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[therapycat21]

Sassy Man

Rafael Barba x OC!Valentina Teller

Series Description:

Valentina Teller is a sketch artist for the NYPD and assists the SVU with cases. Go through this journey with her as she meets the sassy and confident DA for the SVU Rafael Barba.

"Miss Teller could you please explain to the jury what it is you do?" Barba asks from where he stands in front of Val who is seated on the stand. Val takes a small deep breath "my job is to sit with the victims of any crime to help them get a clear image of their attacker for the police." Val explains, Barba nods "and your job is to walk them through what occurred so they can try to identify their attacker?" he asks, Val nods "yes, I guide them through an exercise that allows them to open their mind to their attack" Val explains "could you please explain in better detail on how this exercise works?" Before Val can answer  "objection, why does Miss Teller need to give a step by step on why this exercise supposedly works?" Buchanans loud voice says.

The judge spares him a glance before turning to Val "overruled, Miss Teller please explain the exercise" Val looks at barba, he nods giving her the go ahead to explain "I use an exercise by helping the victim go through the events that occured before their attack which allows their mind to reopen to the trauma that occured in which helps me get a better sketch of their attacker for the police" Val explains looking at Barba again to see the proud smile he gives her while nodding his head.

Buchanan stands up buttoning his blazer giving the young woman what seems to be a condescending smile "miss Teller is it?" Val nods "your job is to basically draw pictures of attackers all day long?" He says condescendingly. Before Val can answer "objection" Barba says from where he sits, giving buchanan a slight glare "I'll rephrase, Miss Teller your job is to speak to victims and try to get a sketch of the attacker correct?" He asks. 

Val nods "yes that is my job" she tells him "okay so whose to say that when you conduct these exercises the victim is just making up their imagination before the supposed attack happened to them" he asks. Barba jumps up and glares "objection!" .

Buchanan givers Val a smirk "withdrawn your honor" he walks and takes his seat again. "okay we will reconvene tomorrow at 9am sharp, dismissed" the judge slams the gavel before leaving the room. Val is met halfway by Barba as she walks away from the stand. "Did I do okay? you think?" she asks him, Barba smiles at her rubbing his hands down both of her arms briefly "you did really good Val" she nods before turning to face Liv as she walks up to the pair "so what happens now?" Val asks the both of them.

Liv sighs "for now, we all go home and rest until tomorrow" she says before smiling at patting Val on the arm "you did amazing up there, thank you for doing this" she tells her before leaving the courtroom. Val lets out a deep sigh before checking her phone,seeing the time "shoot, I gotta go, my babysitter is texting me, apparently she has to hurry and go to some party tonight" Val tells Barba, laughing at the end of her sentence. Barba laughs "lets go, I'll give you a ride home" He tells Val.

Val looks over to him confused "you can drive?" she asks, Barba shakes his head with a slight laugh "no, I have a car service" he tells her, gaining a belly laugh from the girl "oh my god, I am not surprised" she tells him before the pair both walk out of the courtroom into the car and go on their way to Val's apartment.

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The pair pull up to Val's apartment complex. Barba looks over at the woman next to him "wait you live in this complex?"he asks, Val nods "yeah why?"she asks confused "my mami lives her too" he tells her, Val nods "oh what's her name?" she asks curious. "Lucia Barba, she lives in apartment 3c" Val covers her mouth as she starts to giggle and shaking her head in disbelief "no way, your mom is Miss B?" she says, Barba starts to get confused "Miss B?" he questions, Val nods "yeah, she comes over to eat dinner with me and Amelia every thursday night" she tells him. "so that's why she says she's busy every thursday, because of you?" he question.

Val nods, still giggling slightly "yeah, to be fair Amelia loves having her over, I can't believe she is your mom" Val tells him smiling before she opens the car door. Barba does the same earning a confused look before he gestures to the building "I'm gonna stop in on mami and say hi,she already berates me weekly for not doing it" he laughs,Val nods and the pair enter the complex and using the stairs to the third floor.

As they hit the third floor, Val gathers her keys and starts to open the apartment door and peaking over at Barba to see him walking towards his moms. He knocks before turning around and waving Val goodnight. Val enters her apartment to see the babysitter jump from the couch in a hurry seeing the woman walk in the room. "So sorry, but I really gotta go" the college student tells Val, Val nods as she is taking out the money for her, handing it over "here you go, thank you for watching her, where is she?" she asks. The girl nods her head over to the room in the back "in her room, she's sleeping" she says before rushing out of the door without so much as a goodbye.

Val throws her belongings on her couch before walking silently towards the room door that is ajar, she pushes it open fully seeing Amelia cuddled on her bed with her favorite weighted dinosaur plushie. Val smiles at the young girl before reaching over and lightly touching her hair and bending down to kiss her forehead. Val walks back into the living room gathering her stuff and heading into her room to get ready for bed. Val is finally settled in bed after taking a nice shower and changing into comfy clothes before plopping under her covers with another romance book for the night before dosing off, only to wake up and face another day in court.

