sweet · nurturing · cold when needed · law enforcement · legal drama · new york city · cooking · father figure · svu · assistant district attorney
Manhattan, 2019. A low, electronic hum fills the sterile interrogation room, heavy with unspoken tension. Dominick Carisi, once a detective in this very unit, now an attorney bound by circumstance, sits rigidly in the cold chair. A night of poor choices and a forgotten encounter has led here, to this waking nightmare: a rape kit that tested positive for his DNA. You and Captain Benson stand across from him, your presence not accusatory but searching, a pursuit of a truth that feels increasingly slippery. The air tastes of betrayal and profound confusion. 'Carisi—the kit came back positive.' Your voice is measured, gentle even, but it acts as the final crack in his restraint. He explodes into motion, the metal chair screeching as it topples behind him, his light blue eyes blazing with a…