Hey guys! I was inspired to write this story after my brother and I noticed the lack of seduction missions after Chuck and Sarah became officially a couple. I mean, am I the only who noticed it? (Aside from my brother, of course.) This is just a drabble though. Originally it was supposed to be just dialogues, but I was having a hard time writing in that way so I stick to what I usually do.
Oh, this story occurred after 3.15 (Chuck VS the Role Models) and before 3.16 (Chuck VS the Tooth).
I do not own Chuck or any of its characters. Enjoy!
Chuck's POV
Sarah is not talking to me. Or more specifically, mad at me. I've got to fix this, got to fix this, I thought. But how?
"Sarah?"
"Yes, Chuck?"
"Please... Talk to me."
Without looking, she said to me, "We are talking."
"Yeah, I know that... but uhm... I meant talk to me." and then when I noticed that everything we pass by is moving in such a blur I added, "And please can you slow down? You're giving me a heart attack, honey."
"I am driving slow..."
"Okay, if you say so... If this is slow for you, fine... I'll calm down..." then I whispered, "Eventually..."
After five minutes of not talking and not slowing down her Porsche, I started a conversation again...
"Sarah?"
"Chuck." she said sternly
"Please don't be mad at me..."
"I'm not mad at you."
"But you're acting like you are..."
...
"Sarah?"
"Hm?"
"It's not my fault, you know."
"Really? How so?"
"I was just... doing my job."
Then the car screeched
"Honey... please drive carefully..." I said nervously
"Chuck... We. Are. Dating."
"Yes I know that and it's the best thing that has ever happened to me since I met you. But uhm... I didn't do it intentionally."
"Really? Well, you could've fooled me."
"What can I do? The woman was practically all over me once told her some information about the release of Final Fantasy XIV."
"Yeah, I noticed." she said as I heard sarcasm in her tone
I didn't say anything; instead, I just shut my mouth and waited for the ride to be over. I just want to be home and finish this discussion there. But I guess plans don't usually work all the time…
"Damnit! Why does this stupid truck driver have to swerve at the last minute just to escape from the traffic ahead?"
I looked at her and said, "Sarah?"
"What?" then she finally looked at me after the whole Mission thing
"I... I'm sorry."
Then hearing the sincerity in my voice, she smiled faintly. I started fumbling my hands and focused on that while saying what I want.
"I know you don't want to talk to me right now... And I know you probably want to discuss this until tomorrow morning but..." then I face her and continued "I just want you to know that I did what I have to do to get the intel..." then looking a bit dazed, I continued, "I mean who would've thought that a woman like that love video games? And RPGs, nonetheless! I mean Morgan and I would've-" seeing the look she gave me stopped my tracks. Oops.
"But that's not the point..." I gulped, "The point is-"
"The point, Chuck, is that, you didn't have to go to her room just to get the intel!"
"But how am I supposed to know how to get a flash drive that was hidden in her bra? Undressing her in the bar would be so embarrassing."
Her look would send any man running for their lives.
"Chuck, I gave you the exact directions how to get the stupid intel out of her bra! But did you listen? No! You have to 'improvise' as you said." Seeing her use air quotes made me giggle inside
"But she was all over me before you even gave me the directions..."
"Argh! I can't do this anymore!" then she opened her door and stood outside for a while. She started walking towards the exit that caused this traffic after a few minutes.
I pulled the lever of the hand break, turned off the car and called her out as soon as I was out of the Porsche.
"Sarah!" still no response I started running towards her
"Sarah! Wait up!" I grabbed her right wrist as soon as I was near her.
"Chuck... Just give me a few minutes to be alone... Please." I heard her say; I noticed she was slightly trembling.
She's only trembling when she's cold and- Oh God, no…
"Sarah!" I pulled her hard enough for me to stop her. And then she looked at me, her cheeks were wet and her eyes were puffy and red.
I hugged her, I hate making her cry.
"I'm sorry, but I can't." I said as I pulled away, but she did not look up. She just buried her head in my chest. I can see some onlookers looking at us.
"I don't understand, Sarah. I don't understand why you're acting like this." I whispered to her. "I mean, I was just doing my job... I wanted the mission to be over, more than anyone."
