Amy and Jake

Five-thirty in the morning, Jake had to laugh to himself when he saw how early it was, but JJ was an early riser, Jake blamed it on Amy, since he had been legendarily difficult to wake up for much of his life.

"JJ, what's up my man?" He held him in front of him as JJ smiled and kicked his legs.

"Dada, dada, dada."

Jake couldn't help but smile, JJ's first word was mama, but he followed soon with dada and always wanted to play with his dad, making Amy a little jealous from time to time.

"Not too loud, JJ, we don't want to wake up mama, she's tired and she only has a little more time to sleep." Jake put a finger over his mouth.

JJ did the same and said "ssshhh", but louder than Jake wanted, but he couldn't help but laugh.

JJ was eleven months old now, Jake had been unsure about being a father because of his own father, but as the past year had progressed, he had tackled two tasks that had terrified him, fatherhood and he had now been the sergeant over the detectives for nine months. Now, as he held JJ and walked downstairs to do their morning ritual of watching Scooby-Doo, he felt at peace, he loved JJ more than he could have ever imagined, and his time as sergeant had been met with success and even with four new detectives, everything was going smoothly.

An hour later, Amy came downstairs, "thanks for the sleep babe, JJ, where's a hug for mama?" JJ hopped down from Jake's lap and took a few uneven steps before giving up and crawling the rest of the way, quickly. Amy picked him up and kissed him as he giggled.

"Lieutenant are you ready for hobnobbing with the commissioner today?"

Amy frowned, if only for second before smiling again, "c'mon Jake, it's not a big deal, but I'm excited. My new training program for officers at the nine-nine is getting national attention, yes I'm a dork, but it's still pretty cool."

Jake stood up and hugged her, "I'm just hackin on you, I'm super proud. This past year has been pretty amazing, JJ's a stud and our jobs have been smooth, which is saying something…" Jake paused as he didn't want to bring up all the difficulties that had preceded JJ's birth.

Amy grinned slightly at him, "you mean me being kidnapped and you being squished in a dumpster?"

Jake gulped, feeling stupid, not wanting to worry her, "yeah."

Amy shook her head, "Jake, we've had a great year, we are good, those things happened, but we are good. We don't have to never mention them." She kissed JJ on the cheek as he wiggled, "this guy helped us get over them pretty quickly."

JJ started to wiggle more and then called out, "Dada, dada!"

Amy rolled her eyes, "okay baby JJ, go to your favorite."

Jake took JJ and his eleven-month old son wrapped his arms around his neck tightly, "it's not personal Ames, I'm just his play pal, you'll be his favorite in a few years, you know, when he is more mature than me."

Amy kissed Jake on the cheek, "I'm only a little jealous, but I'm also happy you are such a great dad, you were pretty worried, and for nothing."

Jake nodded, "yeah, well, only child, sort of, and with my dad…but I also didn't think I'd ever have such a hot and awesome wife and a baby with her DNA."

"Well, this hot and awesome wife needs to hurry, your mom should be over soon to watch JJ, are you sure we pay her enough?"

Jake rolled his eyes, "we've been through this, she would do it free, but I insisted, this is the most she'd take, it helps her live a little better, but she's happy to have so much JJ time. We don't pay your mom when she watches him when my mom's on vacation."

"I know, but my mom has a lot of grandkids and is used to it, your mom is more social and does stuff."

"Nah, this is good for her, my nana watched me, and it was the best thing that happened in my life as a kid, seriously."

"Okay, I'll get home at two or three, and I'll start setting up for the barbeque, are you sure you can get away early today?"

"Hells yeah, I asked myself and I said yes. First time I've even come close to abusing my power."

"I'm glad Charles, Genevieve and Nicolaj are coming over, Charles behaves a little better when they're around."

Jake nodded and smiled, "yeah, especially since Nicolaj's school called home and said he drew a picture of his parents having sex, that made them a lot more careful, thank god."

Jake

Jake hated to admit it, but he loved being a sergeant, he could advise on other detective's cases without seeming like douche, and he got to know his detectives well, which allowed him to trust them and know their strengths. Rosa did a great job as head detective and held them to the same standard she held herself, which scared them sometimes, but Jake appreciated it because it meant they all toed the line. The new detectives, Sabatino, a younger Italian-American detective, Daniels, a middle aged black woman who was as tough as Rosa but as intellectual as Amy, Aguilar, a Filipino-American man, in his early fifties who loved strange food as much as Charles did, and Hartley, an attractive forty-something year old detective who covered the paperwork that Hitchcock and Scully did before they were forced into retirement in one day during the week and was then able to spend the rest of the week working cases with the other detectives.

The past few months, Jake had done his best to make time for Charles, he and Genevieve had some struggles, but Jake found out after they had worked through them, and it left him feeling terrible, Charles was always there for him. The barbeque they were hosting tonight was a weekly family get together, Amy liked Genevieve and they both were art majors in college, so they had a fair amount in common, and Nicolaj had taken to asking Amy a lot of questions about everything, she was impressed with how intelligent he was.

Jake was at his desk finishing his daily report when he saw Charles walk by, "Boyle, we're still on for tonight, right? Today's been crazy."

Charles walked to his desk, "of course we're still on, wouldn't miss it. Aguilar and I made a lot of progress on the Amberson murder, I'm positive it's the neighbor."

"Cool, cool, cool, you guys work well together, but you can't talk about your lunches with the others, Sabatino threw up the last time you did that."

