A/N: Nothing big going on here just a break from the spy life to have a little fluff.

Thanks as always to Gladius for keeping me on track.

As always I don't own Chuck or any of the other things mentioned in this story.

Chapter 21 - House Warming

Chuck was sitting next to Sarah in her Porsche on their way to the surprise vacation location that Sarah still had not told him about. She had held onto his hand almost since the moment they had gotten into the car. He was actually surprised they had actually made it out of her hotel room. Chuck smiled thinking about how he had not actually played Tron in a long while. Every time he has been to Sarah's apartment, his hands had been preoccupied with much more important tasks. Although, he may not have been playing the game, the game had definitely gotten plenty of use.

Chuck leaned his head back and just stared out the front windshield as he felt the air rush by. He had never truly felt so comfortable, so happy. Sarah's hand in his, her warm, soft thumb rubbing his hand was such a simple gesture, but it was as if he felt all the love from her.

"What are you thinking about Chuck?" Sarah looked over at him her beautiful smile that just lit her entire face like a burst of sunshine.

He slowly turned his head towards her taking in her beauty. He was so relaxed he could not understand how in their world, this moment could be real. "Just thinking what it would have been like if just one event didn't go our way."

She was confused, "What do you mean Chuck?" She brought up his hand to her mouth so that she could place a reaffirming kiss on it.

Chuck took in a deep breath as he just drank in this moment. "I mean what if I would have decided to break up our cover relationship for real after the suburbs? What if you would have left with Bryce that first time?" Chuck suddenly looked somber. "What if I would have left you at that train station in Prague? It just scares me to think this moment, at this exact time could have never happened, or happened much later. I just can't imagine us not together like this."

She let his hand go, as she cupped the back of his head and ran her fingers through his dark brown curls. "But we are together now and I never want to go back to what it was like before. Come over here." Sarah pulled him to her so she could give him a quick kiss.

Chuck held the kiss probably longer than he should have considering the speed at which they were traveling. Of course there was nothing the great Sarah Walker could not do. Apparently driving while making out was something she was skilled at too.

They broke the kiss as Sarah looked back to the road, her heart was so full right now. She glanced back over at Chuck as their eyes met once again. They didn't say anything as words were not needed. They both knew how much they meant to each other, and they both knew what they wanted most in life… each other.

Chuck gave her another quick kiss then settled back into his seat. "Soooo. Where are we going Sarah? This drive is starting to look awful familiar." They had only been traveling north for about thirty minutes but Chuck had a very strange feeling that he knew where they were going. He couldn't deny his excitement.

"Some place that is long overdue for us to visit…" Sarah grabbed his hand and kissed it again. "It's something I should have done months ago."

Chuck just leaned his head back as his heart was filled with such warmth. They were going home.

{* * *}

Sarah pulled into the cul de sac minutes later, and pulled up to their house in the suburbs. She could not hide her excitement as she quickly got out of the car and walked over to Chuck, wrapping her arm in his. "We're home Chuck." She gave him the biggest smile as she reached up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Sarah, you do know there is no furniture in there right?"

"I know, I figured we can run to IKEA and maybe Best Buy." Sarah noticed Chuck really perk up when he heard Best Buy. "I figured a bed first; hopefully we could have it delivered today. Then a TV and sofa. We can also stop by Large Mart to pick up kitchen and bathroom supplies and any other items we might need."

Chuck was amazed at how excited Sarah was. He had never taken her for the shopping type but she was so giddy as she mentioned what they would need. Chuck then had a worried thought, "Sarah, is this going to be off-grid?"

Sarah was expecting this as she stopped to face Chuck. "Only for now Chuck. I still have the credit cards and ID's from before when we were going to run in Prague, so we will just use those to purchase the items we need. Even if everything is fine with the government, it's going to be important that we have our own little safe house, so to speak."

