Chapter Text
Newly minted Sergeant Elliot Stabler made his way l down the corridor of this house that the crime family they had been chasing was part of. Instead of Bell or Whelan being by his side, his lifelong partner was by his side. They had secured the search warrant and he had made the call to instantly call in SVU since the house was connected to sex trafficking.
They entered a large room at the end of the hall they checked the closet and bathroom which was clear. They then both noticed a locked door within the room, faint music coming from it.
“You hear that?” Olivia asked
“I do, Whelan get me the bolt cutters.” A couple of minutes later Elliot cut the chain and Olivia opened the door even after all the years they spent in SVU, the sight before they shocked them. The room was filled with Children from ages 5 to 15 chained to the beds.
“My god,” Bell said coming up behind them the group started freeing the kids from their chains. They had made it to the last bed which bell was freeing a young boy from. While Whelan who was surprisingly good with the traumatized kids were talking to them to try and keep the kids calm. Olivia and Elliot were looking on when Elliot heard a high-pitched whine. He looked around and that’s when his eyes landed on the chest of drawers against the wall.
“Jesus fucking Christ,” Elliot said quietly so quietly that only Olivia heard him. Liv watched as he stepped forward where a baby no more than 2 months old lay in an open drawer in just a blanket and diaper. Olivia watched as Elliot scooped the baby up and held the baby close as the baby cried
“Shh sweetheart your okay,” Elliot said rocking the baby, tears filled Olivia at the sight, he mind taking her back almost 11 years when she had done the same thing with a baby boy doe who was in a drawer. The baby boy that became her son, and seeing her partner turned best friend turned lover hold the baby and rock it brought a mix of feelings rushing through her, the biggest being love for the man in front of her. The rest of the 2 squads cleared out the room as Elliot tried to calm the baby while Olivia looked for a diaper and hopefully something to change the baby into. She finally found diapers and a onesie.
“Here El, let’s see if this helps,” Olivia said as Elliot nodded and laid the baby down on the bed and unwrapped the baby from the blanket, and took the diaper and wipes Liv handed him. He quickly pulled the diaper off and pulled the diapers out.
“Well, that answers that, it’s a girl,” Elliot said with a small laugh, as he quickly put the diaper and onesie on the little girl he then wrapped her back up in the blanket and picked her back up.
“Hi baby girl doe, let’s hope you have just as a full life as Baby Boy Doe,” Liv said running her finger down the baby’s cheek with a sad smile.
“I hate that she’s going to get shipped off to ACS,” Elliot said holding the baby close to him. Liv could see the unshed tears in his eyes.
“Hey babe look at me, we’ll go check on her every day if you want and make sure she’s okay,” Olivia said wrapping an arm around him and pulling him and the baby closer to her kissing his cheek then leaning down and kissing the baby’s forehead. An hour later Elliot reluctantly handed the small baby over to the ACS worker.
“Bye baby girl we’ll be by to see you soon I promise,” Elliot said kissing the baby’s forehead.
“Do you know when we’ll be able to see her and when her hearing will be?” Olivia asked as she leaned forward and kissed the baby before she stepped back and took Elliot’s hand in hers.
“You can come to see her between 8 am to 10 pm every day, and her first hearing will be on Monday.”
“Okay thank you.” The couple watched as the social worker walked away with the baby in her arms.
“This pain is right up there when Kath took the kids and we just met her,” Elliot said quietly
“I know baby it’s how I felt about Noah all those years ago.”
“We can do our paperwork at home what do you say we go home to our boy?” Olivia smiled at the way he referred to Noah he had been doing it Ever since the night that they officially became a couple. For the first time, she felt like her little boy had a father.
“I think that sounds perfect.” She said as they walked out of the room.
An hour later Elliot led Olivia into her apartment using the key she had given to him after their first night together.
“Maria thank you for staying late,” Olivia said as she undid her gun and badge and handing to Elliot who took them and walked over to the lock box and put both guns and badges.
“Your welcome Olivia will you need me tomorrow?” Elliot didn’t hear Liv’s reply because Noah bounced up to him.
“El! Guess what?” Noah asked wrapping his arms around Elliot’s
“What bud?” Elliot asked returning the hug
“I got the lead in the recital!”
“I’m so proud of you!” Elliot said
“I am too sweet boy,” Olivia said after she saw Maria out and wrapped Noah in a hug.
“You’ll tell me how many people are coming right?”
“Yes, baby we will,” Olivia said.
“Okay! Are we going to have a movie night?”
“Sure but first I and momma need to talk to you, okay so let’s go to the couch,” Elliot said as the three of them made their way to the couch
“What’s wrong?” Noah asked his blue eyes shining with worry
“Nothing bud, something happened at work today. I and mom were on a raid together and on the raid, we found several little kids and in a drawer, we found a baby.” Elliot said
“Like me?”
“Yes, sweet boy like you all those years okay.”
“Was it a boy or girl, what is going to happen to it?”
“It was a sweet little girl. And we’re not 100% sure what’s going to happen to her. Right now she’s in foster care.” Olivia said
“We should adopt her like mom did me, then she would have a whole army behind her,” Noah said with a bright smile.
“We’re looking into it, we were wanting to talk to you because we were wanting To go see her in the morning•
“Can I go?” He asked
“Sure baby,” Olivia said as she and Elliot set up their MacBooks and Elliot handed the remote to Noah so he could find a movie.
“Does she have a name?” Noah asked
“Not yet she’s baby girl doe right now just like a baby boy doe who changed our world,” Olivia said sharing a smile with Elliot, even though Elliot had missed the first nine years of his life. Noah had changed Elliot’s life as well.
“Why don’t we come up with a name to call her? And that way we don’t have to keep calling her baby girl doe and so if we get to adopt her she already has a name.” Elliot said
“Yes!” Noah said.
“Okay, what do we think for a name?” Olivia asked as she and Elliot both pulled up baby names for girls on their MacBooks. Olivia smiled as she curled up against Elliot’s side, Elliot kissed the top of Noah’s head while scrolling through the MacBook.
“I like this one!” Noah said pointing to a name on the screen
“Mackenzie nickname Mackie. I like that one bud, what do you think Momma?” Elliot asked his blue eyes sparkling with the possibility of raising a baby with the love of his life.
“I love it! What about a middle name?” Olivia said.
“How about we each pick one then we talk it over?” Elliot asked.
“Okay, I was thinking Ellie after El,” Noah said
“I was thinking Olivia after your momma Noah.”
“And I was thinking of using the name Bernadette after El’s mom.”
“I like naming her after grandma B,” Noah said
“Baby?” Olivia asked looking at Elliot and placing her hand on the back of his neck when she saw the unshed tears in his eyes.
“I think Mackenzie Bernadette sounds perfect,” Elliot said. That night after they had put Noah to bed and finished their paperwork, they were laying in bed together both of their thoughts on the baby at ACS. Olivia was curled up in his arms laying on his chest.
“Mackenzie Bernadette Stabler.” Olivia whispered quietly
“Mackenzie Bernadette Benson-Stabler. I think that sounds perfect.” Elliot said kissing her.
“Mackie Benson-Stabler sounds like the one dream I thought would never come true,” Olivia said
“I’m going to do everything in my power to try and make it come true,” he said pulling her closer