Epilogue

Alex Cabot sat in her office trying to calm down. She'd just got an unexpected visit from her little sister Clarissa. Normally visits from her younger sister were a highlight. Clarissa worked for the queen of fashion Miranda Priestly which meant tons of free contour for Alex and her wife. Ufortuantely, Alex's wife only wore the beautiful clothes when Alex begged which was a shame because she looked so good in them. Today's visit had been far different. Clarissa had laid out a very convincing case to investigate Henry Lawson the managing editor of the New York Mirror newspaper.

According to her sister Hank was broadly sexually harassing almost half of the female staff at the newspaper but more recently he'd begun crossing into sexual assault. Alex had been very disturbed by the description of his attempt to drug a young woman who was one of Clarissa's friends. The rest of the story got no better as Clarissa relayed information of Hank forcing women to have sex to keep their jobs or so he would keep their secrets. She wasn't sure how they would make a case against him but she had several places to start including a list of names of current and former Mirror employees. Having gotten her anger under control she decides to call her wife to discuss the case.

Olivia Benson was hoping that when Alex called it was so they could sneak home for a nooner. Unfortunately, the tradition that they tried to do at least once a week, wasn't going to happen today. Alex's sister had brought her some serious allegations and a list of potential victims that she needed to interview. Clarissa had been somewhat vague about how she came by these details, but Olivia read the papers. She knew of the Mirrors over the top coverage of her boss's recent marriage. That Miranda or her new wife may be behind this didn't mean the allegations were not true. She put her disappointment about not having Alex for lunch aside for now.

"Hey, Fin you wanna take a ride," she said.

She and Fin started with Sally Lewis who had worked at the Mirror until two months ago. Now she worked selling apparel at Macy's. They found a quiet spot when Sally took a break to interview the young woman. While she had initially been unwilling to talk when Olivia let her know that there were several others that she was going to talk too she opened up. The story she told was unfortunately very familiar to Olivia. The relationship had started out consensual but over time she'd lost interest. Hank had not taken that well and had threatened to release videos of them having sex if she didn't continue their "affair." So she gave in and they continued to have sex for months until Sally met someone she really liked. She'd tried to explain things to Hank but he did not care. He forced himself on her. She'd quit her job the next day and had not seen him since.

The story had been frighteningly similar with the other two former employees. She documented everything she could but given the lack of physical evidence, she wasn't all that hopeful, she could get a conviction. Her opinion changed when she talked to Diane Rentz. Diane told a similar story to the other women but her experience had been much more recent. With a little convincing they got her to go to the hospital to be examined for signs of a sexual assault. The results were positive so now she was back at the station typing up a request for a search warrant. She had an appointment with Judge Spencer first thing in the morning.

"Detective," Olivia hears and looks up into the face of her beautiful blonde spouse. "Councillor," she responds with a smirk. Fin rolls his eyes but he's actually very happy for Liv and the ADA. The two women keep their distance because they are technically still newlyweds and cannot be trusted to keep their hands off of each other. They'd learned the hard way when Alex visited the station the day after they'd returned from their honeymoon. Alex had inadvertently invaded her personal space. The result had been a hot and heavy lovemaking session as she took Alex on top of the desk in her office. That had been why they began the "nooner" tradition to avoid having sex in each other offices while their co-workers pretended not to hear their muffled cries. Now, however, Olivia was as far from being in the mood as she could imagine. She hated this part of the job. She hated seeing women robbed of the joy that sex could bring when it was shared with the person that you loved. She and Alex would renew their love later tonight but she'd need dinner, a lot of conversation, and probably a shared bath before she would be ready for that.

They walked home together having moved into a place that was between Alex's office and hers. They picked up Noah from the Nanny they share with a couple of other families on the way. The three have dinner together and each woman takes a turn reading to him which he loves. They put him to bed then Alex and Liv talk about all the things that happened today. Olivia always feels better when she can share the burdens and the passion for her work. She is now sitting in the huge tub that had been the real reason she'd agreed to this place. She had initially been a little uncomfortable with how much more money Alex had but Alex had been very convincing. In the end, she had to admit that having more money wasn't so bad.

She was pulled out of her thoughts as a very naked Alex stepped into the tub joining her. Alex invaded her space placing her back to Olivia's chest. She put her arms around the other woman pulling her even closer. They spent long moments like that until Oliva began feeling the first stirrings of arousal. She placed her lips onto Alex's graceful neck. "Goddess I love this woman," she thought as she moved to her shoulders. Alex moaned as Olivia found and pulled on a nipple. They enjoy each others company in the tub until the water grows cool. They get out, towel each other off, then get into bed nude. They held each other for long moments until Alex began kissing her sweetly. Their kisses soon grow heated and their hands begin to roam. Alex loves Liv's ass squeezing it enthusiastically with both hands. Liv moaned as Alex brought her knee into contact with her warm center. Liv loved it when Alex took charge like she was doing right now. She laid back letting Alex take her in whatever way she chose. It did not take long for Alex's hands to replace her knee. Alex rubbed her on the outside for long moments bringing Olivia to the edge then pulling back. She repeated this pattern until Olivia was panting hard. Alex finally rewarded Olivia for her patience with a long satisfying climax.