That actually made sense Chuck thought as they walked to the front door. Taking out his key to unlock the door he glanced over to Sarah. He had already given Sarah a key after all, she was now helping with the payments and said she would cover the furniture. Chuck opened the door and gently placed a hand on Sarah's shoulder as she was about to go in. "Sarah, can I carry you over the threshold? I mean I know it is usually for married couples but it just seems right, being our first time in our house as a real couple."

Sarah was not used to traditions, but she had never considered this specific tradition. She had been trained in how to act if ever a mission required deep undercover. She never allowed anyone to carry her around, it just was not something she stood for. Willingly losing control wasn't allowed, well at least not until she met Chuck. But looking at the man of her dreams, she could not help herself as she allowed Chuck to lift her in his arms.

She could not get over how fit Chuck was now. She had finally whipped the skinny nerd into shape although if she was honest with herself, the skinny nerd is what she loved most. She was still very, very turned on by his physique now and being in his arms just felt like the most natural thing. "Now don't bang my head against the door or anything."

Chuck gave a fake pout. "Hey, are you saying I'm not coordinated? Maybe I should just drop you right here."

Sarah smacked Chuck on the chest. "You better not, my butt is still hurting from what you did to me on that damn Tron game… again. Which by the way Chuck, when I got that for you, I expected a different use for it than what you have been using it for."

If Chuck could ever get any redder, it would have happened now. For whatever reason, to him it seemed like suddenly every noise in the neighborhood had ceased just so they could all hear Sarah's comment. "Would you mind keeping it down? We don't want our neighbors to get the wrong idea."

Sarah just laughed as Chuck brought her through the door. "I hate to tell you this Chuck, but have you looked around. We don't exactly have a plethora of neighbors."

"Well at least those spy skills are finally paying off genius. What would I do without you?" Chuck was teasing her as he faked dropping her. Strangely though, she had still not let go of him even though they were safely in the house.

"Well you will never find out will you? You're stuck with me for the long haul Bartowski." Sarah got real serious as she looked into Chuck's eyes. "I love you Chuck."

Chuck could see the desire in her eyes as he took a deep breath. "I love you too Sarah. I think we need to go find a bed. And quick."

{* * *}

After renting a truck for a few hours and after much sweat and hard work, unloading the never ending supply of groceries, supplies, furniture, and anything they could think of, Chuck was finally ready to relax. It was getting late in the afternoon and the furniture delivery, the bed and sofa would be arriving shortly. Chuck laughed thinking of just how persuasive Sarah could be. They originally were not going to be able to deliver the furniture for a couple days, but Sarah talked them into delivering it the same day. When that woman wanted something, nothing stood in her way. And apparently she really wanted that bed.

Chuck smiled thinking about the argument they had about the bed. Chuck wanted a king size bed because he was used to having space and even though Sarah's sleeping spot was now securely in his arms, he still thought a big bed would be more comfortable. Sarah didn't see it that way. She wanted a double bed which left very little room for escape. She told him that way she was guaranteed to be in his arms. They finally settled on a queen size after much negotiation and demands.

He did get to pick out the 55 inch LED 3D flat screen and he had a say in the couch. At least he had that to be proud of.

They also had agreed on some outdoor furniture which right now, was the only thing they had to sit on until the delivery people came. They had one oversized padded lounge chair, a table, and two other chairs. The oversized lounge chair, in their backyard, was where Sarah and Chuck were relaxing. They had already returned their rental truck so Chuck knew he was safe from anymore hard labor because not too much could fit in Sarah's Porsche.

"Chuck, I want a Jacuzzi." Sarah was lying right next to Chuck, snuggled up next to him after enjoying their lunch. "Eventually I would like to have a pool back here, but I think a Jacuzzi would be good for now."

Chuck thought about the many things they could do in a Jacuzzi. He had to shift a little bit because it suddenly got so much warmer.

Sarah could see the change in his mannerisms and she had to kiss him. "Yeah. We are definitely getting a Jacuzzi." In a move that can only come from years of martial arts and gymnastics training, Sarah was suddenly on top of Chuck, straddling him.

It still amazed Chuck how she could go from one position to the next within the blink of an eye. He was definitely not complaining though. "When was that bed going to arrive?"

