Posted June 26, 2022

A/N: Charah fans, we've gotten through the first of several bad times for Charah. It'll be a little better until the next break-up. There will be ups and downs until Charah. If you don't remember, read the recap. If you remember what happened in the episode, you can always skip ahead, past the recap. Either way, it's always good advice to re-watch and enjoy.

As Big Mike said, "It's time to get down!"

"Chuck vs the Crown Vic" (1x11) Recap

Here's a few things you might need to know.

With Buy More was open, Lester ran a dreidel gambling pit behind the Nerd Herder desk. Since no one else knew how to play, he took advantage of the situation to take everyone's money.

Chuck gazed outside the front to see Sarah's car was not in its usual spot. Casey taunted Chuck with several grunts for obsessing about Sarah's absence.

Morgan revealed to Chuck that he thought Anna was cheating on him. He shared his wisdom. 1) Women are elusive and unknowable. 2) They wrap you in this sweater lies, and it keeps you warm, but makes your neck itchy. 3) Never trust a woman whose name is a palindrome. 4) A relationship is built on trust… sex and trust.

Lester told Chuck he had to go with him and Jeff on a big install job at the marina to supervise because Jeff couldn't be trusted around the holidays.

At Maison23, Sarah was still in bed when her alarm went off. She stopped the alarm by throwing a knife from under her pillow through the clock.

The Nerd Herders finish the install job on the yacht of billionaire Lon Kirk. Jeff wandered around looking for a bathroom and discovered cash counting machines and several "enhanced" women in bikinis who were being paid with stacks of cash. One bill fell to the floor, and when Chuck picked it up to return it, he flashed on it as counterfeit.

At a briefing at Casey's apartment, Chuck and Casey were informed by Graham and Beckman that the counterfeit bill was from a strain of serial numbers the Treasury Department had been tracking for years. Sarah was not initially there, so Chuck tried to cover for her. Sarah joined late, and she and Chuck were tasked to go to Kirk's Taiwanesse charity event at a yacht club. In the courtyard afterwards, Chuck stopped Sarah to talk to her and said he was surprised she didn't leave with Bryce. She told Chuck she stayed because she had a job to do.

Back at Buy More, Big Mike informed the staff that Friday would be the annual Christmas—no holiday—party. It would be a "holiday" party out of respect for Lester's Hebrew heritage. The rules for the party were for Jeff to not spike the eggnog, for him not to bring his own, and for him to not hold mistletoe over the women and cop a feel.

Morgan skipped the meeting, depressed about Anna cheating on him. She found himi n the home theater room, and when he confronted her about what he had witnessed, she said the older man was her father. Morgan forced an invite to meet her parents. Later, Morgan told Chuck that he was going to meet them. Lester and Jeff overheard and got in his head that he needed to be better than himself.

Before the mission, Chuck went to Sarah's room and saw the "murdered" alarm clock. He said going as the cover couple for the mission would be "fun." Sarah dispassionately called it "work."

At the charity event, Chuck was staked "a hundred" by the CIA. Sarah flirted with Kirk and Casey worked the roulette wheel. Chuck blew "a hundred thousand dollars" on one roulette spin. He then flashed on a corrupt Taiwaneese attaché who was most likely working with Kirk to launder counterfeit money through the charity. Back at Chuck's apartment, Sarah told Chuck that Kirk invited her—just her—to his yacht.

The next day, Chuck saw Casey being very careful when washing his 1985 Crown Victoria. Casey revealed an obsessive attachment to it and said it was specially modified with things like a GPS tracking system.

At the marina, Morgan arrived on his ten-speed bike to meet Anna's parents. His girlfriend was dressed very formally. Because Lester and Jeff had gotten in his head, Morgan shamelessly made a fool of himself to Anna's parents, embarrassing her. Morgan happened to look outside where he saw Kirk on his yacht applying sun tan lotion to Sarah while she was wearing a bikini. Morgan called Chuck to tell him, but Chuck convinced his friend that it was somebody else.

Since he knew Morgan had seen Sarah on her mission on Kirk's yacht, Chuck went to the marina to check on her. When he met Casey with donuts, the NSA agent teased Chuck before showing him that several agents were covering Sarah. Chuck flashed on some crates on Kirk's yacht. Casey and a team raided the ship to open the crates, but they did not contain the counterfeit plates.

That evening, Sarah came to Chuck's, mad that he conveniently faked a flash when he saw her going below deck with Kirk. She accused him of letting his emotions get in the way and said things had been off since "the incident." Chuck pointed out that Sarah was the one who initiated the kiss at the docks before Sarah's boyfriend came back from the dead. Sarah said to stop talking about it and it was a mistake that she would not make again.