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Val is abruptly women up from her alarm, groaning after realizing its another day in court but also a little happy knowing she can see Rafael in court again. Val gets up and throws her slippers and comfy sweatshirt on before heading to Amelia's room to see her just waking up, she smiles heading over to the young girl and gently shaking her to awake her "hey lovebug, want some french toast?" she asks gently, the little girl smiles brightly from seeing her mom before nodding eagerly at the thought of the syrupy goodness. The pair walk hand in hand towards the kitchen. Val places Amelia in the high chair and starts making breakfast while also waiting for Miss B aka (Barba's mom) to come over and babysit Val as she works. As Val is plating the food, making an extra for Lucia, there is a knock at the door, Amelia's eyes jump toward her mom asking for permission, Val smiles before nodding her head, laughing as the younger girl races to the door flying it open and jumping into the older woman's arms.

"Ah Mi bebe, oh how are you my love?" Lucia asks, holding the girl tight to her body,hugging each other. Amelia is placed back onto the floor "it was okay, yesterday the babysitter was soooo boring! but I get to see mommy this morning and have french toast and hang with you today!" the little girl says enthusiastically as the older woman stands and smiles in adoration. The pair walk into the kitchen to  Val sipping on coffee and smiling at the pair. Val walks around the counter to greet and hug the older woman "Hi Lucia, thank you for doing this! it really means a lot." she tells the woman. Lucia shakes her head "you don't ever need to thank me for hanging out with my favorite person ever" she smiles at Val and Amelia.

Val smiles before turning towards Amelia "why don't you go pick out your clothes for the day,so I can talk to Ms.B? Okay?" Amelia nods, rushing of into her room leaving the woman at the kitchen counter, Val looks over at Lucia "so, I have some interesting new for you" Val smirks at the woman, Lucia looks at her in interest "oh yeah, what happened now?" she smirks back, Val shakes her head laughing slightly "I had the pleasure of meeting your son, the other day." Val says taking a sip of her coffee. Lucia stands there slightly shocked before coming to realization "I forgot he switched to SVU, I guess it was bound to happen." she shrugs, before they can conversate more Val's phone starts to chime, she sees a message from Liv about needing her asap at the precinct.

Val sighs, downing the rest of her coffee and putting her cup in the sink "well, duty calls Luc, Liv needs me asap apparently " she tells the older woman "go, you know I got this, but if you could, could make sure Rafael eats something other than drinking cups of coffee?" Lucia asks Val. Val laughs before nodding "absolutely, I'm gonna go say bye to Amelia then I'll be outta here okay?".

Val walks towards the back room to say her goodbyes to Amelia before grabbing her belongings and heading out to work for the day.

[therapycat21]

Cocky Man Pt.2

Rafael Barba x OC!Valentina Teller

Series Description:

Valentina Teller is a sketch artist for the NYPD and assists the SVU with cases. Go through this journey with her as she meets the sassy and confident DA for the SVU Rafael Barba.

"UGH!" Val exclaims loudly before launching her eraser towards the corner of her office and taking an aggressive sip of her iced coffee before her doors abruptly open "The sketch you drew, the man has a deep scar, deep enough from a knife?" an anxious Barba says speeding into the room without much of an introduction, leaving Val blindsided. 

Mouth agape from his small rant she realizes he's still waiting for a response based on his arms crossing and a raised eyebrow. Val shakes her head clearly "Um yeah, she said it had to of been a knife cause of how deep it was and he also the one near his eyebrow" she finally says placing her coffee down on her strawberry coaster.

He nods, his head down in thought before releasing a deep sigh and slumping in one of her comfy chairs that sit in front of her desk. Val raises an eyebrow,curious about the visit from the DA, Val looks at Barba before clearing her throat 

"no offense counselor but why did you come all the way up here if you could have just asked Liv?" she asks giving an almost awkward smile. Barba smirks "well maybe I just wanted to meet you a little better this time around" he says with a cocky smile.

Val blushes under his stare before she breaks the tension by offering him some of her nutter butters she was snacking on "would you like a nutter butter?" she asks pushing the opened package closer to him

he chuckles at the awkward and flustered woman before nodding and reaching forward to snack on the cookie. Val and Barba sat for an hour snacking on the cookies and talking mindlessly about any and everything.

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"your telling me that you've never had an iced coffee before?" Val asks shocked at the man in front of her. He shakes his head laughing slightly "nope,never and I never plan to either" Val throws her hands against her forehead "that is gonna change one day, I promise you that" Val says determined to get him to try it. The pair are interrupted by val's office phone ringing.

she holds a finger up before answering, Barba stares in interest before she finally places the phone back down. "that was Liv, they need us both upstairs" she tells him, val watches as the man sighs in exhaust before standing and grabbing the jacket he had shed earlier and his briefcase, Barba stands by the door as Val gathers her belongings and the pair head to the elevator to go downstairs to meet Liv and the rest of the team.

As the elevator doors open and they walk into the the center of the detectives desks, the team all give the pair odd looks while rollins gives val a little smirk. Barba gives the team a sigh in clear exhaustion "okay, what do you need or what do you have?" barba says annoyed. 

