Strange Attraction

Law & Order: SVU

by RoadrunnerGER

Disclaimer: I don't own them, not one of them. Lucky Dick Wolf. :D

A/N: This was boiling on small flame somewhere in the back of my mind for weeks, no, months now. LOL I don't know where it came from, but suddenly it was written and a friend who read it on messenger liked it, so here it is.

In case that you know my other works and are wondering why I suddenly write slash, please think of one fact: I'm not shipping for the ship's sake. My stories are about character exploration. :D Have fun… and please review.

1

Worries

She found him in the crib, lying on his back on the bottom bunk. Often she had thought that she saw her partner brooding, but the expression he wore now indicated a hell of a lot of brooding and it was annoying her.

"What's wrong with you?" Olivia asked. "You've been in a bad mood the whole day… the whole night and yesterday, too."

He did not answer her but turned his head to the side, away from her.

"I thought you'd be home with your family after this God awful weekend."

They had been called out to a quite ugly rape homicide and kidnapping and had been up since they were called in on Saturday noon. Elliot would have met his kids if he did not have to work. So she assumed he would go to them as soon as they were off duty.

"Yeah, I thought I'd drive home, but then I decided that I should get some rest first," he finally mumbled.

"Do you want to talk?" she offered.

Elliot shook his head.

"You know, it won't get better by itself."

"I know." He spoke so softly that she could hardly hear him.

"I guess that your kids are waiting for you," Olivia said.

Elliot grimaced. "They'll be home with Kathy now."

"And…?"

"And what?"

"And you don't want to meet Kathy?" Olivia pushed.

"I didn't say that."

"But you thought it," she said, refusing to let him off the hook. Still he did not answer. "You said you'd been trying to fix things with her."

"Hm hmm…"

"And you don't want to meet her because something happened you don't want to talk with her about," Olivia guessed.

He frowned deeply and chewed on his lower lip. His whole body tensed.

What can be that bad? Olivia wondered. "This has been tormenting you for days. It can only get better if we talk about it. Or maybe you better talk with Kathy."

Still he grimaced, thinking hard about what to do. Actually it's been tormenting me a lot longer. Minutes passed, but Olivia knew better than to ask again.

"That Friday night, after we wrapped up the Nichols case…?" he suddenly said. "I didn't drive home directly, but stopped at a bar…"

The Nichols case? Olivia was stunned. That was last week! This time she did not push. He was about to tell her what was torturing his mind and she did not want to ruin the moment.

"I just wanted to be alone for a moment and to have a drink, but then… I wasn't drinking alone."

Desperately Olivia tried to hide her surprise. Now she had an idea of what he was about to confess. She managed to keep her expression calm and settled down on another bed to listen to his story.

Little did she know…