Chapter Two: The Pilot
Jake stood at the front of the briefing room, delivering his speech on his murder case to the squad. The entire time he was up on that stand, he was looking at the uniform officers and detectives in the room. His colleagues, and friends. But one stood out more to him. Sat quite relaxed, with her feet up on the table. He loved how tough and stern she was at work, and how despite her dark exterior, he could see the light shining in her eyes. She was smiling at him softly. He loved that kind of support he got from her. Jake finished his spiel and went to sit back down, as Terry took the stand, and mentioned the new Captain.
Jake was not bothered about the new Captain, but one voice made him raise an eyebrow at his mentioning.
"Wait. Tell us about the new captain" Rosa asked.
"Captain Holt will want to introduce himself" Terry said, dismissing the squad.
Rosa stood at the printer, watching the scene about to unfold as Jake and Amy started talking It never bothered her that much that they were talking, they spoke all the time. They flirted, sure. But she was sure that Amy would never go out with Jake. She wasn't sure that she wanted to. But she knew that she didn't want Amy to. Regardless, she swallowed her moment of jealousy, and stood back to watch Jake mock the new captain. She had missed the first bit of his conversation, so was just enjoying him pretend to be a robot. A shit one at that too.
Rosa noticed the Captain walk in, but Jake was facing the other way. There was no way that she could warn him. Instead she kept back and watched the scene unfold. She couldn't help but feel Empathy when Holt gave Jake a public dressing down. She knew Jake well, and knew that it wouldn't affect him. In fact, she was fairly certain that she was feeling worse than he was at that moment. But she did notice that whilst Jake was being told off, he avoided her eye line. Then again, Jake was smart, he knew that she would be feeling worse than he was, and tried not to look at her for that reason.
Once Holt had walked into his office, Rosa returned to her seat, and continued to file her arrest warrants, however the internet was slow that day and it kept buffering.
She thought back to last night, and a promise which she made Jake.
"Don't we have the new Captain coming tomorrow?" Rosa asked Jake as they lay in bed together. Jake rolled over to face her, wrapping an arm around her waist
"Yeah. Babe promise me one thing" He said
"Depends" Rosa replied cautiously
"I know you're tough and scary. I know that you want the new captain to see that. But try, just try not to break anything tomorrow?" He asked. Rosa laughed lightly at him
"I'll try" She promised him.
"Sorry Jake" She thought, as she started hitting the side of her computer. Not because she wanted to appear tough. This was purely out of frustration. Her warrant finally went through and she relaxed back in her chair a bit. Whoever said that hitting things didn't make them work was very clearly wrong. She looked up around the room, to see Jake dancing around by Amy. Rosa watched them, and decided that it was not flirting. It was a combination of Jake not casting, and making a point about not caring, and showing off to the new captain of course. But also, because everyone knew that Amy was trying desperately to make a good impression. She was always very uptight and proper. Rosa almost appreciated Jake trying to humanise Amy, show her that you can have fun and still be an effective cop.
Once Holt had finished in his meeting with Terry, he decided to go and introduce himself to the rest of the precinct. He and Terry left, Amy went to the evidence room, leaving Rosa and Jake In the bull pen. Hitchcock, Scully and Daniels were sat in the break room enjoying their coffee, and Gina was doing work, of some sort with her headphones on. Rosa went and sat beside Jake's desk
"Captain seems nice" She said with a smirk
"He can yell at me all he wants, I'm going to prove to him that I can be a good cop without a tie" Jake said
"Just do it Jake. Just wear the tie" Rosa pleaded
"No. It's a stupid tie" He said
"And there are some things in life worth fighting. This is NOT one of them" Rosa replied
"Let me solve this case, and then we'll see" Jake replied
"Fine" Rosa agreed "But if you get in shit that's on you" She said
"Couldn't agree more. Now Crime Techs are done. Are you coming to the scene with me?" He asked
"What about Amy?" Rosa asked. Jake raised an eyebrow at her
"Jealous?" he asked curiously
"Never" Rosa replied
"Yeah. She's coming" Jake said
"I got nothing going on at the moment. Waiting for my arrest warrant to be approved by the DA and I have no more open cases. Sure" Rosa replied
"Great. Boyle and Amy are sharing a car, so you want to share with me?" Jake asked
"Ok" Rosa replied. Charles walked back inside from the roof, Rosa took that as her cue to leave. She stood up, and placed her hand on Jake's shoulder, rubbing softly for a second before walking away. One of the very few displays of affection she could get away with, without anyone seeing at work.
