Hello I'm having a writers block on my actual book that I'm writing so I decided to pick this back up. Not sure exactly where it's going, but I'm hoping you all are liking this story. If you all have any suggestions to where this story is going to go, comment or message me. 

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Thankfully, Dickie pulled through. There was one moment where he gained an infection, however he quickly fought it off. Within a month, he was back home with Liv and Elliot. Maureen had taken to making sure he was okay every moment of the day. Liv knew she felt like it was her fault he nearly died. He was walking with a walker, which he complained about every second he was using it. Elliot and Liv kept reminding him it wasn't forever. 

Kathy was back to ignoring Elliot and Liv, only coming over to make sure that Dickie was okay. Every day she'd call Maureen and ask if Liv was there. If she was, then she wouldn't come over that day. Liv knew that while Dickie loved his mother, he was starting to feel smothered by her. 

"El, we have to talk about Dickie." Liv dropped her DD5s on her desk with a huff. She'd just received a text from Maureen asking if her mother could come by to check on Dickie. Her response was only if Dickie wanted her to come over. 

Elliot was finishing his own DD5's on a child abduction case that they had just wrapped up. The mom had hired her boyfriend's brother to abduct her son from her ex-husbands house. "What about Dickie?" Elliot asked, not looking up. 

Liv exhaled, trying to figure out how to start. "I know Kathy is upset by all this. Especially since Munch and Fin haven't caught the culprit who started this whole thing."

"Yeah, I heard Munch and Fin say something about the WFD gang are getting antsy. 1PP put a UC in there and we're getting closer to the truth," Elliot stated, interrupting.  He looked at Liv who had her mouth still open, ready to speak. He laughed to himself. "Sorry, Liv."

She waved it off. "Anyway, Kathy has been coming over almost every single day to check on Dickie. While I understand, that's her right, but I don't think Dickie is appreciating it anymore. He just doesn't want to hurt her feelings with what we've put her through." 

Elliot put his pen down and looked up at her. "We can't force him to not see her. She's his mother. Even so, I've been seeing some signs also. I'll call Kathy and ask her to lay off for a while." 

Liv nodded, "Anything you can do, because I don't think Dickie wants to tell his mother to back off."

She touched his shoulder affectionately before going to get some coffee for the two of them. She knew Elliot was getting out his phone and calling Kathy, so she wanted to give them some space. Munch and Fin were talking about their case. 

"So Waterfront Dragons hired Tyler after they heard that a NYPD detective had cheated on his wife. They did some digging and found Ethan's mom and traced back to Stabler. Then they put Tyler on Stabler's daughters." Munch recapped to Fin. 

Fin was nodding thoughtfully. "My question is why Stabler at all? We know he can be a tough cop, but he's a damn good one. He's one of the few that actually care's, a little too much actually."

Munch took a drink of his own coffee and then saw that Liv was standing close. "Any suggestions, Liv?" \

Liv walked over to them and lowered her voice. "Might take time, but I'd go through every case of Elliot's. Who had a reason to hold a grudge. Look at all the members of the Waterfront Dragons, associates. Tear every one of the members apart if you have too. Someone in that gang orchestrated this entire thing as a means to get back at Elliot."

Fin and Munch nodded. "Thing is we looked at the members. One of the senior members had a rap sheet of sexual assault that was buried by one of Elliot's old army buddies turned cop. We interviewed  Officer  Walter Crates on why it was buried and he declined to tell us. Less than helpful, only thing he said was 'Tell Stabler I'm still here'."

Munch took another drink and looked at Fin. "And now you have to ask him what that means?"

Fin looked offended. "Why me?"

Munch smirked, "Because I'm not gonna do it and Liv can't ask." He left for his desk, leaving Fin to stare after him as if he wanted to hurt him. Liv clapped Fin on the back and motioned for him to follow her. 

"It's okay, Fin, I'll protect you," she teased. She went to pick up the other coffee and took it to Elliot. He was in the middle of a heated discussion on the phone with Kathy. 

