Law & Order:SVU Imagines

Misunderstandings(Carisi)

For the last week, you have been distant from your boyfriend Dominick. He hadn't noticed right away, thinking that maybe you were just in a bad mood or stressed about work. But when you began turning him down a lot, he grew suspicious.

It started when he came into your shared room after getting home from a long day. You were on your laptop, and didn't even notice when he entered the room. He stood in the doorway for a moment, looking at you, waiting for you to acknowledge him, but you didn't. He clears his throat and comes in, heading over to his side to put away his tie and change into night clothes. "Oh, hi." You mumble, only glancing up for a moment before returning to your laptop. He feels a little hurt, as he missed you all day and you don't seem to care that he is finally home. "Yeah, hey." He responds dryly, and you don't question his tone.

When he gets in bed beside you, you close your laptop, hastily, catching his attention. "What're ya workin on?" He asks, growing suspicious.

"Nothing important. You going to sleep?" You ask, grabbing your cell-phone and unlocking it with your fingerprint rather than password.

"Thought we could lay here for a while, maybe watch a movie?" He asks, stretching his right arm out to rub your back and invite you into his arms, but you ignore him, too wrapped up in whoever you are texting. "Doll?" He speaks, growing irritated, wanting your company.

Your phone begins buzzing and you toss the blanket off of yourself, standing up to answer, not responding to Sonny.

"Hello? Hey. Yeah? I-." You speak to the person on the other line, then remember that Sonny is in the room. You glance to him, who has a displeased look on his face as he brings his arm back to his side, and decide to take your call in the kitchen, exiting the room without another word.

The next night when Sonny gets home, you are asleep on the sofa, your laptop beside you. He bends down beside you, whispering that he's going to take you to the room, but you only groan and tell him no, that you're comfy. He stands back up, feeling mad and a little insecure, wanting nothing more than to hold his girlfriend, but instead trudges into their shared room to sleep alone.

This continues for a few nights in a row, of you falling asleep on the couch or staying up late on your laptop. Whenever Sonny would come near you when you are on your laptop, you would close it or switch the tab, and you would get these calls late at night that you would take out of the room.

The final straw was when Sonny finally had a day off and asked if you wanted to go out to lunch together, but you told him you already made plans. You did apologize to him, and give him a quick meaningless kiss on his cheek, the most affection that he has had from you all week. Sonny felt angry and hurt. He finally gets a day off and you would rather spend it with someone other than him. He knows he might be being a little childish, but is it a crime to miss your girlfriend?

He ended up calling Nick, asking for his advice, fearing that you could be cheating on him. Nick explained how Maria was acting when he thought she was cheating on him, and tried to assure him that he could be wrong just like Nick was, but it only worried Sonny even more. You are acting just like Maria was.

He decided to to press you a little as you got dressed to go out. You put on a nice pair of jeans and a new shirt that he hadn't seen before. "Who are you going out with?" He asks as he lays in bed, not paying attention to the show he put on.

"Just a friend." You respond nonchalauntly. Sonny feels his chest tighten. In the past, you would always tell him who, where you're going, when to expect you back. Now, "just a friend".

"You gotta dress up for this 'friend'?" He asks, scoffing. You turn from the mirror where you were doing your makeup and give him a look.

"I'm not dressing up. Excuse me for wanting to look presentable." You respond, turning back away from him, pissed off.