#detective nicolas amaro

[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

That time of year

Happy Birthday to my dear friend @beccabarba​ hope your day is as amazing as you. Thank you for your friendship, there have been days where I only got through them because of you.

WC: 397

Warnings: fluffy fluff

Enjoy x

You were sure as you got older the years where going faster and faster, but this year snuck up on you and it had completely slipped your mind it was your birthday week due to the case that was in. Rafael had been working you all hard to make sure every t was crossed and every i was dotted to make sure that the perp was put away for the maximum.

To be completely honest, as much as you loved your birthday’s, it was a mile stone birthday and you weren’t really that concerned if you celebrated it or not, you actually didn’t want to think about at all. You woke up to the usual birthday texts and social media posts from family and friends, but that was the last thing on your mind with the busy day ahead with court and having to deal with Rafael.

You walked back in the bullpen, your head hurting from the day in court, falling into your desk chair thinking about having to go through the same thing again tomorrow. You looked around and noticed no one was anywhere to be seen, thinking they all must have gone home already. You were pulled out of your chain of thought when your phone buzzed with a message from Nick asking if you could go to the on-call room and find his badge that he left sitting on the bed. You sighed again feeling your body ache as you got up off your chair and walked down the hall. You walked through the door and immediately happy tears filled your eyes and you gasped cupping your mouth.

The floor was filled with sliver balloons and sitting on the bed furthest from the door was a large white box with a silk sliver ribbon. You walked to the box and pulled out the envelope that was tucked nicely under the ribbon with your name written beautifully on the front. You flipped it over, pulled it open and pulled out the piece of paper, looking down at the writing,

My love

You didn’t think I forgot, did you? Open the box, get changed into the outfit inside and get a cab to the address on the piece of paper in the bottom of the box. We are going to make this a big on baby.

Love always and forever

Nick.  

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[svucarisiaddict]

Hello. I'm totally procrastinating and had a random thought - do you think the SVU Detectives and the loveable ADA Barba have any fears/phobias like for example spiders, heights or maybe even snakes?

Understand they 'catch bad guys' for a living but I like the idea that say Sonny has a dislike of clowns or I think there is an episode where Fin's scared of puppets 😆

ADA Rafael Barba- His phobia is mysophobia or the fear of germs. Not only is he neat and tidy, but he is also a clean freak, almost obsessively. He always carries alcohol hand sanitizer, has disinfecting wipes in his desk drawer, and washes his hands frequently. When Covid hit and everyone was required to wear a mask, he had personalized ones that matched his suits.

ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi, Jr.- Sonny has pediophobia or the fear of dolls. It stems from his older sisters telling him scary stories when he was little. They said the old dolls his mom had on display would come alive at night and try to steal his eyes. Sonny still gets chills when he sees a porcelain doll or one of the dolls that opens and closes its eyes. He’ll avoid the doll aisle at all costs. 

ADA Peter Stone- Peter’s phobia is autophobia or fear of being alone. His mom left when he was young, his dad worked all the time and his sister was institutionalized. He has felt alone most of his life. To not feel alone he fills his time with random women and alcohol.

Captain Olivia Benson- Liv’s phobia is sciophobia or fear of shadows. Even when she was little she was afraid of shadows. As an adult, she knows what can lurk in the shadows: physically and mentally.

Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola- He has a fear of puppets or pupaphobia. There’s not really a back story with this one. They just creep him out.

Sergeant Michael Dodds- He has atychiphobia or a fear of failure. I mean if your father is William Dodds and you’re the golden child you don’t have a greater feat than failure.

Detective Amanda Rollisi- Amanda has cherophobia or fear of happiness. Every time she’s been happy something happens to derail it. It’s one reason she taints relationships. 

Detective Nicolas Amaro- Nick’s fear is nyctophobia or fear of darkness. When he was a child his dad would always come home late and drunk. Nick would lay in the dark listening to his dad abuse his mom. He still has a nightlight in every room of his house.

Detective John Munch- His fear is politicophobia or fear of government. Really no explanation is needed here. 

Detective Elliot Stabler- Elliot has alektorophobia or fear of chickens. His grandparents had a farm when he was little. The rooster would chase him and usually peck him, drawing blood.

Dr. Melinda Warren- Chief Medical Examiner- She has frigophobia or fear of becoming too cold. Melinda’s first autopsy case was a person that froze to death. It’s stuck with her since.

Detective Katriona “Kat” Tamin- Her phobia is sparkalaphobia or fear of glitter. Kat’s mom would dress her in glitter, sequins, and girly clothing. Now, she shies away from anything that triggers her fear. You don’t need sparkles and frills to be feminine.

Detective Joseph Velasco- Joseph has merinthophobia or fear of being tied up. This phobia developed later in life. He had a one-night stand that went a little awry. Joe’s date tied him to the bed frame, blindfolded him, and left. He had to wait for his roommate to come home to untie him.

George Huang, M.D.- George’s fear is ornithophobia or fear of birds. When he was growing up his mother had a houseful of birds of different types: macaws, parakeets, and finches just to name a few. All they did was squawk, peck at him when he tried to pet them, and poop around the house.

Captain Donald Cragen- Donald’s fear is stenophobia or fear of narrow spaces. He doesn’t really know why. Nothing traumatic has ever happened. 

Detective Brian Cassidy- Brian has staurophobia or fear of the crucifix. He was a Catholic growing up. Even went to a Catholic school. Brian got into trouble a lot resulting in getting paddled. Now seeing the crucifix brings back bad memories.

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[plaidbooks]

I am rewatching older epis. And Ammaro did not like Carisi at all for most of the season. So HCs for Sonny dating his cousin or something. Like maybe he met her at Fordham and then was invited to a family thing. And BOOM Nick is there.

You and Sonny met one night in the school’s library, both of you sleep deprived, running on coffee, and cramming. Finals week was upon you, and you were working on numerous assignments at once, feeling your brain slowly rotting. You had recognized Sonny from one of your classes, and you went to him, asking for advice, gauging what he was doing for the Final.

You became quick friends, and he asked you out the weekend after Finals, to celebrate. You ended up hooking up a few times before settling into a relationship.

When you learned he was a detective, you chuckled, mentioning that your cousin was, too. Sonny didn’t recognize your last name, so he dropped it, not thinking much about it, and since he didn’t mention being in Manhattan SVU--only that he was a detective--you dropped it, too.

Your whole family was throwing a quinceañera for one of your cousins, and you invited Sonny to come as your plus one. You wanted him to meet some family members...plus, he’d be a good excuse for leaving early. He agreed, excited to meet your family.

That is, until he realized he knew one family member. Nick’s eyes latched onto Sonny’s from across the room, his eyes narrowing. He quickly made his way over, and it wasn’t until he was almost to you both that you even noticed him.

Nick grabbed Sonny by the shirt, getting directly in his face. “Are you fucking my cousin, Carisi?” he asked through gritted teeth, making you gasp.

“I, uh, I didn’t know she was your cousin--” Sonny started before you inserted yourself between them.

“Nick, what the fuck! Let go of my boyfriend!” you ordered, pushing at him.

Everyone fell silent as the party looked at the scene the three of you were making, but you and Nick paid no attention, standing nose to nose.

“Boyfriend? You cannot be serious! Dating Carisi--”

“Yes! I’m dating Sonny, and I love him! What’s it to you?”

Sonny cleared his throat awkwardly, seeing all eyes on you both. “Uh, doll, maybe we should leave--”

“You’re not taking her anywhere!” Nick retorted, voice venomous.

“You’re not the boss of me, Nick! I hardly even talk to you, anyways! Why are you so pissed about who I date?”

You felt Sonny’s hand around your elbow, and he started leading you away from Nick, from the party in general.

“We’re talking about this at work, Carisi! You can’t hide from me!” Nick yelled as Sonny tugged you out of the building your family had rented.

Once outside, away from Nick, you felt angry tears in your eyes before you blinked them away. “What the fuck is his problem?” you asked out loud.

“I, uh, don’t think Amaro likes me much,” Sonny replied softly.

“And why not?”

“I honestly don’t know--ever since I joined Manhattan SVU, he’s been on my case.”

“Well, fuck him. I love you, Sonny, and I want to date you, regardless of what he thinks.”

Sonny nodded solemnly. “I love you, too. I just don’t want to come between you and your family.”

You let out a sigh, letting your anger leave with it. “You’re not, I promise. Like I said, I hardly talk to Nick anyways--my mom and his dad are siblings, and my mom hates Uncle Nicolas. So, we never really went to his house growing up.”

Sonny nodded again, and then he drove you home, the party and Nick’s reaction soon forgotten. But he was dreading work come Monday.

#answered #headcanon #my headcanon #sonny carisi x reader #I honestly don't remember Nick hating Sonny really #but oh well #and I had an Uncle that I never met #because my mom hated him #and refused to let him see me or my brother #Anonymous

[mrsamaroevans]

03 | EVERYTHING CHANGES

Fandom: Law & Order: SVU.

Pairing: Nick Amaro x Reader.

Words: 1,967.

Warnings: Mentions of domestic violence.

A/N: English is not my first language, so, sorry if there are grammar mistakes or if the redaction is poor. *Gif is not mine*

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“Detective Nicolas ‘Paranoia’ Amaro”

Nick started to suspect something wasn’t okay in your home when, one day at the same ice cream shop, your phone ranged and the one calling was your husband. You were so nervous when you hanged up and even though you tried to hide the way your hands were shaking, Nick was a detective and he noticed it.

“Are you okay?” He asked you once you went back to your table. It didn’t matter how much he tried to look into your eyes, he couldn’t.

“Yes, I just... I need to go home now, sorry” you said, picking up your purse.

“Hey, calm down. What happened?” He asked, standing up and trying to get closer but you gave a step back.

“Everything’s fine, I didn’t pay attention to the time and it’s late. I have stuff to do” you insisted and looked at him for a couple of seconds.

He saw it. All the fear you were feeling, he could see it in your eyes and even though he knew he shouldn’t have let you drive in that state, you didn’t give him the chance to stop you. When he realized, you were gone.

That was the last time he saw you. You didn’t pick up his calls or answer his texts. He discovered where you lived ‘cause his worry made him track your phone but he never went to talk to you. He didn’t want you to be mad at him because of that.

One day, he saw you in the supermarket but when he was about to walk to you, Sean appeared, so he watched you from the distance. Nick remembered you told him that Sean hated going to the supermarket, so, why he suddenly was there with you? Why were you wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day and inside the supermarket? Why didn’t you look as happy as you looked whenever you two went for ice cream?

“What is going on in that head of yours?” Olivia asked him one day. Everyone in the unit knew something was happening to him, but only his partner dared to ask.

“My paranoia” He simply said and Olivia frowned.

“Look, someone has to go to Heather’s building to ask about her husband, do you want us to go?” She asked, but right away she added: “C’mon, Nick, you need fresh air”

Nick didn’t object, he just stood up, grabbed his suit jacket, and followed her to the exit of the precinct.

“You had followed her?” Olivia asked when he told her about you, but she wasn’t shocked. She knew that was Nick’s way to make sure everything was okay with someone he cared about.

“I just wanted to know if she was fine and… I swear... she doesn’t leave the apartment if he doesn’t go with her” Nick said and his partner could feel all the frustration he was feeling.

