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The Monday Incident

A very belated Secret Santa Gift for @kaseytransboi-blog (hope this is your Tumblr!)- so belated it is from 2022. So incredibly sorry about that! 🙈 I wanted you to still receive this gift, even if it means arriving in time for Ajin Secret Santa 2023. You wanted "Generally Wholesome" so It's a little One Shot featuring the Ajin Cast in the Brooklyn 99 universe - I hope you will (still) enjoy! <3

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Detective Nagai had a terrible day. A day that had started with a diffuse ache in his abdomen and his heart palpitating at a mile an hour when he woke up an hour before his alarm from a nightmare he could not remember.

Seeing as it was pointless to go back to sleep, he cursed himself and the entire squad out, a plethora of creative insults he would, most likely, never voice out loud.  Then he went to brew a cup of coffee. He would have loved to say it immediately jolted him out of his stupor and into an active, motivated, pre-case solving state, but of course it didn’t. Rest assured, he was mercifully saved the one benefit of caffeine that he was betting on. The only change he experienced was a familiar burn in his throat, his reflux’s friendly way of reminding him that it was planning on becoming a permanent resident.

What a bother. Kei had always hated the concept of roommates.

He didn’t own a car, neither did he drive- not, as some might assume, because of not passing the ridiculously simple theoretical exam (He had, with a stellar score of 110% , the bonus resulting from giving himself extra credit for a formatting and spelling error he noticed). No, he simply chose not to, because frankly, the idea of riding into oncoming traffic on four shaky wheels with nothing but steel-aluminium walls that dented at the lightest scratch and a sorry excuse for an airbag keeping him from certain death, did not seem very appealing.

(And perhaps also, because the look his driving instructor had given him after his most recent attempt at the practical exam had etched himself in his soul forever. Sure, Kei might have avoided the head-on collision with the HAYAKAWA CIGARETTES truck, but the terror in the man’s eyes and the scathing indictment that followed made him wonder if actually getting mowed over by 4 tons of vehicle would have been the better alternative.) Ah well, now he would never know.

Thankfully, there were other people in his squad. Some compensated for their mediocre cognitive ability with a surprisingly solid physical skill set. One example was Nakano Kou, the overly-energetic detective who had declared himself Kei’s best friend two weeks after the latter had joined. It had been an unanimous decision Kei had interestingly never been consulted on. But he could live with that, he supposed.  Nakano could be incredibly annoying, but he did give Kei rides to work, which was appreciated.Especially , on a day as frosty as this one, where Kei would have rather stabbed himself than get up an hour earlier to spend his precious pre-work time scratching ice off car windows. Nakano, thankfully, seemed to have no such problem.

He was even punctual when he pulled up to Kei’s apartment that morning, dressed in his signature yellow parka.

“Good morning!“ he cheered loudly, turning down the Black Eyed Peas‘ “I GOT A FEELIN“ that was blaring in the background at Kei’s raised eyebrow. Orange strands as unkempt as ever, one hand on the steering wheel, he held out a cup emblazoned with yet another caffeine franchise that people with lack of a spine might pledge addiction to.

 “Kei”, the cup read.

He grinned as Kei got into the car, strapping on his seatbelt: “You gotta call shotgun, Nagai.”

“I’m not saying that every single time.” Kei sighed, “And I don’t want coffee.”

“That’s hot chocolate.”

Kei narrowed his eyes: “Without caffeine?”

“Yes, yes! Without!” Nakano said, lifting his left hand in an idiotic gesture of sincerity.

“Careful.” Kei snapped, not wanting his idiotic attempts at being genuine to endanger them in the morning traffic.

“Dude, chill, I’m still parking.” Nakano said, conveniently ignoring how Kei had told him to never call him dude  under any circumstances in their first week working together. He revved the engine to life and then, placing a hand on the back firmly of Kei’s headrest and turning to look behind himself, maneuvered them backwards and then out of their parking spot. The close proximity of his teammate’s fingers to his neck and the self-assured, almost cocky way with which his colleague steered them back into traffic did nothing for him, Kei reminded himself, gripping tightly around the cardboard wrapper. He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding and chased away a flicker of regret when Nakano’s hand dropped from its place on the headrest, fingers curling back around the steering wheel.

“You know, a “thank you, how was your weekend” wouldn’t kill you.” his colleague said, side-eying the stiff way he stiffly occupied the passenger seat.

“Just drive.” Kei grumbled, managing to avoid the eye-contact he was afraid would sell him out.

“Screw yourself, seriously.” Nakano said, fondness tinged with annoyance, as he shifted into third gear. Thus started their morning bickering- the only way, Kei realized, to properly wake him up.

They managed to get to work a good fifteen minutes before their morning meeting at 8 am. Which was good, because arriving any later than the designated time would be a surefire way to draw the wrath of their captain.

“Good morning, Sarge!” Nakano cheerfully greeted Sergeant Hirasawa, who was already sat at his desk, two yoghurt cups stacked in front of him.

“Good morning, detective Nakano.” Hirasawa replied. Age was not lost on the seargant, who combed back his hair in an effort to mask the balding patch, tucking his glasses behind his ears.  Calloused hands spoke of many years in the service, but in the seargeant’s case, he had followed an unconventional career path, having spent his years before training in the Academy as a bodyguard of sorts. “Well, hired gun is more like it.” the Sarge had shared during one evening during a post-working gathering a pub. Manabe, one of the four guys that had been employed about the same time as the Seargeant and who seemed to have known him for even longer, chuckled dryly at that.  Kei hadn’t bothered asking what the vague job description meant, he could put two and two together. Unlike Nakano, who had stared at Hirasawa with a quizzical look. Before the words “What’s a hired gun” could leave his mouth, Kei had grabbed him by the back of his parka and dragged him to the bar.

