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1. How Real Feels by Lewd_Intentions

   Fandoms: Law & Order: SVU  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rafael Barba/Olivia Benson
   • Rafael Barba
   • Olivia Benson
   • Original Character(s) - Character
   • Joe Velasco
   • Amanda Rollins
   • Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
   • Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr.
   • Barson
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Barba is a Fixer
   • Protective Rafael Barba
   • BDSM elements
   • Rope Bondage
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Fake Dating (Technically "Fake Transaction")
   • Workplace Violence
   • The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
   • Romance
   • Crime/thriller
   • Psychological Drama
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • BDSM / Dominance & Submission
   • Total Power Exchange (TPE)
   • The Fixer & The Hero
   • Morally Gray Rafael Barba
   • Trauma Recovery / PTSD
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Domestic Discipline
   • Slow burn (emotional)
   • Corruption Arc (Olivia’s acceptance of the gray area)
   • Bondage (Rope)
   • Sensory Deprivation (Blindfolds/Noise Cancellation)
   • Orgasm denial / edging
   • Aftercare
   • Service Submission
   • Competence Kink
   • Violence (Canonical levels)
   • Extrajudicial Justice

   Summary

   Rafael Barba spent twenty years building a fortress of isolation, viewing people as variables to be subtracted. But when a human trafficking case forces him into a dangerous alliance with Olivia Benson, he offers her a weekend of total surrender that threatens to crash his entire system.

   And even if you say, even if you say no
   I'm gonna fight, babe
   'Cause what I need has taken hold
   And even if you play, even if you play dumb
   It's not gonna change me
   –’Real Feels’

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   49,807

   Chapters:

   21/21

   Comments:

   20

   Kudos:

   91

   Bookmarks:

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