Savior 1/?
Title: Savior 1/?
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 that 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.
A/N: Thank to Cathandsaraforever55 for doing the beta thing
Summary: How will a difficult case change the lives of Olivia and Casey forever.
“Benson, I need you to go to the apartment.” Cragen looked anything but pleased.
The brunette had been finishing the last of her paperwork and was getting ready to head out. Like Elliot had done half an hour ago.
“I’m not catching tonight Cap’n. Aren’t Munch and Fin already on their way there?”
This was not what she needed. They had hardly seen each other this week. Casey would have her head if she cancelled again. They had planned this night weeks ago and had reservations at the redhead’s favorite restaurant.
“The officers that responded to the call say the victim has a daughter. The girl was hiding in the closet and under covers when they try to convince her to come out. I want you there.”
Even as Olivia pulled on her jacket and was on the way out the door she had to say it. “I’m blaming you when our lovely ADA bites my head off for bailing on her tonight.”
That got her a crocket smile form the Captain. “This is on me. I’ll even call and tell Novak for you. How’s that?”
He didn’t get an answer as the detective was already out the door.
Since Olivia started at SVU she had been who the Captain sent if there was a woman or child especially traumatized and scared of men. In some ways the brunette was always on call. The vacations the detective did manage to take had been short and far between. It had become better after she had started dating Casey. The redhead had, without the knowledge of Olivia, confronted Cragen about the exploitation of his only female detective. The problem was that the brunette was so good at what she did. Olivia exuded comfort and the feeling of safety that was so remarkable, and the detective wasn’t aware of it herself. Olivia was still sent to most of the scared victims, but the squad did allow her to have some time off. Cragen had recently started searching for another female with that special touch to relive Olivia. He never wanted to work the brunette so hard it would break her.
When Benson arrived at the scene she was greeted by the gruesomeness of what had happened.
“Munch. Where is the girl hiding?” John looked up as the Olivia talked to him.
“She’s in the closet, in what appears to be her room. We made sure nobody has been in there after Cragen called.”
“She’s all yours Liv. The officer that found her scared the crap out of her. She screamed for a solid 10 minutes before we arrived and got them out of the room. Girl’s been quiet ever since.” Fin volunteered.
Walking through the hallway the brunette noticed the pictures of a small blonde haired girl decorating the walls. This Olivia suspected was the child she was here to talk to.
The detective was overwhelmed by the pink and girliness of the room. This was what the brunette had always imagined a little girl’s room would look like. She had never had anything remotely like that. Not that Olivia would have liked pink or anything this frilly.
Benson didn’t know what to expect. She hadn’t gotten any information on the girl or mother. From what Olivia had seen in the pictures the child couldn’t be more than 4 or 5 years old.
Quietly entering the room, the brunette softly closed the door to ensure that she would not scare the girl more than had already been done by the uniforms.
The door to the closet was open and Olivia could see a pile of clothes moving slightly. That must be the girl trying to shut out the world.
As she moved closer Olivia could see the shaking getting more pronounced. Not wanting to get too close the brunette sat down without making any sudden movements or noises.
“Sweetheart nobody is going to hurt you.” Olivia paused to see if she would get a reaction or reply. The girl made no sounds, but the detective was sure that the shaking had decreased.
“What’s your name honey?”
The young girl didn’t verbally respond, but the detective could see blonde hair and a young face peak out of the clothes. This encouraged Olivia to keep talking.
“It’s just us in here honey. I closed the door and no men are coming in.”
Olivia had suspected the girl might have seen or heard the attacker, given the violent reaction the child had had to the uniforms. This was confirmed by the immediate reaction to the word ‘men’. Giving the detective a clear sign that this girl had experienced something from a male to warrant such quick reaction.
“I promise sweetheart you’re safe now.”
The blonde peeked her head out of the closet. Cautiously looking around to see if the woman was telling the truth. When the girl couldn’t see anyone other than the soft talking brunette she slowly ventured out of hiding.