Once Amy returned, Jake briefed Terry and Holt quickly, saying that all four detectives were on their way to Morgenthau's apartment. Holt gave his approval, and Amy and Boyle got a head start. They took their own cars as they both had other cases open, and we're investigating them next. As Jake was the primary on this case, he drove himself, and as Rosa had no open cases, it was safe for her to share a car with him.
They walked out of the precinct and got into his car, as he started the drive to Morgenthau's. It was about a 20 minute drive. Longer in the current traffic conditions of roadworks.
"Any leads yet?" Rosa asked
"Not yet. Crime techs will have a list of everything that was stolen, I'm hoping that comes up with something" Jake replied
"Sounds promising" Rosa replied
"Yeah. Now, be honest with me Rosa. Are you jealous that I flirt with Amy?" Jake asked
"No. Stop asking" Rosa replied
"No. Why is it suddenly bothering you. You know I'll still come home with you every night. I don't think of Amy the way I think of you" Jake said, sincerely
"How do you think of me?" Rosa asked after a slight pause, a flirtatious smile on her face
"How don't I think of you?" Jake asked
"Well. What are you thinking of, right now?" She asked, placing her hand on his thigh, running up the length of his leg, fingers inching dangerously close to his member, which she could feel tingling from excitement.
"Rosa, stop it. Not whilst I'm driving, and not when we're on our way to a murder" Jake said
Rosa sighed, and pulled her hand away. Jake grabbed it, and brought her hand to his lips. Kissing it softly. Rosa smiled at him.
"So, if you're not jealous, what is it?" Jake asked. Rosa thought for a few moments. The more she thought about it, it was jealousy. He never acted like that with her, but she knew that if he did, it would end in the two of them making their private lives public, which neither of them wanted.
"You're... I don't know" She finished. Jake opened his mouth to reply, but catching the look in her eye, he decided that it was not safe to. Instead, he changed the subject entirely. 12 years together, and he knew when he was pushing too far by the look in her eyes.
"My place or yours tonight?" He asked
They arrived at the crime scene not too much later, and got out, joining their colleagues inside, and continuing the investigation. They had become incredibly good at working whilst their minds were on each other. They had more than enough practice.
"Ok. So, the perp came in through the window, left the muddy red footprint, and apparently had sex with the dish rack" Jake said walking in and assessing the scene. Rosa bit back a smile. He was always able to the lighten the mood with his sometimes inappropriate comments.
"Shell casings found here. Two shots. Bang, Bang" Amy said, noticing the bullets on the floor.
"Great work detective. You get a tie" Jake said pulling a tie from his pocket and throwing it to Amy. Rosa looked up at Jake, who winked at her. Clearly he was still on the tie thing, and also flirting with Amy. She rolled her eyes and went back to her notepad.
"Hey. That's mine, you took it from my desk" Charles said. Jake turned to him, congratulated him and threw a tie to him.
"That's right Charles, good solve. Tie for you" Jake said throwing Charles back his own tie. Rosa couldn't help but laugh. She knew that Jake was taking the piss, and it was nice that he could get the whole team smiling. Clearly Amy didn't mean that much to him, as he was flirting with Charles just as much. If anything, that relaxed her a bit. She smiled as Jake went on.
"Now everyone, be sure to put those on as it's impossible to solve crimes unless you're wearing a tie" Jake said looking around the room.
