Savior 9/13
Title: Savior 9/13
Author: Tofem
Fandom: Law & Order SVU
Pairing: Olivia/Casey
Rating: PG, I think
Disclaimer: The characters of the SVU universe are not mine. But I do own the ones tha you don't regognize are.
Spoilers/warnings: This takes place sometime after season 6. That means that anything from the first 6 seasons is fair game and may be used. I have changed the time line though.
Summary: How will a difficult case change the lives of Olivia and Casey forever.
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Chapter 8
The first two weeks Andrea was staying with them went by faster than Olivia had expected.
There were so many new things to get used to for all of them. They were trying to get to know each other and get a daily routine going. It was made more difficult by Andrea’s experiences and subsequent nightmares, and everything else that came with what the young blonde had been through.
Olivia hardly noticed that she didn’t get to work. In fact she hadn’t given work much thought before Cragen’s call one morning.
Andrea had been living with them for little over two weeks, and she was getting into a routine. Becoming more secure and like her old self with each day.
Olivia tried to keep the weekday’s somewhat similar so Andrea would know what to expect. At least until the brunette was certain that something unexpected wouldn’t scare Andrea. They weren’t quite there yet, but they had planned on going for a walk in Central Park before lunch that day. That was why, when Cragen called, Olivia and Andrea was on their way out.
“Benson.” Olivia probably never would get out of the habit of answering her phone with her last name.
“I’m sorry to interrupt your day. I hear that you’re planning an excursion.”
At this time Andrea was trying to get Olivia’s attention by pulling on the brunette’s hand. Olivia didn’t feel up to a long chat with her Captain.
“Is there any news on the case Cap’n?” If there was news about Andrea’s case, she would make the time to talk to Cragen.
“Nothing big as of yet, but that wasn’t why I called. I need you to come down to the precinct, Detective. Preferably 10 minutes ago.”
“Alright Cap’n.” It was clear from Cragen’s voice that she didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. He was still her Captain, and he had allowed her to take the time to take care of Andrea. For that alone she owed him.
“I’ll have to bring Andrea with me.”
Olivia hoped that bringing Andrea back to the precinct wouldn’t cause the girl to flash back to what had happened to bring her there in the first place.
Cragen hadn’t said anything about why he wanted her to come in, but she suspected it would take some time. That meant that besides the pre lunch snack that was already in their bag, she would need some entertainment for Andrea. Olivia had learned early on to never be far from some sort of food that she knew Andrea liked. It hadn’t been a problem the first couple of days when they hadn’t left the apartment. But the first time they had ventured out of the apartment, Olivia hadn’t thought to bring a snack. That had turned out to be a mistake. It hadn’t been easy finding something Andrea would approve of as food or snack worthy.
“Livia, now please.” Andrea couldn’t keep her patience in check anymore. Olivia had promised they would take a long walk and that they could find somewhere to play. And waiting for the brunette to get off the phone was proving to be hard work.
“Oh, I’m sorry sweetie, but we have to go to the precinct first.”
The pout that that resulted in was making it hard for Olivia not to leave everything and do as they had planned.
“But you might get to have lunch with Casey.” Olivia was quick to offer some sort of replacement. “And if it’s not too late when I’m done we can still go.”
The offer of having lunch with Casey wasn’t enough to get a smile out of Andrea. It wasn’t that the blonde didn’t want the time with Casey, quite the opposite. But it just wasn’t the same as going to the park.
The bounce had left Andrea and the girl wasn’t trying to drag Olivia out the door. It didn’t get better when they pulled into the garage at the precinct. Andrea wasn’t terrified by being back, but she wasn’t all that comfortable having to walk into that place again.
Olivia had suspected this might happen and hadn’t needed any encouragement to pick the young blonde up. It was always a great comfort to Andrea when she was this close to her Livia. She was slowly being convinced that the world was safe again, at least when she was with her Livia or Casey.
It helped that she had met the SVU detectives in the last two weeks. Better yet that it had been in the comfort of the Novak Benson apartment.
“Nice to see that you’re still alive, Olivia.”
