And short of SVU bringing Stabler back to reveal that he has been living in a cave for a decade with no means of reaching out to Benson, I’m going to be firmly Team Benson.
She has gone through hell and back, while also earning promotions and taking in a son.
While Stabler being written out off-screen had to happen due to Christopher Meloni’s departure and SVU didn’t really have the opportunity to set up a poignant final scene between the partners, that’s what happened in SVU canon, and there’s no ignoring everything that happened to Benson over the past ten years.