"Lay off the captain. That man is going to be my Rabbi" Amy said. Rosa rolled her eyes. She knew Jake well, and she knew that there was no way that he would fall for someone like that. She got why Jake took the piss out of Amy. Someone had to take her down a few pegs.
"Ok. First when you use the word 'Rabbi', you know that turns me on and that's unfair in the work environment" Jake started. Rosa smirked to herself, remembering the reaction she caused him in the car, let alone almost every night for the last 8 years!
"Secondly, your Rabbi is a pan in my ass" Jake added, smirking at her.
"Yeah, he's a little too serious" Charles chimed in. Always one to suck up to Peralta. Rosa bit back a laugh as she thought that was her job.
"What do you think Rosa?" Charles asked. Rosa thought, Jake was flirting with Amy, she had more than enough opportunity to flirt with Charles but decided against it. "He seems cool" She replied not looking at either Charles or Jake.
"Yeah, he seems cool. I agree" Charles added. Rosa rolled her eyes. Charles was a people pleaser. He rarely said his own opinions, he only said what people wanted to hear. Deciding to change the subject back to the crime scene, Rosa chimed up with the things that were missing.
"Looks like the Perp stole, a computer, a watch and a Jamon Iberico Ham valued at" Rosa stopped surprised when she read the value
"What? $6000" She finished
"$6000 for a ham?" Jake asked in disbelief which matched Rosa's. Rosa looked up at Jake, looking straight at her. Noticing no one else was looking, she licked her lips slightly and winked at him. She knew that turned him on, just a little bit, but any feeling of erotica was immediately diminished by Charles, chiming up on facts about the ham, and mentioning his Uncle's funeral. Jake changed the subject quickly, making sure his response did not invite any more questions, saying they needed to contact Holt, when as if by magic, he appeared. Rosa couldn't help but notice, the smirk Amy gave him, and didn't bother to tell him that Holt was behind him. She rolled her eyes. Even when she was pissed off with Jake, she would still warn him if he was about to get in trouble.
Rosa watched as Holt took it upon himself to take over the case, sending Jake and Amy on door duty, and instructing herself and Charles to go and check in with the coroner. Holt walked out.
Rosa walked up to Jake.
"I need your keys" She said
"Fine, but be quick. I don't want to be on door duty for hours" Jake said, handing her the keys. Their fingers lingered a second more than they should have whilst passing the keys over, but no one noticed. They also didn't notice the smile they exchanged before Rosa walked off. She and Charles took different cars.
Rosa walked out of the building, almost upset that she couldn't go with Jake. Charles followed her out, and started asking if she wanted to go to a film with her. In a spur of sudden jealousy, fuelled by the thought of Jake and Amy still together inside the crime scene on door duty, she agreed. Regretting it as soon as she agreed. Feeling bad from hearing the excitement in his voice. He mentioned Citizen Kane. She remembered watching it once with Jake, but neither of them got into the movie, so they turned it off after 10 minutes and started going down on one another. She couldn't watch that film with Boyle after those memories with Jake. So, she turned it down. She drove off before he had a chance to list any more films.
Rosa walked into the coroners office, and ID's herself with her badge, she was taken to a room, where she was once more met with the dead body. This time post autopsy. She remembered from her days in medical school a fair bit, but was distracted by the coroner printing off the sheets. She had a quick glance over. Two bullet wounds. Trauma around the area. Textbook shooting. Simple really.
She met Charles outside on her way back out, not wanting to engage in conversation she turned to him.
"These are the notes from the coroner. I need to go pick up Jake, you take these back to the Nine-Nine and I'll meet you there soon" She said passing Charles the notes, then walking back to the car, driving back to Morgenthau's and ringing Jake once outside. Jake picked up on the first ring.