Munch rarely came right out and said what he felt. He usually hid behind his dry wit, not wanting to expose his heart to the world. Though, after all these years he didn’t fool them.
Olivia liked the way she knew she was family to him, but it never got awkward. He always managed to keep it light. It was nice not having to worry about showing her feelings. That had always been hard for her.
“It turned out that there’s life outside the squad room. Who woulda known.”
She couldn’t stop the smile from appearing, even if she had wanted to.
Cragen came out of his office when he heard Olivia’s voice, breaking up the detectives.
“Sorry to break up the fun, but we got work to do. Olivia, you can get Andrea set up upstairs, and Munch will stay with her. When you’re done, join Thomas and me in my office. Fin, Stabler don’t you have places to be.”
Fin and Elliot almost ran out the door. Cragen hadn’t been in the best of moods the last week. Snapping left and right, nobody had been safe from his temper.
“Come on sweetie, you get to spend some time with John, You know what, I bet he’s really good at reading stories, might even get him to give the animals different voices.”
That got not only Andrea’s attention, but also Munch’s. Andrea looked to Olivia, and with the brunette’s slight nod, the girl looked at John with pleading eyes.
He had no idea how he could say no to that look. Even if he wasn’t sure how good he would be at reading the story out loud, let alone making sure to use different voices.
“Sure Andrea, we can give it a try.”
He looked as he had been called to an ass chewing at the Chief of police. Olivia thought Munch might be starting to look a little pale.
“She’s four Munch, it’s not rocket science, you’ll do fine.”
They had made it to the couch. Olivia sat Andrea on the sofa and the bag pack on the coffee table.
“You have your juice box and snack in here.” Olivia explained as much for the blonde as for John. “And if you need me, John will come get me.” She held up a finger, before Andrea could say something. “But I’ve gotta work and you get to spend time with John, If you ask nicely he might let you call Casey.”
That got Munch another round of puppy eyes with a please of two thrown in. But at least it took Andrea’s attention from Olivia leaving.
“I’ll see you later sweetie. Have fun with John.”
Munch had gotten the books out of the bag and Andrea hardly gave Olivia a second thought. Choosing which book to read was more important at the moment, giving Olivia the opportunity to slip out unnoticed.
Olivia knew Cragen had meant for her to hurry, but she hadn’t wanted to just up and leave Andrea. She knew Cragen wouldn’t be all that happy with the time it had taken her to get to his office. It wouldn’t be the first time she had pissed of her captain and it probably wouldn’t be the last.
“Okay Cap’n, why did you want me to come in?” Olivia spoke as she opened the door.
“Nice of you to join us, Detective.”
Instead of responding with her usual anger at Cragen’s obvious reprimand, she let it go.
“So why the rush to get me here?”
She finally noticed Jen, when the younger woman started retelling the case that had led them to request Olivia’s presence.
Munch and Jen had been called to a school. The school had contacted the police because of the suspicion of abuse of a second grader. The girl had bruises. Combined with the girl’s withdrawn behavior that had changed a few months back, had been what got the school to call the police.
They hadn’t been able to get the young girl to say anything. Not during the exam at the hospital or to the detectives later. The exam had revealed not only bruises all over the little body but also evidence of sexual abuse.
Since bringing the girl back to the precinct, Jen had been trying to get her to say anything. Cragen had decided to call Olivia when the girl wouldn’t even tell Jen her name.
Jennifer had during her time in SVU gotten to speak with her share of rape victims. She had gotten better at talking with them and her confidence that she could do this job had improved greatly. But having this case thrown her way had shaken the young woman. It was one thing to talk to a grown woman, but quite another to talk to a young child.
Cragen hadn’t called Olivia because he thought Jen had failed. Rather because he didn’t want this case to break the young woman’s spirit. Jen had proved to all of them that she belonged in SVU.
Jen knew she had a lot to learn, but it still fell as a failure, that Cragen had found it necessary to call Olivia. Not so much that she needed the brunette’s help. Rather that she couldn’t let Andrea have this time with Olivia without dragging the girl back to this place.