The blonde didn’t know if she could trust this woman who said she could protect her. That was when the blonde noticed the gold shield attached to the lapel of Olivia’s jacket.
Smiling at the young girl the detective didn’t move, but followed the child with her eyes. The brunette had sat down in the middle of the floor. Giving the blonde the ability to inspect her from all sides.
“Hi honey. I’m detective Benson and I’m with the police. Can you tell me your name?” The girl looked up at the brunette with big green eyes, but didn’t make a sound.
“You’re a shy one. That’s okay sweetie.” Olivia said as the girl had finished the tour of the detective. The brunette was certain the child had seen her gun as well as the gold shield, but it hadn’t elicited a reaction.
“Andrea,” it was spoken so softly Olivia almost missed it.
“Andrea, that’s a pretty name.” Keeping everything soft as to not spook the frightened child.
The blonde pointed to the detective’s shield, “You’re police?”
“That’s right sweetie. I’m with the police. You can call me Olivia.”
When the brunette had confirmed being a policewoman Andrea felt more safe and a small smile naturally appeared on the girl’s face.
“Livia. Man killed mommy?” This broke Olivia’s heart. Here was a young girl that knew she just lost her mother to a violent crime. Not that Andrea would be able to put it in that many words.
The child had reached out to touch the detective shield when one of the techs opened the door rather suddenly. Olivia thought that the blonde would have fled back into hiding in the closet. The girl though, threw her small arms around the brunette’s neck and buried her face in the crock of Olivia’s shoulder.
The pointed look, that promised murder, was directed at the young man. He quickly got the message and left without a word.
“Honey it’s okay. I’ll keep you safe.”
“He lefted?” Andrea’s muffled question could barely be heard by the detective.
“Yes sweetie he left. You want to get out of here?”
The girl’s reply was a vigorously nod that Olivia couldn’t miss even if she had tried.
“Can Peter come too?” Blue eyes looked pleadingly into the brown of the detective.
“Who’s Peter?” Olivia didn’t think there was a boy in the apartment, but she couldn’t be sure.
Andrea just pointed to her bed. There by the pillow was an orange dinosaur with green spots. Peter was apparently the girl’s stuffed animal.
Olivia didn’t want to disappoint the young girl, but CSU hadn’t processed the room. Leaving the brunette with little choice.
“Sweetheart, Peter can’t come with us,” the girl’s pout was adorable, “But you know what; I’ll have a good friend of mine bring him to you as fast as he can.”
Olivia had to use one hand to support herself as they got up. The child was clinging to her neck making it difficult to move as freely as usually.
Andrea hid her face in the brunette’s neck as Olivia opened the door. This suited the detective just fine. The blonde would avoid seeing the blood or the men standing around waiting to process the room.
As Olivia went by the other detectives she quietly spoke. “Munch could you bring some clothes and the orange dino to the precinct?”
It was Fin that actually answered the request. “Anything for you Liv. Anything special you want?”
“No, but the orange dino on the bed is very important.” Olivia knew it wouldn’t take long before one of the guys brought Peter in to be reunited with the girl.
If there was one thing you could always count on, it was that the detectives walked that extra mile when cases concerned children. No matter if the children were victims or witnesses.
As the brunette was leaving the crime scene she threw her car keys at Fin. “I’ll get one of the uniform’s to give me a lift.”
This time John was the one that actually answered. “I think there is at least one female uniform down there. Cragen’s request, when he heard about the child.”
Munch had been right. Olivia found a female uniform waiting to drive them. The drive to the ER had been quiet. Andrea had clung to her savior’s neck the entire time. Not that the brunette had expected any different. That’s why Olivia had handed Fin her car keys.
They went to hospital to make sure nothing happened to Andrea. A Friday night was not the best time to be at the ER. Tonight wasn’t an exception and it was made worse by the lack of female doctors.
The wait had been long, but luckily the blonde hadn’t been assaulted.