Sarah slowly lifted off her shirt, revealing her pink satin bra. "I've waited long enough. Time to initiate this chair first."

Chuck was having a hard time concentrating as Sarah began to grind sensuously against him. Thank goodness for the privacy fence he thought although he was still a bit nervous about doing it outside. "You know Sarah, I'm a little uncomfortable about doing this out here."

Sarah removed her bra and she could see Chuck completely lose focus on what he was saying. "Well there is a very big part of you that is very comfortable out here."

Hey, who was he to object when she put it like that?

{* * *}

The furniture finally arrived a couple hours later, just as they were finishing up outside. Luckily the delivery men took care of setting the furniture up. Chuck realized very quickly that although they were a great team fighting the bad guys, working together to set up a TV was not their brightest moment together. It seemed Sarah did not like the fact that Chuck might not actually need her help in setting up the electronics in their new home.

"Sarah, I told you the DVI cable is what we need to connect to the receiver, not the red, yellow, and white one.

"Just shut up. I know what I'm doing. This is what the directions say." Sarah just ignored Chuck.

Chuck wanted to bang his head against the wall. It's not like he wasn't experienced in this kind of install. He took a deep breath. "Sarah, darling, sweetheart. You are looking at the directions for setting up the AV output. If you use your lovely fingers to turn the page, you will see the High Def set up which is what we're wanting."

Sarah just threw the directions at him, she did not like his condescending attitude. "Fine, you think you're so smart, do it yourself. But don't come crawling to me when it doesn't work." Sarah just threw the red, white, and yellow wires on the floor and stormed out to the porch.

Chuck quickly finished up the setup as he realized it just was not the same without Sarah with him. He knew he overreacted and he wanted to make sure she was okay. He went to the kitchen and got some cold drinks and their sandwiches. Luckily, Sarah had already turned on the utilities a few days before they came, so there was plenty of ice and the fridge was nice and cold.

He tentatively walked out to the porch where he saw Sarah sitting on the lounge chair, arms folded tightly against her chest. Chuck had never seen her pout so he was not sure exactly what it might look like, but it was definitely close to a pout that was on her face now. He handed her a drink. "Sarah, I'm sorry. I do appreciate your help it's just that electronics is my kung fu. I'm just not used to having such a beautiful partner helping me. Forgive me?" He stood there with his puppy dog eyes.

Sarah just ignored him.

"Uh oh. I feel a song coming on…" he could see Sarah give a slight smile.

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands."

Sarah just shook her head. "Oh my God you are such the nerd. What did I get myself into?"

"Hopefully something really good." Chuck was trying to be funny but suddenly Sarah looked at him with a stern look on her face.

"No. It's something great." She then smiled as she scooted over so Chuck could sit down with her.

It was shortly after that, they had some great makeup sex. Life was good he thought.

. . .

It was around 8:30 p.m. and Chuck had just made some popcorn. Sarah had gotten their drinks and was already on the couch waiting for Chuck. She had picked out one of her favorite movies, Star Wars V Empire Strikes Back. Sarah really liked the Han and Lei scenes. They would watch this, and then they would watch Serenity. She really loved the movie although it saddened her because of the ending. She still had a big problem with River Tam. Jealous wasn't really it although it was obvious River was Chuck's favorite. She didn't know what he saw in her. Sarah could kick her ass any day of the week.

"So we're watching Star Wars first I see." Chuck sat down next to her and lifted his arm so she could snuggle in closely to him.

Sarah felt so right in his arms and she just loved being here.

It was minutes later, Sarah was playfully feeding Chuck some popcorn when she noticed Chuck suddenly became still. "Chuck, what is wrong? We can watch Serenity first if you want."

Chuck was just caught up in the emotion of this moment. He was having a hard time speaking right now.

Sarah sat up, grabbing a hold of his free hand. "Chuck, tell me now. What's wrong?"

"It's just this. Right here, right now. That is all I wanted back when I asked you to go with me to the cul de sac. I just wanted this."