Olivia didn’t have to ask, the look in her young partner’s eyes said it all. Jen still had to learn how to hide her emotions. It was a part of working SVU, they all had to learn.
“It’s okay Jen. Now what do we know about this young girl?”
“According to the teacher, her name is Sarah Winger and she’s in second grade. Fin and Elliot are tracking down her parents. The teacher promised to come by after school hours.”
“Jen, you want to come in or stay outside?”
Olivia was on her way to the children’s room, before she had even finished talking.
Jennifer wasn’t quite sure where she should be. Her indecision made the decision for her. When she finally got her thoughts in order and followed her partner, Olivia had already entered the room and sent the female officer out. Jen didn’t want to interrupt the calm Olivia seemed to project to Sarah.
Sarah was sitting at the table with an empty piece of paper and crayons in front of her. The girl hadn’t touched anything or moved.
Olivia slowly walked to the table and sat down. Turning the chair backwards, to give Sarah the sense of a barrier between them.
“Hello sweetheart, my name’s Olivia.”
Olivia didn’t expect much if any reaction from the girl. Sarah had after all not talked to anyone since the school had called the police.
Sarah did look up and met Olivia’s eyes, though only for a short moment. Deciding that asking questions wouldn’t be the best way to get the girl to open up about what had happened.
So instead Olivia talked about Andrea and how they spent their days. It was rather strange trying to explain what Andrea was to her and why the young girl was staying with her.
A short time into talking about Andrea, Olivia noticed that Sarah’s attention was fully on her. The girl was looking at her with fearful eyes bright with unshed tears.
That was when Olivia slowly turned the conversation to Sarah and what she had been through.
Cragen and Jennifer had been listening from the other side of the one way mirror. Cragen wasn’t surprised that Olivia managed to get Sarah to open up.
“How did she know what to say?” Jen wasn’t aware that she had spoken out loud.
“It’s Olivia’s gift, she somehow knows what will make a difference. Hopefully some of that will rub of on you.” He took the sting out of the last part with a gentle smile.
When lunch time came around, Sarah had only just started talking. Not giving Olivia a choice in where to spend the time. She was hoping Casey had been able to take the time to have lunch with Andrea.
The brunette hadn’t been able to get a hold of Casey before they made it to the precinct, but had left a message to let the redhead know what was happening.
It wasn’t even 10 am and Casey was already wishing the day was over. She had noticed her cell ringing more than once, but had been unable to answer it at the time. It was more than an hour later when she was finally able to check her messages.
Casey had heard about SVUs latest case, but hadn’t expected Cragen to call Olivia in to help. It didn’t surprise her that Olivia had left a message only 15 minutes after Cragen had left his. The two messages did leave her with some trouble rearranging her schedule. Affecting not only the time she would spend with Andrea, but also the rest of that day and the next couple of days. She was glad that she didn’t have a court case. That would have made it very hard to find time for even a short lunch with Andrea.
Casey tried to call Olivia as she was about to leave her office, but the brunette had left her cell outside the room, to leave all distractions outside. The ADA had gotten to talk to Jen in stead. The younger woman was apologetic and slightly distracted. Casey had found out that Munch was looking after Andrea, and that Olivia probably wouldn’t be able to leave anytime soon.
On her way to the precinct Casey picked up lunch, not only for Andrea and herself, but also for Olivia and Sarah. The detectives and Don would have to take care of them self.
Instead of just dropping of Olivia’s food, Casey wanted to at least see the brunette. She had planned on just looking through the one way mirror, but was finding the pull of Olivia to be too great to settle for that. That was why she found herself knocking on the door to the children’s room. Even if she knew better than to interrupt Olivia when the brunette was talking to a victim.
Casey had done that once, when she had first started working SVU cases. It hadn’t been pretty to say the least. She knew she had deserved everything Olivia had said and so much more.
Casey couldn’t remember what reasons she had used to excuse her actions at the time. She knew she had wanted to show Olivia that the detectives worked for her and not the other way around. At the time she had thought it was a great idea to take the first step in that direction when Olivia was interviewing a victim. That same night she had regretted just about everything she had done that day.