“The next rounds of drinks are on you.” he said sullenly, as his colleague complained loudly about the rough treatment. There must have been something in Kei’s eyes however, as Nakano dropped the topic pretty much immediately. When he came back carrying an armful of beers, their table cheered,  detective Suzumura and detective Kuroki slapping him on the back appreciatively. Nakano preened under the attention and was engrossed in a lively conversation within minutes.

Kei nipped at his rum-filled beverage, grimacing at the bitter taste and cursing out the bartender for clearly misjudging his soda to alcohol ratio preference. But just as he was about to call it an early night, Sergeant Hirasawa slid on the stool next to him. “So, I’ve heard some impressive things about you, Detective Nagai.”

“Which would be?” Kei asked, skeptically. The Sergeant laughed at his open mistrust. Well, someone tells me you are planning to become a captain of a squad yourself someday. Your stellar scores graduating from the Academy and your track record of solved cases also speak for themselves.”

Kei did his best to not feel too flattered under the praise. “That is, if I make it that far. I’ll have to pass the Sergeant’s exam first.. It would be a fool’s error to rest simply because of previous success I had.” He took a sip, and forced himself not to avoid the Sergeant’s gaze, which seemed downright friendly and empathic. Sometimes, he had to remind himself not everyone he ever worked with had ill-intent.  But then again, he had to keep an eye open for the possibility.

“I still have a long road ahead of me.” He concluded a conversation that he felt was becoming too personal for a work acquaintance.

“Spoken as a true contender for the position of Captain would.” Seargeant Hirasawa said, and Kei attempted not to startle too much when he amicably slapped his back, and in a tone, that sounded too genuine to be false said,  “I’m rooting for you, Detective Nagai.”

Well, at least, someone was rooting for him. Kei felt as though he was not having the same luck with the new Captain that had been assigned to their district.

Captain Tosaki Yuu  was not one for humor, or slacking, or any other form entertainment that would have made the arduous work days in the precinct more bearable. Kei would have been fine with that. Instead, it was Detective Nakano’s morale that took a major hit when their new commanding officer introduced himself and how he planned to run the precinct. However, it took him only a few weeks to win even the sour-faced captain over in that strangely charming way of his. This didn’t necessarily mean that Detective Nakano didn’t still make a fool of himself- he did- or that the Captain had never yelled at him for his tardiness or unserious attitude – he had – but it did meant that even tall,  pale, consistently stressed Captain Tosaki begrudgingly accepted the cheerful detective as vital member of his squad.

Which caused Kei even more of a headache because he himself wasn’t having any of that luck.

He had tried every strategy from mute respect to blank sincerity to disinterest to word-by-word conduct of corporate advancement guidelines but he kept clashing with the Captain more often than he had probably should. Conflict with superiors was not a favorable strategy, that was what he’d learned in the Academy. Sometimes, he laid awake at night, ruminating on the possibility that it could be a death sentence for his career that had not even properly begun. It was simply that he, Detective Nagai, had his own way of doing things which had served him well over years in service, and was only the slightest bit aggrieved at the fact of being presented with a new Captain that seemed to micromanage his every move.

If he was available to speak with at all.

As Nakano settled into his desk, finishing his coffee and chatting with the Seargeant, Kei flicked his eyes over to the Captain’s office. At the desk right in front sat Naomi, his personal secretary, who spent 1/3 of her time relegating calls, another third being mean and the final third playing Flappy Bird on her phone.

“Sorry, Captain’s not available right now.” she warbled into the speaker, examining her sapphire acrylics with genuine interest, just as Captain Tosaki came into view behind her.

“Who’s that?” the Captain asked sharply, flanked as usual by his right-hand Sergeant Shimomura, who stood stoically next to him.

To Naomi’s credit, she was used to his unannounced entrances and didn’t as much as startle, left alone appear guilty being caught blatantly avoiding her job.

She swiveled around in her desk chair, blowing maroon strands out of her eyes, perfectly manicured fingers held over the mouthpiece.

“Oh, just Ogura from Forensics.” she said, batting her eyelashes and dragging out the “a” with an annoyed sigh, “I told him I don’t get paid to deal with this before 9 am. Do you want him to call you back later?”

“That is exactly what you are getting paid to do.” Tosaki said monotonously, “But yes.” He grimaced, “Let him call back later.”

The fact that there was no love lost between the Captain and the leading physician of the Forensics Department, who liked hassle him at every turn, was not a secret for the crew. Naomi smirked, delighted at having her expectations met and withdrew her fingers from the mouthpiece, “He’s busy right now.” she faux-sweetly announced, “Try again during our office hours.” She slammed the phone down before Ogura’s distant voice on the other hand could as much as bring forward another jab.

Now that the matter was dealt with, Captain Tosaki moved onto the next target to air his morning frustration out on.

“Detective Nakano, Detective Nagai.” he barked.

“Sir, Yes Sir!” Nakano immediately jumped to attention, almost spilling his drink in the process.

Kei rolled his eyes.

“What is it, Captain?” he asked, feigning politeness.

“What are you standing there for?” Tosaki said, irritatedly, “Get settled in the meeting room. I’d like to start on time for once.”

Nakano cheerily shouted his affirmation, as the Captain strode off. Sergeant Shimomura remained behind, noting something on her clipboard.

“Good morning, Detective Nagai. Detective Nakano.” she greeted them properly, obsidian eyes calmly meeting their gaze.

“Good morning, Seargeant!” Nakano exclaimed, grinning back at her, not even attempting to hide his delight as having received her full attention, “How was your weekend? Did you do something fun?”

