When even Charles had told him that he was not thinking this through, Jake knew he was in trouble. In hindsight, it was maybe not a good idea to tell this to Charles, but it was too late to take it back now. He had a limited amount of close friends, pretty much Charles and Gina, and since Gina was Gina, Charles had been the choice.
He and Sophia had broken up with each other a few weeks ago, or something anyway. Jake wasn´t entirely sure who had broken up with who, but anyway there was no more Jake + Sophia = love. Which was why Jake had gotten the idea that he wanted to talk with Amy again. But he just wasn´t quite sure how to, how to do it. To be honest, he wasn´t even sure if it was a good idea.
They´re in his car on a stake out, because he had gotten back to working with her again, in an attempt to not make this weird, even though it already was, when he finally says something. "So did you hear that Boyle started having sex with Gina again?" Okay, that might not entirely have been what he intended to say, but at least it broke the weird silence.
"Wait," Amy turned her head to face him, looking like she couldn´t quite believe him. Understandably enough, it had been hard enough to believe the first time around. "Seriously?"
"Yeah," Jake said, and reached for his bag of nuts. They were in his car, so it was there somewhere. He drew back a little, when he realized, he was leaning pretty close to Amy. And that he could definitely smell her strawberry shampoo, which was not at all slightly distracting. "I talked with Boyle earlier, and he may have panicked and told me everything."
"I´m not surprised," Amy said quietly, and then the silence returned again, and it felt like it was practically smothering him. "We need to talk," Amy said after a beat of silence, and Jake was surprised that she didn´t sound panicky. Panicking in these kinds of situations, were usually her jam.
"I know," he said with a small sigh. They couldn´t keep doing this. It was too weird, and not in a good way. They had to rip the band-aid off with one result or another. Either blood everywhere or a healed wound.
"I´m sorry," she said quietly, and it stung a little bit. It struck him that he didn´t want her to be sorry. She looked away and exhaled sharply. "You were still with Sophia, and I shouldn´t have done that," she returned her eyes to his face, and seemed intent on looking at him. Probably to make her apology believable, and Jake looked back.
"That being said," Jake said trying to sound not the least bit nervous, even though it felt like he could fall down into a pit any moment, like he was walking on tightrope. "If you want to do it again, I´m not saying no."
It seemed to take a few seconds for his words to actually dawn on Amy, and before she could say anything, Jake closed the space between them and kissed her. It felt like the world stopped, and Jake´s hands settled on Amy´s back, almost as quickly as hers cupped his face, and for a moment, there was nothing else but Amy Santiago in the entire universe. His mouth opened and he let out a content sigh, when Amy sucked on his bottom lip. His thumb brushed across her chin, and she shuttered slightly.
They parted after a long moment, Amy´s hands were fiddling with his collar, and for once Jake appreciated the tie. When she looked up at him with a soft happy look, he grinned at her and kissed her hair. It felt like something melted inside him.
"That was a good idea," she said with half closed eyes.
"Known for those," he said quietly and kissed her again, this time she answered him quicker. Partly because he wanted to kiss her, partly to avoid getting a sarcastic retort. Amy tugged at his hair, as Jake had pulled her closer again. For all he cares, they can stay in his car forever, because god does it feel amazing with Amy tugging at his hair and sucking on his lip.
They don´t catch the perp, they were out looking for, but Jake can´t bring himself to care. And when Holt gets a bit pissed at them, once they get back to the precinct, Amy doesn´t seem nearly as embarrassed or mortified as he´d expected her to be. Instead, she just smiles at Jake, and he can´t stop smiling back.