Not only had it been a terrible idea to interrupt an interview, but Olivia had been at the verge of getting the young child to talk when she had interrupted.
Olivia hadn’t reacted at first, but to take Casey out of the squad room and returning to the interview. Casey had later learned that the interruption had caused a set back, and Olivia had had to use hours getting the victim to open up again.
Olivia had sought out the ADA in her office later that day and hadn’t yelled, but had with a hard and calm voice told Casey what the detective thought about her.
None of the detectives had been happy with the ADA, but Olivia had been the most quiet about it. The brunette stayed away from Casey whenever possible. If Olivia had to talk to her, it was in as few words as possible. The worst part to Casey was that there was no emotions left in Olivia’s voice.
It had taken a long time to gain the trust of the SVU detectives. Even longer to get some semblance of a good working relationship with Olivia.
The reaction Casey got that day wasn’t anything like the one years ago.
The look in Olivia’s eyes said everything Casey needed to know. They both wanted more than just a look, but this wasn’t the time nor the place.
Olivia had never thought she could find someone who could understand her, or would take the time to get to know her.
Casey had moved her schedule around to help her out. It wasn’t only that Casey cleared her day to take the time with Andrea, but also that the redhead was making sure she wouldn’t be distracted by thoughts of Andrea. Olivia knew Casey would pay for rescheduling meetings in the next couple of days, but that she had done it any way meant a lot.
Munch had turned out to be great with Andrea. The blonde had gotten him to read and play go fish. And at the same time Andrea had talked about everything and nothing. It didn’t matter that Munch wasn’t sure what to say, Andrea had no trouble telling him about everything she had done with Olivia and Casey. John was a little overwhelmed, and grateful when Casey brought lunch.
Casey couldn’t help but chuckle at the look on Munch’s face when he saw the ADA come up the stairs. He looked like she was saving him from certain death. He couldn’t get back to the squad room fast enough. He could only take so much and one exited four year old could be somewhat overwhelming.
“Don’t go too far John. I have a meeting at 1.30 I can’t get out of, but it shouldn’t take more than an hour. After that I’ll relieve you of your babysitting duty.”
Casey had tried to find someone else to look after Andrea. Those of their friends that had been introduced to Andrea couldn’t get out of their engagements. And she didn’t want to subject Andrea to a babysitter the girl didn’t know. So she didn’t have much of a choice, but to exploit Munch again. She felt especially bad because she knew he was working on Andrea’s case among all the other cases. Cragen probably wouldn’t be thrilled about having Munch’s time confiscated for another hour in the afternoon. Casey moved all thoughts about Cragen and Munch to the back of her mind, there would be enough time for that later. Now she wanted to enjoy her time with Andrea.
The hour Casey had been able to find the time for, had been a rare treat. An hour with just Andrea and her, with a promise of more time later. Olivia usually had Andrea all day and the time Casey spent with the girl usually also included Olivia.
Olivia had, had to spend the rest of that day at the precinct. Sarah had finally told what had happened. That wasn’t what had taken most of the day, though it had taken more time than either of them had hoped. The hardest part had been the waiting time. A lot of time had been used to locating and getting Sarah’s mother to come to the precinct. After Sarah had told her story it had taken part of the day getting the mother’s boyfriend arrested.
To Andrea, the worst part of the day was that Olivia hadn’t made it home for tucking her in for the night. It was the first time since the blonde had moved into the Novak Benson home that Olivia had missed bedtime. Making it almost impossible for Casey to get Andrea to fall asleep, let alone go to bed. Convincing the blonde that it was bedtime, turned out to be more of a negotiation. When she had finally gotten Andrea to crawl into bed, Casey wasn’t sure why she had spent all those years in law school. Because this four year old had out maneuvered her in no time and without any trouble. Andrea had turned out to be more convincing than Casey, and had gotten to spend the night in their bed. The first whole night since Andrea’s first night in the apartment.