“Sure it’s nothing,” Olivia said, trying to help him to calm down “You can’t be there twenty-four seven, Nick. Maybe it’s a coincidence that she goes out with him every time you’re watching”

Nick knew Olivia could be right, but his guts told him otherwise.

“It’s here?” Nick asked once his partner parked in front of their destiny “(Y/n) lives here”

“There you go” Olivia smiled and palmed his arm “You have an excuse to see if your paranoia is right”

They went into the building, they asked in a couple of apartments about your neighbor they were investigating, while you were inside making lunch for you and Sean.

“Good evening” Olivia greeted you when you opened your door “I’m Detective Benson from NYPD, can I ask you some questions?”

“Sorry, I don’t have time,” you said and when you were about to close the door, she put her hand on it.

“Please, it won’t take more than five minutes”

You were about to say “no” again when another person approached your door, and you didn’t know if you were happy or worried about it.

“(Y/n)” Nick said, making his partner turn to him. You tried to smile, but your smile didn’t show up when he looked down at your baby bump.

Everything happened quickly, you heard Detective Benson asking something and then, your husband, Sean, was behind you.

Nick looked at his hand on your arm and how you tensed when he appeared. He noticed the worry in your face that you tried to cover it up quickly.

“Oh, you’re Cesaria’s son,” Sean said, looking at Nick. You never thought he could remember how he looked “The cop… Look, mate, if you’re here for what Heather Smith is saying about Mark, the only thing I have to say is that the bitch is lying”

“The what, excuse me?” Olivia asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Sean chuckled.

“Sorry, but Mark has been my friend since we moved in here and he’s a nice guy,” Sean said.

“A nice guy?” Nick asked, looking at you “Is he?”

“Well, he’s always been nice with us,” you said, nodding and looking at your husband who just squeezed your arm, pulling you closer to him. To Sean, you sounded convincing, but to a pair of elite detectives, you didn’t.

“It’s everything we have to say about it, now, my wife is making us lunch, so, excuse us” Sean smiled and asked you to get inside your apartment. Nick tried to find your eyes before the door was closed, but he couldn’t.

“Cesaria’s son?” Olivia whispered, looking at Nick and grabbing his arm to pull him out of the sight of the peephole.

“I didn’t know she was pregnant” Nick whispered.

And he didn’t know ‘cause you always wore baggy sweaters and jackets whenever you were seeing him and you never talked about it.

“You saw her? How she tensed when he appeared?” he asked, looking at his partner.

“Yeah, I think your paranoia is right,” Olivia said once they started to walk to the exit of the building. “Heather told us Mark has a friend in the building that treats his wife the same way”

“I’m not going to the precinct” Nick shook his head, handing the car keys to his partner “I’m gonna wait outside until he’s gone and I’ll talk to her”

“Are you serious?”

“Yes” Nick nodded and looked at her “I don’t like this”

“I stay with you, partner”

After an hour of waiting, Sean left the building to go to work, so Nick and Olivia waited ten more minutes in case he had forgotten something, but he didn’t come back. So, they got into the elevator and then, knocked on your door.

“(Y/n), it’s me, Nick!”

“You again?” They heard your voice before you opened the door.

Once the door was opened, Nick looked at you and his heart broke ‘cause he knew you were crying seconds before attending them.

“Can we get in?” Nick asked you and even though for a moment you doubted, you moved so they could walk in “How are you?”

“I’m fine” You answered, turning around to turn the t.v off and inviting them to take a seat in the armchair.

“Congratulations” Nick looked at your belly and that made you put one of your hands in it. Suddenly, your baby moved, like if it knew that it was the conversation topic.

“Thanks”

The three people in the room stayed quiet. Olivia didn’t want to ask anything, ‘cause she wanted to give Nick the chance to bring up the subject he wanted to talk about. She was there, only as moral support for his partner.

“Look, earlier I noticed you wanted to say something else about Mark and Heather,” Nick said, trying to be as careful as he could, but you shook your head right away.

“I didn’t” And you added: “As Sean said, Mr. Smith…”

“I know what he said but Heather was in the hospital, you’re saying she did that to herself?”

You have heard about what happened to Heather Smith, the whole building knew she was found unconscious in her apartment by her mother and Mark Smith was nowhere to be found. You’ve been hearing their arguments since you moved in there and you knew what she used to pass through ‘cause you’ve been there too. But Sean told you it’s none of your business, so, you took your gaze anywhere but Nick’s eyes. You knew you couldn’t lie to him if his brown eyes were looking at yours.

“I haven’t heard anything” You shrugged “Why don’t you ask someone else?”

“That’s the thing, (Y/n)” Olivia got into the conversation and hearing her voice made you turned to her. Nick’s attention went into your apartment and how it looked “All the people we asked said Mark was always screaming to Heather. You live in front of them, you should have heard something”

“Well, I didn’t”

“Why are you protecting him?” Nick asked, looking at you again.

“I’m not protecting anyone” you sighed “If people told you they heard things, you don’t need me for your case”

“Yes, the people in this building hear a lot of things” he repeated and you knew exactly what he meant. If your neighbors heard Mark screaming to Heather, sure they have heard Sean screaming at you. “What happened to your wall?” he pointed, but you didn’t turn ‘cause you knew which wall he meant.

“I don’t know; it has always been like that” you lied.

“And that portrait?” Nick pointed to a broken portrait in the coffee table.

“It fell”

“Do you remember the first time I saw you in the supermarket? You had a bruise in your eye, you remember what you told me it happened?”

“Yes, I do” The truth is that you didn’t, so you stood up to go to the table to take the dirty dishes to the kitchen, but he followed you.

“What did you tell me?”

“Nick…” Olivia tried to stop him, but he ignored her.

“What are you trying to do?” You turned to him, trying to stay calmed and keep your posture.

“I’m trying to help you” but he didn’t say it as calmed as you were. He was like, begging you to talk so he could take you out of that hell.

But you chuckled “I’m fine, I don’t need your help” and turned back to the table.

“Your shoulder doesn’t say the same”

You pulled your sweater back up trying to cover what they already saw. “That was an accident”

“An accident? Like the accidents your mother used to have when John was alive?” He asked, trying to stand in front of you to look for your gaze “You left New York ‘cause you said you didn’t want to become like your mother and you know who I see when I look at you now? I see her in you”

“You need to leave, now.” You said looking at him. Your eyes were getting cloudy but you were not sad. You were pissed and it wasn’t even with Nick.

You were pissed because you couldn’t answer back Sean the same way you do with Nick. Because you didn’t have enough courage to pick your things up and leave him. You were pissed with yourself because Nick was right. You became your mother.

“(Y/n), please, let me…”

“If you came here to make me talk shit about my husband, then you’re not getting anything. I’m fine” you insisted but he didn’t move an inch.

“I can arrest him right now…”

“No, you won’t!” you shook your head and look at Detective Benson “I’m not pressing charges, without a victim you don’t have a case so, now, leave my house”

“We need to go, Nick,” Olivia said, grabbing her partner’s arm and pushing him to walk out of your apartment.

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@theesqcrush @itsjustmyfantasyroom

Nick Amaro and Reader mention of Jay Halstead from Chicago PD

“ So are we still fighting ?” He asked as he placed coffee on your desk at work

“ You tell me you’re the one who got jealous because I went for a beer with Jay Halstead before he went back to Chicago.” You shrugged.

“ You wanted boundaries Nick remember so you could heal from Maria.”

“ I’m your partner and your friend,”. You swallowed some coffee slowly and started typing paperwork on your computer with one hand and getting some ibuprofen out of your desk with the other. You had the beginning of a nagging headache and you wanted to take something to take the edge off.

You swallowed two gel caps and then went about your business.

Nick and Amanda were sent to do something by Olivia and you heard her laugh as she got onto the elevator with him at something he said.

There was a reason why everyone hated Monday mornings and you had just found yours. You swallowed more coffee slowly and exhaled as you focused on a report for Barba. At least paperwork didn’t require you to talk to anyone if you weren’t in the mood. And it helped get a certain dark and handsome detective second grade Nicolas Amaro out of the center of your brain for the time being.

[saiilorstars]

Dare To Forget Me

Ch. 12: History 

/ Story Masterlist /

Fandom: Law & Order SVU

Pairing:  Rafael Barba x Original female character

Warnings: Due to the nature of the series’ plots, I do have to rate this as ‘mature’ for constant mentions of rape.

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Chapter Summary: SVU continues looking into Eddie's case and despite what he does, Rafael continues to get closer and closer to the case...prompting one detective to say something.

The fact Lindsay may have been lying about rape charges was not a big shocker for anyone in SVU. However, the part of who was really her target may have been a surprise for someone else. Still, despite the difficulty, the squad knew they had a duty to lay out the truth no matter how difficult.

"She sent what to who?" Montserrat shivered and it wasn't from the morning breeze. Since she'd been a little late to work, Olivia, Sonny and Nick were briefing her in on some details she'd missed from the case before they met with Rafael.

"Don't make us repeat that," Nick opened the door for everyone and was the last to come in.

"Yeah I don't want to hear it again either," Sonny crinkled his nose.

Montserrat figured they were right and kept walking beside Olivia. She almost followed Olivia into Rafael's office when she saw a familiar face coming down the hall. "Damien?" Seeing him made Montserrat immediately search for her brother nearby.

"He's not here, Montse," Damien said in an apologetic tone.

Montserrat nodded her head, figuring she should've seen that coming. "Right, he wouldn't come here if he knows there's always a chance of seeing me."

"Montserrat, don't be dramatic-"

"Yeah, no, he hates me," Montserrat said with absolutely no hesitation. "My brother hates me."

Damien tried to remain unfazed by that but it was impossible when he was so close to both sides. Instead, he looked past her to the others and smiled. "Sibling rivalries take a whole other level with these two. I'm Damien Mackie, by the way." He moved to shake hands with Olivia first, followed by Nick and then a more casual one for Sonny.

"They're my co-workers," Montserrat glumly said.

"Oh, yeah, I know. Montserrat and Kara talk a lot," Damien said to the trio, prompting a smile from all three. "It's nice to meet you." He then turned to Montserrat, seeing her still glum due to her brother's behavior. "Hey, cheer up-"

Montserrat perked up immediately and tried to downplay the problem. "I'm fine, trust me. I'm a little sister - I've had problems with Gael before." Her smile faltered, however, when she looked from Damien to the others. They were all staring right at her with that...look. It was a look of sympathy.

"Montse," Damien spoke quieter and stepped closer to her. "It's okay." The woman shifted uncomfortably on her feet. "Hey, do you want to get some dinner later? You can vent all you'd like."

A smile came to Montserrat's lips. "Nice offer. We'll talk."

Damien smiled back at her. "I'll call you later, then."

"Mhm," Montserrat nodded, though part of her knew it wouldn't make much of a difference how much she vented. The reality was her brother hated her.

"Well, you're certainly full of dates," Sonny's playful remark brought her back to the present.

Montserrat turned to find him and Nick giving her identical smirks. Olivia was of course the only one who remained normal, but she knew exactly where this was headed.

"Excuse me?" the ginger raised an eyebrow at her partner.

