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First a word of warning, although this is not a slash story, per se, it does liberally make reference to the canon relationship of Chris Keller and Tobias Beecher. I would also like to point out that the prisoners of Oz are generally rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. They like the F word. A lot. They call each other names. They fight. They stab each other with sharpened toothbrushes. This is not a show for the faint of heart so if you're easily offended, make us both happy and take a pass on this one.

On another note, I realize the 'Elliot Stabler and Chris Keller as brothers' bit has been done before. I know that. But I couldn't help myself! Something about the duality of one actor so beautifully portraying two such polar opposite and yet subtly similar men at the same time struck a cord with me. Lookit! A cop and a con, both with attitude, determination, and anger management issues. (Kudos to the lovely and talented Christopher Meloni, you rock, baby!)

I know I'm on shaky ground here on the timing. FBI Special Agent Taylor has begun his crusade against Chris, Chris and Toby are still on the outs, and the body bags have already been filled. Therefore this story takes place in the Oz universe during a small window of time somewhere between the season 4.2 episodes 'Revenge is Sweet' and 'Cuts Like a Knife'.

So that would make it season three-ish in SVU? Yeah? If anything falls outside of this time frame, please consider it AU. In that same vein, I hereby freely admit to completely disregarding the ridicules 'aging pill' and 'Chinese detainee' Oz subplots. I also took huge liberties with the broken water pipe.

Since the well-known and much loved butterfly tattoo on a certain thigh is real, both Keller and Elliot have one. However, for this story, Elliot's thigh is ink free. Thank you for allowing this poetic license. There. Is my ass covered? I hope so. *g*

Special thanks to Forbes for all the support, chocolate (and not the virtual kind, either), and for generally keeping me on track. Several of the plot points were her ideas and I think she made a huge difference in the quality of the story.