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1. I Told You I'd Burn It All Down by s_foster

   Fandoms: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Rosa Diaz/Jake Peralta
   • Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
   • Jake Peralta
   • Amy Santiago
   • Charles Boyle
   • Terry Jeffords
   • Ray Holt
   • Jake Peralta/Rosa Diaz - Freeform
   • PeraltaDiaz - Relationship
   • Best Friends to Lovers
   • Emotional Slow Burn
   • Canon Divergence
   • Emotional Angst with Sex
   • Mutual Pining (but filthy)
   • Intimacy as a Weapon
   • Canon-Divergent Post-Episode: 1x04 "M.E. Time"
   • Safe Sex Talk (implied Plan B use)
   • Angst and Porn
   • Explicit Language
   • Emotional Power Dynamics
   • NSFW Because Jake and Rosa Became Holt's Problem After an Impromptu Make Out On A Stairwell During Fieldwork
   • Amy Santiago Is Not the Main Character Here
   • Jake/Amy Shippers May Experience Temporary Confusion and Permanent Damage
   • This Author Offers No Apologies for What You'll Read
   • This Author Offers No Apologies for Making You Fall for Rosa Diaz
   • Amy Santiago Is Not the Villain
   • She’s Just Not the POV
   • I Left the Comedy Genre at the Stairwell
   • Yes. This Is a B99 Fic. No. It Will Not Stay Lighthearted
   • Rosa Diaz Is Still Funny. She Just Has Layers Now. Deal With It
   • Jake Peralta Grows Up in This One
   • Holt Loves Rosa in That Stern Devastating Way That Wrecks Her
   • Rosa Diaz: Chaos Daughter of One (1) Stoic Captain
   • Holt Has a Favorite and Her Name Is Rosa Diaz
   • Amy Santiago Is Desperate for Holt’s Approval. Rosa Diaz Just Exists
   • Rosa Diaz Earns Her First 3-Day Suspension. And She Earns It Welll
   • Three-Day Suspension? Still His Favorite.
   • You Read Every Tag? That Was Consent to Feel Everything

   Summary

   Jake Peralta should’ve known better than to screw up being secondary on a case just to screw around. Just because his ego couldn’t take not being the one everyone looked to first. Rosa Diaz should’ve known better than to care.

   But one late-night text turns into another.
   Then a dare.
   Then a line they can’t uncross.

   Because it’s never just about the case.
   Not with them.

   And if there’s one thing Rosa’s always been good at...
   It’s knowing exactly when to burn it all down.

   (Takes place immediately following Season 1, Episode 4 “M.E. Time.” Canon divergent from that point forward.)

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