This was a one-sided love affair at best, Kei was certain, but that didn’t stop Nakano from being hopelessly infatuated with the Sergeant the moment he had stepped foot into the precinct. It’s good that he himself never had to deal with this type of ridiculous experiences, he thought, quenching the faintest annoyance that bubbled within him whenever he realized Nakano did have a habit of being very flirt-friendly with a lot of his female colleagues. Shimomura faintly returned his smile.

“It was fairly uneventful.” she said, in that reserved, cryptical way of hers, “I hope yours was enjoyable, as well.” The open-ended question was a rookie mistake.

As Nakano launched into an overly-detailed recitation of his weekend which included a paintball tournament and a barbecue (where on earth did he take the energy, Kei could not imagine), he observed the Seargeant more closely.

Fairly uneventful could mean anything when it came to Sergeant Shimomura. The last time she had used that description, she had single-handedly led a drug bust that had carried on into the early hours of Sunday morning. She was only few years older than Kei. He was also fairly certain they’d both trained at the same academy, although he had no proof of that. Upon joining their precinct, Tosaki had immediately recruited her as his second-in-command, which came to no surprise. Shimomura was not only loyal to the core, but also greatly skilled both in detective work and martial combat. She also did not seem fazed by the fact that she often got mistaken as Tosaki’s secretary. Whenever that happened, the Captain made sure to correct the mistake immediately, referring to her as his “highly talented Sergeant” and, and redirecting whoever misspoke to see Naomi if they wanted to speak with his “highly talented secretary.” (It was a blessing that he always made a show of loudly announcing these corrections, so Naomi at least had a few seconds to save her level on Wintry Workshop and pull up an Excel Table on her computer so as not to undermine his statement.)

Apart from this, he had not a single clue about the Seargeant’s backstory, interests or even exact whereabouts. Which was fairly unusual for a  department as…sociable as theirs. This was the most polite way Kei had of putting it.

“I know exactly three things about you.” Kei had pointed out one evening, as stacks of paperwork were dragging them long past the end of their shift, “And one of them is that you don’t let anyone know where you live.”

“That is already one thing more than you were supposed to know, Detective Nagai.” the Seargeant had said, the corners of her lips tilting up ever so slightly, “Not even my relatives have the information.”

He had left it at that. He had once seen her body-slam the leader of human trafficking ring that towered two heads above her after the man had attempted to pull a gun on her. It really wasn’t worth the risk.

“So in conclusion.”  Detective Nakano said, gesturing towards the projector, “I’m really certain this is the man we’re looking for. Here he is, on his way of committing crime.”

With a dramatical flourish, he moved onto the next slide of his presentation.

The grainy photo, taken from a security camera inside the Forge headquarters, showed an elderly gentleman wearing a baseball cap and a knit cardigan. His eyes were unfocused, almost closed, giving the impression of him having just woken up from a nap.

Kuroki and Manabe erupted in laughter.

“No way.” Kuroki said.

“He’s on his way alright, but to the next retirement home.” Manabe scoffed.

Kuroki cackled at that and held out his hand for a fist bump, which Manabe returned.

“Alright, let’s give Detective Nakano a chance to present his case.” Seargeant Hirasawa spoke up patiently, ever the mediator, “Detective, what proof do you have?”

“Oh, uh- proof.” Detective Nakano said, scratching his head, “Well…”

Kei looked over at the Captain, who was observing Nakano from his seat at the front of the  meeting room with a stony expression. Never a good sign.

“Well, the evidence speaks for itself, doesn’t it?” Nakano said, shrugging helplessly, “He’s in this footage, he was on the previous footage…I’m sure if I contact the Cyber Crimes division they could retrace the IT address that the perps used to hack into the Forge database, and that would probably lead back to—”

“We do not operate on the basis of probably, Detective.”  The icy tone in the Captain’s voice made even Nakano cringe.

Tosaki got to his feet. He swiftly moved towards Nakano, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

“Zoom in, Detective.” He ordered. And Nakano did.

Kuroki whistled at the sight. ““Man, let’s hope he meakes it to the retirement home at all.”  he said.

As much as it pained Kei to admit it, he was right. Upon closer inspection, the suspect appeared even older, properly geriatric. Fragile. If Nakano had meet him outside of work, he would have likely asked if he needed assistance crossing the streets. And then helped him cross said street. Nakano was friendly like that.

“Are you telling me.” Tosaki said, each word laced with scathing disbelief, “That this is the man you believe to be behind the string of seven flawlessly executed robberies, most recently at the Forge headquarters, a company that prides itself on their bulletproof security system?”

“I’m not sure he even knows what Windows is.” someone muttered in the background. Probably Kuroki. Kei shot an unnerved look in his direction. If someone was to harangue Nakano for his mediocre presentation abilities, it was to be him.

“He could- could have allies!” Nakano defended himself, now gesturing wildly, “Like, most of them big time dudes do.”

The big times dudes, right. Whenever Kei doubted his own capabilities as a detective – which happened more frequently than he would like to admit – it was moments as this one that reassured him that perhaps a future command wasn’t this far out of reach, if this was the competition he was to contend with.

“He has a caretaker, at most, that- “

“Enough.” the Captain snapped. He massaged his temples.

He turned towards his right-hand, the only other detective’s – except, in some instances, Hirasawa’s- opinion he regularly took into consideration. “Sergeant Shimomura, what do you think?”

The room grew quiet, as everyone’s attention focused on the Seargeant sitting in the second row. Nakano seemed to be holding his breath. Shimomura was silent for several moments. When she then spoke, there was the faintest trace of sympathy in her otherwise emotionless tone.

“As much as I appreciate your case work so far, Detective, I believe you at this point that you are lacking the necessary evidence to make an accusation, let alone an arrest.”

She concluded by clicking her pen shut. Upon this judgement, Nakano visibly deflated. Shimomura had likely been his last and most important pillar of hope.

