Law And Order SVU Reader Imagines

Birthday (Carisi)

Traffic in New York is a pain.

Everyone knew this and yet people still thought they could be on time during rush hour. Of course, that was a lie. Walking wasn't a very good idea either but it was better than traffic. With walking, you could only hope no one would run you over as you crossed the street.

Today was one of those days you had slept in. In any other normal city, you could easily rush to work with no obstacles. But it wasn't a normal city and there were obstacles. Welcome to New York.

"Great I'm going to be late. There is no way I can nake it on time," you thought as you tried to dress presentful without looking like someone who rolled out of bed. When you were satisfied with how you looked you grabbed your keys and left your apartment to work. As you walked outside your phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Morning Y/n," a cheerful voice answered.

You couldn't help but smile at the voice that belonged to Detective Carisi. It was no secret that you had an enormous crush on him. That is to anyone but him. The both of you were very close friends but you felt something more towards him. You were afraid to tell him because you weren't sure he felt the same way about you.

"Morning Carisi," you responded back with a smile.

"So Lui is wondering where you are 'cause we thought you were coming with us this morning for coffee."

Right. You were going to get coffee with them today.

"Oh um can you tell Liv I'm running a little late?" you asked him.

"Sure. Don't worry about it," Carisi told you.

"Okay, thanks. See you later."

"Bye."

After you hung up you yet again, debated on taking a taxi or walking. Traffic still didn't look friendly enough to be in a taxi so you walked.

On your way to the station, you decided to stop for coffee since you were not going to be able to catch up with the rest of the squad for coffee. As you ordered you spotted Barba sitting at a table with coffee. He glanced up and saw you and you approached him.

"Hey weren't you supposed to go out for coffee with them?" he asked you.

"Yeah I woke up a little late so I couldn't," you explained to him, pausing before saying, "Weren't you supposed to go too?"

"I couldn't because I had an errand to run this morning," he said simply before taking a drink of coffee.

"That's weird. Barba never misses coffee with us. Plus what errand did he have to get done so early in the morning? You thought to yourself. Probably some court stuff before work. You glanced at your watch realizing you needed to start heading towards the station if you wanted to get there at a decent time.

"Well I'll see you later then," you said to him getting ready to leave but as you turned around he grabbed your wrist.

"Actually Liv just texted me that there's a problem at the courthouse and she wants you to come with me," he said.

Confused you checked your phone to see if she had texted you but the screen was blank.

"Well she didn't-," you were cut off by Barba who grabbed your arm and said, "Come on we have to go."

"Okay Mr. Grabby I heard you, chillax with the grip," you said to him as you tried to pull out.

He chuckled as he let you go, "Just making sure your coming".
As you both walked out you could have sworn that in the distance you saw Carisi with a huge red bundle walking towards the coffee shop but quickly dismissed it when Barba engaged you in conversation.
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"Picking up some papers? That was the big emergency?" you asked frustrated as Barba received the papers he had requested.

"Not just any papers. They are case papers," he said.

"That you could have literally picked up by yourself."

"Well it wasn't my call it was-," he was cut off by the ring of his phone.

"Thank God you finally called I can't stand her any longer," he said pretending to be annoyed," Okay we're on our way".

"What's up?" you asked.

"We have to go to the station. There's a little surprise waiting for you."
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"This better is worth all this running around," you say as you both walk into the station.

"SURPRISE!" the squad exclaims as they throw confetti at you which causes you to jump.

"Holy cow. You all scared me," you say as you clutch your chest recovering from the scare it gave you.

"We didn't mean to scare you!" Liv said as she pulled you into a hug.

"What is this all about?" you asked as Olivia let you out of her embrace, confused as to why they had planned this for you.

She looked at you confused. "Isn't it your birthday today?"

You were quiet for a moment as it dawned on you. You had been so busy lately you had completely forgotten about your own birthday.

"I forgot about my own birthday," you said quietly.

"That's what we're here for," Amanda said hitting your arm lightly, "to keep you on track and make sure you don't marry your job."

"That's so sweet of you guys. Thank you so much," you said happily.

Someone behind you cleared their throat making you turn around.

Standing there was Carisi holding a huge bunch of red roses.

"Happy Birthday to the most brilliant, beautiful woman ever," he said as he handed you the roses.

"Thank you so much," you said as you felt your cheeks heat up.

He smiled before saying, "I have one more present for you," he said as he enlaced his hand with yours, "Y/n I have had the honor of being with you for so long but I have felt something I have never felt before and the truth is that I love you more than anything in the word and I would love for you to be my girlfriend."

You stood there shocked not being able to believe what had just happened.

"You know, I think he's waiting for an answer," Barba said to you.

You glared at him before turning back to Carisi and saying, "Yes I would love that!"

He smiled as he pulled you into a hug as whispered so only you could hear, "I love you."

You pulled him for a kiss. This was by far the best birthday present ever.