Author's Note

I understand that the flashback chapter made a lot of people upset. I planned to add this into my disclaimer of but I don't think I can wait that long.

If you want to tell me that a something I wrote is utterly horrible, tear it to shreds point-by-point, that's fine. I'll admit it sure as hell isn't fun to have something you worked hard on criticized, let alone ripped to pieces, but if the critique is clear, I can try to learn from it.

Let me tell you what I feel about Bryce. He is very callous and calculative, he is also very firm about what he believes and what he does and you can see it in his actions. I mean he is always very specific about what he wants to do and he never second -guesses himself. That nature of his makes him a very effective field operative. He didn't become a spy out of obligation for someone, he became a spy cause he wanted to.

Sarah is very smart herself but she is a bit of a hothead , she has some deep rooted issues and shown to have trouble sorting out her personal feelings. And she also got through her red test in the same time frame. Bryce played on her insecurities when she was vulnerable and managed to gain her approval as her partner. That argument wouldn't have worked well if Chuck was never found by the NGA and was working at Buymore. Unfortunately he was having a great "normal" life according to her. We all know that his life was anything but normal. But Sarah didn't have the luxury to know that.

So the argument was more like "He barely managed to catch a break from what I did and now you want to mess with his life again." And that part actually got to her

So, no I wasn't trying to make Sarah look like an idiot or having a mindset of seven year old like some of you are accusing me off, she is just more humane in nature compared to Bryce which worked against her this time around. If you still find what I did here was unbelievable and made her look even worse compared to her canon counterpart, you need to go back and see her reactions to Bryce- Fleming conversation.

I understand why some people don't like the fact how easily she forgave Bryce for what happened at Stanford. But to me, it's quite simple. She just couldn't imagine Chuck becoming a spy or even worse guinea pig for a military project. I never said she was completely A-okay with what Bryce did. But she has the sort of mentality that it's okay if a loved one gets hurt in the process if you are trying to protect them. So once she acknowledged his intent (Not actions) she found it hard to stay mad at him and....well that eventually happened. There is also this strange "everything turned out well for Chuck in the end." factor at play( IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS STORY)

I know it's unpleasant to watch when characters get their way despite acting like utter morons but that was an event of past which didn't have much to do with the current storyline.

Sorry for the long rant, I was really saddened upon seeing all this hatred being directed towards me, I knew I had to make an explanation.

For those who are loyal and patient, thanks for bearing with me.

Mak89 out.