Her heart was breaking as she thought back to that dreadful day. The day she had to break his heart. "Chuck you know I would never lie to you, well at least not now. So I need you to absolutely believe me when I say this. I'm not saying it because of where we're at now in our relationship, I'm saying this because it's the absolute truth." She slid up right next to him. She had to make sure she had his attention. "What we did today, out on the porch, shopping, everything. THAT is what I wanted that night you asked me. I wanted to come back here with you and show you just how much I loved you. But they took that chance away from me and instead of taking my anger and frustration out on the government. I took it out on you. I'm sorry Chuck. I wanted this so bad that night as well."

Chuck felt a wave of relief wash over him. It was not like it mattered a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. After all, what he and Sarah had now would never be lost. Even so, it still was a bad memory and hearing her admission, just made him so very happy. "Thank you so much Sarah. I really needed to hear that."

Sarah leaned in and gave him a passionate kiss. Making sure he knew that she loved him. She broke off the kiss minutes later and continued to rest her forehead against his. "I love you Chuck. I have for so long it's scary. I'm a different person now and I don't ever want to go back to the way it was, or to even think about it really. What we have right now is our future, and I swear to you that I'll never leave you. I'll never stop loving you."

Chuck started to get a big goofy grin on his face.

Sarah pulled back and gave him the look. "What?" she asked.

"Well if you're never leaving me, and I'm never leaving you, I mean I guess we will be together forever then, right?"

Sarah's heart started beating a little faster. Oh man she had to school her expression of what she really felt, how much she really wanted that. She forced herself to joke around, "Wow, putting up with you forever? I might need a special award or something for that?"

Chuck was fidgeting. "Your reward will be helping me implement my sinister plan to take over the world."

"Supreme Commander Sarah and Chuck Bartowski, here to rule the world." Sarah gave her best Emperor voice from Star Wars.

Chuck just smiled from ear to ear. "I like the sound of that."

So do I Sarah thought, and she wasn't talking about the rule the world part.

{* * *}

Chuck was feeling the warmth of the sun coming in through the upstairs bedroom window. It felt so good against his skin. He felt so refreshed after a wonderful night's sleep. He smiled, as his eyes were still shut thinking about the initiation of their new bed last night. Chuck had to admit, most of the love making before had a lot more to do with lust and desire and pent up sexual frustration for months of being near each other, but last night was different. There was nothing uncontrolled or lust filled. It was truly what Chuck thought the words 'make love' really meant. Sarah and he had connected on a much higher level last night and he could not stop feeling absolutely wonderful.

Chuck reached down to his side expecting to find Sarah in her natural position. All he felt was air. He quickly opened his eyes as he felt around the bed. No Sarah. He smiled as he lay back in the comfortable bed. He realized suddenly that he hadn't a care in the world. Chuck thought of what it would've have been like not even two months ago. He could picture himself waking up in a terrified state of worry at not finding Sarah next to him. He could see himself worried that she had left, chosen the greater good, had enough, etc… Not now though. Sarah had more than proven how much she loved him and he would never ever doubt it again. He had done enough of that earlier in their relationship to last a lifetime.

Getting up Chuck proceeded down the stairs to the kitchen. He instantly smelled breakfast cooking and his heart started beating faster. He came around the corner to the kitchen and stopped as he saw the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Sarah was standing in her satin negligee in front of the stove, cooking breakfast.

Chuck leaned up against the wall as it took all he had to control his emotions. It felt like he had stepped back in time to one of the greatest moment of his life before his plan. He couldn't help smiling as he saw Sarah so involved with her cooking. She seemed like a completely different person and he really, really liked it.

Sarah looked over her shoulder and smiled as she saw her boyfriend standing there. She had been so involved in wanting to do this for Chuck that she hadn't notice him come in. Okay, maybe she did noticed but the real girl in her didn't notice. She knew what this meant to him and she mouthed, "I love you". She turned back around as she continued her cooking. She knew what was coming next and it was something she was praying to happen sooner than later.

