After a mission goes awry, the CIA's most lethal assassin is ordered to take vacation while her superiors figure out what to do with her. But when she meets a disarming tourist, their immediate connection only adds to her disillusionment with the agency and her career. Will he be enough for her to finally take the plunge and leave the only life she's ever known? Charah AU

Dr. Chuck Bartowski is the lead scientist on a top secret government project. After an attempt on his life, and against his protests, his boss arranges a bodyguard for him. When Detective Sarah Walker is assigned to protect a civilian scientist her Secret Service past rises to haunt her. Neither can live with the arrangement, but they might not survive without it. (AU; CHARAH)