"I call you Officer Jake when you're being Officer Jake," I clarified. Then paused, considering. "Which is probably going to be a lot considering you're supposed to be keeping me in line." Anyway, that was what Jake seemed to think. I was capable of keeping myself in line, relatively. Other people had their opinions and I respected those even as I called them wrong.

"But I know you're just Jake, too," I assured him, a touch more seriously.