Tosaki nodded. “I agree.”

“Listen, guys.” Nakano called out, a tinge of desperation creeping into his voice, “You know I have a really good intuition.”

That he had, Kei had to admit. Despite his own record of solved cases, Nakano wasn’t lagging too far behind. Or at all. There had been one too many times where they had made a competition, with a humiliating punishment for that month’s loser in terms of numbers. Though even those didn’t seem to faze him. He had worn the pink, glitter-adorned “Boss Babe ” shirt with pride to the precinct the day after Nagai had bested him one glorious August evening. Kei would have called sick before he sat one foot through the doors in this get-up. He imagined his little sister calling him a misogynist and scowled at the idea.

“And it is because of said intuition”- wow, what a big word for you, Detective, Kei thought drlyly, “That I am so very certain.”  Nakano continued, his voice becoming more steadfast and louder in his determination, “This is the culprit!” He pointed back towards the screen, the image woefully undermining the earthshattering point he was trying to make, “this is the guy we have been chasing for months, who has been making our lives hell since he robbed that gaming store a year ago.”

“That’s a hell of a nice deal on those retro consoles.” Ogura had whistled through his teeth when Kei had shown him the recipes of the robbery after the doctor’s persistent badgering, “Wish I had a Pacman game at home.”

“So, if you believe me, I can say that it’s him with like” Nakano frowned, running the numbers in his head: “85% certainty! That’s how certain I am!”

Kei was about to throw in his own comment on the situation when the Captain shut down the projector, much to Nakano’s gasping dismay and feeble protests.

“85% are not enough, Detective.” he said coldly and turned towards the room

, “Meeting dismissed.”

Kei tried to spend the rest of the day in a productive state, in an effort to be able to go home at the designated time that was almost never kept. Nakano, who had not quite bounced back from their morning meeting, unintentionally made every effort to thwart this plan.

“I just don’t get why my case work wasn’t enough.” he whined, for the second time that afternoon, head placed on Kei’s desk, where the later was filing, or rather, attempting to file a report.

“And I don’t get why you continue to ignore my work space, but here we are.” Kei said monotonously.

“Come on, dude, we’re basically desk mates.” Nakano argued, which was a very convenient stretching of the truth.

The fact that he had to roll past four other desks on his way to Kei’s – courtesy of Tosaki, who had placed them apart in his first week in order to improve work flow - was no deterrent for Detective Nakano. He enjoyed making the way into a race of sorts, often timing how long it took him to get from one desk to the other. His record of five seconds was still unbeaten.

“I pulled so much overtime for this, it’s like the Captain didn’t even properly read my report-“

Kei saved his document, and sighed, deciding to spare a few seconds of his valuable time for his colleague.

“I’m certain he did. It’s just not that simple.” He said, “Seargeant Shimomura has been on the same track for months. If she’s finding it to be a challenge, why did you think it would be an easy solve for you?”

This seemed to resonate with Nakano. “Well.” he said, appearing thoughtful of suddenly, “Guess you have a point. Still sucks, though.”

Kei hummed affirmatively, leaving his colleague alone with his own thoughts, which was thankfully a peaceful situation. He chanced a glance at the large office clock. If he kept working at his previous speed, and if Seargeant Hirasawa didn’t magically appear with another apartment break-in for him to process, then perhaps- today he would actually be able to leave-

“Detective Nakano, Detective Nagai.” Captain Tosaki barked from his office door, “A word. Now.”

Kei did not even attempt to suppress his groan.

“Well, suppose we should go, right?” Nakano said, squaring his shoulders and throwing him a questioning sort of look to which Kei could only respond in kind. No, he too had no idea what could possibly be going on.

“Oopsie.” Naomi said, a grimacing-type of smile clear with Schadenfreude, as they walked past her desk, “The Captain is still in kind of a bad mood. The fact that Doc Ogura just called back a few seconds ago didn’t help with that at all.”

Kei saw that she at least had the decency to pause her Candy Crush game for that short, albeit pointless conversation.

“Great.” he replied sarcastically, “Thank you for the info.”

“No worries.” Naomi chirped, “Let me know if there’s anything going on, yeah? The office has been so quiet these past few days.” She leant forward and lowered the register of her voice: “I could use some juicy info.”

“We’ll see what we can do, Miss Naomi!” Kou called out enthusiastically, as Kei, unnerved, dragged him to Captain’s office.

Captain Tosaki wasn’t alone. Sergeant Shimomura stood on his right side, giving them the hint of a smile as they entered.

“Close the door properly and pull down the blinds.” Captain Tosaki instructed promptly “I have a matter of great importance to discuss with both of you.”

Kei had not expected this turn of events. He took a moment to recollect himself, while Nakano already jumped into action with an enthusiastic “Yes, Sir!” and carried out the tasks.

“Sit down.” the Sergeant said, gesturing to the seats in front of the desk.

They both did. Anticipation had Kei sliding to the edge of his chair, toes poised on the carpeted floor. Nakano seemed equally as nervous, but in stark contrast, as far as Kei could tell, carried himself with less with dread, even with a hint of excitement.

“So.” Tosaki said, after a few beats of uncomfortable silence, “I have called you here to inform you that I – or, rather, we both-“ he glanced at the Sergeant, “Would like to revise our statement on Detective Nakano’s casework.”

Something lurched in Kei’s chest.

“Revise?” Kou said, in a puzzled tone, because of course he did.

“Retract.” Sergeant Shimomura interjected, “We have reviewed your work and believe that you are on the right path, Detective.”

“All evidence considered, we believe you have identified the correct culprit. Responsible for the burglaries of several stores, the Forge headquarters and beyond.”  Tosaki continued with a sigh, “Your intuition, unfortunately, was correct.”

