In Plain View
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Chapter 4
Sam has been waiting patiently for his partner to emerge from the station. He knows Andy had a rough morning, but he also knows and respects her enough not to say exactly what he's thinking. Instead, he decides to keep his opinions to himself, just like he does with all things in his life. He lets go of a breath that he didn't know he was holding when he sees Andy walk out the door. He follows her with his eyes and watches as she scans the lot for their squad car, and notices that she looks relieved to find him waiting. Sam continues to watch her as she walks towards the car, and takes note of her calm and almost content expression.
Lost in his thoughts and suspicions as to why she could possibly look so collected he jumps when she opens the door and drops dramatically into her seat. One quick glance is all it takes for Sam to turn the key in the ignition and peel out of the parking lot. Once they reach about 6 blocks away from the station, Sam dares to look at Andy. She can tell he's looking at her by the way the car slightly veers to the right, then quickly corrects itself back to the middle of the lane. The next time she notices the car shifting closer and closer to the outside yellow line of the highway, Andy looks over at Sam and catches him blush ever so slightly before pulling the car back into the middle of the lane.
Soon Andy asks to stop for coffee. Sam pulls over at the nearest Tim Hortons as Andy quickly says, "Don't move, it's my treat! Really! Leave this car and I'll tell Oliver and the rest of 15 about the drunk guy you couldn't control enough to handcuff last week." Sam closes his door, remembering the drunken man he has arrested with McNally the week before. The drunken man he couldn't contain. The drunken man for which he called back up to help him arrest the guy. The drunken man that Andy handcuffs and got into the car of the squad car within 2 minutes of Sam radioing in back up. As Andy opens the car door and hands Sam a box of Tim Bits and his usual Double-Double coffee, he gives her a look of teasing annoyance.
"You promised never to tell anyone about that!" Sam jokingly accuses.
"Oh, don't worry. I only told all the rookies, Oliver, Jerry, and the rest of 15 division," Andy reassures, with a grin that can lighten Sam's mood in the darkest of times.
As her smile fades, tears build up in her eyes. She refuses to cry in front of Sam, so she turns away to face the rest of the world instead. He can't take it anymore, he grab her softly and turns her towards him. She avoids eye contact, until she can literally feel the heat of his breath and the warmth of his gaze on her eyelids. Andy finally looks him in the eyes and a single tear escapes hers. He gently takes his thumb, and sweeps her away.