Sonny looked pretty proud of himself for making connections he thought were connections. "C'mon, first with Barba-"

"-was not a date-"

"-and now with Damien-"

"-also...not a date," Montserrat was smiling only out of courtesy. She didn't actually appreciate these types of accusations.

"Hmm, a meal at a fancy restaurant sounds like a date to me," Sonny pretended to second guess himself so he glanced at Nick. "What do you think?"

Both men flatout ignored Montserrat's growing glare and Olivia's disapproval.

"Did she ask Barba or did he-"

"-no he asked her," Sonny said and Nick nodded before continuing.

"And then we heard Damien ask her to dinner, so...yeah, it sounds like a date to me," Nick flashed a smile at Montserrat.

Montserrat silently vowed that the laws were the only things keeping her from killing the two. "What do you two know?" she snapped then pointed at Nick. "You're divorced and you're-" she moved her finger to Sonny, "-single as they come." She gave the two a nod and stormed away.

Both Sonny and Nick blinked at her boldness then looked over to Olivia to see what she would say. The Sergeant languidly shrugged her shoulders, giving them a 'you asked for it' look in return.

Montserrat walked into Rafael's office without much of a greeting as he would expect, even if it was a sarcastic one at times. She made a beeline for the stock of alcohol he kept at a table.

"Help...yourself," Rafael gave her a strange look from his desk.

Montserrat nodded towards the incoming Sonny and Nick as her explanation for her entrance. It actually was enough reason. Rafael was no stranger to that type of drinking. He may or may not have mumbled 'drink all you'd like' under his breath after thinking of the many times the detectives gave him headaches.

"Good news, bad news, counselor," Olivia's announcement didn't exactly lift Rafael's spirits. "Eddie wasn't in a relationship with Lindsay, and he wasn't trying to rape her. .."

"Get to the bad part…" Rafael hesitated to say.

"Well, we think she may have been in a relationship with Alex Muñoz," Nick answered perhaps a bit too fast. "And when she tried to shake him down, Alex sent Eddie over to tune her up."

"Interesting theory. Is that all it is?"

"You know it isn't or we wouldn't be here," Montserrat lowered her glass to say. "Lindsay's M.O. is to get her hooks into powerful, married men."

"Basically, she's a heat-seeking missile, and Eddie has no heat but Alex does," Sonny laid the truth out in simpler terms.

"If you knew Yelina, you'd know he'd never step out on her," was Rafael's curt response, but the others knew it was practically impossible for him to react any other way.

"But who knows if he would," Montserrat's challenge didn't make it easier for him. "How long has it been since you've talked with any of these people again?"

"That is of no relevance, Novak."

"Now hold on, it does," Nick stepped in. "Look, if Eddie was sent to assault her or scare her-"

"I understand what you're saying, and you're wrong. But take the steps you would with any other investigation. No one's interfering," Rafael gestured the door to them as a sign they could go ahead and continue with their work. He'd have nothing to do nor say about it.

"Easier said than done," Montserrat quietly said as she left her near empty glass on his desk. She wasn't being smug, not a know it all, she was just making a true statement. Unfortunately, said true statement earned herself quite a look from the ADA.

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"What do you mean she's got some high profile job now? She was a shoe model for God's sake," Montserrat couldn't figure out how the hell Lindsay managed to snub them all and disappear in the night only to resurface in Israel as a political consultant.

"Unemployed shoe clerk," Amanda corrected, the two women sharing a hum later.

Olivia crossed the white board in front of them and took a seat at the edge of the conference table. "We've been played."

"Badly," Fin added with his own touch of annoyance.

"She's working for Telling Aviv now and guess who runs that campaign?" Sonny came up to them with his own information. "Hank Abraham."

Olivia couldn't roll her eyes harder. That man wasn't the easiest person to deal with, and now it seemed like he would become part of their case. "Alright, fine, we need to go talk to him and find out how the hell this happened."

"We should also talk to Mr. Muñoz about this," Nick's sourness wasn't even bothered to be hidden. "See what he has to say about all this."

It was clear that Olivia was reluctant considering what that entailed. Still, she had to put her job first. "Do it."

"I'll go," Montserrat volunteered. "He kind of already knows me."

"Yeah, and someone should go with her," Sonny immediately said after remembering the last time she met that mayor to be. Montserrat shot him a look because she knew exactly what he was talking about. Boy was he trying to get on her bad list this week.

Still, in the end, Olivia agreed.

~0~

"This is all...exaggerated," Montserrat crinkled her nose while her head whipped from one market stall to the next.

Nick, who walked beside her, merely smiled at her. The local gathering was an obvious Latin predominance and it was lively as could be. It was so crowded that the two detectives constantly bumped into people while merely walking.

"It's a regular day here," Nick shrugged but then gave her an amused glance. "You feel out of place or something...Slovakian?"

Montserrat playfully rolled her eyes at him. "I'm half Slovakian, and I'm also half Mexican. Unfortunately, I lack some education on the latter." Nick shot her a sharp side-glance, as if asking just how little she was talking about. "I know some Spanish, but...could probably use some more help on it."

Nick suddenly stopped by a stand and pointed at none other than a miniature, caricature-styled Virgin Mary. "Oh, so you know who this is?" Montserrat opened her mouth but of course things were never that easy. "In Spanish?"

Montserrat glared at him and continued walking. "You're not funny, Nicolas Amaro." She stuffed her hands into her coat's pocket and purposely picked up her pace. Though the place was pretty loud, she still heard Nick's laugh behind her.

They moved swiftly through the crowd and eventually got to the back of a stage. It seemed like they were just on time because the mayor-to-be was just coming down the stage after a lively speech.

"Alex Muñoz, can we talk to you for a minute?" Nick's call froze Alex and his bodyguards. It certainly got the guards in protective modes. "It concerns Eduardo Garcia."

Nick's words were like an alert. Alex shooed his guards away but almost a second later, a woman dressed in professional clothing came to his side.

"Honey, is everything okay?" she flipped her long, dark hair behind her shoulder. Her dark eyes examined the two detectives in front of them.

"Oh, absolutely. I'm just gonna talk to them about the police foundation event," Alex's lie was given so smoothly it made both Montserrat and Nick wonder how many times he'd used something like that to fool his wife. "I'll see you by the van, okay?"

Yelina Muñoz was an intelligent woman who knew when she was being set behind the lines. She raked the two detectives from head to toe twice before finally agreeing to give them some space.

"Didn't know you were married, Mr. Muñoz," Montserrat didn't hesitate to say after they were alone. Her comment was clearly referencing their previous meeting and she hoped it would knock some guilt into the man for flirting with her.

Alex just smiled. "'Now I'm offended at how little you've been following the campaigns, Miss…?"

"Detective Novak," Montserrat laid out exactly how she wanted to be addressed from here on out by him. "And, like Detective Amaro mentioned, we need to talk about your friend."

"Listen, I'm tight on time. I got a meeting over at the archdiocese-"

"Yeah, we just have a few loose ends we need to tie up," Nick assured him but it wasn't enough to ease Alex. "See, we've been looking at Lindsay Anderson's background. It doesn't quite add up, the story of how she got involved with Eddie. Eddie's got a broken heart, and he's... he's not the best judge of character."

"She probably saw an easy mark."

"Well, that fits her pattern, but all the other men she went after were rich, and Eddie, no offense, es un muerto de hambre."

"Kind of offensive," Montserrat whispered to Nick, startling him. "Yeah, I understood that," she gave him a look before clearing her throat. "So any comment, Mr. Muñoz?"

"I don't know what to tell you," Alex's straight face was more than irritating for one detective who already disliked him.

"Mr. Muñoz, we haven't called the brass. We want to handle this discreetly," Nick stepped closer and lowered his voice. "Eddie's close to you, so we have to ask. Is he covering for you?"

"What?" Alex took one step back and almost glared at Nick for the question. "I'm a happily married man. I never even met this woman."

"But you have an...easy going attitude," Montserrat raised an eyebrow at him. "You sure there isn't anything you want to tell us right now?"

"On the grave of mi abuelita. I've never seen her. I've never spoken to her," Alex raised his hands to show he was being honest. "What does she say?"

"Well, she left her apartment abruptly last night. We're tracking her down," Montserrat hoped that would be enough to encourage him to speak already. Unfortunately, she hoped too much.

"That's the kind of person you're dealing with, a person who makes accusations and then disappears," Alex shrugged. "I guess that's good news for Eddie. If you'll excuse me."

"Definitely retracting my vote," Montserrat knew this guy was just a plain liar, which would turn out to be a bad thing for a certain ADA who feigned distance. "He's a liar and he's definitely a smug liar. He's so sure we won't find Lindsay anymore."

"That's okay, I just did," Nick was holding his phone, thumb scrolling over the screen. "Last night, I friended her on Facebook."

Montserrat's eyebrows raised together, partially amused and another part surprised. "I don't...I don't even know how to respond to that."

"You can thank me because I know she's on her way to Israel for her - and I quote - new awesome job," Nick turned his phone around for Montserrat to see a picture of Lindsay on an airplane.

"You have got to be kidding me," Montserrat walked around the detective and started her way back to the car.

~ 0 ~

Montserrat feared coming to Casey's office since lately it had resulted in public arguments with her brother. When she walked into Casey's office, she was surprised to find her two nieces sitting on the leather couch.

"Aunt Montserrat!" Ivana jumped off the couch, leaving her coloring book and crayons to fall on the floor, and ran towards Montserrat.

Though surprised, Montserrat reacted fast enough to catch her four year old niece in a big hug that resulted in carrying the girl on her hip. "Woah, hello there, Ivana. What are you doing here?"

"Being babysat because I'm a baby, apparently," Juliana Novak muttered from the couch, still engrossed in her phone to look up. The older niece wasn't happy about her place and in a moment, it would only get worse.

"Good, you're here," Casey walked into her office with a degree of stress that even Montserrat felt in the air. "I have a court case and they need to be babysat."

"Excuse me?" Montserrat blinked. "I'm on the job too."

"Yeah, but it's easier for you to take them. I can't have Ivana sitting next to me while I talk about homicide, can I?"

Ivana stopped playing with Montserrat's earring to look at Casey. "What's 'micide?"

Casey gestured at the girl to make her point. "I'm sorry, Gael needed someone to watch them and he only had me-"

"-because he's being stubborn and not talking to me," Montserrat spat.

"And I offered myself up thinking another ADA could handle my case today."

"So what happened?"

"She's a flake. Look, I gotta go-"

"-but Casey, Gael will go ballistic if he knows I'm the one who looked after the girls."

"I don't need a babysitter!" everyone ignored Juliana's exclaim.

"Just bring them back at eight and it'll be like I took care of them."

"And you don't think one of them is gonna say something?"

Both women looked at the four year old in Montserrat's arms. Juliana cleared her throat, drawing their attention to her. "I know a way to keep her quiet but it's gonna cost you."

Casey raised an eyebrow at her, certainly not about to let a fourteen year old girl blackmail her. "I got a better idea. How about you tell us and I won't tell your father you back talked to me all afternoon."

Juliana smirked. "And that is why I wanna be an ADA like you. Always with the right words."

"Mhm," Casey set a hand on her hip. "Spill."

Juliana got up from the couch and walked up to Ivana. "Hey, Ivana, you want to play the secret game?"

Ivana gasped and quickly nodded her head. "Mhm! What's my prize this time?"

