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1. And I Know That You Mean So Well, But I Am Not a Vessel for Your Good Intent by AngelsLifeOfDreams

   Fandoms: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Kevin Cozner/Ray Holt
   • Kevin Cozner & Jake Peralta
   • Kevin Cozner & Ray Holt & Jake Peralta
   • Ray Holt & Jake Peralta
   • Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago
   • Jake Peralta
   • Amy Santiago
   • Kevin Cozner
   • Ray Holt
   • Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
   • Charles Boyle
   • Norm Scully
   • Hurt Jake Peralta
   • Jake Peralta Needs a Hug
   • Bisexual Jake Peralta
   • thats not important to the plot but its important to me
   • Jake Peralta is Bad at Feelings
   • Ray Holt Acting as Jake Peralta's Parental Figure
   • Kevin Cozner and Ray Holt are Jake Peralta's Parents
   • Parental Ray Holt
   • Kevin Cozner & Jake Peralta Bonding
   • Cheddar is also important here
   • Alternate Universe - Foster Family
   • Foster Care
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Kinda
   • Its almost canon compliant but def an AU
   • also peraltiago is not the main focus of this
   • but its there
   • Bad Parent Roger Peralta
   • Roger Peralta Bashing
   • we hate him here
   • Time Skips
   • Flashbacks
   • lots of them - Freeform
   • Title From a Crane Wives Song
   • Song: Tongues & Teeth (The Crane Wives)
   • just in the title sadly
   • Gina Linetti & Jake Peralta Friendship
   • No beta we die like the victims of the disco strangler
   • No beta we die like doug judy

   Summary

   Jake Peralta used to be a foster kid.

   His dad got into some real trouble and his mom lost custody, so for two years, Jake got stuck in the system. He barely remembers most of it, the entire first year clouded in fog of confusion and disarray, but one specific placement is horribly clear.

   When he was under the custody of Raymond Holt and Kevin Cozner.

   Now, over ten years later, Jake mostly tries to forget about his time in the system, but when his new captain is his old foster parent? It brings up old memories he's tried to bury for a long time.

   OR:

   Jake is an ex-foster kid who's only good memories of the system are when he was with Holt and Kevin, but after being put back in mothers' custody, he tries to avoid thoughts of them all together

   OR OR:

   Kevin and Holt are grieving parents who never really had a child :(((

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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