SVU: Reset

[scarletcaesura]

Title: Reset
Author: scarletcaesura
Fandom: Law and Order: SVU
Rating: PG

A/N: Flashfic. Takes place between seasons 8 and 9. Mild Olivia/Elliot, kinda fluffy, although in this fandom, that pretty much signifies a lack of major character death. 472 words.

It's going to be fine, Elliot thinks.

Olivia has gone again, but her desk is not cleared off

Comments

[baggers]

ZOMG ILU.

*SMUSHES THEM TOGETHER SO SO HARD*

when i gave you that prompt, i secretly wanted you to do something happy with it. AND YOU DID.

If something happened to you in the three fucking days since I've been gone, I will fucking shoot you, sweetheart

this makes me think of the blooper reel, where Chris makes fun of Olivia's line, and she gets all shirty with him, aka MY FAVOURITE CLIP OF THE TWO OF THEM EVER.

[scarletcaesura]

YAYZ MINDREADING! I couldn't manage angst, so I'm glad happy worked out.

where Chris makes fun of Olivia's line, and she gets all shirty with him

SWEETHEART, IT'S IN THE SCRIPT. Heeeeee. I love that one too, if only because it seems like Mariska is getting pissed off at him AS Olivia, which cracks me up. I guess she can't turn it off right away?

[baggers]

SWEETHEART, IT'S IN THE SCRIPT. Oh, bless her.

Having seen her in action between scenes, she certainly seems to just... keep being Olivia between takes, when they are mucking about at least. (Seriously, who would have thought seeing them in person would make me ship their characters MORE? That's not how it's supposed to work. I was supposed to be disillusioned!)

Seriously, I wish there was more less-angsty fic about them around. Every cop I know has a seriously twisted sense of humor, and I think the show does a good job of working that defense mechanism into the show, but it never really crops up into fic. Hello, Munch and Fin in last weeks ep alone could have been solid comedy.

[annakovsky]

Oh God, I love this. I love them. Their sad codependence, and how they know it's sad, but how much they rely on it. How they've gotten out of their angst spiral, a little bit.

If something happened to you in the three fucking days since I've been gone, I will fucking shoot you, sweetheart, she thinks.

That's so Olivia it KILLS me.

[scarletcaesura]

Thank you! I love them and their sad codependence, too. :)

I'm glad that line worked. I went back and forth on it.

[run_atreyu]

I really enjoyed this wee fic. To let you know, I've recced it here and crossposted here.

Happy new year and thanks for a good little SVU read. They're so rare!

[scarletcaesura]

Thanks for the feedback, and the recs! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[anr]

That was great -- excellent dialogue. :)

[scarletcaesura]

Thank you!