"I don't know, what's her prize this time?" Juliana looked between her aunts.

"A donut," Montserrat said plainly since she knew the four year old loved donuts. "And Juliana gets one Starbucks."

Juliana took the deal. "Okay, Ivana, the secret is that we're going out with Aunt Montse. But if Dad asks, we were at Disneyland."

Ivana giggled and shook her head. "I won't tell Daddy."

"What?" Casey crinkled her nose. "How's that gonna help us?"

"Because if she mentions aunt Montse, then she'll mention Disneyland too and that'll make Dad think she's just being random."

"This makes me wonder how many times you've done this," Montserrat admitted and knew there were plenty secrets judging by the big smirk on Juliana's face.

"Starbucks?"

Montserrat rolled her eyes and nodded Juliana to get going. She looked back to Casey who thanked her one more time before leaving first.

"Aunt Montse, if you're still working then where are we gonna go?" Juliana held the office door for Montserrat.

"I have no idea," Montserrat answered with nothing but the truth.

~0~

"You brought your nieces to the station?" Sonny asked after Montserrat placed Juliana and Ivana in the interview room. Thankfully, the place had toys and free WiFi.

"Well, I couldn't very well leave them in Casey's office alone could I?" Montserrat turned for her desk.

"Why not ask Kara?"

"Because her salon's swamped today. I don't want the girls getting in her way."

"They're cute," Amanda walked on by towards her desk. "But the older one just asked for a Starbucks with some ridiculous alterations."

Montserrat groaned and plopped down on her chair. "This child. So, what new details do we have for the case?"

"Well, Olivia and Nick just went to see Barba who put in a special request to talk," Fin notified her.

"Yikes. That means we're in trouble," the ginger made a face.

"The one who's in trouble is Alex," Sonny corrected as he too sat back in his desk. "The aid who left with Lindsey for Israel was working on Alex's campaign till yesterday."

"Smells corruption a mile away," Montserrat agreed. "And how do we prove that again?"

"The obvious choice is Eddie but since he's basically ducking our calls we're pretty much out of options," Fin made a gesture with his hands.

"Well, he's been ducking our calls but maybe if an old friend visited him he wouldn't be so cryptic," Montserrat's smiled basically said all that needed to be explained.

"You really think sending Barba to talk to Eddie is a good idea?"

"Not my best idea but a somewhat decent one." Montserrat swayed her chair side to side, resting one arm over the armrest. "I'm just saying it would help if Rafael could give the guy a reality check."

"Either way, we need to be very cautious in how we act," Olivia warned them all with a sharp look. "We are ten days away from an election, meaning we need to be absolutely sure that we don't miss the target."

~0~

"I wanted a double chocolate Java," Juliana crinkled her nose after taking her first sip of her drink.

Olivia flashed a smile at Montserrat, who was rolling her eyes at her niece.

"Too much chocolate isn't a good thing," Montserrat patted Juliana's head and headed back into the bullpen. "Children, I swear."

"...and then I told Sara that I could jump so, so high but she thought I was lying…" Ivana was in the middle of explaining to Sonny when the women walked back into the bullpen. She was swinging her small legs on the chair positioned beside Sonny's desk. "So I had to show her but then I fell down and I got blood on my knee - wanna see!?"

"Don't even think about it," Montserrat forced the four year old to sit still before she jumped up to show the scrape on her knee.

"She's quite the story teller," Sonny mused. He'd been listening to her outrageous story for the past 10 minutes and it was honestly one of the cutest things ever.

"Hm, she'll talk your ears off if you let her," Montserrat patted Ivana's shoulders.

"You're back early," Olivia's voice drew the other two detectives to the entrance. Amanda and Fin were coming back with discouraging faces.

"Eddie's a no-go, he's not talking anymore. Period," Amanda released a sigh.

"He's still sticking to the story about Lindsey having an abortion," Fin added. "Practically slammed the door on us."

Olivia took her phone out of her pocket when she felt it vibrate. "Nick's checked in and we've had no luck on getting Alex to talk either."

There was an unsettling silence amongst the group until Montserrat spoke up. "So...do we want to try my plan now?" Olivia turned to her with a raised eyebrow, though the lieutenant seemed unsure of their next move now. "I could ask him myself," Montserrat offered to make it easier for them. "That way if he yells it'll be at me." Olivia playfully rolled her eyes but did give the go. Montserrat beamed and moved towards her desk in time to see her phone buzzing. "Hey, looks like I can kill two birds with one stone. I have to get the girls back to Casey," she smiled. "Wish me luck."

Fin's small laugh was not a good sign. "You're gonna need a lot more than just 'luck'."

Montserrat deadpanned him for a moment before turning away. "You're not funny, Fin."

Fin thought he really was.

Montserrat collected Juliana from the interview room, ignoring the teen's protest of 'free WiFi!' then returned to the bullpen for Ivana. She got a last 'good luck' from Olivia - as well as another remark from Fin - before heading out.

~0~

"You remember the story, right?" Montserrat hated to be asking this to her nieces but for the time being it was better not to further antagonize her brother.

"Yeah, aunt Casey left us with her assistant all afternoon," Juliana nodded. "And I had no Starbucks whatsoever."

"You're damn right you didn't," Montserrat hummed. She was about to pull open the door of the DAs building when Ivana yelped for her to stop. "What? What is it?" Montserrat thought the girl may have been hurt from how sharp that Yelp was.

Ivana was trying to take something out of her backpack. "I made a map to find aunt Casey's office."

"A map? Seriously?" Juliana was not impressed. She stared down at her little sister with a degree of annoyance. "Ivana, we know where the off-"

Montserrat gently nudged Juliana to stop talking. "Alright, Ivana, go ahead. Can you find aunt Casey's office for us?"

"Mhm!" Ivana raised her map in the air while her free hand put her backpack back on. Of course, Juliana had to help her put the backpack on. "Me first! Follow me!"

"She's such a dork," Juliana groaned after her sister had gone into the building.

"She's four," Montserrat reminded. "Should I even start a list of all the ridiculous stuff you used to do at that age?"

Juliana rolled her eyes. "No."

Montserrat smiled and moved the girl inside. Ivana was already ahead with her map right in front of her face. Just as Montserrat was about to warn the girl she was going to bump into someone, her phone went off.

Montserrat fished her phone out of her pocket and saw it was Casey calling. "Maybe your aunt felt us coming," she chuckled.

"Ivana - watch where you're going!" she heard Juliana practically yell.

She quickly forgot her phone and looked up to see Ivana had indeed crashed into someone - falling on her bottom - and that someone seemed to be wearing a very expensive golden gown.

"Crap," Montserrat muttered and put her phone away to rush over. "I am so sorry!" she began apologizing to the woman. "She wasn't looking where she was going even when I told her to-" Montserrat stopped when she realized that she knew the woman. "Crap," the mumble came out in a blurt.

"You're the detective who visited my husband earlier," the woman said in the same realization as Montserrat.

"I am…?" Montserrat repeated, blaming herself for putting herself into this situation.

The woman deadpanned Montserrat. "I'm not an idiot."

"Didn't expect you to be," Montserrat raised her hands in neutrality. "Mrs. Muñoz-"

"-Yelina, please," the taller woman's interruption was kind yet final.

"Right, okay, in, I just don't think it's a good idea for you to be here."

"I'm here for answers, Detective…?"

"Novak. Please, did your husband send you here? I understand he and our ADA have some history."

"My husband has no idea I'm even here," Yelina smiled a type of smile that Montserrat could say one should fear. "And I'm going to get those answers." She wagged a finger at Montserrat, making the latter wonder if this was attempting to be condescending. If Yelina was, it was more annoying than actual condescension. "The ADA and I also have some history."

"Okay," Montserrat awkwardly cleared her throat. She was choosing to ignore that smug smile on Yelina's face in favor of the fact her nieces we're waiting and watching them (but she knew exactly what that smugness indicated). "Good luck. Ivana, Juliana, let's go," she ushered the two girls ahead.

"We're not using my map!" Ivana exclaimed, already forming a pout on her face.

Montserrat just quickened her pace. "We'll use it another time, Ivana."

"That lady seemed kind of mean in a...subtle kind of way," Juliana's remark earned her a sharp glance from Montserrat. "What?"

"I didn't know you knew the meaning of the word 'subtle', Jules," Montserrat briefly smirked when her niece glared.

"And I didn't know that you thought a plain insult would be enough to distract me from that lady's words."

Ivana had already rushed into Casey's office, but when Juliana went in afterwards she almost felt sorry for what was to come next...for her aunt.

Montserrat cursed in her mind the moment she saw Gael emerging from Casey's office. "Crap," one word had to make it out of her lips. Montserrat stopped under the threshold and looked at her brother for a moment.

Casey had come out wearing an apologetic expression. "Please don't argue here," she pleaded quietly. "Just because my assistant is gone doesn't mean the rest of my co-workers are too."

"Don't worry, Casey, I've got no intention of making a fool out of myself for someone who has no listening skills," Montserrat knew her words were childish but after weeks of getting the silent treatment from her brother, she felt she was leaving the sad stage and moving onto the next: anger.

Gael scoffed. "Seriously, Montserrat? Could you at least act your full 29 years?"

"I will when you start acting like your full 39 years."

Gael glared. For a moment, Casey thought he would erupt into a new round of screams. But instead, Gael reached down and picked up Ivana into his arms. "Let's go, sweetheart. We'll get dinner on our way home."

"Dad," Juliana called as her father started heading out. "What are you even arguing about?"

"It doesn't concern you, Juliana. Let's go."

Juliana seemed almost offended by the curt response. "I'm fifteen, I'm not a child. What are you-"

"Juliana, let's go," Gael's voice had lowered and with the look he fixated on her, the teenager was left with no choice but to follow.

"Bye aunt Casey. Bye aunt Montserrat," Juliana said quietly then walked after her father.

Casey crossed her arms and waited until it was just her and Montserrat. "Well, that could have gone a lot worse."

"I thought he'd scream at me or even you for letting me take the girls today," Montserrat admitted.

"Oh no, he had his own go at me before you came," Casey informed her. "Why do you think I was calling you? I was trying to give you a heads up.'

"Oooh," Montserrat remembered the brief moment she had with her cellphone outside the building. "My bad."

Casey playfully rolled her eyes. "Oh Montse. Juliana is right, though. This argument is getting ridiculous."

"You're a Novak, you should know we take our arguments very serious," Montserrat turned to leave.

"Yeah, but, do you even know what you're supposed to be mad about anymore?"

Montserrat stopped by the threshold and thought about things. "I mean...I made one measly comparison between Dad and some other guy, but I swear it was just a fact. Dad did leave us alone sometimes when we were kids, but I never said that he was a bad father."

Casey knew the story well. She crossed her arms and moved a couple steps forwards. "But you know your Dad is like...golden for your brother."

"I know, I know…" Montserrat didn't want to keep thinking about it because the more she would, the more likely she was to get actually upset. She'd managed to cool down since their last argument in public and she thought she was ready for a civilized talk with Gael, but it seemed like he disagreed.

"You want get some dinner?" Casey asked when she turned to go back into her office.

"Nah, I can't," Montserrat made a wave of her hand. "But bring me some chocolate brownies tomorrow?" Casey's scoff was answer enough. Montserrat playfully rolled her eyes. "Figured," she mumbled and headed out.

