SVU - elliot/katie - what i promised her - M (original) (raw)

title: what i promised her
fandom: Law & Order SVU
pairing: elliot/katie (ofc), contains Matt Vaughn, OC of ciaimpala - thanks for letting me borrow him, again!
letter: f for far-fetched - table # 11 for a_to_z_prompts
summary: Life changes.
rating: M.
word count: 1340.
warnings/spoilers: none really ;)
a/n: Katie Summers is an original character of mine who I'm pairing with Detective Elliot Stabler for my fic's in this challenge. You'll get to know more about her as you read :) SVU timeline wise is set during the time Elliot is separated from his wife, around seasons 5-7.
disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Law and Order SVU. This is purely written for entertainment only.

What I Promised Her

Elliot and Olivia peered at Marcus through the one-way glass in the interview room where Munch had stashed him. They were both just staring at him. He didn't look like they expected; or at least how Elliot expected. He was on the short side, almost classically handsome, with golden blonde hair, and his clothes were casual but smart. He didn't look like the kind of drug addict Elliot normally dealt with.

"He just turned himself in?" Olivia asked Munch, who was just behind them.

"Said he wanted to report his missing girlfriend," Munch replied. "As soon as he said Bonnie's name, the whole precinct looked at him. He turned to run; so we stuck him in here."

"Stupider than he looks." Elliot muttered, heading for the door inside.

"El, maybe I should go in first?" Olivia offered.

"I got it," He assured her, steeling himself as he walked into Marcus's tired but frantic blue eyes. "Hey, Marcus, what's up?"

"Why am I here?" The wirey young man asked.

"You're looking for Bonnie Summers, right?" Elliot asked calmly. "You beat the crap out of her; and now she's in the hospital."

Marcus rolled his eyes. "Is that what she told you? She's lying! She came back to me!"

"Cos you're such a charmer," Elliot said sarcastically, pulling up a chair right next to Marcus. "So you're saying you didn't rough her up?"

"You don't know her, man, you have no idea!" Marcus lowered his voice and hung his head. "I met her like two years ago... she was so hot... night I met her she was wearing these red leather pants... she had me right away."

"What happened?"

"She liked to party, alright? There was nothing she wouldn't snort once. It was... epic." He fidgeted in his chair. "Then she got pregnant..."

"She wanted to clean up for her baby?"

"It wasn't fair; I didn't get a say!" Marcus seethed. "I don't want a kid; but that doesn't seem to matter to her. She didn't care about anything I said anymore... said she had a sister who lived here and was gonna move out..."

"You couldn't let that happen; she was yours." Elliot's mind flashed back to that night he and Olivia had arrived at Katie's apartment, her frantic call to them saying her sister had been attacked... it was during that experience that Elliot and Katie had first slept together. It was the one good thing to come out of the situation. "So you beat her up; and she runs anyway."

"Look..." Marcus sighed. "When I'm using... I'm a different guy, alright? She'll tell you that. I didn't mean to... it was like I didn't know what happened..." He slumped in his chair. "And then a few days ago she's back... I got this new girl, Hannah... she was pissed... Bonnie tells her that she's having my kid, that I'm a junkie, Hannah took off."

"So it's Bonnie's fault you beat her."

"Hey; she liked it rough!"

"Liked it?" Elliot repeated with a snarl. "She's in hospital; you did that to her, you little prick!"

"I didn't... she asked for it!"

Elliot grabbed the table and shoved it back; sticking his face right up to Marcus's nose. "You're gonna rot in jail; you sick bastard. Did you know her sister works for us?" Marcus shot him a blank look. "Yeah; you bashed the sister of a NYPD employee..." Elliot felt an evil smirk creep on his face. "You got no chance."

"That'll be all!" Marcus's pricey lawyer, Steven Lindsey, breezed into the room and told his client to shut his mouth. "Leave us alone, will you detective?"

"Gladly." Elliot mumbled, storming out of the room, past Olivia and back out onto the floor. Matt met him at his desk. "Not a good time, man," He said, leaning against his desk. His heart was pumping blood throughout his body so fast adrenaline was rushing to his brain; he wanted so badly to punch the ever living snot out of Marcus for what he'd done; but he couldn't.

"The hospital's called here twice looking for Katie," He said. "You heard from her?"

"Ah, I dropped her off at her apartment on my way back here, told her to get some sleep... what did the doctor say?"

"Just that he needs to see Katie." Matt said with a concerned look. "Right now."

xxx

Elliot and Matt picked up a bewildered and tired Katie from her apartment and drove her to the hospital. They had woken her out of a deep sleep; so she was still a little dazed in the back of Elliot's car. He felt pity for her as he glanced at her in the rear-view mirror; she'd had the same expression on her face all week. What killed him was there was nothing he could do to make her feel any better; he knew that, which made it worse for him.

By the time Elliot pulled into the hospital parking lot, Katie was wide awake and verbally voicing her concern for Bonnie. She wanted to know about Marcus; but Elliot was bound by oath not to tell her anything even though all he wanted to do was ease her mind and assure her the bastard would never get outside the walls of a prison for the rest of his life. But he didn't. He and Matt just trailed after her as they made their way to the paediatric ward.

"Dr Hedley?" Katie saw him at the end of the hall and rushed towards him.

"Katie," The doctor said, a grave expression on his face as he looked to her. "We tried to reach you at the station. Your sister had abdominal bleeding - from the beating. She went into labour, and we discovered the extent-

Katie's face dropped. "The baby?"

"A girl. Eight weeks premature. It's... touch and go." Even though this was apparently good news, the doctor's face didn't change, even though Katie was smiling with relief.

Elliot suddenly had to sit down; he knew what was coming. The expression on the doctor's face was one he'd seen too many times in the past.

Dr. Hedley reached out and rested his hand on Katie's shoulder. "We did our best..." he said slowly. "Your sister... the added stress of labour... and the c-section..."

Katie's smile evaporated. "Wait... what are you telling me here...?"

"Oh, God," Matt muttered under his breath, turning away.

Dr. Hedley shook his head. "I'm sorry."

Katie's face drained of all colour. "She's-she's dead?" An awful few seconds of silence passed as the reality sank in. "My sister's dead?"

Elliot dropped his face into his hands as Katie backed away from the doctor.

"Oh, God!" She looked helplessly around, shoving off Matt's hands that reached to hug her. "Oh, my God!" She started off down the hall; as if walking would ease the shock.

"Katie," Elliot jumped to his feet after her. "Stop." She was sobbing, pacing back and forth, completely thrown as to what to do, she was lost, broken. "I'm sorry," Elliot forced her into his arms even though she struggled against him. "I'm so sorry."

"No, no, no," Katie wept into his shoulder, gripping his jacket into her tight fists. "She can't... I was just talking to her!"

"I know, I'm so sorry," He was suddenly holding her whole body weight as her legs gave way. Clutching her shoulders, he pulled her aside to a padded bench. She barely registered she was sitting down.

"I should've seen it coming!" She sniffled. "I should have known he'd come after her; why didn't I protect her? I'm her sister; I should have protected her."

"None of this is your fault," Elliot said, tightening his arms around her. "It's gonna be okay."

"How?" Katie asked.

Elliot had no answer for her, but in his head he could answer her. He'd make sure Marcus paid for what he'd done to Bonnie, and now to Katie. That prick was going to pay.

xxx