AN: Savannah's was the one I had the most trouble with, but surprisingly, it's one of the longer ones. Enjoy!
Savannah Cooper had joined the team three years ago and since then had been the only woman. At the start, they had tried to set her up with Cosmo (to which she had said hell no; she couldn't date a man who spent more on clothes than she did). Then they had let her alone when it came to dating.
She had always worked in a profession that was predominately male, so she had the chance to observe her friends and colleagues at their best and at their worst. It was quite useful for figuring out just what she wanted (or could work with) in a man. But when she finally found said man, she didn't tell the Team at first. They considered her family, like a sister –and as such she had quite a few brothers ready and willing to scare off anybody that they deemed unworthy.
Worst-case scenario: they'd meet Ben and scare him off. Best-case scenario: they'd actually like Ben… but might end up inadvertently scaring him off anyway. It was a toss up, and for the life of her, she couldn't figure out which was more likely. She didn't like keeping secrets –in fact, she wasn't very good at it. So it was only a matter of time before they found out.
"Cooper, why are you always makin' calls to New York?" Sam asked one day.
"No harm in making calls," she said.
"But you've never talked on the phone like this," Sam said.
"Is it really your business?" she asked without heat, because she knew that Sam considered anything having to do with his team 'his business'.
"Sure it is; one of my kids is running up the phone bill," Sam said. "Have you been calling boys, Cooper?"
She stared.
He stared back.
"How…" she began.
"Big dog's always right," Sam said, grinning. "So. Why didn't you tell us, and when do we get to meet him?"
"Meet who?" Noah said, passing by on his way to the coffee maker.
"Savannah's boyfriend."
"You've got a boyfriend?" Noah said, interested.
"Who's got a boyfriend?" Cosmo asked, sticking his head out of the break room.
Savannah rolled her eyes. It was a good thing Biggs was on family leave with Valerie, otherwise he'd be poking his nose in here, too. "His name is Ben Douglas," she said. "He lives in New York."
"What does he do?" Cosmo asked.
"How'd you meet?" Noah asked.
"When do we get to check him out?" Sam asked.
"Never, if you don't promise not to scare him away," Savannah threatened.
"Who, us?" Sam asked, glancing at Noah and Cosmo. "We'd never do such a thing. Right fellas?"
"Course not," Cosmo said.
"Never, 'Vannah," Noah said, smiling.
"I believe Noah," she grumbled.
"Oh, ouch," Cosmo said, "that hurts. Don't it hurt, Sam?"
"Oh yeah," Sam said, but he was grinning. "Cooper, call him. If he really likes you, we won't be enough to scare him off. We won't deliberately try, of course."
"Right," Noah said.
"Of course," Cosmo added.
Why did he have to pull perfectly sound arguments out of thin air? "Fine," Savannah said, but all three guys saw the smile on her face as she headed for the phone.