She walked into the hallway and started thinking about what exactly she would say to Rafael when she proposed he go and talk to Eddie. She didn't mind being yelled at, but...she wouldn't mind avoiding it either. She was rehearsing some phrases when she walked into the office.

"Dammit," she cursed after seeing the darkness. He'd gone.

Montserrat turned on her heels and returned to the main hallway where she saw Casey emerging from her own office. The ginger ADA gave her cousin a strange look as she caught up with Montserrat.

"I thought you said you were leaving…" Casey purposely trailed off.

"I was, I just had to talk to Rafael first but he's gone already," Montserrat crossed her arms. "That man never leaves his office before eight. I should be concerned."

Casey snorted and started leading towards the entrance doors. "Sometimes even he needs a break."

Montserrat playfully rolled his eyes. "I don't think he knows the definition of that word...nor do you, actually."

Casey chuckled. "Funny. So funny that I'm not bringing you any brownies for tomorrow." She opened an entrance door for Montserrat and followed her cousin out afterwards. "And it was gonna be a surprise."

"Yeah, right," Montserrat almost laughed in Casey's face.

They followed each other towards the street, but Casey's sudden stop made Montserrat bump into her. "Look, you still have your chance to talk to Rafael. He's getting coffee."

"Of course he is," Montserrat followed Casey's gaze to see the man buying a cup of coffee from a street vendor.

"You don't look so happy…" Casey said after seeing Montserrat's face.

"It's just I thought I had a night to think of what to say that won't get me yelled at."

Casey's snort was a teasing one and Montserrat knew it. "Good luck."

Montserrat shot a glare at her cousin. "You can go now." Casey's widening smirk only irritated Montserrat even more. Even as the ADA left, Montserrat could picture the smirk getting bigger. The entire Novak family was annoying, she thought. When she felt ready enough - or prepared to be yelled at, which ever one happened - she went in Rafael's direction.

"I'm curious, do you ever sleep at night?" her voice didn't even startle him despite being a bit engrossed in his phone.

He looked up with a deadpanning expression. "Detective, what are you doing here?"

"It's the street," Montserrat said like it was obvious, and it should have been. "And I was with Casey and my...brother…"

"Ah, I didn't hear any screaming...am I to assume that means you're good now?"

"No. Not even close." Montserrat didn't even want to go into that topic right now. "But I'm focusing on our case-"

"-how's that going?" Rafael's expression turned serious fast, almost concerned. It showed more this time than it had since they started on the case.

"To be honest?" Montserrat knew he'd regret nodding in a second. "Your friends are stonewalling us."

"Have you talked to Alex again-"

"-yes! And he just turns everything on Alex-"

"-and have you talked to Al-"

"-he closed the door on Amanda and Finn!" Montserrat said a tad louder than was necessary. She shot apologetic smiles at the passing people on the street before getting serious again. "And I figure it's pointless talking to Mrs. Muñoz because she's clueless about the whole case, though maybe now she's not. Did you happen to tell her something?"

"How would you -- how do you know we talked?" Rafael seemed almost on the fence about it.

"Because Ivana bumped into her and - I don't need that look you're giving me right now," Montserrat put a hand on her hip once she took notice of his expression. "If anyone should be giving that look it's me to you for talking to someone affiliated with the case."

"I didn't say anything, Novak. Give me some credit will you?" he started walking along the block, making her do the same beside him.

"Okay but I'm serious here, it's not a good idea to be so close to these people right now. They can manipulate you-"

Rafael scoffed. "Seriously, give me some credit. I'm not easily manipulated-"

Montserrat moved quick and turned to be in front of him, forcing him to stop. "-it is when one of the people claims she's had history with you too." It was clear Rafael hadn't anticipated that move, but Montserrat wasn't going to let him off. "I know exactly what she meant, Rafael, so don't even deny it. Knowing that, and all the other history you have with these people, I really think you should listen to me. Alex is evading us, Yelina is bound to make you reconsider this whole case so really, our only option is Eddie and you're the only one who can talk to him."

Rafael looked at her in silence for a full minute in which Montserrat wasn't sure he would yell at her or not. He was professional - my God he was professional - but he admitted she had some point. He'd gotten far too close to the case than he had wanted to. In her perspective, she could be right. He wanted to believe that he could control himself. "If things get worse, I will talk to Eddie."

"Okay…" Montserrat nodded slowly, still waiting for him to add on a shout at the end. She ended up rambling things she shouldn't have so now she was being cautious.

Rafael recognized her cautious manner and rolled his eyes. "Novak, I'm not going to bite your head off. You're doing your job and no one's getting in the way, alright?"

"...okay," Montserrat bit her lip. She wanted to relax but it still felt far too easy.

"I'm good," Rafael's attempt at a smile wasn't all that good but Montserrat wouldn't point it out so blatantly.

She moved to the side to allow him to walk, but before he could she spoke up again, "If you need to talk, I'm-I'm here…"

"I am good, Novak," Rafael's tone was final and more like a warning for her to stop.

"Okay," Montserrat said quietly. She should probably take the win before she made things worse. "I'll see you tomorrow, then."

As she turned to leave, Rafael got that ping of guilt for being more harsh than usual. It was as he told her: she'd just been doing her job. He stopped walking and turned back to see if she was still around, but he had no luck. Too late now, he thought with an inward sigh.

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SVU 16.12 Padre Sandungeuro

Requested by @jhmdd​.  Anyone can request any SVU episodes for me to review at any point during this process.

This review is written in retrospect after having seen all of SVU seasons 13-17. There are potential spoilers for all these seasons, so proceed with that caution.  

So, skipping ahead to season sixteen, we have Padre Sandungeuro, a highly emotional episode about Amaro’s family life.  I would recommend watching this episode at a far later point than season thirteen, because it really reads best as at the end of Amaro’s character arc.  The Amaro seen in this episode is a very different person than the one at the beginning of season thirteen, and not just because of character development.

So, onto the episode.  

Summary

Amaro’s father visits him for the first time in many years to invite him to his wedding.  The situation quickly deteriorates, however, when a fight breaks out at a party and his fiance’s skull is fractured.  

Title

I don’t know spanish very well but according to the Spanish-English Dictionary Padre Sandungeuro means something like Charming Father or Witty Father.  A reference to both Nicolas’s charming personality and a pretty sharp contrast to the depressing nature of this episode.

Season Theme

The theme of season 16 is family, which plays heavily into this episode which centers around Amaro’s family, mostly on the power dynamics within his family.  We are given a clear sense of their family dynamics early in the episode: Amaro’s mother and sister try to defend his father, Amaro looks down on his sister, his father clearly has the most power between all of them, and both Amaro and his father, to a certain extent, defines their identities with their role as a father, although Nicolas Sr. only seems to want control and he has it, in spades.

Episode Notes

Liv tries to save Amaro from having to go to lunch with his father.  Carisi doesn't know how to read situations and offers to help out so Amaro can.

Amaro’s father’s fiance, Gabriella, is 28.  There’s clearly a pretty large power imbalance in their relationship the moment it is introduced.

“Whatever happened between me and your mom in your imagination, you know, it’s over.”  Nicolas Amaro, and to a lesser extent, the rest of his family constantly affirms and reaffirms in this episode that all of the problems that Nick remembers from his childhood are from his imagination.  He’s remembering things as worse than they were--things were never as bad as he thought they were, he should get over it.

Nicolas brings up Amaro’s son and the fact that he didn’t know he had a son for several years and that’s what finally makes Nick leave--the implication that he’s the bad father.

Amaro’s judgement of his sister probably causes a lot of her lack of support for him later.  They clearly love each other, but they don’t have much in common, and they have a clear divide on how they see their father.

Amaro attempts to reassure Gabriella in Spanish.  We later learn that this was a mistake.

After a few red herrings, Nicolas Amaro is finally arrested and, when Amaro visits him, he makes an impassioned statement that he and Amaro are the same, a literal kind of “you’re not so different you and I” speach.  Amaro doesn’t want to hear it--he knows he’s different from his father.

Liv tells Barba about Amaro’s past and Amaro is disgusted.  Amaro accuses Barba of enjoying his pain which is both unnecessary and clearly untrue, but it helps set up a later scene where Barba is able to talk him through the situation.

The trial goes poorly.  Barba’s off his game and Nicolas Amaro is ridiculously charming to the court and the jury.

Barba tries to tell Amaro that he doesn’t have to testify if he doesn’t want to--that Barba can offer a misdemeanor, and Amaro asks if he’s playing him.  He doesn’t fully trust Barba but they’ve clearly come to a more steady dynamic at the end of the episode.

The scene with Barba and Amaro at the bar is really good.

Nicolas Sr. doesn’t call Amaro a liar on the stand.  Nicolas Sr. says that his son has issues, that he should have been there.  Taught Amaro to conduct himself as a man.

After the trial, Nicolas Sr. hugs his entire family, except for Amaro.  They’re all still following him.

Amaro doesn’t allow Carisi or Fin to comfort him, and he doesn’t let Liv give him time off, or to keep Nicolas Sr. away.

Nicolas Sr. visits Amaro.  He wants forgiveness, he wants Amaro to let go of his anger at him, of his hatred.  It doesn’t feel any different than anything that happened before.  Like Amaro said, he’s still lying, and this is only a part of the cycle.

Character Continuity and Characteristics

Liv advises Amaro to let go of his anger, that letting go is the best option, but he brings up her father and William Louis. Liv is hurt by him bringing her past up in anger but it’s clear she hasn’t forgiven them either.

Amaro states in an earlier episode that he’s half-Italian, but it doesn’t appear that either of his parents are Italian this episode.

Carisi goes bowling with his law school friends.  He’s clearly trying to set Amaro up with some of them.

“Detective Amaro.  If I’m talking to you it must be time to pay my water bill.”  It’s nice that the writers remember the ridiculous amount of trouble Amaro has been through over the years.

Barba mostly exists in this episode as a foil to Amaro.  Someone who had an abusive father and was never able to resolve his issues with him because his father is dead and there’s nothing he can do about it at this point.

Barba’s father was abusive, and is currently dead.

The entire episode is insights into Amaro’s personal life.

Trial Time

The lawyer for the defense is DiAngelo, who shows up in a handful of episodes later on, though this is his first.  As someone else pointed out one time, DiAngelo mostly defends civil servants, which either means Nicolas Sr. is one, or that the writers hadn’t worked out what type of defense attorney DiAngelo would be.

The judge in this case of Judge Barth, who tends to go easy on defendants and is relatively likable, though she barely factors in the trial.

Offscreen, Barba somehow manages to get $100,000 dollar bail on an assault charge.

The prosecution doesn’t call the EMT that originally heard the outcry of the witness, which seems like a mistake because it makes the only witness to the statement of abuse Amaro, who is painted by the defense as being overly emotional and biased, how they are able to portray all of the prosecution witnesses.

The case is a loss at the beginning.  Barba is more emotional than he usually is and, while he is typically able to channel his emotions toward convincing the jury to see things his way, like in Spousal Privilege early in the season, this case he’s too wrapped up in his own feelings on the case to be able to convince the jury the way he normally would.

