It all started with Sarah. She fell in love with her asset, one Chuck Bartowski. For two years, she 'handled' chuck, until it became obvious that the two shared feelings for one another, and after a disastrous '49B' revealed that what made them a good team was the very things that compromised them at other times, it had been decided to reassign Sarah away, and insert a new agent in as his handler.

He was kidnapped, shot, and injured in other ways far more times in the space of 2 months, than the previous 2 years combined. It was realised that you can't have the success without the 'lady feelings', as Casey put it. Casey was the reason he was still alive and given recuperation, relatively healthy. But not Happy, not stable emotionally and that was the reason he was so bad on missions.

Then Sarah offered a compromise. She would be assigned back to the team and be there not as Chuck's handler, but as a backup and support for the team. And, of course, to provide the stability that was the cause of their past success. Not being chuck's handler, means that it's not actually against the rules if, say, they got together.

However the CIA wanted to assign their own handler. So they sent another.

And another.

And another.

This and each every time since it was not due to chuck's performance. It was because they kept falling for him.

About a year since Sarah no longer was his handler, and Casey suggested they send a lesbian CIA agent if they insist on sending female agents at all.

That sexuality preference did not hinder the development of feelings, only delayed it.

After that, Casey almost gave up, before he remember the part where it had all been women. So, he told them outright. "Stop sending female agents. Send a bloke who can be in the role of a friend.

Caseyreally did not like his new partner at all. But it if meant Chuck would stop 'breaking good agents', he couldn't exactly complain loudly. It was his suggestion, afterall. He suggested an agent that could be chuck's friend, but had the ruthlessness, and so they sent the one agent they knew would harm chuck for his own good, like he'd done before.

And to chuck and Sarah's mix of happiness and discomfort, the agent they'd sent had a history with them, and shortly after seeing the couple, finally tried to settle it and Agent Larkin told them he was happy the pair were together.

Like I said, casey wasn't happy.

De end.

Short, I know, but it was to answer that glowing thought: If chuck never got it out of his head, and of course, the 2.0 wasn't created etcetera, and chuck didn't have that 'civilian life, or reupload and then have to become an agent' issue, how would he and sarah get together without breaking the rules? No one said that for sarah to stay on the team, she had to be there as Chuck's handler. Hmm, there's another idea.

- Another idea -

Beckman stared. "You Quit?"

Sarah nodded.

"Agent Walker... you can't just... quit..."

Sarah smiled a little and nodded. "I can, but obviously because of what I know, the CIA and NSA would be concerned with security and have to assign a handler. And if for some reason I get involved on missions that handler goes on with his other asset, who happens to be my boyfriend... well..."

Beckman snorted at the transparency of this... former... agent. With a sigh, she nodded. "Since it is my belief you are important to the continued... performance of the intersect. And the obviously increasing tension caused by the rules that goes with being his handler... I don't have much choice, do I?"

- De End -

Yeah this one would end with Bryce reassigned as their pair's handler there...

Hey, here's an idea. At the end of season 2 with this instead of the 'de-intersected' chuck, Bryce wants them on his team, or rather, he'd be the 'field intersect' with an analyst intersect as backup :P both get the updates, with Bryce ont he skill ones, and chuck gets a small selection of skill uploads with the info updates./