"Lightweight."

Jake was about to leave early when Terry, now Captain Jeffords, called him into his office, "Jake, I know you're on your way out, just quick bit of sad news, Officer Tad Hilton of the ninety-third was murdered today, while on duty, you and I will need to attend the funeral with Amy, I'll let you know more as I find out."

"I met him a few times, he was a good guy, a good cop. How'd it happen?"

Terry sighed deeply, "shot in the head, point blank, in his squad car. His partner was in the bank, no one saw anything, it's a bad deal, if you could let your detectives know on your way out, I'd appreciate it."

Amy and Jake

"Ames, JJ, I'm home!" Jake set his bag down and went into the kitchen, Amy was feeding JJ.

"Dada!" JJ spit out his peas, so he could wave at his dad.

"How was the shindig with Holt?"

Amy stood up and kissed him, "amazing, I used to work my ass of for his praise, now I get it by just doing my best, and I got meet the new mayor, who Holt does not like."

"Then he must be bad, I voted for the other guy."

"So did I, but he is the mayor. There were representatives from New Jersey, Vermont, some other states and even one from Oregon, which was crazy."

"That's awesome Ames, all because you are so damn efficient, not to mention smart."

Amy blushed, "I don't know about that, but it is a great honor. You better get changed and get your grill prepped. It's cold out there too, no snow though."

"No probs Ames, I don't mind, if it's for meat, it's worth it."

Two hours later, they were gathered around the dining room table with Charles, Genevieve and Nicolaj. "Jake, this is seriously good, it reminds me of the grilled grub worms I ate last week."

Jake groaned, "Boyle, we talked about this, and by the way, comparing my short ribs to grub worms, not cool."

"C'mon Jake, not what I meant, and I'll be good."

The rest of the meal was pleasant, Amy put JJ down for the night and Jake and Charles went out back for a beer, Genevieve didn't allow drinking in front of Nicolaj.

"So, Charles," Jake was uncomfortable with personal talk still, especially with Charles, but he knew Charles was always there for him, "everything going good with Genevieve now?"

Charles nodded, "yeah, thanks Jake, much better. She's even talking about getting married, which would make me happy, we've been together for four years."

"That's great Charles, I'm happy for you man."

"Thanks, Jake, it's a bummer about Hilton, he was good guy."

"Yeah, that sucked, Terry seems pretty worried about it, I think Holt might be under pressure already as commissioner because of it. Never easy being a black gay man with principles."

"I mean, cops get killed far too often, but like that, point blank, that's not normal. It gets you thinking, you know? I would hate to leave Nicolaj behind without a daddy, but I love my job."

Jake sighed and nodded, "yeah, I feel ya, with all Amy and I have been through, I worry. I can't imagine one of us dying with JJ so young, shitty stuff."

"We've had some scrapes Jake, but we're still standing, plus, you know I always got your back, and probably more importantly, so do Rosa and Terry."

Jake hit Charles softly on the arm, "c'mon Boyle, you're enough, you've saved my ass a few times, and Holt's, Rosa's and Terry's, you're a great cop."

"Thanks Jake, I don't always feel like it, you know, Mr. Grapes, going full Boyle."

"Boyle, that was teasing, you might be easier to tease, but you're still awesome, and still my best friend."

Charles did the Boyle hug, hard and long, which always hurt Jake's ribs, "thanks Jake, thanks for making sure we spend more time together, it's meant a lot."

Once Jake peeled Charles from him, he frowned, "Boyle, I was a dick, I was too caught up in everything, and you have never not been there for me, I had to do the same for you, and I always will, we're Charles and Jake..."

Amy and Jake

Jake was reading his favorite Hellboy comic collection, a present from Terry when they discovered they bothloved dark sci fi type stuff, Amy was working on her second crossword of the night, when she set it down and looked over at Jake. "Genevieve told me they might get married, in a year or so."

Jake set his book down, "yeah, Charles said the same thing, I'm happy for him, it hasn't been easy lately, god I'm a dick."

Amy leaned on him and kissed him, "you're fine, we all get busy, we did have a baby after all, but I'm glad we're doing this with them, it's good for all of us."

"We got too emotional, talking about Hilton getting murdered in the nine-three, you know how I feel about emotional displays, except with you, I've gotten way better with you."

Amy smiled, "I know, but he's Charles, you love him even though he's a weirdo who's overly obsessed with you."

"True, but he's also got my back and helped me out so many times, I just need to do the same."

Jake was about to return to Hellboy when he felt Amy's hand slip under his waistband, "Jake, focus, we're both awake, JJ's asleep, and we both have tomorrow off…"

Jake didn't need anymore convincing, his book hit the floor with a soft thud, his own hands quickly going to Amy's side, lifting her shirt off, his lips quickly finding breasts, laying soft kisses, Amy moaned.

"It's been too long if you get this excited this quick, Ames."

Amy didn't respond, instead moving him lower, pushing him to give attention to her area of need. Jake pulled off her remaining clothes and gently began to lavish the attention Amy desired, his tongue soon working up and down on her as she moaned louder. Jake pulled himself up and entered her, moaning himself as he did so.

"Looks like I'm not the only one who was horny." She then kissed him, deeply, then bit his lip playfully.

It did not take long for Jake to finish either, as he finished, he rolled over, still breathing heavy, "fuck, Ames, life is too crazy, I barely think about not having it until we do, and then all I can think about is how dumb I am, and then life gets busy again."