Amaro on  the stand is painful to watch.  Nicolas Sr. on the stand is painful to watch.  It’s clear where the trial is headed long before the Not Guilty verdict comes.  Barba’s not on his A-game, Amaro’s the only one against his father, and Nicolas Sr. controls the room.

Both Barba and Amaro blame themselves heavily for the loss.

Let’s Talk Sexuality

“I don’t take crumbs.  Especially from this...this gentleman who wears suspenders.”  Nicolas Sr. clearly stops himself from saying something really nasty and outright insulting Barba due to his sexuality and settles for subtly implying that’s why he’s disrespecting him.  Barba most certainly notices given the way he looks at the defense attorney afterward.

Let’s Talk Sex

N/A.  Not really relevant to the content of the episode.

Worst Line

“She didn’t just back up the bus.  She parked it.”  Who wrote this guy’s dialog?

Best Line

“You know, Cubans come to this country and within one generation, we’re doctors, lawyers, CEOs of major corportations, but the only headline you ever read in the paper is crazy Cubans in wedding brawl.  I hate this.”  It’s Barba’s first line in this episode and just a great introduction.

The entire end conversation between Amaro and his father is very good as well.

Should You Watch This Episode?

This episode is hard to watch.  It is a depressing, depressing episode, and pretty necessary for the character of Amaro.  It’s very good.  Recommended to Required For The Series.

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First Time.

Happy ‘Aussie’ Halloween. 🎃

Warnings: Fluff and flirty.

WC: 789

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Liv knew when you took the position that you didn’t like undercovers and she was fine with that. You loved being a detective but you were always too nervous to play any roll undercover.  You always worked better being in the van watching the screens and busting in when you needed too, to back up whoever was in there.

Halloween was no different, there had been a number of victims come forward about a professor and of course campus security brushed everything under the rug and some of the victims didn’t have outcry witnesses as per security advise, they being told to forget it and move on. Nick, Sonny and Amanda were going to be at the Halloween party on campus and Liv had rung around for another younger looking female detective to be with Amanda looking like bait,

“Y/N” Liv rushed out of her office “The UC I had lined up just called, she can’t make it and it’s too short notice to get anyone else”

“Liv” you whined.

“I know, I know. But I can’t do anything. Amaro and Carisi are getting wired, hair and make-up is almost done with Rollins, they can have you ready in 20” You sighed looking up at her “The good iced coffee on my way to work for a week”

“2 weeks” you challenged.

“You should have been a lawyer. Fine”

You looked at yourself in the full-length mirror after you had hair and make-up done, you were dressed in your costume and you almost didn’t recognise yourself. You were just glad they put you in shorts and not a dress or a skirt. Your eyes scanned up from your knee-high black boots, your fish net stockings, your black bootie shorts that had a belt through the loops with material hanging from one side and a gold chain mixed with it, a toy sword tucked into the belt, up to your mid drift white off the shoulders top your belly button on show along with your cleavage, up to your very heavy make-up, the bandanna tied around your head and your hair straight. Your attention was pulled away when you heard a wolf whistle, turning around seeing Amanda dressed as a sexy spider with heeled boots walking towards you,

“You look amazing” Amanda’s eyes ran over you and your cheeks blushed “Wait till the others see you. Come on, Barba wants to brief us while you’re getting wired.

As soon as you walked out into the bullpen, you noticed all eyes on you. Everyone was used to seeing you covered up, even on nights out in jeans and a nice top, maybe makeup and your hair natural, it was just how you were, but now you looked like you had walked out of a magazine.

Sonny saw you first and he nudged Nick, whose eyes blew open and you saw the smile appear on his face when he saw you. You couldn’t help but giggle at Sonny who was in a pair of jeans and a spider man chest t shirt, but your breathing hitched as your eyes racked over Nick in camo pants and a tight-fitting black t shirt with a pair of fake dog tags around his neck. Your face turned bright red when Nick saw you starring and he gave you a wink.

Everyone started to move out when you remembered you forgot your badge rushing back to the on-call room to grab it. You were pulling everything out of your bag looking for it when you heard a clearing of a throat behind you, Nick closing the door behind him and walking towards you as you stood up looking at him, “Liv said wait a bit before we head over”

“Ok” you smiled.

“I know you don’t like undercovers” Nick walked closer to you and put his hand on your shoulder “But I’ll be there to make sure no one touches you, because you look like a real treat. I’ve always thought you were beautiful, but you're absolutely gorgeous”

You looked up at Nick, a smirk on his face and he lent down kissing your cheek

“Thank you, Nick” you slowly brought your hand up to rest over his toned peak your hand rested on him slightly “I don’t want anyone to touch me” you whispered “Other than you”

“Guess I’ll get my treat after all” he purred. His hand running down to your exposed mid section.

You gasped slightly, a shiver running down your spine and skin covering in goose bumps. Your hand sliding up to his cheek, your thumb running along his bottom lip,

“If you can grantee my safety, Detective Amaro. I’ll make sure you get to see all my ticks too”  

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Gold shine.

Warnings: Based on a scene from October Surprise. Just fluffy Nick.

WC: 212.

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You had seen her eye Nick up as soon as you both walked into her apartment, trying to flirt with him and stand close to him. You were trying to ignore it and not laugh, writing points down on your note pad. You butted in to their little exchange to ask a question when she noticed the shine of the diamond on your engagement ring and new wedding on your left hand,

“My gosh, honey” She stepped away from Nick grabbing your left hand and pulling it up close to her face so she could look at it closer “Whoever put that on your finger has good taste”

You bit your bottom lip and looked over her head at Nick who had a big grin on his face and you let out a little giggle.

“He does. He’s a great guy” you gushed.

She looked back up into your face noticing your tone. She followed the line of sight of your eyes to Nick, who’s left hand was rubbing over his chin and she saw the shine of his new gold wedding band on his ring finger and she saw Nick give you a wink,

“The handsome ones are always taken” she scoffed dropping your hand and rolling her eyes.

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Helping hand.

Warnings: Single mum drama and Flirty Nick

WC: 1605

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Normally you had everything held together, but sometimes it was so much of a disaster that you wanted to cry. Most people told you they were proud how you handled it all and pulling yourself together for the sake of the kids after the marriage breakdown and separation, but you just did what you needed to do for the sake of the kids and in your alone time was when you grieved your pervious life and filled with fear for your new one moving forward as a single mum of two young children.

Emotions were running high with your children’s life getting turned upside down and getting used to new routine, a new split life and you had the silly idea that taking them to the movies would be a good idea to help them feel like their new family unit was just as fun as their old one and boy were you wrong. You arrived at the movies not long before it was going to start, thinking that a trip to the candy bar would be easy enough, that was till you ordered what you though they wanted, because it’s what they usually liked, but today they didn’t like those things.

Your son held the popcorn while you poured the drinks from the drinks machine, squeezing the box so tight that the lid popped off, pop corn scattered all over the floor and then he started screaming because you wouldn’t let him pick it up to put back in the popcorn box, and then your daughter started pouting because you filled her cup with a normal drink and not a frozen one, but then to top that off you had to drag your son by the hand to get the tickets scanned because you said no to him playing a video game in the arcade.  

You could feel the tears stinging your eyes, feeling like an absolute failure for not even being able to take your kids to the movies on your own, you knew their emotions weren’t all their fault with everything that had been going on and as you looked through tear filled eyes between the sour puss look on your daughters face and your son sitting on the floor wailing because he couldn’t get his own way, about to throw in the towel and go home, a smoothing voice broke over the wailing and just the tone itself, settled you down,

“Hey Buddy” You looked down to a handsome stranger crouching down on the floor in front of your son and a pair of warm brown eyes locked with yours with a soft smile on his face “My names Nick and this is Zara”

“Hi” your son sniffed and Nick continued talking to him on the ground making him laugh.

You watched as Zara walked to your daughter and started a conversation with her making her laugh before your son jumped up giving Nick a big hug and went to join your daughter and Zara,

“Mummy, Nick’s a police man” he smiled big before walking to the two girls.

“Detective actually” Nick winked at you as he stood up.

Emotions took over you, tears running down your face and you jumped on Nick sobbing into his shoulder, his arms wrapping tight around you,

“Thank you so much” you sobbed into his shoulder.

“Hey, hey, it’s ok” Nick’s hand ran up your back “Glad I could help”

You pulled back from Nick and blushed at how emotional you had been,

“I’ am so sorry” you wiped the tears away with the back of your hand “Y/N” you nodded.

“Nice you meet you Y/N” he grinned looking down at your left hand, noticing no rings but a tan line from them “Just you and the kids?”

“Just the 3 of us” you smiled and he nodded back putting his hands in his pocket with a small smirk.

“Apparently we are seeing the same movie. So how about we get in there and after, I know a good place the next block over, burgers and milk shakes. My treat”

He was like a knight in shining armour coming in and saving you. The kids loved him, your son sitting on his lap during the moving, your daughter and Zara sharing a chair and for the first time in the long time you had someone to talk to about what you had been going through and actually understanding because he had gone through it. He made you feel understood, he listened when you talked and he was so kind making you feel the best you had felt in such a long time.

Nick dropped you and the kids home, carrying your son inside after he fell asleep in the car and your daughter took Zara to her room to have a play with her barbies while you made Nick a coffee, who was sitting at your breakfast counter,

“Thank you so much for today, I don’t think you really know how much it meant” You walked around the counter carrying the two coffee mugs, sitting on the stool next to him that he pulled out for you and handing him the mug.

“It’s fine, Y/N. They are pretty amazing kids, just like their mum” he winked taking a sip of his coffee “We should defiantly have another play date”

“Play date would be nice”

Nick smiled reaching into his pocket pulling out his wallet, opening it, pulling out a card and handing it to you as it rested between two of his long fingers, you went to take it off him before a quick flick of his wrist back, moved it from your reach and your eyes locked with his again, you frowning at him,

“I don’t have Zara next weekend, their dad has them?”

You nodded back “Overnight, yes”

Nick grinned leaning closer to you, his face not far from yours and he flicked his wrist back towards you so you could take the card,

“My number is on there, message me. I would like to take you on a date next weekend”

“Like a date? Not a play date?”

Nick chuckled moving on his chair so he could lean into you, his lips landing on your cheek for a quick kiss and his hand on your thigh,

“Yes, a date. But hopefully it will end up in our own play date”

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[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

Timer.

This was requested by the amazing @ben-c-group-therapy who asked for this:

<So I was thinking about it and was wondering if I could request a fic where reader and Nick aren’t married but just dating and just recently started dating. She takes the pill but they still end up pregnant. So reader panics and has to tell Nick and assumes he would never want anything to do with her again. (Because she’s a nervous wreck of course.) But we all know Nick is a standup guy and would love her and never abandon her or the baby. Anywho that’s my thought. Was wondering if you’d be up to writing it? ❤️>

Hope you like it and this is what you were looking for xx

Warnings: angst, speaks on unexpected pregnancy, pregnancy on birth control and sweet and fluffy Nick.

WC:  1110.

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You were in complete denial of the whole situation and any of it being real. The best relationship you had ever been in was in jeopardy and you didn’t know what to do or where to turn, you just wanted to throw up and to run away and hide, not having to deal with it, it was way too soon into the relationship to be here. You had been seeing Nick for a bit before he asked you out and made it official, finally disclosing to Liv and  the squad, filling out what you needed to after he wanted to take the next step with you. You had been on birth control since your teens and after all these years this was the first time you had ever had to handle this situation. You had heard the friend of a friend stories and had thought mentally ‘it would never happen to me’.

