Kate & Sam

Kate & Sam is the friendship between Kate Schmidt and Samantha "Sam" Fraser from the Fear Street fandom.

Canon
Kate and Sam were residents of the town of Shadyside, where in every few years, a seemingly normal citizen would suddenly "snap" and become a murderer. They both attended Shadyside High School. At some point, Sam began dating Kate's childhood friend Deena. However, Sam's homophobic mother found out about their relationship and moved with her to Sunnyvale, the opposite of Shadyside. Kate and Deena's other close friend Simon chose not to meddle in their relationship issues. The day after a vigil for the victims of the Shadyside Mall killings, a fully-costumed figure began stalking Deena, Kate, Simon and Deena's brother Josh. They decided to head to the local hospital with Deena's brother Josh to visit Sam, believing the figure to be Peter, Sam's new boyfriend. Josh, Kate and Simon waited by a vending machine while Deena confronted Sam. However, Sam and Deena soon ran past them, followed after by the figure, was was now wielding a knife. The figure ignored Kate, Simon and Josh, who began screaming.

Later, Simon was attacked by a girl with a razor. Before she could stab him, Deena appeared with Sam, Kate and Josh and shot the girl with a gun she had stolen from Officer Kapinski. After this, the left for Deena and Josh's house. When Josh heard Simon's description of the girl, he realised that she was Ruby Lane, a Shadyside killer from 1965. He then told them about the previous killers of Shadyside's past, as well as the legend of Sarah Fier. Sam then told the group that after the car crash, she had visions of Fier. The group then went to the site of the crash. After some digging, they eventually found Fier's body. They then attempted to rid themselves of the curse by giving Fier a reburial. However, more revived killers appeared and attacked the group, forcing them to flee.

As they fled in an ambulance, they realised that the killers were targeting Sam. Kate and Simon were attacked as they had Sam's blood on their clothes. They then went to the school, where they changed their clothes and cleaned themselves of Sam's blood. While at the school, they used Sam's blood to lure all of the killers to the bathroom, where they would burn them. The killers then regenerated their incinerated bodies as the group escaped to a classroom. Kate then realised that if Sam died, the curse would be over. She then sugested that they toss her out into the hallway. While Deena fought against the idea, Sam agreed. However, Josh then learned through a newspaper clipping that in a previous massacre, there was a survivor who had seen the witch, just as Sam had. They realised that Berman had died, but was brought back to life through CPR, thereby freeing her from the curse. After learning about Berman, they unsuccessfully tried to contact her through a wall-mounted phone.

The group then travelled in the ambulance to the supermarket pharmacy where Simon worked. There, they gathered various pills for Sam to overdose on. Simon then explained what effect each and every pill would have. After Sam overdosed, they would revive her with adrenaline. As a distraction, Simon, Kate and Josh would run around the supermarket smeared with Sam's blood. However, Sam vomited out several pills, ruining the plan just as Torres attacked them. Kate then used a flamethrower to distract Torres as Sam and Deena made their escape. Sam and Deena would later learn of Kate and Simon's deaths through Josh.

Fanon
The friendship is not very popular by itself. However, works that use the "Kate Schmidt & Samantha "Sam" Fraser" tag tend to focus on the group as a whole rather than Kate and Sam's friendship. This is largely due to the lack of one-on-one interactions between the two characters. Very few people choose to ship them romantically, as Sameena is canon and the trilogy revolves around their relationship. The friendship currently has 13 written works on AO3. As a friendship, it is commonly included with Deena & Kate, Kate & Simon, Deena & Josh, Josh & Simon, Deena & Simon, Josh & Kate, Sameena, Sam & Simon and Josh & Sam.

Fandom

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