(It's been several months since I finished my last multi-chaptered story. I've had a new idea for a while, I just haven't had the time or motivation to write it. I'm hoping that with a new story, that means I gain more attention. This will be my first WWE related story that doesn't center around Bray Wyatt or a member of The Shield. This story will feature Braun Strowman, my character Samantha(Sam), and Randy Orton. I hope everyone enjoys it.)

Love and War

Chapter One

Braun Strowman and Samantha have been friends since middle school. Samantha was the new girl and Braun was one of the first friends she made. They were always dating other people and never really thought about each other in a romantic way. Braun has always been kind of the defensive best friend, he always had her back. Once they got to high school, Braun was the strongest football player on the team and Samantha showed up to every game as a cheerleader. One night, her boyfriend broke up with her during halftime and embarrassed her in public. She was so heart broken and embarrassed she planned on staying in the ladies room until the game was over. Braun saw what happened and decided to take matters into his own hands. It was at that moment Braun started having feelings for Samantha. One of her other cheerleader friends came rushing into the bathroom and told her that Braun and her now ex boyfriend were fighting.

"Samantha! I know this probably isn't the best time, and I'm sorry for what happened to you tonight, but Braun and Jake are fighting!"

"What?!"

"Braun and Jake are fighting! I guess Braun heard what was going on and saw you run off crying and he stormed over and started yelling at Jake. The last thing I remember seeing was Jake pushing Braun, but Braun just shoved Jake to the ground."

Samantha had to pull herself together because she knew when Braun got into fights, things never ended well. She dried up her tears and rushed to the scene. Braun saw Samantha coming out and Jake sucker punched him in the face. Jake was surprised when Braun started laughing.

"Is that your best shot? My nine year old cousin can hit harder than you... and she's a girl."

Jake then rushed at Braun and tried to tackle him to the ground, but Braun picked him up with ease and slammed him down to the ground on his back. Jake didn't move for a minute, he just laid there in pain. Braun just stood over him, shouting out in anger.

"You always were a lousy quarterback, you never could take a hit, and you're a lousy excuse for a man too. A real man wouldn't embarrass a woman like that in public."

It was then that Samantha stepped in between Braun and Jake.

"Braun! What are you doing?! You need to stop this right now before you get yourself in trouble again."

"Are you kidding me?! I'm defending you right now. This guy goes and embarrasses you and breaks your heart, and you want me to stop?"

"It's not that big of a deal... I should have known it wasn't going to work out. I'm not worth the trouble... just walk away right now."

"Walk away? I'm your best friend, I've always had your back."

"Well then as my best friend... please... walk away."

Samantha looked over at Jake who was now starting to get up and she put her hand on Braun's chest trying to keep him back. She then gave Braun a small smile as she spoke to him.

"Thank you for standing up for me, but you can't go around starting fights like that."

"I didn't... he did by doing all of this in public."

Samantha sighed and grabbed Braun's arm and tried to drag him away. She thought it was finally over and Braun was going to get ready for the third quarter, but the last thing anyone expected was for Jake to go running his mouth again. He made sure he got everyone's attention.

"Hey Samantha!"

Everyone turned their attention back to Jake.

"Do you want to know why I broke up with you? It's because I always knew there was something going on between you and Braun. When you weren't with me, I would always see you two together. I guess I get it now... you wouldn't let me fuck you because you were always letting Braun fuck you, but I don't care anymore Braun... you can have the little whore."

This got a reaction from everyone around. Samantha didn't even have time to react or even know how to react, but all Braun saw was red and he slipped away from her and punched Jake in the face shattering his nose as blood poured from his nose. All it took was that one punch from Braun to knock Jake out, but Braun wasn't done. Jake was on the ground defenseless and Braun was beating the hell out of him and shouting at him.

"You Son Of A Bitch! I'll fucking kill you!"

Samantha was horrified at what she was seeing and knew that things were out of control when she saw the blood on Jake's face and Braun's hands. She wanted to stop what was happening, but the other cheerleaders held her back.

"Samantha no! It's too dangerous. He's too dangerous."

The other team members and even coaches had to pull Braun off of Jake. The police had arrived and placed Braun in handcuffs. Things had been bad before, but he had never been arrested. Braun looked at Samantha and saw the tears rolling down her face and the look of fear and shock on her face. Braun was now sitting in the back of a police car with his head held down. He knew he had lost control. The coach saw Samantha in tears and looked over at Jake who was now awake and being helped in the back of an ambulance. The coach rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Of course... all of this is because of a girl."

The coaches tried to get things back to normal. He had to put in two back up players, but with out Braun and Jake, they lost that night. Samantha didn't stick around for the end of the game, she called her parents to come and pick her up. Before she left, one of her friends came over to talk to her.

"Tonight has been a rough night... you know why Braun did what he did right? He's in love with you Samantha."

"No... he has a girlfriend. Braun and I are just friends... or at least we were. I wouldn't be surprised if he hates me after this... Braun has always had my back. He's my best friend, and he's just defensive over me I guess."

"Because he loves you! He beat the hell out of Jake... broke his nose and knocked him out."

"That doesn't mean he's in love with me... Jake was just being an asshole. I'm glad it's over between us. He was always wanting to have sex with me, but I told him no. So... because Braun and I are friends, and because I wouldn't have sex with Jake, he breaks up with me and calls me a whore. Fuck him! I'm glad Braun beat the hell out of him. I just wish he wouldn't have gotten in trouble for it."

Things were never quite the same after that night. The next time Samantha did see Braun, she apologized to him over and over again for what happened. Braun told her to stop apologizing and that it was no big deal. Braun and Samantha didn't really see each other much after that because it was senior year and they would be graduating. Braun could never get that image of her out of his head. The tears in her eyes and the look of fear. He always did have a strength above everyone else. That's where his nickname, "The Monster Among Men" first came from. Braun chose to stay away from Samantha out of fear of losing control like that night and scaring her away. Samantha stayed away because she was sure he hated her. They both went on to separate Universities. Samantha wanted to be a makeup artist for tv shows and movies. Braun stuck with sports like football and wrestling. Braun was good at football, but was better in wrestling and was one day signed by WWE. All those years had passed and Samantha and Braun had almost forgotten about each other, until the day Samantha got a job with WWE doing makeup. She never really watched WWE so she didn't know Braun worked there, but someone from WWE saw her work and decided to hire her. Alexa Bliss had actually become great friends with Samantha because she loved the way Samantha did her makeup. One day Alexa saw Braun and wanted to introduce Samantha to him, but little did she know, they already knew each other very well. It was then that all the memories came back. They had more good times together than bad. Both Samantha and Braun still remembered that night at the football game. Samantha thought that was just Braun being her best friend and being defensive over her. What they didn't know was that many other situations like that were to come in the future. As for right now, they both hoped things could get back to the way they were before. They were both happy to see each other since it had been since high school. She was just the way he remembered her, about 5ft 6 inches, long blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore make up even though she didn't really need it. Samantha smiled at him and finally spoke to him again for the first time in years.

"Hi Braun."

(To be continued. I'm really excited already and this is just the first chapter. I really hope people will read this story. I was kind of disappointed by the lack of reviews from my last multi-chartered story. I'd like to think I'm improving as a writer. This the end of the first chapter, and I will keep writing regardless, but a review would be appreciated. Thanks for reading.)