Original Note: One Shot featuring Chuck, Ellie, Sarah and Baby Awesome.

I couldn't find stories about Baby Awesome, so I made one, it's made to be a one-shot but maybe if you guys like it I'll add some more about BA growing up.

Original Summary: Ellie badly needs a break and Chuck happily offers himself as a babysitter for Baby Awesome.

New Summary: Ellie and Awesome have Baby Awesome...what if Sarah finds out that she's having Baby Bartowski?

Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck. Please don't sue me.

Chuck Vs. Baby Bartowski

Chapter One

Chuck felt a whiff of air as Ellie came rushing through the door, the Maxi Cosi dangling dangerously in the crease of her elbow. Her big sister looked more than stressed out as she put it carefully on Chucks solid mahogany tea table. Dark circles under her eyes marked that she hadn't gotten much sleep recently...as Chuck could perfectly well imagine, almost hearing Baby Awesome cry across the courtyard every night.

"Thank you so much for taking her, I really just...need to get out and Devon has shift he can't cancel, I...ugh, I feel horrible pushing her off to you like this but...Chuck, I haven't showered in four days", she babbled on, constantly running her right hand through her hair and over her forehead, like she often did when she felt exhausted.

"Geez, stop explaining yourself, it's fine", he shrugged and shot her his most eager encouraging smile, "I told you you could drop her off anytime you wanted, I've got plenty of time on my hands"

This was a big fat lie, he really should be out at their parents house checking back on some stuff Team Bartowski was working on at their quest to find his Mom but with Ellie so in need of help, he had to stay and babysit, he had his priorities finally straight after almost losing all of this, his family, his dear life. So family came first.

"Thanks, Chuck", she finally smiled and gave him a tight Ellie-hug where she would squeeze him and make a pouting-face that he could feel her features make when their cheeks touched and when she let go, her smile was even wider, glowing with the vision of her long anticipated shower, "I'll be back in an hour"

"Take your time", he said, "Steph and me will have plenty to do. Right, sweet cakes, right?"

He cooed the last part at the Maxi-Cosi, meeting Stephanie Charlotte Woodcomb's indigo blue eyes and happily returning her toothless grin which really was a yawn.

He almost didn't acknowledge Ellie's goodbye as she left her with him, being once again in complete awe of his three week old niece.

The pregnancy had been somewhat of a surprise, he especially spent weeks worrying while Ellie thought everything was alright and safe, he of course knew that it was anything but. And he still lay awake most nights, almost hearing her cry in the night, always worried that someone took her, already one of the most precious people in the world to him.

She was so tiny and so adorable, she already had little dark curls on her little head, precisely Ellie's hair color and it seemed like she was getting Awesome's blue eyes, she was a sweet baby, though awake a lot and quite loud at nighttime, during the day, though, whenever he got so see her (which he tried to do daily, just to be sure that she was still in one piece and secure) she was always happy and curious and satisfied in her baby-carrier.

Everyone was nuts about her, Morgan loved her and much to Ellie's chagrin, she loved him back, she was dropdead fascinated with his beard and kept reaching for it, never quite grabbing it with her little sturdy fingers.

Devon of course was her favorite, his strong hands and melodic voice shutting her up mid-riot and Chuck knew it killed Ellie a bit inside that she didn't find dealing with her daughter as easy.

She had larger expectations of herself, having raised Chuck mostly on her own, being a motherly type all over but he could see that she needed time to adjust to being the real mother to a real little baby, rather than a ten year old boy who already knew better than to yell at you (most of the time).

She wanted to be a great Mom so badly, she gave herself a hard time for every minute she was doubting or frustrated or even tired and Chuck had the slight suspicion that this had all to do with their own mother and Ellie's fear of being like her, who was in her unconscious mind a bad mother. One that was capable of leaving their most precious alone. She, the smart and kind-hearted Ellie didn't see that it was normal to be tired and frustrated sometimes and that it didn't make her a bad mother like theirs maybe had been.

He was still trying to figure that one out but right now, all that mattered was the little baby in front of him and he just couldn't resist the temptation of picking her up.

Ever so gently he opened the belts of the carrier and carefully, with one hand steadying her head and with the other curling under her bottom, he picked her up.

She was so light, so small, she weighed about seven and a half pounds at about 20.5 inches, she fit right into his arms. She stirred a little as he raised her to his chest, but looking down at her, catching her eye again he was pretty sure that he hadn't hurt her in the process.

As if to affirm, she yawned into a cozy and satisfied pout and as much as she was capable of, turned her little head towards his chest, almost nestling herself against him.

The cuteness was overwhelming.

"You are so pretty, yes, you are", he sang in a ridiculously high and squeaky voice that he couldn't stop, "yes, you are"

Even Casey got soft when he held her, he didn't coo quite as Chuck did but that was doubtfully even possible for another human being, but he did get this peaceful and sheepish look on his face that made you feel like you were with some completely different person and it was hard to believe that this big teddy-bear-guy had ever hurt a fly. He held her pretty well, actually, which wasn't such an accomplishment seeing that she was maybe half as wide as his arms but anyway, it was nice to see that you could actually touch Colonel John Casey's heart, you of course had to be a newborn, completely adorably cute and have the most endearing dimples and huge ocean-blue eyes. But, at least it was doable.

It gave Chuck a huge lift that Casey bonded with the kid so well, it gave him the comfort of at least a little security, with Casey still living next door, he knew he wasn't alone on keeping a close watch on his little niece.

