E and O

Part 1

"Hey, what can I do for OC today?" Liv smiled as she entered her squad room.
"Joint case. Weapons traffickers turned out to also be child sellers" Anaya explained.
"Wow. That's going to be rough" Bruno sighed as he sat back in his chair.
"Oh yeah" Anaya agreed.
"Let me put my stuff down and we can debrief" Anaya nodded and Liv moved into her office. She hung up her coat when El appeared at the door.
"Hey" He smiled.
"Hey. You grew the beard back" She pointed out as she moved to her desk.
"I did. You're wearing the compass" Liv's hand went to the compass as her eyes found his and she stopped moving.
"I haven't taken it off" She admitted.
"My brothers are in town"
"I heard. Bernie moved in with Randall, the older one right?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
"Kathleen. She calls, texts"
"I would've called but-"
"Joe went to rehab, he was close to your case. Bernie moved in with Randall. You... found out some things about your dad" She said gently.
"Kathleen?"
"And Anaya" He nodded.
"Finding something to say is apparently hard for me, when it comes to you"
"I know" She nodded "Beer can sometimes help though. Maybe after this case, we can try?" She suggested, he nodded.
"Let's solve this case then" She nodded in agreement, heading out of her office with him right behind her.

"George Simmons is the head of the organization, we were going to move in when we followed them into a warehouse" Anaya explained.
"It was an auction. Girls no older than seventeen" Jet finished.
"Catching them red handed at the warehouse gives us cause to search his home and any and all of the properties that he owns" Anaya explained.
"The warehouse lets you collar him for both" Liv nodded "So why do you need SVU's help?"
"Men and women were buying the girls. I want you and Stabler to go in there and pose as buyers, tell us when to move in" She explained.
"Ok then" Liv nodded "You ready partner?" Liv smiled across the table at him.
"Always" He smiled back.

Liv held onto Elliot's arm as they headed into the warehouse. It was dark and creepy and Liv felt sick to her stomach.
"Heroin"
"What?"
"My baby brother was shooting up black tar heroin" Liv shot him a look "I thought that you could use a distraction"
"They're kids, who knows what they've already been through"
"If anyone can help them it's you"
"Thanks for the confidence" She smiled up at him.
"Always partner" He smiled down at her.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let the auction begin" They're eyes left each other's and moved to the main event. They watched girl after girl move across the stage, all older than twelve but not older than seventeen. But then a man crossed the space holding the hand of a girl no older than seven and even more bids were placed on her than anyone else. Liv felt the bile rising in her throat but Elliot slipped his hand in hers and squeezed lightly before he muttered "Move in"

"You all should be proud" Anaya smiled around the squad room.
"I couldn't agree more" Liv smiled before it dropped again "But SVU's job is not done yet. We have a lot of young girls who are going to need mental health support-"
"Olivia? Olivia!" Her body froze as her eyes landed on the man that broke her, not once but twice "Olivia please. You know I wouldn't hurt anyone. Olivia please" He begged until he was in an interrogation room, closed off from her. She took a moment, calming herself before her eyes went to Elliot's.
"Recuse yourself"
"Why?"
"Because I need to be able to do my job and I can't do that if I'm worry about what you'll do to him"
"Whilst I was gone?"
"And before I even met you"
"Let me stay. I won't kill him"
"Will you hurt him?"
"Not if you don't want me to" She nodded, her eyes dropping from his "I'm sorry, to all of you, in advance for everything that's about to happen" She moved to interrogation, the others following right behind her, she paused outside the door before she pushed it open and went inside.
"Olivia-" He stood and took a step towards her.
"Sit down" She ordered, he sat "What happened to the program?"
"It didn't work out" He shrugged.
"I can smell the scotch from here. How drunk are you?"
"I only had three glasses"
"After three you smile a lot more. After five you get argumentative. After six, you throw the glass at my head"
"You know I didn't mean that. You've got to know that"
"You raped 27 women. I interviewed them all. They all told me about how you grunt, what your weight on top of them felt like, how they kicked and screamed under you-"
"I tried to ask for their forgiveness but they didn't want to give it"
"You want forgiveness? Well you're not going to get it" She repeated the words he had said to her back to him "Why were you in that warehouse? And don't bother lying to me"
"She looked like you. They all reminded me of you" Liv's body froze once again.
"You were buying a replacement. You raped them because they reminded you of me" Liv felt her stomach turn.
"Liv-" Her ears stopped working. She left the interrogation room, closing the door behind her before she headed back into the squad room. She dropped to her knees and dropped her head over the trash can, emptying her stomach.
"Liv" She could hear El getting closer to her but she also knew that she couldn't be touched, she held her hand up to him, stopping him a few feet away from her. She sat on the ground and turned, pressing her back against the desk.
"I screwed a rapist because I thought that he loved me. I knew he groomed me and I still screwed him" Liv admitted, holding the bridge of her nose with her eyes closed before they opened and landed on El again.
"If you were here, you would've beaten him up before I could get into bed with him"
"But you would've hated me for it" He muttered just loud enough.
"I would've forgiven you. If anyone could've convinced me about who he is, it would've been you" She admitted sadly before she dropped his eyes and cleared her throat "I need to get back in there-"
"Liv, you don't have to"
"If I go in there, I'll get a confession. I can do it" She assured him, earning a slight nod in response.
"Ok"