Kei could see the wheels turning in Nakano’s head.

“Heck yeah!” his colleague shouted, pumping his fist in elation, which earned him an insistent Shush from his unamused superiors.

“Sorry.” Nakano .said sheepishly, scratching his head. “I’m just glad I got it right. It’s good when your work pays off.”

The Captain sighed again.

“Why unfortunately?” Kei spoke up, raising an eyebrow at the odd turn of phrasing, “How is a progress in a case not beneficial?”

The Captain and the Sergeant exchanged another one of their trademark looks.

“Well.” Sergeant Shimomura said, hesitating, “The matter appears to be larger than we originally anticipated.”

“That being a rather euphemistic understatement.” Tosaki said, producing a file from his drawers and slapping it down in front of them, “Our culprit, Samuel T. Owen, is not only responsible for the string of robberies.”  

CLASSIFIED, red letters read.

“We also believe him to be the leader of an anarchist uprising with ties to the black market, specifically organ trafficking.”

Fuck, was the first thought to enter Kei’s mind, More overtime. He was exhausted as it was. He ignored the sliver of interest he felt at the promise of a case far more thrilling than he had ever worked one, even dreamed of working when he chose his career path. Nakano, on the other hand,  made an odd, high-pitched noise next to him, which Kei correctly identified as a suppressed whimper of excitement.

“Heck yeah.” his colleague whispered in awe, fist clenched,  beaming like Christmas had come early.

“So we have asked you here to promote you to primary investigators on this case that must be carried out with utmost-“ Tosaki paused, eyeing Nakano scrutinizingly, “disrection. No- one is to be informed the nature of this investigation, or any new developments, apart from Sergeant Shimomura and myself. At least, for the foreseeable future. Understood?”

“Yes Sir!” the Detective replied, an excited almost-yell that made the Sergeant shush him again.

The Captain massaged his forehead. “You both, including you, Detective Nagai.”

“Yes, Sir.” Kei responded, dully.

“I hope you do not disappoint us with your work on the SATO case.” The Captain concluded.

“Sato?” Nakano asked, frowning.

“It’s the acronym we have chosen.” Sergeant Shimomura explained, “Samuel T. Owen is the name of our suspected culprit. Or in other words-“ she paused for effect,  “SATO.”

Even if Kei had had more time to prepare, he would not have been able to quell Nakano’s shout of excitement this time. It would have been hard too, with excitement and anticipation thrumming in his own veins.

“Heck yeah!”

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Rest in Peace Andre Braugher (01.07.1962- 11.12.2023) - your incredible portrayal of Captain Raymond Holt will be missed. You will always be the Captain of our Hearts!

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The Smile The Reason Meme (Logince)

Mindpalace Lilly’s Birthday Dec 19

TS CHARACTER BIRTHDAY LIST 2023

The Smile/ The Reason (platonic anxceit)

I’m Featured Fander/Perfect Gift Reaction Video

Lego Fortnite Livestream Shoutout Dec 2023

Janus Hoodie (yellow skull flowers)

Incorrect Quotes Meme

New Banner 2024

Just Minding Your Own Business meme

Surrounded By Idiots (Logan Book)

Back To The Grind (WTIT Meme)

#masterlist

[itsdelicate]

hey ojo!! okay so i realised that i completely forgot that we're both swifties lmao. so whats ur fav ts album/era? and do u love folklore or evermore more?

i heard the bp songs u liked and some of the musicals' soundtracks and i kinda really love phantom of the opera. def will watch that. also based off that i think maybe you'll find some songs u like in mitski's album "retired from sad new career in business"!! and from hozier, maybe try foreigner's god, would that i, shrike, and no plan? as for f+tm, i think you might like her most so just start w any album of hers!! i'm feeling very tentative ab recommending but i hope you like it ajkfjnjkm <3

AAHH i LOVE heartstopper!! i read the books before the show and im a major tao stan lol. have you read the books? also do you watch young royals (i feel like most ppl who've watched heartstopper, have also watched yr)? ive been meaning to watch anne with an e for ages cause everyone loves it and i love amybeth mcnulty sm too so i'll def give it a shot. my fav shows are all sitcoms. brooklyn 99 is my fav and i love modern family and new girl too!! im currently rewatching mofy for the millionth time lmao

it makes me so happy to hear you like these messages, i really love sending them and reading your replies!! it's been a bit of a slow week but tmrw im doing smth fun so i'm excited for that!! how ab you? hows your week been?

xxx ur secret santa <3

help agsjs that’s so funny my fav album’s rep! oooh era i think 1989 because being online on tumblr at that time was truly insane there was just So Much going on 😮‍💨 omg that’s so hard because as a whole album i think i like folklore more? but evermore has more individual songs higher up on my ranking, wbu!!

yee i’m so glad u liked it! omg no i’ll definitely check those out i always appreciate recs thank u!

YES omg!! ultimate comfort show i may or may not be on hstwt 🫣 i was at a convention recently and met kit, joe, will and bash they’re all so 🫶🫶🫶 a tao stan so true of you tbh!! ive seen so many people say he’s annoying which is just,,, anyway yes i have read the books! i used to read the webcomics years ago :’) omg i’ve seen one single episode of yr but i started it in the middle of my uni assessment period and i have to get back to it now that i’m free for a bit, have you seen it? yesss please do it’s such a beautiful show it makes my heart so 🥺 i love sitcoms! b99 and the good place were my top shows for some time! i haven’t seen modern family or new girl though! also speaking of shows i loved s2 of bridgerton sm kate and anthony <3 i wanna ask a question back if that’s okay! what are ur fav movies? 👀

stop that makes me so 😭😭 ooh what are you doing tomorrow? (if u wanna share!) my week’s been okay! the assignment was a bummer but i think i’ve come to terms with it LOL i’m going for a little weekend trip on sat (and getting another tat) so i’m excited about that!