He slammed his fist on his desk, just before Liv set the coffee down. She set it down on her desk instead and jerked her head to Fin, who had followed over with his hands in his pockets. Elliot looked from Liv to Fin and knew that they had some more stuff to discuss. "Listen Kathy, I know that you are scared for Dickie, but you don't need to smother him. Give him some room, time. I gotta go."

He didn't wait for her to respond before hanging up. "What's up?" He reached for the coffee and Liv handed it to him. 

"So, one of the senior members of WFD had a rap sheet of sexual assault that was buried by Walter Crates. We asked him why and all he said was 'Tell Stabler I'm still here'." Fin waited, letting that sink in. Elliot's eyes went from confusion to shock. 

He sat down on his desk, barely gripping his coffee. Liv took it before she'd have to help clean up. "Uh, Walt and I were in the same unit. A bomb went off one day and Walt disappeared. The day before, he was off base 'talking' to a woman. I heard screams, I thought it was consensual in the moment. We got into an argument the next morning, after I saw the woman leave. She was bruised and looked dead. He said it was just rough sex and for me to 'forget the slut'. I threatened to tell our CO and he told me to think carefully. Then the bomb went off and never saw him again."

Fin looked from Liv to Elliot. "Okay, you think he raped the girl?"

Elliot shrugged. "I'm not sure, I never saw either of them again, but she did have bruising and looked completely spaced out. Consistent with assault."

"Were the two of you friends before that moment?" Fin asked, writing down a couple of things. 

He nodded, "Yeah, in fact if was Walt that decided that we should get tattoos," he rolled up his sleeve to show off his marine tattoo. "But I thought the bomb got him, I haven't thought about him in a long time. I have no idea what he meant by that other than me thinking he's dead."

"Elliot, Fin, Liv, got something for you all." Cragen walked in carrying a file. He opened the file. "Walter Crates jacket. That member that Crates buried the charges, his sisters baby daddy."

"Willa," Elliot echoed. They looked at him. 

Cragen nodded, showing a picture. "What do you know about her?"

"She OD'd about five years after her brother disappeared. I went to the funeral and her mother had custody of little Xander, who was only two years old. She always liked me, Willa, but I never liked her. She had a temper, manipulative. Its not a surprise her baby's father is in a gang. She was always hanging out with the wrong crowd." Elliot stated, folding his arms. 

"Something had to have happened between you two, Elliot. Crates just called saying he and his lawyer were on the way to clear things up," Munch said loudly, hanging up the phone. 

Ten minutes later, a tall blonde man in a suit and a short haired red headed woman in a yellow blouse and a black pencil skirt walked in. The man took one look at Elliot sitting at his desk with Liv standing beside him talking about their case and smiled a large evil smile. "Elliot Stabler, its been a long time."

Elliot didn't immediately respond. "Walter," he greeted simply. 

Walter walked towards Liv and Elliot quickly stood in front of her. "Stay away from her," he whispered harshly, making Walter laugh. 

"You never did know how to share like the rest of the unit." Walter smirked at Elliot, who clinched his fist. 

"Right this way," Cragen said loudly, breaking Elliot out of his trance. 

Several hours later, Elliot and Liv were about to head home. "El, wait up," Fin called. 

Elliot dropped Liv's hand and turned. "Wanted to let you know. Crates shoved the blame onto his nephews father, the dude he buried charges on. Said everything was his idea. But he also said that you raped his sister."

"What? That's crazy, I'd never rape someone." 

Fin nodded. "We know, we're looking into it. But when's the last time you saw Willa?"

Elliot exhaled, thinking back. "The day I got back and got discharged. We went out for drinks to honor Walter. Then I went home to Kathy."

"Okay, get home to the kids, I'll keep you in the loop."

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I'm not sure where this is going, like I said, if anyone has any suggestions, message me. Pass it on.