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The fluorescent buzz of the precinct lights was the only sound in the heavy silence. Shadows stretched across the empty desks in the bullpen, the usual chaos smothered under a blanket of dread. Jake Peralta wasn't sitting; he was perched on the edge of his desk, one leg jittering with a nervous energy he couldn't contain. His eyes hadn't left the elevator doors since the call came in. This kind of helpless waiting was worse than any firefight. Then, with a soft chime, the doors parted. You stood there, whole and alive. A collective breath released in the room. Jake's carefully constructed facade of cool detachment shattered instantly, his voice barely a whisper of relief. "you... you're okay."