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A/N: So this is the end of the road for this story. I hope you enjoyed the journey and the conclusion. Thank you so much for coming along for the ride. As always, please let me know what you think. Enjoy!

Epilogue: 18 Months Later

"Noah Benson-Cabot! You get back here young man!"

Alex and Caroline looked up from their individual tasks to see a flash of a giggling naked body racing through the living room charging towards them.

Caroline had just enough time to place her wine glass on the counter before she found her legs wrapped in a naked toddler. She looked down and raised an amused brow.

"Mimi! Mama! Save me. Mommy is coming to get me!"

They both glanced up to see a half soaked Olivia marching down the hallway looking very frustrated. Caroline chuckled. "I do believe you're about to be in big trouble mister."

"Don't you dare try to hide behind your mother or grandmother!" Olivia said seeing her son moving closer behind the older woman's legs. She wanted to be mad but the sight was so endearing, she nearly cracked a smile.

Alex shook her head. "I thought you said giving him a bath was a piece of cake?"

Olivia looked at her wife baffled. "When did our son become a ninja?"

Alex laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "He is rather agile these days. Maybe we should get him into gymnastics."

"I'd settle for just getting him into the bath tub." Olivia said reaching for the still wiggling boy.

Caroline laughed. "You two are such amateurs."

Alex raised a brow. "Excuse me?"

"Watch and learn, darlings." She said before looking down at the boy. "Noah?"

"Yes Mimi?"

"It is bath time, is it not?"

"Yes Mimi."

"Then why are you not in the bath at this time?"

Noah shrugged his shoulders. Caroline raised a brow and gave him the 'Cabot stare'. "Mommy got the bubbles wrong."

"Ah." Caroline nodded. "Not enough bubbles, hmm?"

Noah's head bobbed up and down.

"We can't have that now can we? Would you prefer Mimi give you your bath?"

"Yes please!" He said with a huge grin.

"Very well. Come along, my little prince." Caroline said holding out a hand. She led the naked boy out of the kitchen and down the hall towards the bathroom.

"I do have one condition however." She gestured to the tailored cream dress pants and top she was wearing. "Mimi has on Chanel. I do not wish to have it ruined with water stains. Are we clear, my darling?"

Noah grinned widely and bobbed his head. "Yes Mimi. No splashing."

Olivia stood with her mouth open in shock. "How does she do that?"

Alex leaned back against the counter and laughed. "Who knows? Only mother could manage to give a toddler a bath in Chanel and not get wet. Maybe she's a ninja too… or maybe a Jedi."

Olivia shook her head and leaning in for a kiss. "You're ridiculous. You know that right?"

Alex cupped Olivia's cheeks and brought their lips together for another kiss. "Ridiculously happy."

And they were ridiculously happy these days. Olivia now spent her days painting. She had even had a successful showing in a well-known gallery in Tribeca a couple of months ago. The remainder of her time was spent heading up the Healing Heart Center. With the backing of the Cabot Foundation, Olivia's center was able to offer counseling, treatment, and a safe haven for sexual abuse survivors. She had found a way to continue her life's work without the constant danger. Alex could not have been prouder.

Olivia wasn't the only one who made professional changes. Shortly after Olivia resigned from the NYPD, Alex decided to hand in her resignation as well. Alex enjoyed the work she did for the ICC and it did bring her a sense of gratification, but it just wasn't a good fit for her life anymore. She had a family now and spending days and possibly weeks at a time away from Olivia and Noah just wasn't acceptable. She now spent most of her days heading up the Cabot Foundation and taking on pro bono cases for the ACLU.

Olivia and Noah never spent another night in Olivia's old apartment after the shooting. Alex's place became their official home. What had once been a spotless, impeccably designed penthouse was now a real home filled with Noah's monster trucks, Spiderman action figures, and random toys mixed with Olivia's canvas paintings and workout equipment.

