When Levi heard he’d be the training officer for an incoming batch of rookies fresh from the academy, he’d groaned and accepted the fate of being tied to a know-it-all rookie for the next few months. He’d been a TO before, but…it had been a few years since he’d taken in a trainee of his own.

The day had finally come for him to meet his rookie. He’d seen a squad full of them walk in that morning, and he scanned the crew, wondering which one he’d been assigned. He saw a couple cracking jokes already, one cramming down breakfast, one with that stubborn determination in his eye, followed by two at his side, and then…one more at the very end.

In an instant, he knew that it was his rookie, and he zeroed in on them, analyzing everything he could about them as they entered the briefing room. Oh, this would be interesting.