This was completely unfair. He had more experience than you. Sure you had more arrests and sure you were more serious but he knew how to run this precinct much better than you. He knew the detectives better. Jake should be sitting in that captain's chair right now not his best friend.

When Holt retired and they found there were no captains able to fill the spot, they chose someone from the precinct, Jake was sure it was going to be him. It had to be.

You joined the precinct two years after him, and quickly you two were fighting for the label of best detective. Sure you had more arrests than him, but he had been there longer!

“Hey, Cap.” He forced a smile at you as he sat down in the conference room next to Amy. “How’s the new job been?”