Olivia arrived at the precinct with a very tired young girl placed safely on the brunette’s left hip, and supported by her arm.
Walking into the squad room Olivia noticed Cragen seemingly waiting for her. The brunette was at this time sure Andrea had fallen asleep based on the dead weight she carried around.
“How mad is she?” Olivia didn’t have to elaborate on who she was, there was no doubt that he knew. The brunette looked into the eyes of her boss and saw a glimpse of humor.
“She was pissed. Mostly that you had me call.” This time the grin was barely suppressed.
“See, I knew that was a bad decision.” Olivia stated. Now she needed to think up ways to make it up to her girlfriend.
“When I told her about the child, Casey calmed down. She even promised that you wouldn’t be sleeping on the couch, detective.”
The captain was having way more fun with this than Olivia liked. Why couldn’t he have started with that part? This was not funny. Okay maybe a little funny. Olivia reluctantly admitted, but only to herself.
Cragen had done his duty and had some fun on behalf of one of his detectives. Now it was time to get back to work. They had a dead woman, and a young girl currently sleeping in the arms of his best detective. The captain didn’t have to ask, Olivia could see the change in the man’s face.
“Her name is Andrea. She can’t be more than 4 or 5 years old. We didn’t get around to her age as the CSU tech interrupted and scared her. She may have seen or hopefully only heard the perp and knows that it’s a man. That’s as far as I got. I don’t think we’ll get anything else today.”
“You’re probably right about that as she is sleeping soundly from what I can tell. ACS won’t be here until sometime tomorrow.” He held up his hand to forestall the outburst he knew would come from Olivia.
“Their words not mine. Apparently it’s a bad time of the year to be a child. Why don’t you both get some rest? I’ll let Novak know where you are.”
Cragen smiled as he added the last part. Olivia wasn’t about to let him yet again explain to Casey why the brunette wouldn’t make it home that night.
Softly placing Andrea on one bed and tucking her in the detective sat on the bed next to the sleeping girl. Getting her cell out to call her girlfriend.
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 that 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.
A/N: Thank to Cathandsaraforever55 for doing the beta thing
Summary: How will a difficult case change the lives of Olivia and Casey forever.
“Benson, I need you to go to the apartment.” Cragen looked anything but pleased.
The brunette had been finishing the last of her paperwork and was getting ready to head out. Like Elliot had done half an hour ago.
“I’m not catching tonight Cap’n. Aren’t Munch and Fin already on their way there?”
This was not what she needed. They had hardly seen each other this week. Casey would have her head if she cancelled again. They had planned this night weeks ago and had reservations at the redhead’s favorite restaurant.
“The officers that responded to the call say the victim has a daughter. The girl was hiding in the closet and under covers when they try to convince her to come out. I want you there.”
Even as Olivia pulled on her jacket and was on the way out the door she had to say it. “I’m blaming you when our lovely ADA bites my head off for bailing on her tonight.”
That got her a crocket smile form the Captain. “This is on me. I’ll even call and tell Novak for you. How’s that?”
He didn’t get an answer as the detective was already out the door.
Since Olivia started at SVU she had been who the Captain sent if there was a woman or child especially traumatized and scared of men. In some ways the brunette was always on call. The vacations the detective did manage to take had been short and far between. It had become better after she had started dating Casey. The redhead had, without the knowledge of Olivia, confronted Cragen about the exploitation of his only female detective. The problem was that the brunette was so good at what she did. Olivia exuded comfort and the feeling of safety that was so remarkable, and the detective wasn’t aware of it herself. Olivia was still sent to most of the scared victims, but the squad did allow her to have some time off. Cragen had recently started searching for another female with that special touch to relive Olivia. He never wanted to work the brunette so hard it would break her.
When Benson arrived at the scene she was greeted by the gruesomeness of what had happened.
“Munch. Where is the girl hiding?” John looked up as the Olivia talked to him.
“She’s in the closet, in what appears to be her room. We made sure nobody has been in there after Cragen called.”
