H/R, rated M.

"You think you can handle yourself Olivia?" Elliot asked her, his words just a whisper. "Then prove it." The challenge sunk in. E/O. COMPLETE.

AU. Not all sins will be easily forgiven.

Harry & Ruth's story, just exactly as Spooks shows it. But also all the scenes that weren't shown - the other part of the story that's going on underneath. Harry and Ruth's Secret.

Sequel to Lost As Elliot loses what little he has gained, he is still searching for her.

Sequel to Lost - As Elliot continues the hunt for answers to Olivia's disappearance, he walks a line between obsession and destruction.

Five years of waiting may be over as a case involving one of the team comes a step closer to being solved. How is Elliot coping with his loss?

Harry and Ruth's Secret and what we didn't see, continued. SPOILER ALERT: In Part III, although Harry is in Season 7, Ruth is living the life described in the beginning of Season 8. If you haven't yet seen Season 8, there are spoilers in these chapters.

Harry & Ruth's story from right after she tells him she can't go to dinner with him again, just exactly as Spooks shows it. But also all the scenes that weren't shown -- the other part of the story that's going on underneath. Harry and Ruth's Secret.

Harry & Ruth's story from right after she tells him she can't go to dinner with him again, just exactly as Spooks shows it. But also all the scenes that weren't shown -- the other part of the story that's going on underneath. Harry and Ruth's Secret.

Olivia and Elliot when she returns from undercover..., note M rating, RR, EO, Thanks for reading.