#ask #anonymous #santaswiftie

[backpackstudio]

Secret Santa detective scene from B99

Use for strawhats.

Maybe usopp or Franky talking

#.sanji #.zoro #.law #.luffy #..bestscenes

[andtosaturn]

omg yes i love new girl, parks and rec, b99 and superstore!! have you watched the good place? i really enjoyed that one too!

i’m sooo bad with movies hahah i always want to rewatch my fav 2000s rom coms hahah

ooh those books sound great!! i’ve been meaning to read fahrenheit 451 for ages.

some of my fave books are: the median chronicles, 7 husbands of evelyn hugo, invisible life of addie la rue, beach read, malibu rising, daisy jones and the six, the secret history, the handmaids tale, never let me go. i need to expand my taste a little more hahah

and i will follow you on storygraph once my identity is revealed hahaha don’t want to give you any clues !

- secret santa 🎄

yes! i forgot to include the good place and the handmaid's tale in my lists lmao oops

i'm reading (listening to the audiobook) of the invisible life of addie larue at the moment, i'm only like 20% of the way through but it's pretty good!

#asks #secret santa 2023

[lemoncupcake]

that's so cute!! and your christmas sounds so nice :D we also have dinner with family (grandma, aunts & uncles, etc) on the 24th and then on the 25th we go to my grandma on my dad's side of the family and have dinner again :))

what are your favorite taylor swift lyrics? (i forgot to say last time by the way, but 'right where you left me' being your no 1 song is so valid!!) do you associate any songs with characters or ships?

and who are your current blorbos?

x - secret santa

yours sounds nice too! we have very similar christmases haha

oh damn. that's a hard question. so, all of right where you left me, as you can imagine (and good for you for having good enough taste to realise it's Very Valid lol). it's not only my fave taylor swift song rn, but also my fave song point blank. i can't even tell you why i like it so much, i just do. like, the whole song just tickles something in my brain, i can't explain. some other taylor swift lyrics i like, under the cut bc i have no moderation:

"i knew you / leavin' like a father / running like water"; "how long will it be cute, all this cryin' in my room? / when you can't blame it on my youth / and roll your eyes with affection"; "salt streams out my eyes and into my ears / every single thing i touch becomes sick with sadness / 'cause it's all over now, all out to sea"; "oh, goddamn / my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand / taking mine, but it's been promised to another"; "i'd kiss you as the lights went out / swaying as the room burned down / i'd hold you as the water rushes in"; "the drought was the very worst / when the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst"; "who could ever leave me, darling / but who could stay?"; "and you can't see me wanting you the way you want her / but you are everything to me"; "and it took you five whole minutes / to pack us up and leave me with it / holdin' all this love out here in the hall"; "could've loved you all my life if you hadn't lеft me waiting in the cold".

i do associate some songs with specific characters or ships, but the great thing about me (sarcastic btw) is that even when a song i'm obsessed with doesn't line up with any characters or ships, i just make up au fics to think about that fit those songs! lol anyways, here are songs that actually fit imo, even without me having to think up aus: olicity + dancing with your ghost by sasha sloan, olicity + i think he knows by taylor swift, olicity + the other side by ruelle, olicity + wildest dreams by taylor swift, oliver + i'll be good by jaymes young, malec + i get to love you by ruelle, izzy + soldier by fleurie, shirbert + invisible string by taylor swift, delena + in my veins by andrew belle, brio + you know me too well by nothing but thieves, brio + love and war by fleurie, kanthony + let it all go by birdy & rhodes.

my current blorbos: felicity smoak from arrow, alec & izzy lightwood from shadowhunters, kate sharma from bridgerton, beth boland from good girls. other characters i love from other shows, in case you don’t like any of my blorbos (i don’t get why you wouldn’t, but ya know, some people don’t have taste lol): amy santiago from b99, rebecca welton from ted lasso, eleanor shellstrop from tgp, alina starkov from sab, anne shirley from anne, annie edison from community, lorelai gilmore from gilmore girls, kate bishop from hawkeye.

#anon #ask #psc secret santa #txt

[transparentheartz]

hello sweetheart!! hope u had a great day since u called out of work, tell me about it if u want! i personally spent mine studying so it wasn’t great😭 but it’s okay! i have my first exam in like a week and i’ll go on christmas break after that! omg u’ll get to know how i am soon👀 any guesses?

i’m happy u had fun during ur museum trip!! it honestly sounds amazing! speaking of mine, i thought it was fine! i’m not the biggest modern art fan but there were a couple of installations that i really enjoyed ^^

also omg i looove law and order!! was obsessed with it a couple of years ago wkdjd criminal minds just does it for me tho <3 and i love gumball and family guy too!! they’re so funny!! my favourite movies are interstellar, 1917 and munich: the edge of war! while my fav cartoon DEFINITELY is how to train your dragon <3 oh and my fav shows are anne with an e, vikings, sherlock, b99 and more!

today’s question: what was your favorite toy as a child?💗

today’s quote: “The things that make me different are the things that make me, me” (p.s. i’m happy u like my quotes hehe <3)

— love u!! ur secret santa🎅🏻🎄

hii :)

yesterday was fun! we went to my friends gfs house and walked around/went to bars/got food. we also played some card games at her house lol. i couldn’t fall sleep tho, probably from being in a place i never slept in and i felt like i couldn’t breath?? i think it was from laughing a lot, my breathing got wheezy lol. but i had fun! i’ve never drank before, like i tasted stuff from my sisters or parents but never drank fr. i don’t like the smell of it or the taste that much. then my friend climbed into bed with me and our other friend and we couldn’t stop laughing for a long time. THEN i woke up at 8am to get bagels/coffee w everyone and now i’m currently on my 15 min break at work 😃 sooo it’s been a ride. i think the coffee made me a little nauseous tho :/

i have a presentation and two discussions due tonight that i haven’t started and a final tomorrow 😋 soo pray for me please lol. hope you do so well on your exams!!!