“She’s all yours Liv. The officer that found her scared the crap out of her. She screamed for a solid 10 minutes before we arrived and got them out of the room. Girl’s been quiet ever since.” Fin volunteered.
Walking through the hallway the brunette noticed the pictures of a small blonde haired girl decorating the walls. This Olivia suspected was the child she was here to talk to.
The detective was overwhelmed by the pink and girliness of the room. This was what the brunette had always imagined a little girl’s room would look like. She had never had anything remotely like that. Not that Olivia would have liked pink or anything this frilly.
Benson didn’t know what to expect. She hadn’t gotten any information on the girl or mother. From what Olivia had seen in the pictures the child couldn’t be more than 4 or 5 years old.
Quietly entering the room, the brunette softly closed the door to ensure that she would not scare the girl more than had already been done by the uniforms.
The door to the closet was open and Olivia could see a pile of clothes moving slightly. That must be the girl trying to shut out the world.
As she moved closer Olivia could see the shaking getting more pronounced. Not wanting to get too close the brunette sat down without making any sudden movements or noises.
“Sweetheart nobody is going to hurt you.” Olivia paused to see if she would get a reaction or reply. The girl made no sounds, but the detective was sure that the shaking had decreased.
“What’s your name honey?”
The young girl didn’t verbally respond, but the detective could see blonde hair and a young face peak out of the clothes. This encouraged Olivia to keep talking.
“It’s just us in here honey. I closed the door and no men are coming in.”
Olivia had suspected the girl might have seen or heard the attacker, given the violent reaction the child had had to the uniforms. This was confirmed by the immediate reaction to the word ‘men’. Giving the detective a clear sign that this girl had experienced something from a male to warrant such quick reaction.
“I promise sweetheart you’re safe now.”
The blonde peeked her head out of the closet. Cautiously looking around to see if the woman was telling the truth. When the girl couldn’t see anyone other than the soft talking brunette she slowly ventured out of hiding.
The blonde didn’t know if she could trust this woman who said she could protect her. That was when the blonde noticed the gold shield attached to the lapel of Olivia’s jacket.
Smiling at the young girl the detective didn’t move, but followed the child with her eyes. The brunette had sat down in the middle of the floor. Giving the blonde the ability to inspect her from all sides.
“Hi honey. I’m detective Benson and I’m with the police. Can you tell me your name?” The girl looked up at the brunette with big green eyes, but didn’t make a sound.
“You’re a shy one. That’s okay sweetie.” Olivia said as the girl had finished the tour of the detective. The brunette was certain the child had seen her gun as well as the gold shield, but it hadn’t elicited a reaction.
“Andrea,” it was spoken so softly Olivia almost missed it.
“Andrea, that’s a pretty name.” Keeping everything soft as to not spook the frightened child.
The blonde pointed to the detective’s shield, “You’re police?”
“That’s right sweetie. I’m with the police. You can call me Olivia.”
When the brunette had confirmed being a policewoman Andrea felt more safe and a small smile naturally appeared on the girl’s face.
“Livia. Man killed mommy?” This broke Olivia’s heart. Here was a young girl that knew she just lost her mother to a violent crime. Not that Andrea would be able to put it in that many words.
The child had reached out to touch the detective shield when one of the techs opened the door rather suddenly. Olivia thought that the blonde would have fled back into hiding in the closet. The girl though, threw her small arms around the brunette’s neck and buried her face in the crock of Olivia’s shoulder.
The pointed look, that promised murder, was directed at the young man. He quickly got the message and left without a word.
“Honey it’s okay. I’ll keep you safe.”
“He lefted?” Andrea’s muffled question could barely be heard by the detective.
“Yes sweetie he left. You want to get out of here?”
The girl’s reply was a vigorously nod that Olivia couldn’t miss even if she had tried.
“Can Peter come too?” Blue eyes looked pleadingly into the brown of the detective.