"Peralta" He answered
"Jake it's me. I'm outside" she replied
"On my way" He said walking out. A few minutes later he got in the car with her, she pulled out and drove them back
"Anything from door duty?" She asked
"Nothing" Jake replied
"I guessed as much" She said
"Anything from the coroner?" Jake asked
"Two shot wounds, trauma around the area, nothing out of the ordinary. Textbook case" She said
"Remember on the detective course? We were given some really hard cases?" Jake asked
"Yeah. Remember that one where we were sent to a dead guy's house, and he was just on his couch. Not obviously dead, no signs of trauma?" Jake asked
"Yeah! Hey it was you who spotted that puncture wound on his neck, and found that he was injected with a hefty dose of cyanide" Rosa replied
"But it was you, who found the link between the Victims father and the murderer's father" Jake said They both sighed, reliving that case
"We used to get such good cases. Now all we have is shootings" Rosa replied
"I don't know. We still need to find the motive, and suspects" Jake said. Rosa laughed lightly.
"That's true" She replied. They continued on their way back to the precinct.
They were gathered around Jake's desk when Holt walked up to them.
"Update me" He said
"There were no surprises from the coroner. Two shots, shoulder and chest" Charles read
"None of the neighbours heard or saw anything, and what's worse, Santiago struck out with a 92 year old" Jake added
Rosa made a mental note to ask Jake to explain that later, tuning out as they bantered.
"Ok, hit the pawn shops and canvas the neighbourhood. And while you're out you can buy yourself a tie" Holt instructed
"Oh. Actually sir, I'm wearing a tie tight now" Jake said standing up and pulling up his top to show off the tie around his stomach. Rosa traced her eyes up and down his chest. A chest which she knew well. Sure, he wasn't as buff as he was 12 years ago in the academy. But when he tensed, to tried, he had some definition. She bit her lip very subtly as he eyes drifted lower. Holt continued to go on at Jake about why he refused to follow orders. This time, Rosa was too distracted to worry about Jake, or feel guilty about him being dressed down.
Jake started talking to Boyle about the ham and they went on their way. Rosa had no idea what happened, but they returned an hour later. Boyle was covered in ice cream. They went inside Captain Holt's office, and closed the door behind them. There was pushing the new captain but this was very clearly overdoing it. Rosa could hear Holt yelling from outside. She tried hard to concentrate on her case, but was struggling when all she could hear was Holt shouting.
She did hear however that Jake had been assigned to the briefing room. He walked off the records room, without another look. No one else dared to go near Jake after that verbal beating. Terry and Amy followed soon after, but once they left, Rosa decided it was her turn to go in.
"What do you want Rosa?" Jake asked, very clearly not in the mood for her antics. But she didn't care
"Why are you flirting with Amy?" She asked, leaning against the doorway
"Why are you going on a date with Charles?" He asked not looking up from his work. This caused Rosa to raise an eyebrow.
"Now who's jealous" She asked
"I'm not jealous. Bit Charles is really excited about it. I know you're not going to go" Jake said, finally looking up at her
"Who's to say that I won't?" She asked
"Because you wouldn't do that. I flirt with Amy, sure. But I wouldn't go out with her I wouldn't tell her I wanted to go see a movie with her. You have no feelings for Charles. You're just going to hurt him" Jake said
Rosa sighed "I need to cancel on Charles" She said
"Do it nicely. Let him down easy. You know he's still in a bad place since his divorce from Eleanor." Jake said
"Why don't I just go on the date with him?" Rosa asked
"Because you'll be leading him on. Besides" He started but stopped
"Besides what?" Rosa asked
"How would you feel if I went on a date with Amy" Jake asked. He had Rosa there. They never discussed how they felt about each other. This was as close as they got. They must have felt similar things, because that was enough to make Rosa realise that there was nothing to be jealous of, and that Jake felt that way about her.
"Ok. I'll let him down nicely" She said
"At least try to" Jake replied knowing that with Rosa it would never be nice, nice.
