Title: First Encounter
Rating: G
Summary: Mission 101: The body tackle is to be used only in times when the endangered person is not aware of the danger...
Author's Note: This was written partially in 'stream-of-consciousness', and partially not. So it may sound off, but I liked it this way.
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It was overly cliché, and definitely on the borderline of 'friendly'. But she had slammed into him, pushing her CO to the ground as the startled herd-animals bolted through the space where he had been, and this inevitably ended up with her warm body pressed against his (never mind their field BDUs).She smelled like apples and cinnamon and he felt himself falling in love.
"Sorry, sir." She said, pushing herself up, and he regretted that she had done that. But she was grinning at him, beautiful and confident and unabashed, and he had a feeling that his life – and his heart – would need saving again in the near future.
"No problem, Captain. Anytime…"