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It’s a routine cross-examination of a corrupt port authority officer. But when the witness describes the sound of rain on a metal roof, Rafael Barba is suddenly no longer in a Manhattan courtroom. He is back on a slanted board in a basement, drowning on dry land.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past." — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
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- Part 21 of Febuwhump
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22 Feb 2026
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A legendary return forces Olivia Benson to choose between the comfort of a haunting past and the vibrancy of a hard-won present. To find the man she truly loves, she first has to stop looking for him in the shadow of someone else.
They don't realize that I'm thinking about you
It's nothing new, it's nothing new
—’Eyes Closed’Bookmarked by DebW13
21 Feb 2026
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Rafael Barba didn't leave the DA's office to disappear; he left to become a father. For years, he and Olivia built a fortress of "blues and greens" around their quiet marriage. But when the ghost of Elliot Stabler returns with a car bomb and a decade of silence, the foundation cracks.
It's unforgivable
I stole and burnt your soul
Is that what demons do?
They rule the worst of me
Destroy everything
They bring down angels like you
— ‘Love Me Again’Bookmarked by DebW13
21 Feb 2026
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A site visit to the Catskills turns into a nightmare when Rafael Barba and Olivia Benson stumble into the territory of a serial killer hunting for sport. With a crossbow bolt in his leg and a storm closing in, Barba watches the hunter become the prey, and realizes exactly why the NYPD gave Olivia a badge.
"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." — Ernest Hemingway, On the Blue Water
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- Part 20 of Febuwhump
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21 Feb 2026
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After years of walking a very thin line, they finally cross it, choosing to build the life they've always wanted. But when the quiet order of his world collides with the beautiful chaos of hers, they must find a radical solution or risk losing everything all over again.
I think I've seen this film before
And I didn't like the ending
You're not my homeland anymore
So, what am I defending now?
—’Exile’Bookmarked by DebW13
19 Feb 2026
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The alarm goes off at 6:00 AM. Pavarotti hits the high B. At 9:03 AM, Olivia Benson dies in a courtroom shooting. Rafael Barba has lived this day fourteen times. He is starting to realize that the only way to break the loop isn't to save her—it's to take her place.
"Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!" — Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
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- Part 18 of Febuwhump
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19 Feb 2026
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An Uber Black, a gala dress, and a guardrail in a ravine. When a piece of metal nicks Rafael Barba’s subclavian artery, Olivia Benson realizes that a tourniquet won't work. To keep him alive, she has to get closer to him than she ever intended—by putting her hands inside the wound.
"I held my hand over his heart... I felt the life in him, the fragility of the vessel. It is a terrible thing to hold a life in your hands." — Mary Renault, The Persian Boy
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- Part 17 of Febuwhump
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18 Feb 2026
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A weekender bag packed with cashmere and Bordeaux, a cabin in the Catskills, and a plan six years in the making. Rafael Barba is ready for the perfect getaway, until a sudden physiological betrayal forces a change of venue.
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley." — Robert Burns, To a Mouse
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- Part 17 of Feveruary
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18 Feb 2026
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The nerve damage has turned Rafael Barba’s body into a raw wire; even the air from the HVAC vent feels like sandpaper. Sitting on the far end of Olivia's couch, he has to decide if the pain of touching her is worth the silence it brings to the noise in his head.
"I am a cage in search of a bird." — Franz Kafka
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- Part 16 of Febuwhump
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17 Feb 2026
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Rafael Barba wakes up at 3:14 AM with a fever-free brain and a terrifying realization about a filing deadline. He attempts a stealth extraction from the bedroom, only to discover that Olivia Benson’s security protocols remain active even when she is asleep.
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." — John Lubbock
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- Part 16 of Feveruary
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17 Feb 2026
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In the wake of a devastating courtroom defeat, Dominick Carisi finds himself drifting in the gray space between justice and failure. He seeks out the only anchor he has left—Rafael Barba—to remind him that some things remain unbroken even when the system fails.
Take me from the dark, from the dark
I ain't gonna make it myself
Put your arms around me, put your arms around me
Let your love surround me
—’Can You Hold Me’Bookmarked by DebW13
16 Feb 2026
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Rafael Barba has a perfect attendance record, a dead phone, and a fever of 103. When he fails to appear in court, Olivia Benson breaks down his door to find out if the impossible has actually happened.
"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen, Anthem
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- Part 15 of Feveruary
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16 Feb 2026
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To the private research firm in the basement, he is just Subject Four: a vessel for neuroplasticity agents and cognitive stress tests. But even under a cocktail of psychotropics, Rafael Barba's subconscious refuses to break. The scientists are looking for a variable; they didn't expect it to be Olivia Benson.
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can't understand it." — Interstellar (Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan)
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- Part 15 of Febuwhump
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16 Feb 2026
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Olivia goes for a drink to catch up with Stabler, but his plans are disrupted by an unfamiliar stranger.
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- Part 8 of A Little Bit Cliché
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15 Feb 2026
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Rafael Barba had a midnight blue velvet tuxedo, a reservation at Le Bernardin, and a very specific question he intended to ask. Olivia Benson had a fever of 102. Plans change, but the interest on the investment only grows.
"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." — James Baldwin
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- Part 14 of Feveruary
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14 Feb 2026
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Five times Rafael and Olivia had a friends with benefits situation, and one time they didn't.
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14 Feb 2026
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A Valentine’s Day accident forces Rafael and Olivia to confront the choices that shaped them, and the ones that tore them apart, as unseen forces pull long-buried truths into the light.
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14 Feb 2026
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The man in the ski mask uses the word "Again" as a weapon. Rafael Barba uses it as a promise. Even while drowning on a slanted board to protect her location, he knows he is a repeat offender who has no interest in parole.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But love? Love is doing the same thing over and over again, knowing exactly how it will end, and doing it anyway."
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- Part 13 of Febuwhump
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13 Feb 2026
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Olivia Benson is the one with the badge, the gun, and the training. She is the bodyguard. But when a sniper's red dot appears on her chest in a Queens safe house, Rafael Barba proves that you don't need a badge to take a bullet.
"I would rather have a body of pain than a body of hollowness. To be a shield is the highest honor of the heart." — Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart
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- Part 12 of Febuwhump
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13 Feb 2026
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A parking garage assault leaves Rafael Barba with two broken hands and a shattered sense of autonomy. Forced to rely on Olivia for everything from buttons to soup, he learns that losing his grip doesn't mean letting go.
"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between." — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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- Part 11 of Febuwhump
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12 Feb 2026