Maybe Jake should feel a little worried about how fast his heart is racing in his chest as he waits for Amy to come back home.

He's both nervous and excited, his palms getting sweatier with every new minute he spends standing alone in the airport, unable to stay still. He can't help but wonder if surprising her like this was the right call to make, finally. Last time he meant to surprise her with something, after all, it backfired spectacularly – ending with the most awkward breakups of all times.

Plus she's only been away for a few days. And it's only been a few weeks since they started dating, too. So maybe it's too soon for such grand gestures – especially coming from someone who used to search for the cheapest dates to take a woman on and who's never been known to be the King of Romance. Somehow though, when it comes to Amy, Jake finds it's easier to make such plans.

He's missed her a lot, during these past 96 hours of being apart and barely getting a chance to talk. It's not his fault if they very quickly fell into a routine of sleeping at each other's apartment almost every night and thus soon got used to each other's presence in their lives outside of the precinct almost every day. The idea came to his mind rather naturally, then, when she told him all about her flight's schedule. He didn't really think about it – nor did he think it through.

He said he would be working at the time her plane lands in New York City, all the while already making a note inside his head to ask Holt for his day off.

Which he did right after their conversation ended.

Really, he should freak out about how she makes him feel, so early in their relationship. Yet here he is, waiting for her with a bouquet of what Rosa told him once are her favorite flowers. He's never felt happier than since he started dating this woman he pined for for so long and does well intend to make it work.

He might not be good with emotions and voicing them, but Jake is still a man full of resources and ideas – and decisions taken on an impulse.

He just hopes this one will be part of his brilliant ideas, and Amy will actually like having him here.

His phone ringing inside of his jeans' pocket suddenly takes him out of his spiralling thoughts. He frowns when he sees who the caller is.

Amy Santiago.

Jake quickly cans the place with his eyes – if she calls, it means her plane has landed, and yet nobody's walking through the gates.

"Hi Ames!" He tries to keep it cool but can't help the cheerfulness in his voice when he picks up, nor the smile that instantly forms on his face. Only the excitation remains now that he realizes he's going to see her soon. "Aren't you supposed to arrive in only like," he looks at the clock above him, "half an hour?"

(He surprisingly came here early, just in case her flight would be too.)

"Yeah, I guess the plane I told you I was gonna take will…" she trails off. Jake instantly loses his smile and all his worries come rushing back into his mind.

What does this mean?! he can't help but wonder. Did something happen, did she miss her flight? But he quickly dismisses the thought. It's Amy.

There is no way she missed her flight.

"What do you mean?" he asks, then.

"I think we got the same idea."

He can hear her laugh softly through the device. It helps him relax, although he still doesn't get what's going on. "What idea?"

"I'm already home. I took an early flight. I wanted to surprise you at the precinct, but Charles told me you're not working today and you're supposed to pick me up at the airport."

"Oh."

Mixed feelings take over Jake as the news weigh in. First, he's relieved to know his idea wasn't so stupid and it wasn't too soon after all, since she apparently got the same. He can't help but feel a little disappointed too, though, that she beat him at it and he didn't get to surprise her. He was eager to see the look on her face when she'd pass the doors and see him standing there with a welcoming grin and his bouquet of flowers.

Most of all, he's hit by a huge wave of warmth at the thought of Amy coming back early from her trip at her parents' house so that she could surprise him. (Because she was missing him, too?)

"I'm sorry I ruined the surprise." She talks again when he doesn't say another word. "It was really nice of you to do." Her voice is soft and sincere and even though he can't actually see her, Jake can tell Amy's smiling as she speaks. It makes him smile too. A new wave of warmth and fondness for his girlfriend overwhelms him.

"Ah, it's okay. I guess it makes us even. I did ruin your surprise too." He lets out a small chuckle, soon reciprocated on the other end of the phone.

A few seconds of comfortable silence pass between them.

"How was your flight, by the way?"

"I'm heading back home now," Amy says instead of answering his question. "Wanna meet me there? For realz, this time, so that I can tell you all about it?"

"I'd love that," Jake immediately agrees.

"Great. See you there then."

He rushes out of the airport the second he hangs up. When he knocks on Amy's door about forty minutes later, his flowers don't look too good anymore and there's no hint of surprise glowing in her eyes, but it doesn't prevent Jake from grinning at her and for a rush of happiness to come coursing through his body at the sight of her. She's wearing comfortable sweatpants and her hair is still a little wet from the shower she most likely just took and yes, he did miss her a lot.

(He likes her a lot.)

"Hi," she greets him with a smile as bright as the one he's sure he's currently wearing on his own face.

"Hey." He echoes her words. Then hands her the flowers. "Sorry, they looked better earlier. Don't think they liked the way back from the airport too much. I don't know. I'm not good with flowers," he apologizes.

Amy lets out a chuckle as she grabs them. She shakes her head but Jake can see how her eyes shine while she takes a look at them. She quickly brings her gaze back onto his, though. "C'mere." She invites him in.

She barely waits for the door to close behind him to close the gap between them and press her lips onto his. It might have only been 4 days since he last kissed her, the gesture still sends a rush of bliss running down Jake's spine. He wraps his hands around her waist, now that both his hands are free.

"I missed you." Amy's the first one to acknowledge it when they part. She's looking at him with a content smile on her face and her forehead resting against his.

It takes Jake a few seconds to reciprocate the words (he might be able to come up with sudden grand gestures, he's still learning to open up more about his feelings and actually voice them). "I missed you too." He does mean it when he says it, though – for sure he missed her.

He can see Amy's smile broaden at that as she eventually draws away.

"So, you're not working at all today, huh?"

"Nope. Not at all. I'm all yours." He grins at her knowingly.

"Great." She shoots him a matching expression that makes his heart miss a beat in his chest. He can't wait to spend the whole day just the two of them.

(Maybe Jake should feel a little worried about how being reunited with Amy somehow feels like he's the one who just came back home, but he doesn't really care right now. As he lets her head him towards her living room, all he can think about is how lucky he is to have her in his life – and how glad he is for her to finally be back from her small trip out of the city.)