ADA Rafael Barba prided himself on being unshakable in the courtroom, a man of logic and precision who thrived under pressure. But when Lieutenant Olivia Benson called him to the hospital late on a Sunday night, her voice tight with urgency, his world tilted off its axis. The victim wasn't just another case-she was Sophie McCoy, Jack McCoy's brilliant and fiercely independent daughter. Worse still, she was his Sophie, the woman he'd been secretly seeing for months. As the weight of the situation settled over him, Barba realized he wasn't just fighting for justice this time-he might be fighting for his own freedom. Secrets, lies, and the thin line between love and betrayal threaten to unravel everything as Barba is thrust into the most personal and perilous case of his career. All SVU characters belong to Dick Wolf.

Rafael Barba has some serious thoughts on what he likes to see you in.

Katherine Morgan leaves her emotionally abusive husband and moves from Atlanta to New York after visiting Amanda, her former college roommate. A Barba/original female character fic. Amanda Rollins is her best friend. Nick and Amanda are something. Starts during season sixteen after Carisi joins... Eventual Rollins and Carisi I will reference episodes if I pull from them, and I will deviate from the show at times. Update: I have the ending of this one mapped out which means it should get updated fairly regularly (this doesn't mean I won't get blocked from time to time, some chapters won't take longer than others, or that I won't get distracted by other stories... though I am currently intentionally neglecting some.) I have mixed emotions when it comes to ending this story... I'm excited for what I have planned, but I'm also not ready to let them go yet... which will both speed up and slow down the writing process. ***There will be 65 or 66 chapters depending on how they work out.*** This story is posted by me on AO3 as well. *I'm using screen grabs and other images from The Path because they lend themselves nicely to this story. Also images from SVU... obviously.

In this city, justice runs in the family... but so does danger.🩸👮‍♂️ When a high-profile case involving political corruption and a brutal pattern of assaults rocks New York City, the elite squad of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is pulled into a storm that reaches all the way to One Police Plaza... and straight into the Reagan family. Detective Gretchen Reagan 👮‍♀️🔥, the youngest child of NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan, has always walked a tightrope between legacy and independence. With her striking long, wavy dark cherry-red blonde braids and piercing ocean-blue eyes, she's as unforgettable as she is relentless. But this case isn't just another collar, it's personal. As Gretchen works alongside Captain Olivia Benson, the squad reunites its heavy hitters: Elliot Stabler brings raw intensity, Nick Amaro pushes the edges of procedure, Fin Tutuola cuts through the noise, Amanda Rollins reads between the lines, and Sonny Carisi bridges the gap between badge and courtroom. Complicating everything? Gretchen is engaged to ADA Rafael Barba 💍⚖️, whose razor-sharp legal mind is now caught between love and duty as the case threatens to expose corruption tied to powerful figures... and possibly the NYPD itself. Meanwhile, the Reagan family closes ranks. Detective Danny Reagan charges headfirst into danger, Jamie Reagan struggles with loyalty versus protocol, and ADA Erin Reagan finds herself at odds with Barba in a courtroom showdown that feels more like family warfare than due process ⚖️🔥 As secrets unravel and alliances fracture, Gretchen must decide: Is she a Reagan first... or an SVU detective? Because in this case, choosing wrong could cost her everything. 🖤🚔

Alessia DeLuca was in desperate need of a change, the SVU was the perfect move. Fresh out of the Chicago PD Intelligence Unit, she has a tough hill to climb to prove herself. Especially to one Rafael Barba, who seems to have already made up his mind about her before even giving her a chance. They irritate each other to no end, but can they resist the magnetic pull they both feel? 18+. NSFW. Explicit language and adult scenes. This story will NOT be canon, because to be quite honest, I just don't have the patience to match everything exactly as people know it. I want my story to feel as fictional as it possibly can, which means many things will be completely new and made up for no reason haha! And he will be the Heavenly bearded Barba, not the clean shaven one, because DROOL. All the main characters DO belong to Dick Wolf. Only my OC and a few additional characters you've never heard of throughout the story are mine. All cases/scenarios between characters are strictly fictional.

A detective is assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. She is a prodigy, extremely young to be a detective already, and the squad takes her in quickly. She notices things that others don't, but what the squad does not know is that she has a past, a reason to notice things. Will the squad find out and help her? Or will she continue slipping into her bad habits? TW for SA, self-harm, addiction, DV, and suicidal ideation/attempt