He slowly let himself sink to the couch, his eyes still glued to the little bundle he held securely, who's started to look around as much as was possible for her curiously and wobbling her arms back and forth.

She was tired, he could see that, Ellie had fed and changed her before she brought her so he could just sit there with her, feel her little body warming up through his shirt and wait for her to fall asleep. He could've sat there for hours, just staring at her, just adoring the little miracle that they'd all been blessed with.

He only hoped that she would grow up safely, that he could get her out of any danger that his secret occupation might bring her into.

Right now, though, everything was quiet and secured and she was maybe the second best distraction from his work there was.

The first was Sarah, naturally. It had been a bumpy ride, true, but they'd made it, they were still together, he started to doubt that that could ever change, he loved her so much it was impossible to even consider putting it into words because they could never do his feelings justice, they ran deeper than anything else he felt, all strings of his soul were connected to hers, he was there for her, he was there because of her, it seemed.

And he wouldn't have been there without her because she still held on the the old habit of saving his life on a regular basis, though now, he got to safe her himself a little more often. Which you could also see as a bad sign, the necessity of saying her, that was.

Looking down at the little girl, something sprung to his mind; everyone loved Steph and he was sure Sarah did, too but she rarely ever held her... and as he recalled now, she really hadn't ever held her at all, she'd never asked for it anyway..and everyone had asked for it and no one had been denied the request yet...well, except for Jeff for obvious reasons.

But she'd always kept her distance. Almost, as he thought about it, remembering her body language, as if she was scared of the little baby. But why should she be?

As if on cue a key turned in the door and Sarah Walker, Chucks beautiful girlfriend and partner in armor, entered their Burbank apartment, packed with groceries that she put down to the floor immediately when she saw him on the sofa with Stephanie who was slowly but gradually falling soundly asleep.

"Oh", she said with the oddest mixture of an uncomfortable surprise and honest excitement, which was undoubtedly strange behavior.

"Hey", Chuck greeted her but showed no sign of his wonder, "Look who's come around to visit"

"I see her", she replied but stood where she was.

"She is the most adorable thing in the world", he said, focusing back on the kid, "beside you, of course"

"She pretty sure is", still no inch of movement.

"Come take a look", chuck suggested, now also partly curious why she was acting so reserved towards the child.

Hesitantly she approached them but it took another reaffirming nod of Chuck to get her to sit down beside him. But that alone was quite an accomplishment, a few months earlier he couldn't have just made her do what he wanted, she wouldn't have sit down just because he'd wanted her to, if she was obviously not a big fan of the idea.

It proved to him again how much progress she was making, growing into their relationship, making amends, also to make him happy. This filled him with not an insignificant amount of pride.

"She really is adorable", she said and ended his trail of thought.

"You wanna hold her for a while?", he tried, see if she was just waiting to be asked.

"Oh", her eyebrows stirred, she didn't want to, "er, I think she's just falling asleep, I don't want to startle her"

"You won't, she's like a drunk frat boy, she can sleep anywhere and through everything", he didn't want to push it really but he was too curious to see why she refrained from something everybody else couldn't get enough of.

"I...I...", one of the rare occasions when Sarah Walker was out of words, "I can't"

"What?", that didn't make sense, "Of course you can"

"No, Chuck, I can't", she said firmly, "I don't...I...uh, see, I can handle guns, bad guys, heavy armor but I can't...I break valuable things, fragile things, precious things, I don't want to hurt her, I don't trust myself with that"

"Why would you think that?"

"For no specific reason", she answered a little too quickly, "I just can't"

"Come on", if she wouldn't tell him, he sure wouldn't accept it, "just open your arms, just a little, I will give her to you"

"No, Chuck, I don't know", her certainty faded as she saw Stephanie swivel in Chucks arms, it looked so delicate and cute, it was impossible for her not to react to it, "I really shouldn't"

"Just stand still", Chuck said in his calming voice and gently shifted his weight, lifting the child, "Don't move"

The baby kept her eyes closed as he carefully put her in Sarah's reluctant but ready arms, laying her little head lastly on Sarah's under arm.

Sarah wasn't breathing, her eyes glued to the precious figure close to her stomach, Chuck had never seen a more beautiful picture.

"See, it's not so bad", he almost whispered, in awe of what he saw, "you're not hurting her at all"

"Hm", she mumbled and ever so slowly, a smile pulled at the corners of her mouth, "I like this, it's nice"

"Yeah, it is", he smiled back at her, robbed a little nearer and put his arm around her shoulder, she was still a bit stiff but she was getting there, solely focused on the little girl now.

"She's so pretty", she said.

"Just imagine, someday we could have our own", Chuck said before thinking better of it and braced himself the next second for the to be expected rebound, Sarah's natural panic when first being confronted with any suggestion of getting their relationship to a next level but surprisingly for the next couple of moments nothing happened.

"I kinda like the idea", she finally said and Chuck could see it then, their own little family, a cloudy vision but he wasn't able to think straight, he was too happy. She wanted a family. With him.

And they'd have a little baby, as gorgeous as Stephanie, maybe even more because he or she would be half made of Sarah, the most beautiful girl in the whole world.

He liked the idea, too. Very much. And until then they would practice to parenting.

Whenever Ellie and Awesome needed some time to themselves.

Soooo? Did you like it, d'you want more? Do you know any other Baby Awesome stories? Planning to write one yourself? Any improvements to be made? Can you handle the cuteness?

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