"Why can't you just listen to him. If McGintley asked you to brief him before going anywhere you would, why are you refusing for Holt?" She asked
"Because he's too strong minded. He's come in and put himself as Primary on my case" Jake said
"Babe. For me. Just wear the tie. If you do, I'll make it worth it" She said with a flirtatious smile
"Oh yeah?" Jake asked leaning back in his chair "How?" He asked
"I'll let you tie me up. I will be completely at your mercy" She said walking behind him, and running her hands over his chest, her lips right against his ear
"Can I tie you up with the tie?" Jake asked
"Was that not obvious from context?" She asked
"Sure. It was. I just want you to tell me more" He said
"Ok. Jake you wear that tie, and then. Tonight, you can take it off, and do whatever you like with it" She said
"Such as?" He coaxed
"You can tie me up. Or you could blindfold me. Or you could gag me" She suggested, her hands trailing lower down his body
"Mmm I like the sound of that" He said turning in his chair and pulling her so that she was straddling him.
"I like this" She said as she lowered her lips to his, kissing him deeply, as his hands went to her ass.
This was not the first time that they had got raunchy at work. They knew it wouldn't be the last. They were always careful about how they did it. They knew where all of the cameras were. They positioned themselves so that they could stay out of view. Their usual go to was Babylon. Rosa found it on her first year at the Nine-Nine. Behind the evidence and records room, was the old Captains bathroom. A large room, big enough for more than enough activities. Rosa and Jake kept it as their own for years, but a few years back, they also introduced it to Gina. Gina never knew that Jake knew of its existence. And the large couch that Rosa had put in, was nothing more than decoration to Gina, but to Jake and Rosa it was their adventure.
They also did it in the men's and ladies room, but only when they knew that they were completely alone. The evidence room had a back corner where they couldn't be seen, and the records room had so many boxes, that the back was blocked up. Push the chair back far enough, you couldn't be seen from the door or the camera. This knowledge came from a long history of being unable to resist one another at work. And this was what they did now. They were on a ricking clock, so they couldn't spend as much time as they would have liked, however they enjoyed their kisses just as much.
"So. You'll promise me you'll wear that tie now?" Rosa asked breaking the kiss
"I promise" Jake replied. She kissed him quickly once more, and stood up, walking out of the room. Letting Jake calm himself down before Holt inevitably walked in to check on Jake.
She walked out and over to Charles. And kicked his desk, so he spun around to face her
"So. What movie did you get us tickets to?" She asked
"Oh well. Just to be safe I bought tickets to all of them" He said
"Just to be safe? What does that mean?" She asked trying hard to keep her smile and happy voice, feeling a little guilty.
"I don't know. I didn't want to mess up because you're sort of... Opinionated" He said Rosa felt angry at that. Screw Jake and being nice. If he was going to turn around and call her that, she was going to retaliate.
"You think I'm opinionated. Ok here's an opinion for you. You're a bad judge of character and your shirt looks like vomit"
"So we can go see North by Northwest..." Charles started, clearly not getting the hint
"We're not seeing a movie together" She confirmed, walking off. Behind her she could hear Charles make some comment about keeping it professional .
Rosa sat back at her desk. She was handed a new case by terry. A string of B&E's nothing too taxing, but enough to distract her. She was going over her notes when Holt's voice rang out.
"SANTIAGO! BOYLE! DIAZ! COME IN HERE, BRING EVERYONE. AND A CAMERA" From the records room.
Rosa facepalmed herself. What had Jake done now. She walked in with the rest of the squad and found Jake standing behind the desk, Shirt and tie on, but only wearing a speedo under.
Everyone started cheering and clapping. Watching as he pulled away the file. Rosa joined in the celebrations whilst trying to remain steady on her feet. What was just a joke to everyone else, was a big turn on for herself. Or that could be because 15 minutes ago, she was straddling that very package, and she was still turned on herself.
The phase lasted about 5 minutes, before Holt dismissed everyone to get back to work. Rosa decided to hang back, as everyone else left, and Jake stood to get his trousers, when Rosa spoke.
