Finally, the work I have been referring to as “b99 vibes” in my files and on here for like a month and a half, is here for you all lol. I was planning on this just being a short oneshot (like 3K at most) but now it’s 9K and it was so fun to write that I am considering making it a series lol… At least making a Geralt POV companion piece to it. If y’all have other ideas for what I could do with this AU let me know!
Summary: None of the detectives were quite sure how to handle their new captain. He was grumpy, closed-off, and altogether seemed like he’d be a nightmare to work with. Not to mention, they knew practically nothing about the man, and he wasn’t exactly forthcoming with any information concerning himself. Well, they weren’t detectives for nothing, and if he wouldn’t tell them, they would find out.
There was startling little information about the new captain.
He wasn’t a forthcoming man, and rather intimidating, as well. He had a constant scowl, answered more with grunts than words, and, frankly, was built like a brick shithouse. None of the detectives were quite sure how to feel about him, and he wasn’t exactly giving them much to go on.
Which was what led to this small meeting of detectives taking place, right under his nose.
“I mean, how do we know Captain Rivia is even his real name,” Cho whispered, leaning over Boyd’s desk. She caught a file she nearly knocked down in the process, ignoring Boyd’s unimpressed stare. “Did he even tell us his first name? Shouldn’t we know it from somewhere, somehow?”
Ramirez rolled her eyes from her desk, pretending to not be a part of the whole thing, even though she very much was. “You know, you could look it up.”
Boyd chuckled behind his hand as Cho glared at her. “That feels like cheating.” She said, ignoring Ramirez’s raised eyebrows.
“Okay, but,” Ryan said, leaning over their desk, “we’re detectives. It’s our job to figure people out, isn’t it? Dig up everything, find the clues.”
Greeves looked between Ryan and Cho nervously. “You’re not seriously implying that we should investigate the Captain, are you?”
Boyd shrugged. Ramirez rolled her eyes again and pretended to go back to work. Ryan and Cho shared a wild grin. Greeves fidgeted with his hands.
“Are you sure that’s a good idea? What if he finds out?”
Cho shrugged. “Learn to be sneaky.”
Ryan’s grin grew. “Yeah, get good.”
Boyd rolled his eyes. “Never say that again. And Cho, get your ass off my desk, you keep messing up the files.”
“Spoilsport,” Cho muttered, but slid off his desk nonetheless.
Greeves frowned at them. “I’m still not sure this is a good idea. I mean he’s our boss.”
“Scared of him?” Ryan asked.
Ramirez opened her mouth to speak, but at that moment, Captain Rivia walked into the precinct. He stared at them all, huddled around Ryan and Boyd’s back-to-back desks, Ramirez obviously involved even as she tried to pretend she wasn’t.
“Shouldn’t you be working?” He asked gruffly, raising a cardboard coffee cup to his lips.
