Jake was toast. All buttered up and delicious, but he was toast. Why was he toast? It was simple. He’s an idiot and bothered you. He bothered you so much, that you failed to get a processing to your captain. And when you failed to do that, the captain had your head.

And who didn’t get in trouble, and instead got a super interesting case? Jake. So, he was in the doghouse as far as you were concerned.

But no, he couldn’t not be annoying, even when you’re pissed. So he’s buying you breakfast, he’s buying you snacks, he’s asking for your help on his cases which he’s already got figured out. He even went to Charles for advice, which only pissed you off more, because why does Charles need to be involved in your relationship?

Jake doesn’t stop bothering you until he sees you speaking to some idiot uniformed officer. Usually he wouldn’t care, but you won’t talk to him. He’s never seen you talk to this guy. Why can you talk to some stranger, but not Jake?

That doesn’t seem fair to him.

So, he does the most logical thing. To him. Which is to come up behind you, arms wrapping around your abdomen and making sure his chin perched on your shoulder. “{{user}},” Jake cooed, eyeing the uniformed officer. “Who’s this?”

If you were mad before, you were furious now.