honestly there’s only one person who i can think of that could travel to milan that easily that i follow but idk if they signed up for the ss lol. can’t wait to find out who you are tho!

and same i’m not the biggest fan of art in general but i had fun w my friends.

i starting watching law and order so young bc of my

mom lol. i didn’t watch criminal minds until i was about 15/16 maybe bc i didn’t think i’d like it but i do! i don’t think i’ve made it last s10 though. i love b99!

my fav toy as a child was probably barbie’s or my bike (idk if that really counts as a toy though) but me and my sisters were always playing w barbie’s/brat dolls or riding our bikes lol. how about you??

i hope you had an amazing day <3

[universetopieces]

hi!!! im your cc secret santa :) im so excited to start making your gift! i wanted to ask who are some of your favorite characters and favorite songs/music artists? hope you’re having a good day! 💓

hey, santa! i’m excited, too! i hope december has been treating you well so far 🫶🏼

overall, i’m more tv than film person, and majority of my favourite characters are from tv shows: blair waldorf (gossip girl), diane lockhart (the good wife; i’m ashamed to admit i still haven’t seen the good fight), elizabeth jennings (the americans), rosa diaz (b99), rebecca welton and roy kent (ted lasso). i loved (as a pair and separately) marisa coulter and lord asriel from his dark materials ever since i was 11 years old. lastly, not to bee too dramatic but i would give away my kidney for succession’s roy siblings.

when it comes to music, i listen to a lot of taylor swift, florence + the machine, the national, fleetwood mac, hozier, beyoncé, recently discovered tamino. his dark materials final season started airing this week, so ever since tuesday marisa x asriel have induced the biggest brainrot imaginable, so i haven’t been able to listen to anything but ts 🤡

but honestly, my character/ music choices should not limit you. do whatever inspires YOU! for my gift, i’d first and foremost like it to be something we both enjoy 😉 

#ccss2022

[macperalta]

for @winnietherpooh 🧝🏻💖 inspired by your text post

#b99 #b99edit #b99network #b99gif #b99 secret santa #humorgifs #bbelcher #brooklyn 99 #mine #peraltiago #jake peralta #amy santiago #jake x amy #i love this quote sm so i have to make a set for this #hope you like it!!

[santiagoswagger]

happy secret santa!

Hey, @littlemisspraetor! I’m your secret santa! You said you love fics with pining, so I hope you like this :) 🎁

we’ll take a cup of kindness yet

Jake and Amy accidentally spend their first New Year’s Eve together. 

Set about a year before the pilot.

Amy Santiago hated New Year’s Eve nearly as much as she hated Halloween.

Every bar in the city was overcrowded and overrun with tourists, drinks were astronomically expensive and she almost always ended up as designated driver when her friends had too much to drink. But she’d had big plans for this year: she and Kylie were going to have a crazy girls’ night in, complete with a Jeopardy! drinking game, a Sudoku competition and a screening of An Inconvenient Truth. It was going to be so dope.

Her plans had not, however, included a surprise visit to the emergency room.

She and Peralta had spent the last few weeks staking out a gang in their precinct, gathering intel and learning their movements and patterns. Captain McGintley had decided earlier in the evening that they finally had enough evidence to make arrests, but a miscommunication left them without enough backup and the takedown was tough. They managed to bust the operation and arrest the top-level leaders, but in the chaos, Amy had been knocked out cold by an incensed perp attempting to escape from his handcuffs.

NYPD protocol mandated that she go to the hospital to get checked out, and Amy wasn’t one to argue with protocol, as much as she wanted to on this particular night.

Sarge rode in the ambulance with her to the hospital after arriving on the scene, despite her many protests that she was just fine, while Peralta stayed behind to finish processing the perps. When they finally reached Brooklyn Methodist (add traffic to the list of everything Amy hated about this holiday), the waiting room was packed with people, from drunken partiers to coughing children. Not even a police badge and Terry’s enormous muscles could get Amy home to her warm bed before midnight.

As they waited, Amy in a wheelchair the EMTs insisted she sit in due to the blow her head had absorbed, she noticed that Terry kept obsessively checking his phone.

“Sarge, what’s wrong?” she asked.

He sighed and paused before answering. “It’s Sharon. She’s asking when I’ll be home, but I told her I was needed here,” he said, radiating kindness.

Amy was touched, but his words only made her feel guilty for keeping him from his family. Sharon was pregnant and needed her husband far more than Amy did. “Terry, I’m fine. I’m not dying, I’m only here to get checked out. Go home and be with your wife.”

He looked torn. “Are you sure? No one should be alone in a hospital.”

Amy smiled, but she was sure it looked more like a grimace as she steadfastly ignored her pounding headache and sore ribs. “Yes, I’m sure. Go before I change my mind.”

He smiled and gently squeezed her shoulder, reminding her of her most protective brother, Miguel. “Okay, I’ll go. Feel better, Santiago. Call me if you need anything.”

She nodded. “Will do, Sarge. And thank you.”

He left, and Amy’s head began pounding again in earnest. Luckily, a nurse appeared a few minutes later to wheel her into a room with a bed so she could wait for a doctor in comfort. She was one step closer to going home and forgetting this night ever happened.

She was just getting settled under the stiff white sheets when the high-pitched squeak of sneakers in the hallway signaled the arrival of her obnoxious toddler of a partner. He slid into the doorway, panting heavily.