Olivia found the two most important people in her life curled up sleeping in her bed when she got home that night.
savior 10
Author: Tofem
Fandom: Law & Order SVU
Pairing: Olivia/Casey
Rating: PG, I think
Disclaimer: The characters of the SVU universe are not mine. But I do own the ones tha you don't regognize are.
Spoilers/warnings: This takes place sometime after season 6. That means that anything from the first 6 seasons is fair game and may be used. I have changed the time line though.
Summary: How will a difficult case change the lives of Olivia and Casey forever.
savior 1 - savior 2 - savior 3 - savior 4 - savior 5 - savior 6 - savior 7 - savior 8
Chapter 8
The first two weeks Andrea was staying with them went by faster than Olivia had expected.
There were so many new things to get used to for all of them. They were trying to get to know each other and get a daily routine going. It was made more difficult by Andrea’s experiences and subsequent nightmares, and everything else that came with what the young blonde had been through.
Olivia hardly noticed that she didn’t get to work. In fact she hadn’t given work much thought before Cragen’s call one morning.
Andrea had been living with them for little over two weeks, and she was getting into a routine. Becoming more secure and like her old self with each day.
Olivia tried to keep the weekday’s somewhat similar so Andrea would know what to expect. At least until the brunette was certain that something unexpected wouldn’t scare Andrea. They weren’t quite there yet, but they had planned on going for a walk in Central Park before lunch that day. That was why, when Cragen called, Olivia and Andrea was on their way out.
“Benson.” Olivia probably never would get out of the habit of answering her phone with her last name.
“I’m sorry to interrupt your day. I hear that you’re planning an excursion.”
At this time Andrea was trying to get Olivia’s attention by pulling on the brunette’s hand. Olivia didn’t feel up to a long chat with her Captain.
“Is there any news on the case Cap’n?” If there was news about Andrea’s case, she would make the time to talk to Cragen.
“Nothing big as of yet, but that wasn’t why I called. I need you to come down to the precinct, Detective. Preferably 10 minutes ago.”
“Alright Cap’n.” It was clear from Cragen’s voice that she didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. He was still her Captain, and he had allowed her to take the time to take care of Andrea. For that alone she owed him.
“I’ll have to bring Andrea with me.”
Olivia hoped that bringing Andrea back to the precinct wouldn’t cause the girl to flash back to what had happened to bring her there in the first place.
Cragen hadn’t said anything about why he wanted her to come in, but she suspected it would take some time. That meant that besides the pre lunch snack that was already in their bag, she would need some entertainment for Andrea. Olivia had learned early on to never be far from some sort of food that she knew Andrea liked. It hadn’t been a problem the first couple of days when they hadn’t left the apartment. But the first time they had ventured out of the apartment, Olivia hadn’t thought to bring a snack. That had turned out to be a mistake. It hadn’t been easy finding something Andrea would approve of as food or snack worthy.
“Livia, now please.” Andrea couldn’t keep her patience in check anymore. Olivia had promised they would take a long walk and that they could find somewhere to play. And waiting for the brunette to get off the phone was proving to be hard work.
“Oh, I’m sorry sweetie, but we have to go to the precinct first.”
The pout that that resulted in was making it hard for Olivia not to leave everything and do as they had planned.
“But you might get to have lunch with Casey.” Olivia was quick to offer some sort of replacement. “And if it’s not too late when I’m done we can still go.”
The offer of having lunch with Casey wasn’t enough to get a smile out of Andrea. It wasn’t that the blonde didn’t want the time with Casey, quite the opposite. But it just wasn’t the same as going to the park.
The bounce had left Andrea and the girl wasn’t trying to drag Olivia out the door. It didn’t get better when they pulled into the garage at the precinct. Andrea wasn’t terrified by being back, but she wasn’t all that comfortable having to walk into that place again.
Olivia had suspected this might happen and hadn’t needed any encouragement to pick the young blonde up. It was always a great comfort to Andrea when she was this close to her Livia. She was slowly being convinced that the world was safe again, at least when she was with her Livia or Casey.
It helped that she had met the SVU detectives in the last two weeks. Better yet that it had been in the comfort of the Novak Benson apartment.