Sure enough, her heart skipped a beat as Chuck's strong arms wrapped around her. He was kissing the side of her neck and it was this moment that she knew what heaven must be like. "Mmmm, that feels so nice." Sarah just leaned back into him allowing full access to her neck which Chuck took advantage of.

Chuck's hands started roaming to places that were not going to allow her to cook him the breakfast she wanted to. She was having a hard time focusing as Chuck's hands were now gently massaging her breasts. She couldn't help it as she seductively grinded against him. She could feel him rising to the occasion and she was lost in the feeling of him against her. Then it was gone.

Chuck went to one of the bar stools they recently purchased and sat down. "What's for breakfast?" He was like a kid in the candy store.

Sarah had to take a second to regroup. Did that just really happen? Did her man give up sex right here in the kitchen for her cooking? She didn't know whether she should beat him over the head with the frying pan or cry in his arms. She just smiled as she thought he will never realize how wonderful he just made her feel. Yeah she was crazy, but as much as cooking meant to her, and Chuck just showed how much it meant to him, she honestly didn't think she could love him more than she did right now. "Well I thought you were going to have your dessert first, but apparently, bacon, eggs, and French toast will do."

Chuck rubbed his hands together as his mouth started watering. "Man you're the best wife ever." Chuck was so lost in the moment that he never realized what he said; it just came out, almost as if he was back at that day three months ago in this very house.

Sarah could have freaked out; she could've run for the hills, could've even faked a Beckman phone call. Not now though. She knew that Chuck was caught up in the moment and what the hell, so was she. She loved hearing that from Chuck. Maybe they weren't ready, who knows. But why the hell couldn't they feel like they were married? Why should they have to follow some stupid guidebook to how to have a relationship? She never wanted to hold anything back from Chuck and she never wanted anything awkward to come between them. If they wanted to discuss marriage, then by god they would do it. If they even wanted to talk about kids, then they would tell each other how they felt. Holding back feelings only seemed to screw things up. She would be damned if she was going to fail at something as stupid as communication with the man she loved.

Sarah brought over the pan and scooped out the eggs and bacon on his plate. Then she got him the French toast and syrup. "Don't use all the syrup Chuck, might need some for later."

Chuck froze in mid poor. Did he just hear that correctly? "Have I told you how much I love you today?"

Sarah thought to herself, yeah you did when you called me your wife. But she played it off, "Well no, you haven't."

Chuck pulled Sarah onto his lap where she sat comfortably wrapping her arms around her man. "Sarah Walker, you are the greatest cook ever." He looked around as if Ellie surveillance was present, "Don't tell Ellie I said that. And I love you more than anything on this earth. Well maybe not more than these eggs, but you get the picture."

Sarah playfully slapped his chest as she started kissing his neck. "Are you saying you only love me for my cooking?" Sarah gave him her fake hurtful look.

"Well you know what they say. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Chuck was smiling as he stuffed another fork full of eggs in his mouth. Apparently he had quickly mastered the skill of holding a beautiful leggy Valkrie in his lap while eating his food because he continued as if he didn't have a beautiful blond sitting on his lap.

Sarah shifted slightly. "So, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach huh?" Sarah was giving Chuck the look.

Chuck froze as his fork was agonizingly inches from his mouth.

Sarah reached her hand down into Chuck's lap. "I was thinking a way to your heart starts a little lower than your stomach." She kissed him as she grabbed a hold of her favorite asset.

"Waiter… Check please." Chuck yelped as it was apparent, Sarah was now taking matters into her own hands.

{* * *}

Regrettably, it was their last night before they had to go back. Their vacation in their home had been nothing short of amazing. Sarah had never been happier than she was now and Chuck, well Chuck was just on cloud nine. Unfortunately, the spy world would be hitting them smack in the face tomorrow.

The two lovers were lying in bed as the midnight hour quickly approached. Sarah was in her favorite position with her head secured in Chuck's arm and her hand rubbing his chest. "I don't want to leave here Chuck."

Wow, did she just read his mind or what. "I don't either Sarah."