You watched as the big white numbers counted down on your phone screen, it being the longest five minutes you had ever sat through and you were glad you weren’t seeing Nick till later so you could get your head around what was happening and think about how you were going to break this news to him knowing that you could lose him over it and being pretty sure what you were going to see when the timer when off.

The timer went off and you took a deep breath, your hands shaking and sweaty and the lump of sick in your throat made it burn. You  took a massive breath flipping over the white stick. Your eyes blew open, you cupped your mouth and tears gushed down your face at the two very dark lines on the small screen,

“No, no, no” you whined pulling out another test from the box, ripping the plastic wrapping and taking it again.

Another five minutes later, with another two-line’s starring up at you, you dropped down on the floor in shock and fear at what was happening and what you were thinking would happen once you broke the news to Nick. You had been on the pill for years and never had this happen, you and Nick had only been official for a short amount of time, you both agreeing just to take it day by day at this point and Nick had told you that he wasn’t even sure if he wanted anymore kids and you would have that conversation when the relationship got to that point, which you were happy to do.

You had completely zoned out, not sure how long you had been sitting on the floor when you were pulled back down to reality with the sound of Nick’s socked feet coming towards you down the hall. You both giving each other spare keys to your apartments when you disclosed. Nick came into view in the bathroom door way and worry washed over his face looking down at you with a tear-stained bright red face and then his eyes set on the two tests in front of you resting on the bath mat you were sitting on. Nick didn’t say anything, you looked up at him as he walked towards you, dropping down on his knees in front of you.

Nick cupped your cheek running his thumb over it, giving you a soft and loving smile, before he reached down picking up the two tests in his long fingers. When his eyes saw the little screen’s, they opened wide and he nodded his head at the 4 dark lines he could see. He looked at you meeting your eyes and then looked back at the two tests nodding his head again. Nick moved to sit down in front of you, his legs going either side of you and he grabbed your hands in his,

“Well,” he cleared his throat “I thought the whole point of the pill was so this didn’t happen” he laughed softly.

“So did I” you chocked out shrugging your shoulders, a tear running down your cheek.

Nick lifted your hands up to his lips and he kissed along your knuckles,

“Are those happy tears?” Nick reached up wiping the tears away with his thumb.

You chocked out a sob, your hands flying up to cover your face as you cried into them. Nick wrapped his arms around you pulling you up onto him so you were sitting on his lap and he moved around so his back was resting on the side of the bath,

“I don’t know what they are” you muttered through your hands “I’ am scared I’ am going to lose you. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me, but we haven’t been together long. We don’t even know if this is what we want. You already have two amazing kids” you sobbed shaking your head.

You felt Nick grab onto your hands pulling your hands off your face and your eyes met his. Nick dropped your hands and reached for your face pulling you down to him and he kissed you sweetly. You broke the kiss and looked down at Nick again, wiping your face dry from tears with the backs of your hands. One of Nick’s hands ran over your back and his other came to rest over your still small tummy,

“If you had asked me 5 minutes ago, I would have told you that I didn’t know if this is what I wanted. But, if you ask me now, this is what I want and there is no one I would want this with other than you. I don’t know what my future holds, all I know is that you and my kids are my future, our baby is our future”

“Really?” more tears rolled down your cheek.

“Baby” he took a deep breath “I love you. I haven’t felt like this for anyone ever and this beautiful little miracle” he rubbed over your belly “Just proves the level of our love for each other. Everything happens for a reason amor” Nick kissed your cheek.

You let out a long breath that you didn’t know you were holding and melted into Nick, resting your head on his shoulder and nuzzling into his neck, Nick’s strong solid arms wrapping around you. You both stayed like that for long while, before you sat up off him looking down at him. Nick gave you a big cheesy grin and you reached up cupping his cheek,

“I love you, Nick Amaro”

“I love you too, Y/N. You going to call me daddy too?” he gave you a wink and you giggled back.

“Only on special occasions”    

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Special Weight.

This is dedicated to @beccabarba she knows why, but this is also just as much for me as it is for her 🤣🤭

Warnings: Touched starved reader, fluff and flirty.

WC: 887

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Nick had always been an affectionate friend before he left SVU and now he was back it wasn’t much different, if anything he was even more affectionate then what he was when he left, but it had never meant anything to you other than an amazing supportive friend that showed how much you meant not just verbally, but physically as well. Things were different when he left, you had been in what you thought was an amazing relationship till cracks started to show and after a rough break up and a long time since you had had body weight on top of you or had been touched in any type of way by another man, Nick surprised you all turning up at the precinct looking ever so handsome with a bearded face, his hair styled like a regal gentleman and you craved him, craved his touch and carved his weight on top of you.

The affection was no different from what you remember, but it was like feelings popped through you when he hugged you hello, his beard on the side of your face, one of his hands going to your lower back and you tried to hide your hitching breath followed by heavy breathing during the embrace. It hadn’t gone unnoticed by Nick and he also hadn’t missed the way your body covered in goosebumps when his warm long fingered hand touched your forearm, elbow or lower back and he also didn’t miss the way you shivered when he stood close to you and talked close to your ear, actions he had done many times before and got nothing but a platonic reaction till now.

You had invited Amanda, Sonny and Nick back to your apartment for pizza and drinks, something that wasn’t uncommon back in the day, the joking, storytelling and pantie wetting laughter flowing through the apartment. Amanda couldn’t stay long needing to get back to the girls and Sonny left not long after that needing to finish off paper work for court the next day. Nick had seen them out when they left and he startled you when he came up behind you as you washed the dishes, his hands resting either side of you on the counter caging you in. You shivered feeling his body heat seeping through your cloths and you felt his breath at your ear,

“Tell me what you’re thinking” he muttered.

“The case-“

“No” he cut you off “You don’t think I haven’t noticed”

You sighed throwing the dish cloth in the sink and your head dropped down chewing on your lips,

“There is nothing to tell”

“Y/N” he said in a firm tone making you squirm as heat pulsed through you “You have never reacted to me like this. So, the feelings are new? or you were really good at hiding them?”

Nick stepped away from you, his hands going to your hips and turning you to look at him, the back of his hand going to your chin, lifting your gaze up to meet his and you couldn’t hide the aroused whimper that escaped you and you saw the wolfish grin spread on his face and he chuckled at your blushed cheeks,

“It’s just” you paused and took a deep breath, his stare on you making your knees tremble “The feeling of a body on top of me-“ you trailed off.

“When was the last time?” he titled his head to one side, a finger hooking into a belt loop on your pants and pulled you into him, your hand landing flat on his chest and you moaned, your face heating up.

“Too long” you muttered.

Nicks finger came out of your belt loop, his strong arms wrapping around your waist and he lifted you up off the ground, your legs wrapping around him and he carrying you into your bedroom, your hands gripping onto his shoulders. He didn’t break eye contact with you as he dropped you down on your bed, you bouncing up slightly before he toed his shoes off and ripped off his jacket throwing it on the floor while you kicked your shoes off.

Nick’s hands went to the inside of your thighs, pushing your legs apart and you shivered again when his hands slid slightly up your thighs as he moved to get on top of you. Nick hovered over you for moment biting his bottom lip before he moved to rest on his arms next to your head and his body pressed into yours with the right amount of pressure that you rocked your hips up into him. He gave you a wink and a smirk dipping his head, his lips latched on your neck, his beard running along behind where he planted his lips. You shivered, squirmed and thrusted against him, your hands grabbing onto his sides, your nails digging into skin through his shirt. You groan when he rolled his hips into you and his lips where at your ear,

“I’ am so sorry I haven’t been here to take care of you baby; I’ve always wanted to touch you like this. I’ am going to make you feel so good tonight mi amor and whenever you need someone to touch you, in anyway you need to be touched, make sure you give me a call”

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Once a year.

It’s not every often you come across a birthday twin, but I’ am lucky enough to have found one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US @ben-c-group-therapy 🎂🥂

Warnings: Fluffy and Flirty...Bearded Nick first, Miguel under the ***

WC: 1527

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It was Amanda that organised it all after you had told her you only wanted something small, and little did you know, because you thought he had left after he had words with Liv, Nick stuck around knowing your birthday was coming up that weekend and helped Amanda plan a night out so they could spoil you. They booked your favourite Thai restaurant and booked a table at your favourite night club. You turned up at the time you were told too, dressed feeling amazing in your little black dress and heels, your hair perfect and make up just enough. You walked into the restaurant seeing Fin, Liv, Amanda and Sonny, making your way over to the table. They all greeted you, kissing and hugging you tightly,

“We didn’t know what to get you” Amanda grabbed your hand “But we hope you like it”

You felt his body heat and the tickle of his beard on your shoulder, before you felt his hands on your hips and his lips at your ear,

“Happy Birthday, darlin’” he muttered, your belly filling with butterflies.

You spun around almost squealing with excitement when you heard Nick, Amanda letting go of your hand and you hooked an arm around his neck and all but jumped on him, his arms wrapping around you,

“I thought you went home” you pulled back from Nick looking over his handsome face.

“Couldn’t miss a chance to celebrate with you, Y/N” Nick winked “Just like old times”

Your make-up was running, your hair was thrown up in a pony tail wet from sweat, your sides and cheeks hurt from laughing, your hips cold missing Nick’s hands resting on them and your feet were going to drop off from all dancing. Slowly everyone started to leave as the night rolled to the early hours, Liv and Amanda leaving first to get home to the kids, Fin a little while later followed by Sonny. You had gone back to sit down in your booth while Nick went and got two bottles of water and you wanted to rest your feet feeling the blisters under the straps of your shoes. You were surprised when he was back so quick considering the length of the lines.

Nick sat down right next to you, the side of his body right on yours, handing you the bottle of water and throwing an arm around your shoulders. His hand rested on your shoulder and his thumb ran over it. You opened the bottle of water and rested your free hand on his thigh. Nick lent over kissing your cheek and then his lips were at your ear,

“Had a good birthday?”

“Yeah” you lent close to his ear so he could hear you over the music “Thank you for staying. I forgot how dangerous those hips were” you sat back from him waiting for his reaction. You saw the big grin pull to his face, he licked his lips and lent close to your ear again, pulling you into his body by your shoulder,

“I know mi amor, that’s a lie, you could never forget how dangerous these hips are”

You let out a laugh that couldn’t be heard over the music and patted his thigh before he pulled you back into him again, his now free hand cupping your cheek and he bent his head catching your lips and kissing you sweetly at first, till you grabbed his thigh tight, your nails digging slightly into the inside of it and he deepened it. You moved your head to give him more access and your tongues played with each other’s, your hand going up to thread in his soft salt and pepper facial hair. Nick broke the kiss finally, his forehead landing on yours for a moment before his lips where at your ear once more,

“I forgot how dangerous it was to kiss you” Nick saw the sparkle in your eyes at his words, the desire spread across your face and he lent over again with a smirk “My hotel is 10 minutes away, let’s go?”

