Broadened Horizons

Chapter 1

 It has been two months since Sam Braddock joined Team One. After all the initial stiffness of being pushed onto a team that usually had a strenuous selection process, Sam and everyone else was happy with the way that the team currently was.

Two months have given Sam enough time to get a little bit of a feel of everyone on the team, some more than others. Sam found himself constantly looking for a few members in the group every time he got to work, or they were working out and sometimes even when they were all out on a case and he wasn't really busy with anything.

Now Sam has a problem, he is starting to fall, starting to fall deeply. The team doesn't really have anti fraternization rules but even if they did that would be the least of his worries. His problems stem from the fact that he isn't just falling for one person but for three different members of his team.

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The team was busy working out, each in their own worlds listening to their music and what not except for Spike and Sam who haven't stopped talking since they started about half an hour ago.

Spike: You can't seriously say that that was the best shot you ever made in the army?

Sam: I'm not I'm just saying that it was a pretty spectacular shot. The distance and the insane wind that was blowing that day, it was an easy shot to miss.

Sp: And our very own Samtastic didn't even flinch. (He said with a smile, making Sam blush)

S: Enough about the army. Let me spot you so you can do the weights that you've been running away from.

Sp: I'm not running away from them okay, my specific set of skills has absolutely nothing to do with having to carry heavy weights.

S: Until the day we're stuck somewhere and I'm shot and the only person to carry me is Mr I don't need weights.

Sp: Fine but on one condition.

S: Of course you'd have a condition. (He smiled) Go on.

Sp: I want to hear more stories from Master Corporal Sam Braddock from JTF2.

S: Fine. Come on.

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Sp: Just look at those arms. (He says as Sam finishes spotting him and helps him put the weight back in its place) Those must have everyone falling over their feet.

S: No, these are only for you.

Sp: Aww, you're the best.

Wordy: Okay you two, enough.

Sp: We're working out.

W: You're mouths yes, hurry up we only have fifteen minutes left before the start of shift.

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As the newest member of the team, Ed Lane as the Team leader has taken it upon himself to make sure that Sam is up to date on all his training, making sure that the younger sniper knows how things work as a member of one of the city's most elite teams.

Ed is a hardass when it comes to Sam's training and in the beginning it didn't sit well with the blonde but now two months in every time Ed gives him a pat on the back or compliments him, his insides turn into mush.

The worst of all is when Ed stares at him with his piercing blue eyes. He's attraction to Ed runs deeper than just his looks. Even with his hard outer exterior, Ed is usually one of the first ones to notice if anyone on the team is not a 100. He doesn't force anyone to talk to him always joking that that is Greg's department but he always makes sure that the person always knows that he's there for them no matter what is going on and that's one of the reasons the Sam is falling deeper and deeper.