“Who’s Peter?” Olivia didn’t think there was a boy in the apartment, but she couldn’t be sure.
Andrea just pointed to her bed. There by the pillow was an orange dinosaur with green spots. Peter was apparently the girl’s stuffed animal.
Olivia didn’t want to disappoint the young girl, but CSU hadn’t processed the room. Leaving the brunette with little choice.
“Sweetheart, Peter can’t come with us,” the girl’s pout was adorable, “But you know what; I’ll have a good friend of mine bring him to you as fast as he can.”
Olivia had to use one hand to support herself as they got up. The child was clinging to her neck making it difficult to move as freely as usually.
Andrea hid her face in the brunette’s neck as Olivia opened the door. This suited the detective just fine. The blonde would avoid seeing the blood or the men standing around waiting to process the room.
As Olivia went by the other detectives she quietly spoke. “Munch could you bring some clothes and the orange dino to the precinct?”
It was Fin that actually answered the request. “Anything for you Liv. Anything special you want?”
“No, but the orange dino on the bed is very important.” Olivia knew it wouldn’t take long before one of the guys brought Peter in to be reunited with the girl.
If there was one thing you could always count on, it was that the detectives walked that extra mile when cases concerned children. No matter if the children were victims or witnesses.
As the brunette was leaving the crime scene she threw her car keys at Fin. “I’ll get one of the uniform’s to give me a lift.”
This time John was the one that actually answered. “I think there is at least one female uniform down there. Cragen’s request, when he heard about the child.”
Munch had been right. Olivia found a female uniform waiting to drive them. The drive to the ER had been quiet. Andrea had clung to her savior’s neck the entire time. Not that the brunette had expected any different. That’s why Olivia had handed Fin her car keys.
They went to hospital to make sure nothing happened to Andrea. A Friday night was not the best time to be at the ER. Tonight wasn’t an exception and it was made worse by the lack of female doctors.
The wait had been long, but luckily the blonde hadn’t been assaulted.
Olivia arrived at the precinct with a very tired young girl placed safely on the brunette’s left hip, and supported by her arm.
Walking into the squad room Olivia noticed Cragen seemingly waiting for her. The brunette was at this time sure Andrea had fallen asleep based on the dead weight she carried around.
“How mad is she?” Olivia didn’t have to elaborate on who she was, there was no doubt that he knew. The brunette looked into the eyes of her boss and saw a glimpse of humor.
“She was pissed. Mostly that you had me call.” This time the grin was barely suppressed.
“See, I knew that was a bad decision.” Olivia stated. Now she needed to think up ways to make it up to her girlfriend.
“When I told her about the child, Casey calmed down. She even promised that you wouldn’t be sleeping on the couch, detective.”
The captain was having way more fun with this than Olivia liked. Why couldn’t he have started with that part? This was not funny. Okay maybe a little funny. Olivia reluctantly admitted, but only to herself.
Cragen had done his duty and had some fun on behalf of one of his detectives. Now it was time to get back to work. They had a dead woman, and a young girl currently sleeping in the arms of his best detective. The captain didn’t have to ask, Olivia could see the change in the man’s face.
“Her name is Andrea. She can’t be more than 4 or 5 years old. We didn’t get around to her age as the CSU tech interrupted and scared her. She may have seen or hopefully only heard the perp and knows that it’s a man. That’s as far as I got. I don’t think we’ll get anything else today.”
“You’re probably right about that as she is sleeping soundly from what I can tell. ACS won’t be here until sometime tomorrow.” He held up his hand to forestall the outburst he knew would come from Olivia.
“Their words not mine. Apparently it’s a bad time of the year to be a child. Why don’t you both get some rest? I’ll let Novak know where you are.”
Cragen smiled as he added the last part. Olivia wasn’t about to let him yet again explain to Casey why the brunette wouldn’t make it home that night.
Softly placing Andrea on one bed and tucking her in the detective sat on the bed next to the sleeping girl. Getting her cell out to call her girlfriend.