Trepidation

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She arrived home after the long day, she and Elliot had agreed to stay in touch and she promised she would give more thought about what she was going to do with the baby.

“Liv?” Brian’s voice came from the kitchen and she knew she couldnt avoid this any longer.

“Hey,” Olivia said quietly.

He handed her a glass of water and a plate of food before joining her on the couch. “Is everything alright, Liv? You’ve seemed...spacey lately.”

“We need to talk,” she said as she set her plate down and turned to him. When he nodded, she continued, “Brian...I was raped.” 

“Oh, yeah...sure. You can stop fucking lying, I know you're cheating on me.” Brian scoffed as he took a sip of his beer.

“I'm serious...I was raped a few days ago,” she whispered.

“I'm not gonna give you sympathy if you're lying to me.” Brian snarled.

“Really? You think after seeing what I see on a day to day basis that I would lie about something like this? Real mature, asshole.” Olivia snarled back.

“You have been sneaking around, moody, you won’t let me touch you. What am I suppose to think?” Brian yelled.

“I WAS FUCKING RAPED, BRIAN! You know what, get out! just get out!” She yelled back.

“Whatever, call me when you can start being truthful.” He grabbed his phone and stormed out. She fell to her knees, sobs racking her body, when all of a sudden a sharp pain spread throughout her stomach.

“What’s happening?” She whimpered, clutching her stomach.

The pain was so bad she couldnt get up. When she looked down, she could see the pool of blood growing bigger and bigger until her pants were covered. With shaking hands, she fished her phone out of her pocket, dialing the first number she thought of.

“Elliot?” She cried.

“Liv, whats wrong?” Elliot asked, panic rising.

“Something’s happening, please. Oh God, it fucking hurts.” Her vision started to become blurry, spots becoming her vision.

“Liv? Liv, are you there?” Elliot asked, rising from the couch, about to grab his keys.

“Yeah, I’m—“ and then the line went silent. Elliot’s panic grew.

“OLIVIA!” He screamed. He finally grabbed his car keys, peeling out of the driveway, his mind filled with every worse case scenario there was.

Sitting in the waiting room, Elliot was trying to calm his nerves. But the fact that no one was telling him anything was driving him crazy. All he knew was that the last time he saw her, she was unconcious. Blood pooling from her legs onto the couch.

Hours seemed to pass by before anyone talked to him; the doctor explained to him that the stress she had been under had caused her to almost lose the baby and he promised that he would talk to her about it. He entered her hospital room where she was still asleep, the amount of blood loss causing her to pass out. He sat in the chair next to her, gently taking her hand into his.

“Liv, gotta start taking better care of yourself liv. If not for yourself, do it for your baby,” he sighed.

Her eyes started to flutter open sometime later but quickly closed again against the light.

“Liv, can you hear me?” Elliot asked softly, hope filling his eyes.

She tried again, fully opening them this time around. “Water,” she rasped out. He granted her request, pouring some water from the pitcher into a glass. He held it up to her lips as she sipped it. Once she finished, she laid back against the pillow.

“I lost the baby, didn’t I?” she whispered, tears prickling her eyes, her hand drifting to her stomach as a reflex.

“No, your baby is fine but you have to start taking better care of yourself. Actually, I need to let the nurse know you’re awake.” Elliot said softly as he pushed the call button on the remote to her hospital bed.

The nurse paged the doctor who told Olivia basically the same speech he had given her before. He then wanted to perform an ultrasound to check on the baby. She was in for the shock of her life when it was revealed that she wasn’t just carrying one baby but she was pregnant with twins. Something inside of her clicked into place, as if the feelings she had tried not to feel were bubbling to the surface. She realized she did care about her babies after all.

“Are you alright?” Elliot asked her, noticing the tears that had started streaming down her cheeks.

“Yeah, i just...” She sighed, her breath shaking. “I can’t get rid of them, Elliot. They are my babies. But I don’t know what to do.”

“You’re not going to be alone in this, Liv, but I do think we need to go after Tucker.” Elliot said softly, trying to keep her calm.

She sighed, she knew he was right. “But Elliot, what if he tries to take my babies? There is no evidence anymore and no witnesses. Nobody is going to believe me.”

“First off, he is not going to get custody of your babies. I will make sure of that.” Elliot promised.

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Elliot was fuming as he stood outside of Tucker’s office, he had to keep his cool for Olivia’s sake. He didn’t want her to have to worry about him as well as the babies.

“Come in,” he heard his gruff voice call out. “Stabler, long time no see.” Tucker said as he folded his arms.

“I was back in town, thought I would stop by and see Olivia.” Elliot said.

“Oh, how is she doing?” Tucker asked, a hint of a smile on his face.

"I think you know the answer to that." Elliot said as he discreetly pressed the record button on his phone.

"What makes you say that, Stabler?" Tucker asked smugly.

"I know what you did." Elliot said as he took a step closer to Tucker.

"You mean, you know how she begged me to fuck her? How it was so good that she cried?" Tucker responded with a smirk on his face.

"We both know that's a lie. What about the part where she said no? How she tried to fight you off?" Elliot gritted out, trying to control the anger building in his body and his voice.

"Oh, please. You and I both know she wanted it. She always has. She said no? I guess I didn’t hear it. She wanted it and I gave it to her. Besides, it's not like she can take me to court. No one would believe her and I'd make her life a living hell. She'd have to kiss her precious career goodbye," Tucker snarled with a shrug.

Elliot smirked evilly and pressed the stop button on his phone, ending the recording. He took the phone out of his pocket, showing Tucker that he recorded the conversation. "Have fun in jail, Tucker," he said smugly as he started to walk out of the office.

"What the fuck?! You can't use that in court! That's hearsay!" Tucker yelled as he stormed over to Elliot.

"After what you just said, I don't think the judge will see it that way. It sounded like a confession to me. Now I guess you'll have to kiss your career goodbye." Elliot said with a smirk and he left the building, leaving Tucker fuming. He knew his career and his freedom were gone forever.

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Returning to the hospital, he found Olivia looking pale as she sat watching the television. She had been worried about what had gone down between Elliot and Tucker. He stood in the doorway for a second watching as Olivia gently caressed her stomach and he knew she was blaming herself.

“Hey, how are you feeling?” Elliot asked softly as he walked into the room.

“I’m alright, the babies are fine. They just did a repeat ultrasound.” She paused for a moment. “How did it go with Tucker? Does he know I’m here?”

“No, Liv, he doesn’t know you’re here and he doesn’t know about the babies. I swear, Liv. But I was able to record our conversation and he admitted to everything.

“Really?” She rasped.

“ I dropped the recording off at another IAB office. He’s going down, Liv.” Elliot said with a soft smile on his face.

“Will I have to testify? They’ll find out about the babies. I can’t lose them, El. Not to him.” Olivia said quietly as she swallowed hard.

“I will make sure you don’t have to but Liv, he will more than likely find out about the babies.” Elliot said sadly.

”But, Elliot, what if---what if,” she trailed off as he sat down next to her, wrapping his arms around her shaking form.

“I promise, Liv, I swear I’ll do whatever it takes to protect you and those babies.” Elliot promised and she nodded against his chest.

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