The characters aren't mine, they are the property of NBC
Olivia laid on her back in her bed staring at the ceiling. She had been back from her undercover assignment for two months now, but things were no where near where they were when she left. The biggest change she noticed was Elliot. He seemed angrier, yet scared at the same time. She knew that his divorce was taking a toll on him, especially when Kathy came to her trying to get him to sign the papers. She felt a little weight lifted off her shoulders when he told her he had signed the papers while they were sitting on his front stairs. She really didn't want to have that conversation with him.
Olivia thought about how things had been between her and Elliot since she got back. She took the assignment in the first place because she was hurt by Elliot's words. She thought that he didn't care anymore and didn't want to be partners, she left and gave him his wish. Since she's been back she's heard stories about his behavior and how angry he has been.
She thought back to the night they sat on his front steps. Olivia was caught a little off guard by Elliot's answer when she asked if they were ok. 'I just need space to disagree with you so I don't feel like it's going to cost me our partnership.' She still hadn't been able to really figure out what he had meant by that. Then it dawned on her, the last time they disagreed was about what happened in the warehouse with Gitano. Then she left. Olivia sat up in bed, suddenly feeling extremely guilty. When he said that they couldn't be partners anymore, it wasn't because he had a problem with the job, it was because they had gotten too close and their victims were suffering. He felt guilty about Ryan's death because he had chosen to run to Olivia instead of going after him. Then when she left, without even saying goodbye, he felt as though he had lost her. He had even told her that the job and her was all he had left.
She picked up her cellphone and called Elliot.
"Hello?" he answered as though she had woken him up.
"We need to talk."
"Are you ok?" he asked, suddenly worried that something had happened to her.
"I'm fine."
"Then what's up?"
"Can we meet somewhere?"
"It's 2AM, why don't you just come over."
"You sure?"
"It beats the diner full of drunks."
"I'll be over in a half hour."
"Ok, bye."
"Bye."
Olivia got up and dressed as quickly as she could.
Elliot got out of bed and started some coffee. He also started boiling some water because he knew Olivia was a tea drinker now. About 25 minutes later there was a knock at his door.
"Morning," he said as he answered the door.
"Morning."
He stepped aside so she could enter.
They walked over to the couch and sat down.
"So what's up?" he asked.
"I owe you an apology."
"For what?"
"The way I left."
"When?"
"For the undercover assignment."
"Why do you owe me an apology?"
"Because I never should have gone."
Elliot didn't say anything because he was unsure what would have been the right thing to say.
"I misunderstood what you meant when you said that we couldn't be partners anymore. I got scared and thought you wanted to get rid of me because I was interfering with your job."
"Olivia, that wasn't it at all."
"I realize that now. It was the hardest thing I've ever done to just leave you like that, but I wasn't about to let you hurt me. I didn't listen to what you said and I left you when you needed me the most."
Elliot didn't say anything, he just looked away.
"You told me that night that me and your job were the only things you had left, I thought you were picking the job over me."
"I was picking you over the job, that was the problem. A little boy died because I went to you instead of him."
"You don't know that for sure."
"I know it didn't help the scenario."
"Elliot, I can't tell you how sorry I am for leaving the way I did."
"Listen, I know you didn't leave in an effort to hurt me, you were protecting yourself."
"But I did hurt you in the process."
"But you came back."
"I missed you."
"Can you promise me one thing?"
"Anything."
"That you don't leave like you did ever again."
"That I can guarantee."
Elliot leaned forward and pulled Olivia into a hug.
A/N: I'm not sure if I'm going to continue or just make it a oneshot, what do you think?