#cliviabenson

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leanne felt the force of the gun in her hand, she couldn’t hear the shots, but she knew exactly how they sounded. the bullet casings making a ping sound as they hit the floor, inaudible to her & those around her. after firing her second round of ammo she uncocked her baretta and set it down. flipping the switch to have her target moved towards her she waited. her eyes squinting just a bit as she noted the bullet holes, center target. licking her lips she quirked her eyebrow and started to clean up the bay she was using. once her gun was loaded with another round of ammunition and set safely into her holster she took her earmuffs off & hung them up. clicking the light off signaling other’s at the range that the bay was unused she stepped out of the small area & headed towards the door. 

she stepped outside into the cool crisp air of new york. a place she had only inhabited for a few short weeks. she wasn’t expected to report for duty for another few days, the department she was assigned too gave her time for the move & for her to settle in & get to now the new city. leanne had spent her days driving around, learning the areas & streets she would soon take cases in. leanne had been a homicide detective in los angeles, coming up on six years. working & living in la you see a lot. probably enough for her short career to withstand someone out to retire. being a cop had never been her first choice, she had wanted to go into the medical field. to be a doctor or a nurse. but it was her father that swayed her in the direction. she was an only child, & on top of that he had wanted a son. instead he got her, so he did everything he could to make her the boy he had never had. it wasn’t that he was a bad father, he perhaps wasn’t the greatest. he did his best, at least that is what she told herself. 

so instead of going into the field she had aspired for, she became a cop. maybe it was a pride thing. leanne had always wanted to make her father proud, & in truth she had never seen him prouder the day she graduated the academy & then later became a detective with the lapd. but that was years ago, or so it seemed. -- leanne sat in her car, in front of the new york police department, 16th precinct. it was her first day with the special victims unit, & she would be working with olivia benson, who was her lieutenant & commanding officer. to say she wasn’t nervous was a complete lie, it was always nerve wrecking going to a new department, you were an outsider, someone who didn’t belong yet. you had to prove yourself, especially when you were a woman. clearing her throat she pushed back her hair, she couldn’t change her mind, not now. 

mike wondered if he’s ever not going to feel like the boss’s kid. The only one who doesn’t seem weary still is Sonny Carisi; even Olivia seems to think he’s a spy for his father.

Maybe it’s wishful thinking, believing he can work for NYPD without being Dodds Junior. He’s nothing if not stubbornly- some would say naively- optimistic, though. If he’s not an accepted part of the team already, he will be. Maybe.

“Morning, Lieutenant,” he said as he strode into her office. He didn’t know that he walked like his father: confident, almost commanding, though he lacked his father’s arrogance. He offered Benson a smile and one of the coffees in his hand. “I brought you one. I’m not used to the squad room coffee yet.” He told her with a slight shrug. His smile froze for just a moment and he shook his head at himself.

             “ i think going undercover as a gigglo is totally my thing. ”

“Shelby Greene is twenty-seven years old and was raped by two men. This is their second attack in three weeks. I’m callin’ this guy a serial, Liv. The last vic, Hannah Jakobs was twenty-six, with the same injuries. Luckily, both girls got dna under their fingernails. ME is running it now.”

               “ you know, i’m not really the suit and tie every day kind of guy. just a warning. ”

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The magician sighs, he hasn't even been here long and he's already had a rather odd welcoming to New York. Of course, he didn't tell his Partner this. Instead, he's gone straight to where he was recommended to go. Of course, after making sure the girl was alright and safe in the Hospital. It is rude to help someone then not see if they're okay after all.

He calmly walks into the area, looking around trying to find someone. He doesn't really see many people who are free, everyone is talking to someone. It isn't like he can get anyone's attention either without disturbing them completely. Since of course, he can't talk. He finds an empty chair, and decides that he's going to sit in it.