Sarah sat up quickly. "Let's just stay then. I mean we've already established our covers and Beckman thinks we vacationed in Hawaii or something. No one even suspects this place. We could change our appearances and just live our lives here, the way it should be."

Chuck took a deep breath. Sarah didn't know how close he was to agreeing with her. "Sarah we can't. We already went over this on the train in Prague."

Sarah laid her head back down. "But Chuck, this is what I want. This is who I want to be. I don't want to be Agent Walker." Sarah turned her head a bit as she whispered. "I want to be Sarah… I want to be your Sarah."

"I want that too. But how long do you think that would last? They're bound to find us. And it's not just the government we would run from. This Ring organization is out there too. And guess what, when they find us, it's back to Agent Walker."

He was right but she had never felt this way before. She knew she was home when she was with Chuck. She realized that months ago. But actually being in a home, home with Chuck was just something she never fathomed. This was every wonderful dream she ever had and she would not give that up so easily. "Chuck I am not going back to the way it was. I can't. People may think my job is important to me, but I would give that up in a heartbeat. This." Sarah gestured to the house around them. "This is what I want and I will not give it up."

Chuck reached down and kissed her forehead. He had to smile thinking should this conversation be reversed. "What about this Sarah. We keep this place off grid for now like we talked about. But we promise ourselves that we will spend at least a weekend a month here, together. No spy stuff."

"No damn it. I can't live like that. One weekend a month, are you kidding me Chuck? This is our house and I will be damned if I am letting anyone keep us from coming here anytime we damn well feel like it."

Chuck could feel her tensing. Apparently this was not open for debate. "Okay fine. You win on that part. But we have to be smart about this. We can't just live here or else it isn't off-grid. Plus, I am not sure Beckman would go for something so far away from Castle. Forty-five minutes is probably pushing the boundaries."

Sarah did not like where this conversation was going. Because of her duty and loyalty to the Government and even in some ways her own father, Sarah rarely ever got what she wanted. She was not going to give up what she had now for anyone, especially not the Government. She would not give up spending time with Chuck in their home. It was not in the cards and the government and the whoever else would stand in her way could all go to hell.

"Okay, don't freak out. But what about if you move in with me?" Chuck braced himself for anything. When he didn't get a response he continued. "Ellie and Devon are moving out anyway, and you and I could be roomies. I mean you could take Ellie and Devon's room and I would just keep… Ow damn it, that hurt."

"Well then stop being stupid." Sarah was not in the mood and she would slug him again if he said something stupid.

"Fine. We can turn Ellie and Devon's room into a workout room for you and you could stay with me in my room."

"First of all Chuck, we are getting a new bed in your room. I have already burnt the sheets from that day but I am not going to be, be with you in the same bed as that Jill slut was. Secondly, you would really make the spare bedroom into a workout room for me?" Sarah did a complete 180 as she seductively kissed Chuck on the chest.

Chuck's eyes shot wide open as he saw the change in Sarah. "Of course. I figured instead of beating the crap out of me all the time, you needed some way to blow off steam."

Sarah now maneuvered on top of Chuck as she continued her sensual kisses. "You know there are other ways to blow off steam."

"Just trying to pace myself Miss Walker. I haven't survived this long so that I could die from sexual exhaustion at the hands of Sarah Walker. Although, now that I think about it. It really wouldn't be such a bad way to go."

Sarah could not believe how sexy her nerd was. "Well you better make sure your will is filled out. And by the way Chuck, the things I do to you tonight in this room, will only ever happen in this house. So you might want to reconsider how many times you want to visit."

Chuck started freaking out. "Are you saying the only place we will ever have sex is in this house? Shoot, we're staying then."

Sarah just gave him her look. "Chuck, I am strong, but not that strong. Oh we will be having lots of sex. But tonight, I am going to do something to you that you will never forget. And THAT, will only be done in this house" That was the last thing she said as she made sure Chuck would never forget this night.

Oh she is good Chuck thought. Oh damn she is really good.