"Don't" She said. He turned to her, and she walked over to him, pushing him into a corner and pressing her body against his, kissing him.
"What?" Jake asked between their kisses
"You turn be on before, and now that fucking Speedo. I need you" She whispered to him. He growled low, and pulled her hips closer to him, he made quick work of her jeans, pulling them down, only to her knees, followed by her underwear and his speedo. At work, they had to keep on guard. Rarely fully naked, just a quick one to tide them over until the end of the day. He spun her so her back was to him, and leant her over a pile of boxes, concealed from the door and camera by other boxes. He jerked his member a few times, not really necessary as she was always able to turn him on incredibly quickly.
He spanked her ass once, not too hard, just enough for her to gasp, and he slipped himself inside her.
It didn't take long, they had both teased one another a fair bit before. He thrusted his hips against hers a few times, causing her to moan. Over and over, keeping it quiet. She was good at being quiet, but could never stay silent with Jake. He was always able to make her lose all her common sense.
She felt herself being drawn closer, and closer to a climax. Feeling the overwhelming heights of ecstasy, she closed her eyes, and felt Jake find his own release inside her.
"Fuck!" She whispered, getting her breath back. Jake pulled out of her, and they both dressed once more. Jake putting his pants back on.
He leant down and kissed her again
"You're incredible" He said
"So are you" She replied
"So. Did you talk to Charles?" He asked
"Yeah. I'll be honest. I could have handled It better" She admitted
"What did you do?" He asked, his arms still safely wrapped around her waist
"He called me opinionated so I insulted him, his shirt and told him we wouldn't see a movie together" Rosa admitted
"Oh Rosa" Jake said sighing
"I know. I'm sorry. I'll pay him back for what you spent on the tickets" She said
"Ok" Jake agreed. "Now we're going on a stakeout tonight, the whole squad. I think we can get Ratko. I want you and Boyle to be paired together, and apologise. Compliment him so things don't get awkward" Jake said
"Ok" She agreed.
"Ok?" He asked, kissing her once more.
"Right well shift's over in at 8pm, that's in 10 minutes. Let's meet back at 9pm, here and we'll get Ratko. Then did we agree mine or yours tonight. I'm wearing the tie" Jake said with a smirk. Rosa laughed in response.
-That Night-
Rosa and Boyle sat in silence. A lot less awkward now she had given him the money, as told to by Jake. They heard Jake on the radio give his command. She smiled, She loved the sound of his voice on the radio. Leading cases like this. She loved it when he went powerful on her.
"Ratko in the building, everyone take your positions" He said.
"Let's go" Rosa said to Charles. They put on their vests, and walked inside, taking their position around the corner.
Jake opened the unit, and found Ratko inside, holding a gun to him. He wasn't scared though. He could hear her footsteps.
"If you look to your left, you'll see detectives Boyle and Diaz" Jake said, smiling when he saw her. Someone was holding a gun to him, and all he cared about was Rosa. He introduced the other's in his team, and his revelation about the tie, before Ratko made a run. Jake watched as Rosa ran towards him, gun drawn.
"Down! Down! Hands behind your back!" She shouted. Jake watched her take down a perp. He loved watching her demand authority, and in that scenario, she was the one to take control.
What if I let her tie me up? Jake thought to himself. The thought causing a stir in his underwear. He tried to position himself so his erection would not be visible. Holt, however caught him
"What are you doing?" He asked. Jake made up some excuse about the Speedo causing him discomfort, and walked off to sort himself out.
The bust went great. Ratko was arrested, and back at the precinct, he gave a full, signed confession. He was sent through to holding, whilst the paperwork was sent to the DA. At midnight, Jake finally clocked out, Rosa, who had decided to stay and do some work on her own case, left with him, as they went back to her apartment, to continue as promised earlier. Jake made sure that, even though Holt left soon after the arrest, Jake kept his tie on. This did not go unnoticed by Rosa.
Please read and review.