AN: Hey readers (yes it is plural)! This is my first multi-chapter fic. Remember that little AN at the end of Can't take the Heat? Yeah, I've decided to do the story. I hope that you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Covert Affairs, just my storyline or plot.

Chapter One: The Assignment

"So, how was dinner last night?" Auggie asked Annie as they strolled, arm in arm, into the Domestic Protection Division.

"Terrible, it was absolutely terrible. Danielle set me up with an accountant this time. He had a toupee, he even admitted it himself. He wouldn't leave me alone. He even followed me to the bathroom… in my guest house!" Annie complained. Danielle always seemed to set her up with the worst people imaginable. Where she found these bums, Annie would never know.

"That must have been an interesting night." Auggie mused, the pair of friends nearing Annie's desk.

"Yeah, very interesting." She agreed as she plopped down in the hard seat. "It took him forever to leave, I was this close to calling for reinforcements to get him the hell out of the house!" she showed him less than an inch of space between her thumb and index finger, more for herself than him.

"That's nice. And who were planning of calling, me?" Auggie asked, leaning on the corner of Annie's downgraded desk, well in his opinion anyways.

"Why? Should I have?" Annie bantered back.

They went on like this doe another thirty minutes, giving each other details about their past night. Then Joan's voice cut through the hustle and bustle of the DPD like butter, "Auggie. Annie. Jai. My office, now."

"What have you done now, Miss Walker?" Auggie asked, offering his arm to her when he heard her get out of her chair.

"Oh contraire, she said you and Jai, too. So, what did you do, Mister Anderson? Get a little jealous of the stuck up that is only Jai Wilcox?" Annie retorted playfully, taking his offered hand.

"Me? Nah, it couldn't be." Auggie replied, taking his free arm and moving his hand to his heart in mock disbelief. The pair left Annie's desk and headed for Joan's office at the top of the stairs.

When they got inside, Annie led Auggie to the vacant chair for him to sit in if he needed, but Auggie had other plans. He could smell Jai's cologne in the next seat over, so he did a swerve so that Annie was right next to the chair. He also gave her a slight push so that she would sit down. He really didn't want to sit by Jai at the moment.

On Joan's wooden desk were two file folders, one in Braille and the other in regular typing. Jai had the third file folder in his hands, opened. He was staring at Joan, sitting at her desk, waiting for her to continue.

"You have been called up here today because there's a new mission. There seems to be a problem in Suburbia. One of the inhabitants of a small suburb near Langley is believed to be a foreign spy. We have reason to believe that they're leaking information about sensitive subjects. And that is where we come in. we need to bring in Annie and one of you men to go undercover as newlyweds. You'll be staying until it's all been taken care of.

"There's a few catches, though. First, this is a deep op. Minimum contact. Second, I don't know which one is better for the job. Jai, you might be able to pull this op off. And Auggie, you have amazing talent with the entire tech, and you and Annie are more comfortable together. And third, this particular neighborhood is children friendly, so you'll need to bring a child willing enough to get into this op. someone in their early teens, maybe. That's how old most of the children are there. If you can come up with something about it, then you get the mission with Annie." Joan informed the three agents. She waited for Auggie or Jai to come up with a kid that would work.

Joan saw Auggie's face change rapidly, deciding what to do. She knew that Auggie has wanted to go on ops – on-the-record ops – for a while now. She was actually edging towards him more than Jai. She just didn't see anything in Jai for this type of op. Commitment wasn't really his strong point.

And she wasn't lying when she said that Annie and Auggie had good chemistry together.

"There's Olivia. She's a foster kid that I've known for a long time now. She's always wondering about me and what I do. I think that she'd love to get out of the house for a while." Auggie finally said, breaking the silence. Both Annie and Jai looked at him. Annie looked worried about the situation, and Jai just looked dumfounded that Auggie was able to some up with something at all.

"Okay then. Auggie, you have been assigned to this op. Here are your files, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson."

AN: There's the first chapter!

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~Becca