“Nice to see that you’re still alive, Olivia.”
Munch rarely came right out and said what he felt. He usually hid behind his dry wit, not wanting to expose his heart to the world. Though, after all these years he didn’t fool them.
Olivia liked the way she knew she was family to him, but it never got awkward. He always managed to keep it light. It was nice not having to worry about showing her feelings. That had always been hard for her.
“It turned out that there’s life outside the squad room. Who woulda known.”
She couldn’t stop the smile from appearing, even if she had wanted to.
Cragen came out of his office when he heard Olivia’s voice, breaking up the detectives.
“Sorry to break up the fun, but we got work to do. Olivia, you can get Andrea set up upstairs, and Munch will stay with her. When you’re done, join Thomas and me in my office. Fin, Stabler don’t you have places to be.”
Fin and Elliot almost ran out the door. Cragen hadn’t been in the best of moods the last week. Snapping left and right, nobody had been safe from his temper.
“Come on sweetie, you get to spend some time with John, You know what, I bet he’s really good at reading stories, might even get him to give the animals different voices.”
That got not only Andrea’s attention, but also Munch’s. Andrea looked to Olivia, and with the brunette’s slight nod, the girl looked at John with pleading eyes.
He had no idea how he could say no to that look. Even if he wasn’t sure how good he would be at reading the story out loud, let alone making sure to use different voices.
“Sure Andrea, we can give it a try.”
He looked as he had been called to an ass chewing at the Chief of police. Olivia thought Munch might be starting to look a little pale.
“She’s four Munch, it’s not rocket science, you’ll do fine.”
They had made it to the couch. Olivia sat Andrea on the sofa and the bag pack on the coffee table.
“You have your juice box and snack in here.” Olivia explained as much for the blonde as for John. “And if you need me, John will come get me.” She held up a finger, before Andrea could say something. “But I’ve gotta work and you get to spend time with John, If you ask nicely he might let you call Casey.”
That got Munch another round of puppy eyes with a please of two thrown in. But at least it took Andrea’s attention from Olivia leaving.
“I’ll see you later sweetie. Have fun with John.”
Munch had gotten the books out of the bag and Andrea hardly gave Olivia a second thought. Choosing which book to read was more important at the moment, giving Olivia the opportunity to slip out unnoticed.
Olivia knew Cragen had meant for her to hurry, but she hadn’t wanted to just up and leave Andrea. She knew Cragen wouldn’t be all that happy with the time it had taken her to get to his office. It wouldn’t be the first time she had pissed of her captain and it probably wouldn’t be the last.
“Okay Cap’n, why did you want me to come in?” Olivia spoke as she opened the door.
“Nice of you to join us, Detective.”
Instead of responding with her usual anger at Cragen’s obvious reprimand, she let it go.
“So why the rush to get me here?”
She finally noticed Jen, when the younger woman started retelling the case that had led them to request Olivia’s presence.
Munch and Jen had been called to a school. The school had contacted the police because of the suspicion of abuse of a second grader. The girl had bruises. Combined with the girl’s withdrawn behavior that had changed a few months back, had been what got the school to call the police.
They hadn’t been able to get the young girl to say anything. Not during the exam at the hospital or to the detectives later. The exam had revealed not only bruises all over the little body but also evidence of sexual abuse.
Since bringing the girl back to the precinct, Jen had been trying to get her to say anything. Cragen had decided to call Olivia when the girl wouldn’t even tell Jen her name.
Jennifer had during her time in SVU gotten to speak with her share of rape victims. She had gotten better at talking with them and her confidence that she could do this job had improved greatly. But having this case thrown her way had shaken the young woman. It was one thing to talk to a grown woman, but quite another to talk to a young child.
Cragen hadn’t called Olivia because he thought Jen had failed. Rather because he didn’t want this case to break the young woman’s spirit. Jen had proved to all of them that she belonged in SVU.
Jen knew she had a lot to learn, but it still fell as a failure, that Cragen had found it necessary to call Olivia. Not so much that she needed the brunette’s help. Rather that she couldn’t let Andrea have this time with Olivia without dragging the girl back to this place.
