Disclaimer: I do not own Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Santiago was acting weird. It was getting so obvious that even Scully and Hitchcock were noticing, and it was only a matter of time before somebody figured out why. Honestly Rosa was a little ashamed that no one had correctly guessed what had happened already given the way that Santiago reacted every time she tried to talk to her.
They were surrounded by detectives for God sakes, why could none of them put two and two together? Not that Rosa actually cared if they actually did figure it out, it was just... she could do without the lesbian jokes. Besides, she knew how much it would upset Santiago, so Rosa decided to do Santiago another favour.
Unfortunately Santiago didn't make it easy on her, girl was avoiding her like the plague and every time Rosa tried to talk to her Santiago would suddenly engage someone else in conversation or more often than not simply make some excuse to leave and then run as fast as her dorky little legs could carry her.
Rosa really shouldn't find it cute, but she did, and she had no one but herself to blame. She should have predicted Santiago would act this way. In fact she was pretty sure she had and just ignored it because she wanted to keep her promise, and to fuck the annoying girl out of her system. Oh well, Santiago was still mostly to blame for what happened next.
*
"You're acting weird!" Rosa said in her usual monotone when Santiago finally opened the stall door.
To her credit Santiago managed not to scream her head off, although she did have an adorable 'deer in the headlights' look for a few seconds before pushing past Rosa and huffing, "Do you mind?"
"If you'd just talk to me anywhere else I wouldn't have to do this." Rosa shrugged, "Now like I said, you're acting weird, and if you don't-"
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, AH!" Amy cried out like an idiot before looking under the stalls, like Rosa had done moments before, and then apologising, "You're right, I'm sorry, it's just that-"
"You're embarrassed, I get it." Rosa huffed, "But we're surrounded by Detectives Santiago, and sooner or later someone is going to work out what's going on with you."
Lowering her head and turning to wash her hands Amy softly said, "Maybe, but... I'm not embarrassed, okay? I just... I just need to get time to get use to this."
"Get used to what?" Rosa frowned.
Amy smiled softly, "You liking me."
"Hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves." Rosa scoffed.
"Oh." Amy mumbled, looking disappointed.
Against her better judgement Rosa sighed, "Hey, it's not like I hate you. You're hot, smart, good at your job-"
"Ah-huh!" Amy whirled round and pointed at Rosa in an admittedly dorky fashion, "So you do like me."
"Don't push me." Rosa scowled,.
Taking a deep breath to muster up all the courage she possessed Amy replied, "Couldn't I just do you instead?"
"What?" Rosa said, genuinely surprised by the other woman's uncharacteristic boldness.
Of course it didn't last long, Amy immediately blathering, "Or not, it's cool. Totally cool. Like 110% cool. It's just that the other day you were talking about having each other's backs, and then you... erm, 'had my back' but I didn't really get yours in return, and I just thought... I, I could... you know, but I don't have too if you don't want too, it's totally fine. Sooooo fine."
Rosa enjoyed watching Santiago making a total fool of herself, and then as the other brunette gave up on words in favour of nervous giggling she shrugged her shoulders and nonchalantly said simply, "Okay."
"Okay?" Amy parroted.
Grinning wickedly Rosa nodded, "Okay."
Amy gulped, and then squeaked as she was grabbed and then pushed into the nearest stall, "Hey, hey, HEY! What are you doing?"
"Taking you up on your offer." Rosa answered simply.
"This is the bathroom! I can't have sex in a bathroom. Please Rosa, if we're going to do this, can't we do it right?" Amy pleaded, looking at the other girl pleadingly.
After staring into those doe eyes for a few long seconds Rosa sighed, "Fine, but only if I can ride your face next time we have sex."
"Fine." Amy blushed furiously, although to be fair that was one of her fantasies, "But you buy me dinner first?"
"Fine." Rosa grumbled.
"Fine." Amy smiled, before Rosa gave her a kiss which left her breathless and needing a second or two before she could return to her normal chipper self and face the rest of the precinct like nothing had happened.
*
The rest of the day was uneventful while the meal itself was surprisingly bearable. Santiago didn't complain that Rosa didn't take her anywhere special or that she didn't give her a chance to go home and change. Maybe that was because Santiago was equally as tired from work as Rosa, but Rosa suspected that at least part of it was because Santiago knew what she was like and was deliberately trying to please her.
Rosa liked that. She liked that a lot. And hopefully that would be true of the sex. In the meantime she found herself actually listening to Santiago in a way she didn't normally do with her dates. Not that this was a date, but whatever.
Rosa had become an expert at pretending she was listening. It helped that she wasn't very expressive by nature, so it meant people couldn't tell when she was zoning them out. Santiago couldn't tell, so Rosa wasn't entirely sure why she listened.
It wasn't even that interesting, Amy talking about the incompetence of their co-workers and, for the millionth time, how she wanted to make Captain. But she was cute and funny and Rosa found that she didn't want to ignore her. The downside was that she felt uncomfortably close to the other woman, but there was an easy cure for that. She'd just fuck Santiago like a slut. That would solve her problem.
They were on their way to solve that problem when Santiago, clearly uncomfortable with the silence which had fallen between them, pointed out, "You missed the turning for my place."
Rosa shrugged, kept her eyes on the road and simply said, "That's because we're not having sex in your apartment. I'd feel like I was fucking a grandma."
Amy raised an eyebrow, "Who said anything about having sex?"
"I did. Back at the station, remember?" Rosa pointed out, "And you agreed."
"I said you had to buy me dinner first. I didn't specify how many dinners." Amy pointed out.
"Fine." Rosa shrugged, "You don't wanna fuck? Say the word and I'll drop you at your place."
There was a brief pause and then Amy softly smiled, "Your place is fine."
Rosa smirked.
*
It was a well-known fact that Rosa lived somewhere nearby the precinct. No one had ever been invited to see it, but there had been plenty of all-night cases where Rosa had disappeared for about an hour and then reappeared freshly showered and looking amazing. She always looked amazing, but amazing as in refreshed, and she was almost as punctual as Amy, and Rosa was not the type to go to great lengths to sell a ridiculous lie.