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In the wake of an impossible loss, Olivia Benson refuses to accept the official story. A hunt for the truth reveals that some ghosts are more real than others, and that unconditional love demands an unconditional fight.
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Trust has always been the foundation of their relationship, from the courtroom to the bedroom. Now, Rafael asks for a level of surrender that will test that foundation to its absolute limit, demanding Olivia give him her entire reality to command.
"You must learn to trust what is being born in you in the darkness."
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- Part 1 of Kinktober
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Months after the ruin of the Wheatley trial, Rafael Barba observes the chaos of Elliot Stabler's orbit from a distance. From the silence of his apartment, he builds a case against the man she calls a partner, questioning not her loyalty, but the profound cost of it.
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His final words at the bar were both a confession and a challenge, leaving her completely undefended. In the silent aftermath, Olivia Benson must confront the fact that the only thing more damaging than his perceived betrayal might be her own stubborn pride.
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A year after their final conversation at Forlini's, Rafael Barba is living in the cold hell of a silent telephone, forced to confront the permanence of their stalemate. When words have failed and his most vulnerable confession has been met with inaction, the only way to send a final message is to return to the work that once bound them together, even if it means leaving for good.
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When a hostage standoff turns personal, Captain Olivia Benson faces an impossible choice—with a life hanging in the balance and a predator who knows exactly how to break her resolve. In a warehouse soaked in blood, power, and history, survival becomes a brutal calculation of instinct, defiance, and love. As past trauma collides with present danger, the only way out is through.
Whumptober 2024 Alternate Prompt 03: FINDING OLD MESSAGES
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- Part 33 of Whumptober2024
- Part 6 of Barson Ficlets
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After a painful confrontation leaves them in a stalemate, Olivia Benson must decide if a promise of unconditional love is worth more than the sting of betrayal. To rebuild a future with the man she pushed away, she must be the one to finally break the silence.
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When a questionable shooting leaves her facing a murder indictment, Olivia Benson is forced to seek counsel from the one man whose betrayal she has yet to forgive. Trapped in a war room of their own making, they must confront three years of silence and the lingering question of their last conversation: when unconditional love leads to unforgivable actions, is there any way back?
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In the silence that follows his declaration at Forlini's, Rafael Barba puts their entire history on trial, weighing years of shared trust against a single act of perceived betrayal. Faced with impossible odds and the ghost of a love that predates him, he must decide if her one unguarded admission is enough to justify taking the only chance he has left.
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Two years of bitter silence are shattered by an act of violence. Now, with Rafael Barba's life hanging in the balance, Olivia Benson must become his voice, his advocate, and his memory, forcing them both to confront the devastating truth of why their friendship broke, and the unconditional love that might be the only thing that can save them both.
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When his new partner's family is targeted by a devastating accusation, Rafael Barba must help them navigate a legal and emotional firestorm. From a distance, Captain Benson, armed with a dangerous piece of off-the-books intelligence, must decide if their fragile new friendship is strong enough to withstand crossing a professional line to help him.
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- Part 2 of Trigeminy
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After years of painful silence following the confrontation at Forlini's, a chance encounter forces Olivia and Rafael to confront the fortress built by his betrayal. With the unexpected help of a well-meaning third party, they must decide if the chasm between them can ever truly be bridged.
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Years of silence are shattered when a high-profile case forces Captain Benson and Rafael Barba into a professional collision, a battle made all the more complicated by the presence of his new, formidable partner. As the case pushes their fractured relationship to the breaking point, Olivia must confront the devastating possibility that while she was waiting for him to come back, he was simply learning to live without her.
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- Part 1 of Trigeminy
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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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Years of bitter silence are shattered when a routine case brings Captain Benson face-to-face with the last man she ever expected to see on a judge's bench. As the trial forces them into a painful proximity, they must both confront the ghosts of Forlini's Bar and decide if the law that now separates them is stronger than the bond they once shared.
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After nearly a thousand days of silence, a desperate, late-night call forces Rafael Barba back into the orbit of the one family he can't refuse. To protect them, he'll have to wage a secret war that could either finally bridge the chasm between him and Olivia Benson or destroy what little is left for good.
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A promise made in the wake of a painful goodbye haunts a man living in self-imposed exile. After a chance encounter brings the past rushing back, he is forced to decide what it truly means to be there for someone, even when you're the reason they need space.
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Years after walking away, a late-night audit of his life's regrets leads to a single, unavoidable truth. To write a new chapter, he must first be willing to burn the preface.
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Following the painful revelations at Forlini's, the silence between them becomes a weight neither can bear alone. A late-night confrontation forces a final, devastating truth into the light, testing whether the promise of unconditional love can truly heal a betrayal.
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Following a bitter estrangement, a politically charged case forces Olivia to seek help from the one man she swore she'd never trust again. To get justice for her victim, she must embrace a partnership forged in moral ambiguity, forcing a choice between the man who stayed and the one who returned.