Val peeks out the corner of her eye at him with a small smile, gaining a small smirk in return that the squad did not miss. Liv office door opens and she walks out putting her phone away "that was Cassandra walls mother, and she said Cassandra is officially recanting everything she has said about her attacker and does not want to testify in court" Liv stops right in front of Barba and Val. 

Barba huffs in response while val stands confused "I'm confused, why am I here for this?" she asks Liv. Liv sighs "you're here because even though Cassandra isn't testifying you were able to get a clear sketch and you can show the jury that was she told you in great detail is true, maybe this can show the jury that Cassandra is telling the truth and maybe she is being pressured to recant because she may know her attacker personally" Val nods in agreement as Barba stares at Liv 

"you think she knows them personally? how so?" he asks as Liv go to stand by the bulletin board "we did some digging and found a family member of hers that fits her description she gave Val almost exactly, and now all of a sudden her mom is telling us she can't testify anymore, maybe it's because he is family to them" Liv finishes.

Barba nods while thinking "get me a little more about how he is related and try to bring Cassandra in for questioning, in the meantime" He turns towards val "you're coming with me, I need to prep you for the stand and whoever this guys attorney is" he doesn't wait for a response before almost speed walking towards the elevator. 

Val stands in shock from pretty much all of that conversation before turning towards the squad "pre p me? I'm gonna testify?" val asks, rollins nods before smirking "eh don't worry, I think Barba will prep you juu--st right" she laughs before turning back to her computer leaving a flustered Val.

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"Ms. Teller, what occurred with you and Cassandra Wall at your meeting to help her sketch out her attacker?" Barba asks standing at the table in front of Val where she sits on the stand in the empty courtroom. Val clears her throat "umm, Miss Wall could barely remember anything about her attacker besides a scar he had near his mouth and eyebrow" Val says, her voice shaking slightly.

 Barba looks up from his file in question "are you nervous?" he asks bluntly and slapping his folder shut and tossing it on the table. Val tries to avoid eye contact from the intimidating man before finally making contact and nodding slightly "very much so, I've never had to do this before" Val tells him gaining an understanding nod from him.

Barba walks up to the stand, placing his hands on the edge "it's okay to be nervous, but If we want to get Cassandra to tell the truth to the jury, your voice cannot shake,I know it's gonna be hard but if you get too nervous just look at me " he tells Val assuringly. Val nods her head with a small smile before her phone rings, breaking the pairs staring contest.

Val hurryingly reaches for her phone seeing a call from her daughters school, Val answers hearing Amelia's teacher calling because she quickly got sick and needed to be taken home "okay, thank you so much Carla!" 

Val tells the person over the phone before hanging up and looking up at a confused Barba "sorry, um that was my daughters school, I gotta go get her, she got sick" she tells him. 

Barba nods in understanding "how old is she?"he asks watching Val gathering her stuff "oh she's four about to be five soon" Barba nods with a smile. Val looks up after grabbing all of her stuff "thank you for prepping me, Just let me know when you guys need me for court" she tells him gaining a nod from him 

"I'll call you when I get the details, see you later" he says, Val smiles "thank you, see you later" Val opens and leaves the courtroom, Leaving a slightly flustered and emotionally confused Barba.

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[therapycat21]

Defensive Prologue

TW! CONTAINS SELF HARM

Rafael Barba x OC!Valentina Teller

Series Description:

Valentina Teller is a sketch artist for the NYPD and assists the SVU with cases. Go through this journey with her as she meets the sassy and confident DA for the SVU Rafael Barba.

Valentina Teller was only nineteen years old when she fell pregnant and was only surviving off of her job at the art gallery.

When she turned twenty years old she decided to put her college degree to use and start earning more money to survive the livelihood of New York. Having completed college early she decided to get a job to work as a sketch artist for the New York Special Victims Unit.

Valentina had many struggles with the job, the constant reminders of how malicious people could be to kids and adults and how it affects people in the long run. Valentina seen first hand what can happen to the people that were the main affect to rape. 

Valentina's younger brother was a victim to one of their parents family friends. It occurred from the ages of  fifteen to seventeen, threatened with death if he told anyone. One fateful night he decided to come clean to his older sister when she visited home from college. 

It took another year and a half before their family knew what had happened. Val stood by her younger brother through the entire process, the confrontation with their parents, and the court dates, she was always there, no matter what. Val still worked at the art gallery when her younger brother had moved in with her to attend school in New York.

After a three months of living and attending school in New York, she got the call from their local hospital that he had attempted to kill himself from the thoughts of what had happened and the sever trauma he had gone through. 

After leaving the hospital, she had decided to take temporary leave in order to help him recover from his attempt, all the while taking care of her baby. Around the five-month mark, her brother had gotten tremendously better and started to attend therapy and take on new hobbies every month to help cope with his thoughts. 

Around the time he went back to school officially, Val had decided to quit her job at the gallery and take the opening at SVU for the sketch artist.

Val did not know how much her life was gonna change after being their for five years and the SVU get a new ADA to deal with.