Every time Alex returned home from the office and nearly tripped over Olivia's sneakers by the door or saw Noah's Lego blocks scattered across the living room floor, her heart warmed. This wasn't just a place she lived anymore. This was a home. It was coming home to a similar scene that had made Alex realize that she wanted to come home to that chaos every night.

-Flash-

12 Months Ago

Alex juggled her briefcase and the small bag of supplies she had picked up from the pharmacy on her way home. She had gotten a call from the day-care that Noah was running a fever and wasn't feeling well. Olivia, with the more flexible schedule between the two, had convinced Alex to stay at the office and that she would pick him up and take him home. Knowing how fussy Noah could be when he felt sick, Alex made sure to stop by the drug store to get everything they would possibly need to prevent them from needing to go back out later.

When she opened the door, she could hear Noah's whimpering coming from the bathroom down the hallway. She quickly discarded her coat and bag and made her way down the hall. She leaned in the doorway to the bathroom and watched as Olivia tried to sooth the boy with a cool bath. It seemed to be working but he was still whimpering. Olivia finally looked up and smiled.

"Hey, you're home."

"Yeah. I brought some things from the store for him."

"He's just a little feverish and he's all stuffed up which is annoying him."

"Poor guy." Alex sympathized.

Hearing his favorite person's voice, Noah looked up and began to cry anew reaching out for Alex.

"Mama."

Alex walked over and took a seat on the side of the tub catching his hand and rubbing his head. She was still getting used to her new title. They didn't really know how it happened, but Noah had started calling Alex Mama every now and then until one day it was Mama all the time.

Olivia moved back to allow Alex to get closer. She smiled as Noah attempted to climb out of the tub to get to Alex. The boy adored her.

"Hey, wait a sec buddy. You're going to get Mama all wet."

Alex shushed her and quickly picked Noah up not caring in the slightest about getting bath water all over her thousand dollar suit.

Olivia simply shook her head as she watched the woman that everyone used to call the 'Ice Princess' gently dry her son and redress him with care. They spent the next few hours caring for Noah and trying to help him feel better.

It was well after midnight when his fever finally broke. He fell asleep lying between the two of them in their bed. Olivia ran a finger through his thick brown hair and looked up at Alex who still had her eyes trained on Noah.

"Fever's gone. I think he might sleep for a while." Olivia said softly. "Sorry he kept you up. I know you have that meeting in the morning."

Alex finally looked up and met her eyes. "Marry me."

Olivia blinked a few times as her mouth dropped open. "Uh…wh… what did you just say?"

"I love you. I love him. I love waking up with you every morning. I love holding him and reading to him as he drifts off to sleep at night. I love that he calls me Mama. I love falling to sleep in your arms. I love the perfect days when everything is going right and I love the hectic days when everything is a mess like tonight. I love this life we've built together and I want this every single day for the rest of my life. Will you marry me, Olivia Benson?"

Olivia's eyes were filled with tears and she swallowed around the lump in her throat. She nodded. "Yes, Alex. I'll marry you."

Alex leaned over their sleeping toddler and cupped Olivia's cheek bringing her in for a kiss.

-Flash-

Alex giggled and tried to push her still half soaked wife back and wiggle away as Olivia playfully tried to pull her back into her arms again.

"Stop it! You're all wet."

Olivia's eyes darkened as she moved in and continued her attack on Alex's neck. "You have no idea just how wet I am right now, Counselor. Just one look at you does that to me."

Alex gave up the fight and allowed Olivia to fully embrace her. She shook her head and smiled warmly as she caressed Olivia's cheek.

"You're a mess."

Olivia chuckled. "Yeah, but I'm your mess."

Alex's eyes twinkled and she nodded. "Yes, you are and you're so much more than I ever deserved. I love you."

Olivia kissed her sweetly before she pulled back. Her eyes drifted down to the almost non-existing baby bump on her wife's midsection. She placed her hand there and smiled full of contentment. "I love you too and I think this life with our family is everything that we deserve."

The End.