Mixed Signals
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Last published Wed, May 19, 2021
Rafael Barba/original female character.
Lydia Coleman arranged to complete an internship for her doctoral program with Manhattan SVU, volunteering her time as a victim advocate. She gets along great with the detectives, their snarky ADA is a different story. Though neither would admit it, they both kind of like the banter.
Note: Twenty-one chapters of this story are complete, but need a lot of love as I rewrite them. The story itself isn't complete but I'm hoping revisiting it will motivate me to come up with an actual ending for it.
A version of this story is posted by me on AO3 as well.
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