Olivia didn’t have to ask, the look in her young partner’s eyes said it all. Jen still had to learn how to hide her emotions. It was a part of working SVU, they all had to learn.
“It’s okay Jen. Now what do we know about this young girl?”
“According to the teacher, her name is Sarah Winger and she’s in second grade. Fin and Elliot are tracking down her parents. The teacher promised to come by after school hours.”
“Jen, you want to come in or stay outside?”
Olivia was on her way to the children’s room, before she had even finished talking.
Jennifer wasn’t quite sure where she should be. Her indecision made the decision for her. When she finally got her thoughts in order and followed her partner, Olivia had already entered the room and sent the female officer out. Jen didn’t want to interrupt the calm Olivia seemed to project to Sarah.
Sarah was sitting at the table with an empty piece of paper and crayons in front of her. The girl hadn’t touched anything or moved.
Olivia slowly walked to the table and sat down. Turning the chair backwards, to give Sarah the sense of a barrier between them.
“Hello sweetheart, my name’s Olivia.”
Olivia didn’t expect much if any reaction from the girl. Sarah had after all not talked to anyone since the school had called the police.
Sarah did look up and met Olivia’s eyes, though only for a short moment. Deciding that asking questions wouldn’t be the best way to get the girl to open up about what had happened.
So instead Olivia talked about Andrea and how they spent their days. It was rather strange trying to explain what Andrea was to her and why the young girl was staying with her.
A short time into talking about Andrea, Olivia noticed that Sarah’s attention was fully on her. The girl was looking at her with fearful eyes bright with unshed tears.
That was when Olivia slowly turned the conversation to Sarah and what she had been through.
Cragen and Jennifer had been listening from the other side of the one way mirror. Cragen wasn’t surprised that Olivia managed to get Sarah to open up.
“How did she know what to say?” Jen wasn’t aware that she had spoken out loud.
“It’s Olivia’s gift, she somehow knows what will make a difference. Hopefully some of that will rub of on you.” He took the sting out of the last part with a gentle smile.
When lunch time came around, Sarah had only just started talking. Not giving Olivia a choice in where to spend the time. She was hoping Casey had been able to take the time to have lunch with Andrea.
The brunette hadn’t been able to get a hold of Casey before they made it to the precinct, but had left a message to let the redhead know what was happening.
It wasn’t even 10 am and Casey was already wishing the day was over. She had noticed her cell ringing more than once, but had been unable to answer it at the time. It was more than an hour later when she was finally able to check her messages.
Casey had heard about SVUs latest case, but hadn’t expected Cragen to call Olivia in to help. It didn’t surprise her that Olivia had left a message only 15 minutes after Cragen had left his. The two messages did leave her with some trouble rearranging her schedule. Affecting not only the time she would spend with Andrea, but also the rest of that day and the next couple of days. She was glad that she didn’t have a court case. That would have made it very hard to find time for even a short lunch with Andrea.
Casey tried to call Olivia as she was about to leave her office, but the brunette had left her cell outside the room, to leave all distractions outside. The ADA had gotten to talk to Jen in stead. The younger woman was apologetic and slightly distracted. Casey had found out that Munch was looking after Andrea, and that Olivia probably wouldn’t be able to leave anytime soon.
On her way to the precinct Casey picked up lunch, not only for Andrea and herself, but also for Olivia and Sarah. The detectives and Don would have to take care of them self.
Instead of just dropping of Olivia’s food, Casey wanted to at least see the brunette. She had planned on just looking through the one way mirror, but was finding the pull of Olivia to be too great to settle for that. That was why she found herself knocking on the door to the children’s room. Even if she knew better than to interrupt Olivia when the brunette was talking to a victim.
Casey had done that once, when she had first started working SVU cases. It hadn’t been pretty to say the least. She knew she had deserved everything Olivia had said and so much more.
Casey couldn’t remember what reasons she had used to excuse her actions at the time. She knew she had wanted to show Olivia that the detectives worked for her and not the other way around. At the time she had thought it was a great idea to take the first step in that direction when Olivia was interviewing a victim. That same night she had regretted just about everything she had done that day.
