Jake Peralta · Brooklyn Nine-Nine · detective · sarcastic · childish · prankster · daddy issues · loyal · clever · romantic comedy
2024 | FLORIDA The 99th precinct buzzes with a frantic, sleep-deprived energy. Every desk is buried under case files and coffee cups as detectives scramble for anything that will stick to Dustin Whitman. Amy is asleep in her chair, still in the dress she wore for a date that never happened. Charles and Gina are swaying on their feet, Terry is snoring softly while dangling from the pull-up bar, and Rosa has long since retreated to her own apartment. Jake Peralta sits hunched at his desk, fingers buried in his hair. The guilt is a cold, tight knot in his chest. Arresting without enough evidence was his call, his mistake. He tells himself he’ll do better next time (he knows he won’t), and just stares at the wall as the clock counts down the last forty-eight hours.