Third chapter today ... and it settles this fic .... which I'm moving to the 'complete' status!
A huge thank you to every reader and a bear hug to every reviewer, you guys/girls, rock! Many reviews touched me and I like to read them often, although I'm not sure I deserve such praise, but well ... somes do really touch me :D
A special thank you to CNovak929 for giving me the nudge I needed to keep posting when I didn't trust this fic was worth it.

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A resort somewhere on the caribean sea
17 October – 06:41 pm

Looking up in the mirror, Olivia Benson couldn’t help but grin at the reflection it displayed: Casey Novak was sprawled in the middle of the bed, an arm spread wide, the other’s hand resting on her belly with the hugest smile she had ever seen grace her delicate features.
Her body was flushed from head to toe, and no sheet was concealing it from her hungry eyes.
In one word, she was luscious, ready to be devoured.

Glancing up in the mirror, she traced the edge of the hickey in her neck, her smile only growing larger. She didn’t know Casey was a biter but she liked the sense of possessiveness it conveyed.
Casey Novak branded her as her very own property. And she liked it.
As independent as she used to be, as much as she once loved her freedom, she could see herself sleeping by Casey’s side for the rest of their lives.
She was looking for it with an envy she never felt before.
An envy she knew she would never feel again.

From the bedroom, Casey Novak was slowly coming down the heights Olivia Benson sent her to. Now that her heart had slowed to a more reasonable beat, she was coming back to her senses.

Flexing her fingers, she encountered the soft sheet of the bed instead of the warm body of her lover. Now that she thought about it, she could hear water running nearby. Surely coming from the bathroom.

If possible, her smile grew larger at that… “lover”, Olivia Benson was her lover. And now she wondered how she could have hesitated to take that final step between them. Now that they crossed that last bridge, she knew there was no turning back. They would be lovers; they would stay together for the rest of their lives. Consequences be damned, they’d never lessen the benefits of having this wonderful, passionate woman in her life. Her skin, her lips, her body, her tender kisses, her eyes, everything was hers. She’ll wake up a lifetime in her arms. Loving her, caring for her.

Beside her, the mattress dipped, signalling the return of Olivia by her side.
Turning her head towards her, Casey smiled but didn’t have enough strength to open her eyes. Olivia’s chuckles rang right next to her ear, before she felt her snuggle up to her, throwing her arms around her waist, and a leg over hers.

The young woman thought briefly she should close her arm around Olivia’s shoulder but she somehow knew she wouldn’t have the strength to do that.

- “You melted my bones”, she stated slowly, happy to see that she was able to speak, although her voice sounded harsh to her ears.
- “That bad?”, Olivia enquired, watching Casey intently, repressing a laugh.
- “That good yes… and you’re going to pay for it…dearly”, Casey warned her “if I can ever move again”, she added grinning.
- “Oh”
- “Which is not going to happen before…the next century”, she added after a pause. She might be able to speak but she certainly had trouble building complete sentences.

When she opened an eye, she met those of Olivia who was looking up at her with an amused smile.

- “Glad to hear that I’m safe for now”, Olivia grinned.
- “Making fun on me Detective?”
- “I wouldn’t dare Counselor”, she replied, a hand over her heart.
“Over her naked breast”, Casey thought, suddenly very short of breath again.
- “You’d better… I’d kick your ass”
- “Ohhhh….kinky”, Olivia purred as she sat, shifting until she was covering her lover, rubbing her lower body suggestively against hers, holding Casey’s look.
- “Livvvvvvvv…”, Casey whispered through clenched teeth “you trying to kill me?”
- “Hmmm… not really what I had in mind”, she breathed, her heart melting at the effect she had on her lover.
- “Well that’s certainly what’s going to happen if you keep that up”, she warned her jokingly.

A second later, Olivia planted a long kiss on her lips. Snuggling back to her side, she laced their fingers before resting their joined hands on her lover’s belly.
Briefly, the image of joined hands, each with a gold wedding ring resting over a pregnant belly imposed itself to her mind. Smiling, deciding it was them in that image, she took it as a presage, before shaking the image away, getting back to the present.

- “You rest now then…”
- “then….”, Casey queried, a delicate eyebrow arched.
- “Let’s say that I changed my mind… ravishing you nights and days is definitively on my schedule”, she smiled suggestively.
- “Oh boy”, Casey exclaimed, bursting out laughing.
- “Boy? Errrr you’re mistaking me with someone else here Counselor”
- “I am not Detective”, Casey purred as she nudged Liv until she was lying on her back, then snuggled up to her, reversing their position “that’s an expression sweetheart”
- "Right", Olivia nodded, faking deep thoughts "the thing where you use your mouth", she teased.
- "Hmmm right, mouth...", Casey purred, matching Olivia's serious tone.
- "And I thought you were tired..."
- "I am but there is no law saying I can’t daydream, right?"
- "That's right. Besides you weren't left behind", she chuckled.
- "What do you mean?"

When Olivia didn't respond, she looked up as Olivia was caressing the hickey in her neck.

- "I did this?", she wondered out loud, clasping a hand over her mouth.
- "Yup", she nodded proudly.
- "That's not funny Olivia", she blushed, hiding her face in Olivia's neck
- "Yes it is", Olivia smiled, finding Casey’s shyness cute.
- “I don’t give hickeys”, Casey protested strongly.
- “Well it’s a first then. Not that I mind. It says I'm yours..”, she smiled fondly.

It wasn't before long that they fell into a much needed and exhausted sleep.

THE END …

They lived happily ever after.

Three months later, they got married during a ceremony held in North Vancouver, the patio from Chez Michel, a French restaurant, surrounded by their families and friends. Even Elliot was there, they had worked their differences with Olivia, much to Casey's happiness. He was back to form a happy family with Kathleen and the kids.
Twins Cameron and Cassandra, with the same alabaster skin as their biological mother, Casey Novak Benson, were born months later.

A beautiful wife, two marvellous kids, a wonderful step-family, Olivia Benson had the family she thought she never deserved.

But that's an other story...

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I officially declare this fic complete ... phew without your comments/reviews it'd never been that long ... I hope you like it.