Not only had it been a terrible idea to interrupt an interview, but Olivia had been at the verge of getting the young child to talk when she had interrupted.
Olivia hadn’t reacted at first, but to take Casey out of the squad room and returning to the interview. Casey had later learned that the interruption had caused a set back, and Olivia had had to use hours getting the victim to open up again.
Olivia had sought out the ADA in her office later that day and hadn’t yelled, but had with a hard and calm voice told Casey what the detective thought about her.
None of the detectives had been happy with the ADA, but Olivia had been the most quiet about it. The brunette stayed away from Casey whenever possible. If Olivia had to talk to her, it was in as few words as possible. The worst part to Casey was that there was no emotions left in Olivia’s voice.
It had taken a long time to gain the trust of the SVU detectives. Even longer to get some semblance of a good working relationship with Olivia.
The reaction Casey got that day wasn’t anything like the one years ago.
The look in Olivia’s eyes said everything Casey needed to know. They both wanted more than just a look, but this wasn’t the time nor the place.
Olivia had never thought she could find someone who could understand her, or would take the time to get to know her.
Casey had moved her schedule around to help her out. It wasn’t only that Casey cleared her day to take the time with Andrea, but also that the redhead was making sure she wouldn’t be distracted by thoughts of Andrea. Olivia knew Casey would pay for rescheduling meetings in the next couple of days, but that she had done it any way meant a lot.
Munch had turned out to be great with Andrea. The blonde had gotten him to read and play go fish. And at the same time Andrea had talked about everything and nothing. It didn’t matter that Munch wasn’t sure what to say, Andrea had no trouble telling him about everything she had done with Olivia and Casey. John was a little overwhelmed, and grateful when Casey brought lunch.
Casey couldn’t help but chuckle at the look on Munch’s face when he saw the ADA come up the stairs. He looked like she was saving him from certain death. He couldn’t get back to the squad room fast enough. He could only take so much and one exited four year old could be somewhat overwhelming.
“Don’t go too far John. I have a meeting at 1.30 I can’t get out of, but it shouldn’t take more than an hour. After that I’ll relieve you of your babysitting duty.”
Casey had tried to find someone else to look after Andrea. Those of their friends that had been introduced to Andrea couldn’t get out of their engagements. And she didn’t want to subject Andrea to a babysitter the girl didn’t know. So she didn’t have much of a choice, but to exploit Munch again. She felt especially bad because she knew he was working on Andrea’s case among all the other cases. Cragen probably wouldn’t be thrilled about having Munch’s time confiscated for another hour in the afternoon. Casey moved all thoughts about Cragen and Munch to the back of her mind, there would be enough time for that later. Now she wanted to enjoy her time with Andrea.
The hour Casey had been able to find the time for, had been a rare treat. An hour with just Andrea and her, with a promise of more time later. Olivia usually had Andrea all day and the time Casey spent with the girl usually also included Olivia.
Olivia had, had to spend the rest of that day at the precinct. Sarah had finally told what had happened. That wasn’t what had taken most of the day, though it had taken more time than either of them had hoped. The hardest part had been the waiting time. A lot of time had been used to locating and getting Sarah’s mother to come to the precinct. After Sarah had told her story it had taken part of the day getting the mother’s boyfriend arrested.
To Andrea, the worst part of the day was that Olivia hadn’t made it home for tucking her in for the night. It was the first time since the blonde had moved into the Novak Benson home that Olivia had missed bedtime. Making it almost impossible for Casey to get Andrea to fall asleep, let alone go to bed. Convincing the blonde that it was bedtime, turned out to be more of a negotiation. When she had finally gotten Andrea to crawl into bed, Casey wasn’t sure why she had spent all those years in law school. Because this four year old had out maneuvered her in no time and without any trouble. Andrea had turned out to be more convincing than Casey, and had gotten to spend the night in their bed. The first whole night since Andrea’s first night in the apartment.
Olivia found the two most important people in her life curled up sleeping in her bed when she got home that night.
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