Chasing Feelings (Jake Peralta x Reader)

The Case

Holt and the sergeant were sat in the captain's office.

"I've never seen him work like that before. Never seen him have that much passion or desire over interrogating a perp berfore." The Captain spoke. There were a few more moments of silence.

"You don't know do you?" The Serge asked innocently. He was met simply with Holt's plain face and no reply. "That man he was interrogating," he explained. "He was charged for abusing his children. Physically and mentally."

Holt nodded to show his interest in Terry's words.

"When Jake was a child. Maybe six or seven he was beaten by his dad. There were so many suspicious things about that household. Every time Jake or his brother-"

"Jake has a brother?" Captain Holt interrupted. "I had no idea!" He continued with his eyebrows raised in minor suprise.

"Had a brother." The Serge corrected. "Every time any officer knocked on the door Jake or his brother Isaac would open it with black eyes and purple bruises and when asked about them would make up some elaborate story about tripping down the stairs or falling over in a games of basket ball."

"That day I went to check up on him, I told him that if ever he needed to talk he could call me up and I could help with whatever he wanted. It was about two weeks later that he rang up the force explaining that his father has beaten Isaac and he wasn't breathing any more. He was charged with murder."

There was a few more minutes silence before Holt began, "I understand now. This case just hit too close to home for him. But I'm glad that he's been able to solve it."

The Captain began to stand up. "I believe celebrations are in order? It is, after all a Friday night. Grab the rest of the team and we'll head on down to Shaw's."