After a few moments to recover Olivia rolled Alex onto her back kissing her deeply. She slowly worked her way down the woman's body spending a good amount of time loving each breast. She finally found the woman's core. She pushed her tongue all the way into slick folds. She loved the taste of Alex more and more each time she tasted her. She also loved the appreciative sounds coming from the woman's mouth. She licked her finger then slipped it into Alex's ass. The woman let out a sound between a moan and a grunt. She began moaning loudly once Liv began sucking on the other woman's clit. She'd discovered Alex's love for this particular combination by accident. She saved it for special occasions but the orgasm Alex had given her was so good she wanted to give her wife something just as good. When she made love to her wife like this Alex always came quick and hard. Tonight was no different as Alex came crying out Liv's name. The two shared a heated kiss that almost reignited their passions. Instead, the two just held each other until both fell into dreamless sleep.

The next morning Liv had been rewarded for waiting for judge Spencer to be available. The judge signed off on the warrant to search Hank's apartment and any electronic devices there. She had Fin sitting on the Mirror's office watching Hank Lawson. Alex came along to observe making sure they preserved any evidence they found. The computer tech that accompanied them had unexpected news. Apparently, Hank's computers were not password protected. The computers had file folders named after a number of women including Olivia noted Miranda Priestly's name. Most of the folders including Miranda's was empty but there were video files in folders named after their victims. The tech made copies of each file to protect the evidence then they excused the man, sat and watched the videos. They held each other's hands as they watched all the evidence any jury would need to convict Hank Lawson of five counts of sexual assault.

Alex sent a message to Clarisa as it was the only request she'd made when bringing her this case. Olivia and Alex met Fin and John in front of the Mirror's building. They were coming up with a plan when a pair of pretty brunettes approached. They introduced themselves although the woman on the left needed little introduction. The new Mrs. Priestley had been the talk of New York after all. The other woman, Lana Palmer, offered to text Hank to get him to come down to the lobby of the building. They agreed but left Lana and Andy out on the sidewalk. They cleared the lobby and when Hank stepped off the elevator Olivia spoke, "Hank Lawson." He flashed a winning smile before saying, "I've been trying to talk Lana into a threesome for a while now, I see she's finally come around to the idea." Olivia smiled at the man before asking again, "are you, Hank Lawson?" When the man identified himself Olivia spoke well-rehearsed words while putting the shocked man into handcuffs. As she walked him out she was surprised to see several more women standing on the curb watching. Hank looked at Andy Priestley before saying, "I hope you enjoy watching the video of me fucking your wife."

Andy just smiles back before saying, "I'm sorry Hank but no such video exists."

"So whatever plan for revenge you think you have I suspect that it is as useless as that appendage between your legs."

Liz spoke next, "You won't get to hurt another woman ever again."

Whatever Hank wanted to say next it was swallowed by the sound of gunshots. Everyone except the police hit the ground. Olivia had her gun out pointed at the shooter but the man was already on his knees with his hands behind his head. Fin moved towards the man kicking the gun away and putting the man in cuffs.

"Oh Mark, what did you do," Liz cried out. Lana holds her back keeping her away from her husband whose eyes are wide and wild. Olivia helps Alex up having pushed her to the ground just before the first shot was fired. She called for an ambulance but she knew it was just for show. Hank Lawson was dead.

Olivia would later learn that Mark Stein had a severe mental breakdown two years ago. He had been treated and appeared to have recovered but he'd become fixated on Hank Lawson upon discovering he'd been having an affair with his wife. He had been following Liz thinking she was meeting Hank to have sex. It's still unclear if he realized that Liz was being forced into sex or not when he pulled the trigger. It did not take long for the doctors to determine that Mark was clinically insane and not responsible for his actions. He was committed to a facility for the criminally insane for an indefinite period of time.

Hank Lawson's body was cremated and disposed of as his body went unclaimed. Wes and Lana got a place together in the building that Hank use to live in. They invited Liz to stay with them for as long as she wanted. Alex returned to work for the women that she was more certain than ever that she loved. She thanked Karen for all that she'd done to both protect her and to assist the police in building a case against Hank.

Miranda and Andy got news of another death days later. Timothy Clark suffered a massive stroke the previous evening and never woke up. They attended the funeral not fully knowing the events that Timothy's death had already set in motion.

The End

AN: I hope that you enjoyed reading this half as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks again for all of those who took the time to review. Your reviews really help motivate me to keep working on this fic. If you like this fic please check out the sequel Unexpected Allies.