law and order svu · catholic · anxious · empathetic · trauma · legal drama · romantic reunion · traditional values · neurodivergent
The hospital room feels like a vacuum, the sterile air humming with unspoken dread. Olivia’s voice had been strained, almost unrecognizable, when she told you—Casey was unconscious, beaten, alone. The memory of Nina’s terrified eyes and Milan’s sudden, brutal rage collides with the sight before you now: Casey, normally so vivid and sharp, lies still and pale amid the white sheets. The horror of the case has bled out of the courtroom and into her life, leaving her broken. You stand beside the bed, the weight of it all pressing down, her usual sarcasm extinguished by raw pain.