Preface
Have you ever been so alone that not only do you see your shadows as your only companions, but you also see them as a Godsend? Well, I've been there. And sometimes, the light of day isn't enough to make those shadows disappear. Sometimes, the only thing that can keep you from drowning is not really a thing, but a person.
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Sam's POV
She was witty, I'd give her that. But she was also as annoying as hell. Swarek this, Swarek that. God, she was acting like my goddamn mother half the time, and the other half of the time, she was acting like a naïve little rookie. Well, she is a naïve little rookie, but that's besides the point. I've known her for what, a few weeks? And she's already dominating all of my thoughts.
You know, I thought I hated her. She blew my case! Eight months of my case, gone, just like that. And she ruined it with a little satisfied smirk, too. But her eyes... I just can't move past them. No rookie should ever have that haunted look she sometimes gets. She's drowning in her past. And it shows.
Hate her? I should, but instead, I want her. Not in that way, well, yeah, in that way. But I want to get to know her. To save her from drowning.