Authors note: This is a story based on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and takes place after Episode 9 of Series 1.
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Detective Amy Santiago was used to working late, something she didn't mind whatsoever. Really, there was no way she was going to be the youngest captain in New York City history without paying her dues, and part of that was working through the day and into the night if she had too. Or through several days and nights the point Amy couldn't even remember the last time she had had a full nights sleep. But it was fine, everything was fine, like she kept telling everyone. Or at least it would be if she could just get a break in this stupid case.
"Santiago!"
Hearing her name, or at least her preferred name when she was at work, Amy blinked a few times and looked up to find Detective Rosa Diaz staring down at her. For a moment the other brunette actually looked mildly concerned, although if that was what that expression was it quickly was replaced with Diaz's normal indifference as she crossed her arms and started staring a hole into Amy's soul.
"Diaz, heyyyyy." Amy squeaked as she stumbled to her feet, "How, how are you? Ermmmmm, what, I, what, erm-"
"You know this isn't your own personal evidence locker room, right?" Rosa interrupted with a glare, "Other people have to work this crappy shift as well and they shouldn't have too find you sitting in a pile of your poorly written notes like a crazy person."
"Hey!" Amy yelled, momentarily taking offence before she looked around her and for the first time fully appreciated the mess she had made. Then she lowered her head and mumbled, "I'm sorry, give me a second and I'll clear it up. I, I was just trying to get a fresh perspective on my case. You know, look at it from every angle?"
For a second Diaz said nothing, then she let out a frustrated groan and then turned around and looked at the door to the evidence locker, causing Amy to frowning confusion, "Diaz, what the hell are you doing?"
Turning back around Rosa put her hands on her side awkwardly and then looking at anything except the other woman grumbled, "Do you remember when you were thinking of taking that boring ass captain's position in the middle of nowhere where nothing happens?"
Amy thought long and hard for a moment, then she brightened up as her sleep deprived brain remembered something near and dear to her heart, "You mean where, on the way back, you said you had my back?"
"Yeah, well... in the name of that, when was the last time you ate a proper meal?" Rosa asked.
Amy shrugged, "I had an energy bar at the start of my shift."
Expecting an answer like that Rosa rolled her eyes and then asked, "How about the last time you slept?"
"I got a solid three hours last night." Amy pointed out, before frowning, "Or was it the night before?"
Smiling wickedly Rosa then asked, "How about the last time you got laid?"
"Diaz! That's non of your business." Amy protested, blushing furiously as she added, "Besides, I don't have time for that sort of thing right now. Not that I've given up on love or anything, it's just my last few dates have been monumental failures, and if I'm going to move up the ladder I really should concentrate on the job and not get distracted by-"
Before Amy could ramble on any further she was suddenly pulled into a pair of deceptively strong arms and kissed. It took her a few seconds to realise that's what was happening to her, which was more of a sign than anything else that she probably needed to do a little less overtime, but she could hardly focus on that when Rosa Diaz was freaking kissing her. Another woman was freaking kissing her, those words echoing in Amy's head for what felt like an eternity, although in reality it was only a few, admittedly very long, seconds.
When Rosa pulled away she had to fight to keep the smile of her face as she explained, "Santiago! Normally this whole tightly wound thing works for you, but clearly you've gone off the deep end. What you need to do is forget about your case for a second and relax, and seeing as I know how hard you find that and are incapable of finding a man, I'll do you a solid and fuck you. Trust me, it's a win-win, you'll feel much better afterwards, and I can finally get fucking you off my bucket list."
There was a long few seconds of silence, then when it became clear Diaz was waiting for a response Amy stammered the only thing she could think of, "I'm... I'm on your bucket list?"
Rosa rolled her eyes again, then admitted, "Yeah... which is kind of weird, because I don't normally do chicks, but I've fucked a lot of dudes lately and could do with the change. Besides, you're cute as hell, with a great body which doesn't look like it's ever been fucked right."
More silence, then Amy grinned, "You think I'm cute?"
Glaring at her co-worker Rosa grabbed the other woman's face and growled into it, "Don't make me regret this Santiago."
"Sorry, it's just I-" Amy began, only to be cut off by Rosa's lips again.
As she was gently but firmly push backwards until Rosa was pressing her back against a wall Amy thought about how she wouldn't let anyone else in the precinct do this to her. Even if she was dating a guy for years she couldn't possibly have sex with him at work, not under any circumstances but especially not in a public place like this where anyone could find them. After all, just about everybody left in the building had a key to this place, and there were enough to make it more than plausible they could get caught, and in their unfair society while a guy could get away with that and it might even help him get promoted she could kiss ever being a captain goodbye. So why would she take such a risk with her future now?
The simple answer to that was Detective Rosa Diaz. To elaborate, Amy had been crushing on Rosa since the day they met, and with every passing second she was with the other brunette that crush seemed to grow. It was actually kind of embarrassing now, both that the strength of her feelings for a woman who barely talk to her, and the fact that none of her fellow Detectives had seemed to pick up on it. Of course most of them whenever the subtlety, but Amy had been worried Rosa had figured it out and just didn't care enough to say anything. Apparently Rosa did care, but it was actually a good thing. And in this moment, a moment where she was tired and incredibly frustrated, there was nothing Amy wanted more than Rosa Diaz.
Rosa had of course known that Santiago was crushing on her. The woman was terrible at hiding it, and part of the reason for doing this was to avoid some awkward moment at some point when Santiago was drunk or whatever, most likely some poorly thought out and sickeningly delivered declaration of love. Rosa was also telling the truth, Santiago was a hot mess right now and short of force-feeding and/or knocking her unconscious this was the best way to help her. It was also the most pleasant, and the least likely to get in trouble from the buy-the-book brunette. Most of all, Rosa just really wanted to get Santiago out of her system.