Title: The Light
Authors: wickedbrickroad, aka brickroad16 and wickedinsanity!
Rating: PG/K+
Characters/Pairing: Chuck/Sarah, (eventually, a small dose of) Ellie
Spoilers: Yes, big time for all five seasons, especially the series finale.
Summary: Drabbles chronicling Chuck and Sarah's relationship.
Disclaimer: We don't own anything. We're merely showing our love and appreciation for a show that touched our lives for five glorious years.
A/N: Drabbles for seasons two through five to follow, with a fanmix to come this weekend.
Season 1
"Echo" – Jason Walker – Chuck
It's amazing really, how fast everything can change. In the blink of an eye, everything you knew to be true can be turned upside down.
Sometimes, Chuck wonders if this was all just a dream.
Sometimes, when he looks back on how his life had changed, he wonders if he wasn't all alone in the world.
Two months ago, he and Ellie talked about everything. There was no one in this world he was closer to than his sister. Now, well, things were different now.
Two months ago, Morgan was his best friend whom he counted on for everything. Now, time spent with his little bearded friend was dwindling to nothing.
Funny, how fast everything you think you know can change.
Sometimes, he feels as if he were all alone - a shadow in a dark and ominous world. A fool stuck in a world he knew nothing about. No matter how much he yelled, only the echo of his voice returned to him.
And then sometimes, in the darkest part of the night, he sees another shadow. He thinks it's her. Feels it deep in his bones.
He hopes the echoes reach her, hopes that maybe one day he'll have someone to get through this with.
Sometimes, he wishes for a whisper, if only she could give him that. An echo of hope in this world of shadows.
"The Only Exception" – Paramore – Sarah
Love never lasts.
That's what she learned from her parents, isn't it? She was so young when she watched their marriage fall apart, and she's carried that weight ever since. No kid deserves that, not even one who turns out to be a spy, hardened and cynical.
Spying was simply a way of focusing her loneliness, telling herself she was content with it.
Because she'd never met anyone worth the risk.
So here, barely four months into her new assignment, she tells herself that Chuck Bartowski is not her guy, even though what she feels for him – what she feels even if she swears she'll never speak it aloud – that goes so far beyond what she's thought of as love up to this moment. It's deeper, somehow more real, makes her want to believe.
But there's no fighting the truth.
He could be the one to change her mind.