“Best birthday ever”

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The girls always made you feel special on your day, and this year wasn’t any different. Your favourite pasta delivered to your place, you getting ready and having pre drinks there as well, to then getting a cab to the most popular night club in town. But this time, they decided at try the new one that had opened on the outskirts of town, you all deciding if it was no good to head over to the other one and continue on with your night of drinking and dancing. Your blue puffy sleeved short dress showing off your waist and your comfortable heels showing off your legs, your hair pulled back and curled, your make-up making your eyes pop and your lips shine.

Latin music was flowing through the doors while security checked your id and you were then showed to the VIP area by a host just inside the door. You had only been at the table long enough to order some drinks and take in the club surroundings when a waiter walked over with your tray of drinks followed close behind by another waiter holding a sliver bucket with a big bottle of champagne surrounded by ice and a hand full of glasses. The waiters sat everything down and the one that sat down the champagne, you grabbed her elbow and she lent down close to you so she could hear you over the music,

“Excuse me, we didn’t order that” you pointed to the ice bucket.

“Complements of Mr Galindo” She looked over her shoulder and pointed to the handsome man standing next to the bar.

Your eyes ran over his body in the tight grey suit with waist coat and white button down, up to his salt and pepper beard and perfectly gelled hair. Your eyes finally met his and he gifted you a wink making you blush and you smiled small back,

“Oh my god, Y/N” your friend grabbed your arm pulling you back to look at her “Miguel- the Miguel Galindo. You have to go and say thank you”

“I don’t-“

“It’s your birthday, live a little. Go now” your friend all but pushed you to stand up from your seat.

You rolled your eyes, pushing your dress down as you stood up. You reached for the bottle of champagne, popping it open and then grabbed two glasses, half filling them. You picked the glasses up and started to make your way towards the handsome grey suited man through the crowded dance floor, who was now leaning on the bar watching you as you walked towards him. He stood up straight, puffing his chest out and hocking his thumbs in the waist of his pants before narrowing his eyes at you with a predatory stare. You finally got to him, handing him one of the glasses, the tips of his fingers brushing yours making you shiver and he smiled down at you. You lent forward getting up on your tippy toes and close to his ear,

“Thank you, Mr Galindo for the champagne”

“You’re welcome hermosa, a beautiful woman like you needs to be treated like a queen on her special day. Feliz cumpleaños” Miguel smirked at you and held his glass to you waiting for you to clink yours with his. The chime of the glasses as they met couldn’t be heard over the music before Miguel lent down close to your ear, his hand going to your hip, “Hope your boyfriend got you something nice”

You blushed and shook your head, moving it so your lips were now at his ear,

“I don’t have a boyfriend” you pulled back and battered your eye lashes up at him and he licked his lips back in response.

His hand on your hip slid around to rest on your lower back and he pulled you into him, your free hand going to rest on his solid arm and he kissed your cheek, his beard covering your skin in goose bumps,

“Think your friends will mind if I steal you away for a bit?”

You looked over your shoulder at your table, all your friends smiling down at you and giving you the thumbs up. You turned back to look at him shaking your head. Miguel sat his glass followed by yours on the bar and grabbed your hand in his big warm one pulling you towards the back of the club through a set of double doors. The doors closed behind you muffling the noise and Miguel walked you up a carpeted hall way,

“Do you always treat birthday girls like this?”

Miguel let out a chuckle, stopping in his tracks. His free hand came up to grip your chin tipping your head back and he slowly lowered his face, his lips catching yours, kissing you sweet but needy, his warm lips and the tickle of his beard on your face made your knees tremble. Miguel pulled back, this thumb rubbing over your chin and he gave you a wink,

“Only the special ones”  

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[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

Right feet.

This idea came from a conversation with @beccabarba so this is dedicated to her cause, well life ❤

Warnings: just fluffy flirty Nick.

WC: 616

Enjoy x

Pizza and beers with all the squad turned into you and Nick moving all your furniture out of the way in your living room after everyone had left and his phone connected to your Bluetooth speaker, Spanish music flowing from it after you learning to want to dance came up in conversation,

“I’ll just teach you basic tonight. We can move onto the harder stuff another time”

“Ok, sounds good” you smiled at him.

Nick started to move his hips and feet to the beat of the music, you took a deep breath and started to try and copy his movements.  You slowly started to keep up before you tripped over your feet and slightly lost your balance. You brushed yourself off and tried again copying him. You were looking down between yours and Nick’s feet when he surprised you by grabbing your hand and pulling you into his body. He grabbed your hand moving it to rest around his neck and his fingers on the other locked with yours. Your face was just inches from his, so close you could feel his breath,

“Sway your hips a bit more” he grinned down on at you “Don’t be shy”

You smiled tight up at him, your face heating up and your cheeks blushing bright red. Nick kissed your cheek before spinning you out, pulling you back in, dipping you down and pulling you back up to stand. Your face was on fire and you knew your face was showing it,

“Ah, thanks Nick, that was fun”

You stepped away from him walking into the kitchen to get a glass of water, in hopes you would cool down. You filled your glass and walked to the freezer popping some ice in your glass when you felt his body heat next to you,

“I have never seen you blush like that before” You looked out of the corner of your eyes chewing your bottom lip.

“Don’t tease Nick” you muttered under your breath.

“I didn’t know I could make you react like that” you heard the amusement in his tone.

“Nick”

“Bet I can make you do it again”

You scoffed rolling your eyes and went to walk away from him. As you went to walk past, Nick grabbed onto your elbow and pulled you back to him, Nick grabbed your hands and moved your arms to wrap around his neck, his went around your waist and he started to sway his hips against you. Your eyes locked for a moment before he lent forward kissing your cheek and down your neck kissing along your skin in big wet kisses. Your head fell back, you moaning softly and he kissed along to your wind pipe, where he sucked a small mark.

“Nick” you whined “That better not show”

He chuckled into your neck, pulling off you with a pop before flattening his tongue over the mark and licking it to sooth the slight sting. You felt your face heat up again, your cheeks blushing bright red. Nick tightened his hold around you, dipping his head to catch your lips with his and you let him kiss you deeply, your tongues playing and rolling together. You broke the kiss to catch your breath Nick’s stare on you making you blush again,

“See, told you I could make you do it again”

You scoffed again, slapping his arm playfully and he crinkled up his nose with a smile,

“Bet you can't do it again” you wriggled your eye brows.

Nick’s face washed over with arousal, his arms coming from around you, grabbing your hand and pulling you towards the couch,

“Bet I can, I was only getting started”

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[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

Late knock

Warnings: episode based, angry Nick and then fluffy Nick.

WC: 620

Enjoy x

Everything that had happened and what was going on, you had to fight yourself not get too close. The relationship had been going fine, but when the shots were fired everything started to fall apart, Nick pushed you away. You understood, but he was snapping at you, the night his house was shot up he shrugged you away from him when you and Liv tried to claim him down, he wasn’t answering your messages or phone calls and wasn’t talkative at work. You left him too it to ride his emotions taking a massive step back.

The grand jury went in his favour and after an emotional afternoon, you ended up leaving work early grabbing some Chinese on the way home, heading there to drink too much and eat too much in stretchy yoga pants and watch your favour comfort movie. You were on your 4th glass after you had eaten all your dinner, starring at the screen at the favourite part of the movie when a knock came from the other side of your door. You jumped up walking too it, looking through your peep hole, taking a deep breath and you opened it to Nick standing with a paper bag from your favourite bakery and a bunch of white roses.  

You gave him a small tight smile and when your eyes locked with his tear-filled ones, tears filled yours as well. You moved out of the way to let him in and as he walked past, he gave you a kiss on the forehead and rushed in sitting everything down. You closed the door locking it and walked into your apartment, Nick got to you first wrapping his arms around you pulling you into his body. At first you didn’t put your arms around him, you just rested them on his hips,

“Y/N. I don’t even know what to say. But I need to apologise” Nick pulled back from you, both his hands going to your cheeks. You kept looking down trying to hide the tears “Look at me”

Slowly you brought your eyes up to Nick’s, tears running down his cheeks,

“You had a lot going on” tears finally escaped your eyes, warm and wet running down over your cheeks and hitting Nick’s thumbs.

“Don’t make excuse for me. I was a pure asshole to you; you were trying to be there for me and I pushed you away emotionally and physically, which I’ am so, so sorry for my love. That is how my marriage fell apart and I won’t let that make us fall apart” A soft sob left you and Nick grabbed you pulling you back into him, one arm wrapping around you again and his other brushing through your hair “Can you forgive me? I’ll do anything”

You turned your face into his chest crying into his shirt and your arms wrapped around him, your hands grabbing onto his shirt in your hands. Nick’s hands move to either side of your head and he started to kiss around your forehead and then peppering your cheeks with kisses after you titled it back, he kissing the tears away,

“Please never push me away again. I’ am falling in love with you and I can’t go through this again” you sniffled.

Nick stiffened and you looked up at him, taking a second to take in the look on his face and registering why he looked like that,

“You are?” Nick searched your eyes and you nodded back. Nick’s lips crashed on yours and he kissed you sweetly, it never deepening, “I promise I’ll never do that to you again. I’ am falling in love with you too and never want to lose you”

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[itsjustmyfantasyroom]

Because we asked.

Warnings: talks of a 3 way relationship (wrote this a long time before the other one in bingo) episode based, protective Rafael and Nick, fluff.

WC: 459

Enjoy x

The heat of the late afternoon sun and the tension was thick in Rafael’s office. Everyone else had left and it was just you, Nick and Rafael. Nick was standing at the end of Rafael’s desk with his arms crossed over his body, his brows frowned, Rafael looking very much the same standing behind his desk, his hands on his hips and his brows frowned at you,

“You two are really going to carry on like this? Liv and Brian will be there. Amanda and Fin too” you tried to reason.

“Have you heard his stuff?” Nick spat “What it’s all about? what he is? what he causes? Y/N-”

“Nick, it’s my job- Our job” you raised your voice.

“Neither of us are going, we can’t keep you safe” Rafael added.

“I’ am going with four other people, Rafael” you crossed your arms over your body.

“You are so stubborn” Nick muttered.

“Last time I checked it was something both of you liked about me” you shot back, both of them raising their eye brows at you “Give me one good reason why?”

“Because we care about you” Nick shot back.

“And because we asked you not too” Rafael looked straight at you.

You looked between them both and then rolled your eyes sighing. Both men walked to you, each grabbing a hand. Nick took your hand in both of his, his thumbs rubbing over the back of it, Rafael brought your hand up to his lips and kissed your knuckles,

“Baby, do you get why we feel like this?” Nick whispered.

“We aren’t doing this for any other reason, other than the fact that we love and care about you” Rafael pleaded with you.

“I know. I know, and your both right. But you both can’t keep doing this. None of us are ready to go public yet, and if you two keep stopping me from doing what we need to because your worried about keeping me safe, someone is going to click on and I’ am not willing to say that I’ am only with one of you just to keep it hushed up”

“We know” Nick looked down.

“We don’t want to keep it a secret for much longer either” Rafael lent over and peaked your lips.

“Let’s not worry about that tonight” Nick grinned down at you, his hand coming up to your face, resting on your cheek and he then lent over and peaked your lips “We are going to take you out for dinner”

“And then go back to mine for dessert” Rafael smirked.

You giggled and looked between the both them,

“Dessert better be good” you scoffed.

Rafael winked at you and Nick smirked,

“You know it will be”

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