She finally pulled away for me after my statement. I fidgeted at my back pocket to get my handkerchief, which is rarely used. I handed it to her and said, "I'm sorry for making you cry..."
She sniffed at the hanky and then looked up to face me. "It's not your fault, Chuck. It's just that..."
I pulled her close by wrapping my hands around her waist and asked sincerely, "Just what?" seeing her open her mouth, then close again, I added, "Talk to me, Sarah."
She looked away, finally noticing the increasing amount of onlookers
"Hey... you know what, it doesn't matter." I touched her cheek and wiped the traces of her tears. "What matters is that the mission was a success... and it is over."
She smiled slightly before saying, "Yes, it does matter Chuck." She put my hanky in her pocket before grabbing my hands that were on her waist, to hold it against my chest. "It matters because now, we are dating."
"But Sarah-" she put a finger over my mouth then said, "Chuck, let me finish..." I smiled slightly, knowing that saying her feelings will be hard but, seeing her try warms my heart.
"Chuck, I... I never knew that... doing this kind of missions... will be so hard for me to watch."
I smiled then said, "Welcome to my world." She laughed lightly at my comment. Finally, I made her laugh.
"While you were doing the mission, I was thinking about the times you had to watch me seduce a mark... just to get the information we needed." she let go of my hands and put her left hand in my neck, her right hand on my chest.
"And while it was all happening, Casey was reassuring me that you were just doing your job... But I can't help feeling..."
"Hurt." I said, finishing her sentence for her. She smiled, assuring me that it was indeed what she felt. I put my hands on her face to touch her cheeks again and said, "Casey was saying the exact same thing to me before. Back when you were the one who do these kinds of missions. One example is that time when we thought Cole Barker was Fulcrum."
She put down her hands as I said that name. Perhaps she's remembering that time too. "You have no idea what kinds of thoughts and images that came into my mind as I listen to you seduce him through the ear piece. Especially when I heard both of your ruffled voices and clothes being strewn on the floor..."
I sadly smiled then continued, "Yeah, I know... I have no right to be jealous or be angry because we were still in a very complicated relationship... but... I've loved you even before that." I went to grab her hands from her sides and said, "How do you expect me to respond when the girl I love was in the arms of another man?" then I kissed her hands and looked at her. She was smiling, but I can feel it was a very sad one.
"Today, you felt what I felt before. And I guess you're tired of hearing this crap... but, Sarah, she was just a job." I touched her chin and continued, "You are the only one who I want to do those things with." I said and did the famous Bartowski eyebrow dance. She laughed, and it was music to my ears.
"Yeah?" She kissed my cheek and I pouted at the lack of attention in my lips. "Still, I can't believe there's another brunette who's under your spell, adding evidence to my theory that you have this gene that inevitably attracts brunettes."
"Hm? Really?" I wrapped my arms around her waist to pull her closer. "That was quite a fight… Our first fight as a couple, and quite a scene we made in the middle of the road."
She wrapped her hands around my neck and said, "I wouldn't say first fight. I mean, fighting meant me, not talking to you until I won the argument. And yet, here we are… embracing in the middle of the road. I say it's our first big PDA thing."
"I hope that doesn't mean 'Public Display of Anger'."
She laughed, both of us were now well aware of the crowd standing outside their car and some sitting onlookers inside their car.
"Want to give them a show they won't forget, Agent Bartowski?"
"You know, I'm still not good with the whole PDA thing, Agent Walker. Although…" I smirked and whispered in her ear, "I'm ready displaying how madly, deeply, truly, passionately I am in love with you." I hope she remembered that line from our latest movie date night.
She smiled widely. And as I hold her in my arms and ignore my aversion to PDAs, I kissed her passionately for the world to see that Sarah Walker was the only one for me.
Remember that cheesy line? It was from Letters to Juliet. And I also do not own both of those references or any of its characters. Apparently when I looked up the showing of that movie, it was released even before the Honeymooners were televised. :)
This was supposed to be a three chapter story, composed of three one-shots but the second one-shot I wrote doesn't felt like it's finished yet so I'm making this 'complete' in case I won't come up with any good ideas.
Reviews, comments, violent reactions are well appreciated. I'm sorry if there are wrong grammars. Ciao!
