What happens when you fall in love with someone who is older than you by half your age and extremely well known

Maddox's work keeps her busy, too busy for an actual relationship. This has never bothered her since no one has managed to hold her interest... at least not until now. A Rafael Barba/original female character story. I originally posted it on AO3 under a different title (one I've never really liked) and am rewriting it as I post it here. It started from an idea I was kind of playing with and has an unconventional start, but as I kept writing I really started to like the development of the relationship, so much so, that it become the first story I actually finished. There's smut... lots of smut, fluffy bits too. I've fudged Barba's age a bit because I wanted Maddox to be in her mid twenties and a fifteen year age gap was as large as I was willing to go. It has thirty five chapters and I will work on rewriting them in between new chapters for my other stories. They need a lot of work. The first four were posted at once because that's the point I decided I liked the story enough to originally post it.

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.

Completed. Rafael Barba/Original Female Character Maggie Malone navigates growing up and her feelings for her brother's friend and roommate. Note: Both parts of this series are complete and I will try to post a chapter a night. Part one is short (three chapters, roughly 6000 words) and focuses on Barba's days at Harvard. The second part is eight chapters and picks up fifteen years later. This story is posted by me on AO3 as well.

Completed. Rafael Barba/Original Female Character Maggie Malone runs into Rafael Barba after fifteen years. Note: This is part two of the Full Circle series. It's complete so I should be able to post a chapter a night. (Part one: That Was Then..., is short. Three parts, roughly 6000 words and builds their history.) I won't be using any of the shows episodes, but I'm picturing this fic taking place maybe a year and a half or so after Barba starts working with them. This story is posted by me on AO3 as well.

Rafael Barba/Original Female Character Jocelyn Rutherford, or Jolie as she'd prefer, is the daughter of a New York business tycoon. Maintaining an identity separate from the socialites she grew up with, she easily makes friends with her new roommate, Sarah, and the attractive RA across the hall. Note: -College Barba: The cover is literally the youngest looking picture I could find (that would work for a cover), we'll just ignore the fact that he's probably closer to thirty, if not thirty, in it. -This is posted by me on AO3 and has been ongoing for over a year now. It will have 47 parts.

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 the heart of New York City, where justice is fought in courtrooms and lives are saved in trauma bays, two worlds collide. Dr. Nadia Reyes thrives in the chaos of the ER, her hands steady even when her heart races. For two years, she's found solace in the quiet strength of ADA Rafael Barba-a man whose convictions run as deep as his love. But when a brutal assault case pulls Nadia into the center of a courtroom storm, the man she trusts most becomes the prosecutor who could unravel everything. As secrets from Nadia's past resurface and Barba's pursuit of justice threatens to tear them apart, both must confront the question: can love survive when truth becomes the enemy? "Fractured Vows" is a riveting tale of loyalty, betrayal, and the fragile line between duty and desire. In a city that never sleeps, will their love be the one thing worth waking up for?

ADA Rafael Barba has always kept his personal life locked away, a mystery even to those closest to him. What no one in the precinct knows is that he's been secretly married for two years. His world begins to unravel when his wife suddenly reappears-not at home, but as a suspect in an SVU case.