“Peralta, what are you doing here?” she asked, surprised to see him. She’d assumed the crime scene would have taken a lot longer to process, and she wasn’t sure she wanted him in her hospital room – she didn’t want to know what kind of damage he could cause in such a delicate setting.

He collapsed into the chair beside her bed and caught his breath. “Sarge called me. He said you shouldn’t be alone.”

Amy huffed and sank further into her pile of flat, lifeless hospital pillows. “I’m fine on my own, Peralta, you know that.”

He smirked. “You don’t need to tell me you’re a badass, Santiago. You took a body slam from a gangster like a champ. Not gonna lie, it turned me on a little.”

Amy’s face scrunched up in disgust. “Ew, Peralta. There’s nothing sexy about a head injury.”

“That’s what you think,” he said, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Amy rolled her eyes and turned on the small TV in the corner of the room, hoping the sounds of Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest would drown him out.

They sat in silence for a while, which was truly an impressive feat for the man at her bedside. She shivered as a cold gust of air conditioning hit her. “Why are hospitals always so cold? It’s freezing outside, it doesn’t need to be freezing inside too,” she ranted through chattering teeth.

Jake wordlessly shrugged off his trusty leather jacket and handed it to her, but Amy wasn’t having it. “Jake, it’s fine. The doctor should be here soon and we can both go home.”

He shook his head, amused. “Just take the jacket, Santiago.” She did and she hated the instant relief it provided. It smelled just like him, which was strangely comforting.

The minutes passed and Amy sighed. “Sorry you’re stuck here with me. I’m sure you had big plans tonight.”

“Nah,” Jake smiled. “Not unless you consider Die Hard and a couple of 40’s to be big plans.”

Amy laughed outright. “Peralta, that is so sad. At least I was going to be with someone.”

Jake narrowed his eyes at her. “Kylie doesn’t count, Santiago.”

Amy stared him down before conceding and accepting defeat. “Fine, we’re both losers,” she said, turning her attention back to the television where the ball was about to drop.

Jake nodded, his gaze lingering on her. “Yep, both losers.”

The crowd in Times Square began to count down, Jake excitedly joining in and forcing Amy to as well. They high-fived as the clock struck midnight and 2013 began.

“Happy New Year, Santiago,” Jake said, beaming.

She smiled back. “Happy New Year, Peralta.”

The new year was already full of promise – it was one of her better New Year’s Eves, after all.

#b99 #brooklyn nine nine #jake x amy #peraltiago #b99 fic #peraltiago fic #b99 secret santa #why do i love pre-show pining so much?

[martha-is-my-safeword]

Brooklyn nine nine season 6 trailer 😂😂

#brooklyn nine nine #brooklyn #season #season 6 #b99 #b99edit #source: b99 #b99gif #b99 fic #b99 season 6 #b99 secret santa #brooklyn nine nine season 6 #brooklyn 99 #brooklyn 99 season 6

[all-that-craic]

Joyeux Noël et bonne année Adèle 💜

Merry Christmas @b99peraltiago from your secret santa! I hope you'll like it :)

Special thanks to @flowersgrowback for organizing it 💛

(click for a better quality because tumblr 🤷🏼‍♀️)

#b99 #b99peraltiago #b99 secret santa #jake peralta #amy santiago #peraltiago #my art

[oh-wow-i-have-nice-cheekbones]

@stunningsantiago Merry Christmas from your Brooklyn 99 Secret Santa!!!

#never done anything like this before so im SUPER nervous #hope you like it! #brooklyn 99 secret santa #b99 secret santa #brooklyn 99 fanart #gift #secret santa gift #fanart #brooklyn 99 #amy santiago #amy santiago fanart

[andtosaturn]

oh no!! 2020 really fucked so many plans over hey?i would definitely recommend salzburg, nice, amalfi coast, greek islands. all so beautiful!! hopefully you get to travel some day soon!!

aw that sounds so lovely!! i miss the childhood joy of christmas, it was so sweet

my friend handmade me a taylor swift albums painting a few years back which was really nice!

are you a big reader? or tv show/movie watcher? what are some of your faves?

- secret santa 🎄

those places all look so pretty!! and aww that sounds so beautiful i love when people do gifts like that it's so sweet 🥹

yes i looove all of them unfortunately i have very basic/narrow taste and i need to branch out more lmao so if you have any recommendations let me know 🙏 my favourite book is either the martian chronicles or fahrenheit 451 (both by ray bradbury) or northanger abbey by jane austen!! movies and tv shows i either rewatch my favourite comedies (new girl, friends, parks and rec, b99, superstore, schitt's creek etc etc) or sci-fi (weird combo ik)

what are yours!!

(obligatory storygraph and letterboxd plugs)

#asks #secret santa 2023

[det-jakeperaltas]

Hiii @thatsmyverb I was your elf for the b99 secret santa 💞💞💞 sorry for the delay in reveal!! I had so much fun talking to you and getting to know you this past month 😘 sadly I don't have any talents (writing, gif making, etc.) But I drew you a lil Cheddar giving you all his love 🥰

#b99 secret santa #b99 #cheddar

[shivroyslut]

Merry Christmas @thoronman !!!

It’s me your Secret Santa. Sorry I’ve been a really bad one and not sending you much messages but hope this makes up for it!! It's probably not Christmas where you are yet but hey you might see this just in time to blast during Christmas!! (listen on Spotify) Have a great Christmas and happy new year!!!!

Its basically what Jake and Amy listened to during Christmas as newlyweds in their apartment snuggling and drinking hot cocoa. (Jake attempted to sneak in as many songs from the Die Hard soundtrack as possible)

anyone else who sees this is free to reblog

#b99 #b99 secret santa #peraltiago #spotify #christmas #brooklyn nine nine #jake peralta #amy santiago