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An unexpected late-night call forces Olivia Benson to confront the fragile state of the man she'd sworn out of her life. In the sterile quiet of a hospital room, she must decide if rebuilding their fractured bond is worth unearthing truths she's long refused to see.
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When the law fails to protect its own, a desperate choice in a courthouse witness room leaves Rafael Barba fighting for his life and Olivia Benson fighting a war within herself. To heal, they must first navigate the wreckage of everything that was left unsaid.
Sequel to The Scarecrow
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When a city-wide conspiracy of flimsy excuses leaves Rafael Barba without a plus-one, he is forced to turn to the one person he should have asked in the first place. What follows is a categorical disaster of vehicular mishaps, mistaken identities, and accidental avian acquisitions that might just be the best date either of them has ever had.
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A hollow victory forces Rafael Barba to confront the wreckage of the principles he once held sacred. When the law provides no answers, the only solace may be found in the one person who has always been his truth.
Stand alone one-shot, not connected to the other stories in this series.
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- Part 3 of Pretty Hate Machine
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Olivia es una joven detective en ascenso y madre que ama a su familia y trabajo, pero todo esto cambia cuando a aparece el nuevo fiscal, tal vez hacia falta alguien más para terminar de construir esta familia
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A desperate, late-night visit to break a suffocating silence shatters what little remains of their friendship. With their shared history reduced to rubble, a single, broken voicemail is the only thing that might keep the sun from rising on a permanent end.
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A prestigious and well-deserved promotion forces Olivia Benson to weigh her future, but Rafael Barba sees it as the one change that will make his entire world crumble into dust. As the painstakingly constructed walls between them finally fall, they must confront the fact that some victories are meaningless if they can't be shared.
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In the hollow aftermath of his acquittal, Rafael Barba sentences himself to a solitary exile, convinced he's become a monster in the eyes of the one person who matters. But when Olivia refuses to accept his self-imposed verdict, a different kind of trial begins—one where the only thing on the docket is whether he will allow her to stand with him in the wreckage.
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As Rafael and Sonny prepare for a welcomed change to their lives, they must navigate their way through the anxieties and joys that come with growing their family.
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In the claustrophobic intimacy of a car stuck in traffic, a careless cross-examination detonates the comfortable quiet between Olivia Benson and Rafael Barba. The long, rainy rides that follow become the backdrop for a series of painful lessons in how to fight, how to fail, and how to finally offer shelter from the storm.
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Their story was written in quiet moments: a book given on a rainy Tuesday night, a silent presence on a sofa after a brutal case, a shared history paved with deferred conversations. They could read each other's minds, but they could never say the words that mattered. A history in three acts, told across time immeasurable when seen through the lens of love and loss.
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He had been in love with her for years and despite where they were now, he still was. They’d fought before, but not like this. Surely she’d forgive him eventually though. Forgive him for leaving, for defending Wheatley in an attempt to protect her. After all, they’d both planned to be squabbling with each other at 85. He couldn’t fathom anything else.
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Amidst the gloom of late 2020, Liv finds Barba at Forlini's, his characteristic cynicism deepened and self-medication escalating, drawing her into his orbit of unspoken pain and her own quiet concern.
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- Part 4 of Medley
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Some wounds don’t show up on the surface. Some ghosts don’t leave quietly.
In the aftermath of a case that changes everything, Rafael Barba is forced to confront the parts of himself he thought he’d buried for good. Olivia Benson refuses to let him face that darkness alone.
Whumptober 2024 Prompt Day 14: LEFT FOR DEAD | blackmail | “cause I want you to know what it feels like to be haunted” (tiLLie, kooL aiD mAn).
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- Part 14 of Whumptober2024
- Part 5 of Barson Ficlets
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Now I’m out in the cold, and I’m getting old standing here, waiting on you (it’ll be all right when the morning comes) by SilverShadow1
Fandoms: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021)
21 May 2025
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“Was that …?”
“His way of saying goodbye? The bastard couldn’t help himself. He left us with one final conspiracy.”OR
The Squad says goodbye to Sergeant John Munch
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Rafael is working on doing better. He really is.
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I'm okay with you making me wait and, as long as you're near, I'll be here (even if it takes ten years) by SilverShadow1
Fandoms: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021)
10 May 2025
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“You keep trying to make it easy on each other. On the rest of us. Maybe it’s time you make it easy on yourselves.”
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A series of events lead to Olivia and Elliot confronting their feelings for each other
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Don't you ever leave me alone
My war is over
Be my shelter from the storm
My war is over
-"The War"Series
- Part 1 of Medley
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The different members of the team see the way Sonny and Barba interact when only one has figured out what it really means.
I just had a few different ideas and threw them all into a one-shot cause I got bored. Now it's your problem.
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Barba's interesting scotch glass
Barisi centered banter between Barba and Benson