The next day at Buy More, Morgan thought the marina lunch went well, but Anna thought differently. Morgan asked Chuck and Sarah to go with him and Anna on a cruise with Anna's parents. Chuck turned down the invite.

At Casey's apartment, Graham and Beckman benched Casey and Beckman because Kirk was connected and the raid blew their cover. After the debrief, Casey asked Sarah again if she "compromised herself with the Intersect." Sarah implied she sometimes wanted a normal life, but she said she would "fix it."

While obsessing over pictures of Sarah on his phone, Chuck was sent a picture by Morgan of him and others on the yacht cruise. In the background, Chuck saw the crates he flashed on the day before. He took the picture to Casey, who was not receptive. Then he took the picture to Sarah and said those were the crates he had flashed on and Morgan was in danger. She left with Chuck immediately.

At the Marina, Casey arrived to protect the Intersect and to not miss out on gunplay. Sarah and Chuck used their cover to create a diversion and to prevent Kirk from sinking the Taiwaneese attaché's boat, which had the counterfeit plates and Morgan. When Casey was heard taking out Kirk's men, Sarah jumped to action.

Chuck tried to stop Kirk, but he did not prevent him from firing a rocket that locked on to a GPS target. After Kirk was stopped, the missile was still targeting the ship with Morgan, so Chuck reset it. He needed a new target, so he used the GPS coordinates of Casey's Crown Vic. As a result, the missile destroyed Casey's car.

The next day at Buy More, Morgan told Chuck that he was lucky Anna was so nice to him. Big Mike kicked off the party by telling everyone to "get down!"

In the back, Anna admitted to Morgan that she was not embarrassed by him. She was actually embarrassed with herself because of how she always acted like the perfect daughter around her parents. The two of them "made up," which required locking the break room door.

Sarah showed up at the party as Chuck's date. He gave her a new alarm clock as a Christmas present and as a thank you for believing in him. Sarah said it was her job and the one thing she was good at. Sarah told Chuck he was good at his job too, and she didn't mean just at the Buy More. Chuck said she was good at a lot of things, but she countered she was not good at relationships. They shook hands as friends. Jeff stopped by with mistletoe for them to kiss. They decided to simply dance.

Casey received a call from Beckman to inform him that the test of the beta Intersect was successful. When the new computer went online, it would be "time to take care of Bartowski," so she hoped he had "not grown too fond of the subject."

Chapter Characters: Sarah, Chuck, Casey, Morgan, Anna

Songs (from 1x10):
- "Christmas In Hollis" by Run DMC
- "I Melt With You" by Modern English

Bonus Song (from 1x01, but in this chapter):
- "Into Your Dreams" by Foreign Born

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Friday, December 7, 2007
Buy More
Burbank, CA

Sarah lost track of how many songs she and Chuck danced together. Buy More wasn't a romantic locale for the Christmas Party, so none of the songs were slow ones. That was just as well, because Sarah had trouble figuring out how to act around Chuck.

From a young age, her dad had taught her how to control the situation. That hadn't worked with Chuck. It led him to break up with her. Then when she thought they were going to die, she did the one thing that made sense. She grabbed his face and kissed him.

While it was wonderful, it was also the last thing she should have done. Now, she knew what it was like to touch the forbidden. Kissing Bryce a couple days later only showed how much better Chuck was than Bryce. She didn't deserve her curly-haired cover-boyfriend. Sarah was prepared to leave California and go with Bryce because that was what she deserved, but one look at Chuck's face on her iPhone convinced her that leaving was the wrong thing to do. Chuck deserved all the protection she could provide, and she'd just have to deal with staying professional while she did her job.

The last mission was tough, but it ended well. Chuck would be Chuck, so she knew they would get back to where they were. It didn't matter that he was really sweet, giving her the perfect Christmas gift. It didn't matter that she got lost in his eyes as they danced. She had to do a better job to control the situation. At least they weren't draped over each other in a slow dance. That would've been too hard.

The song changed. Oh no. She didn't know music, but she knew this one: "Into Your Dream," by Foreign Born. It was the song they danced to on their first date. If she danced like that now… No. Back then, she was trying to figure him out. He didn't seem like a traitor. And it was fun.

Chuck pointed out what she already knew. "It's from our first date. No. It was a mission."

"It was our first date," Sarah corrected. Determined to not show weakness because she could handle this, she asked, "Should we show them how it's done?" Chuck wouldn't push because of his fear of PDA.

"Uhhhh." He changed the subject and asked, "Would you like a drink?" Chuck was right. It wouldn't be a good idea.

Sarah nodded, and he left to get her a drink. She scanned the party goers. A Christmas party definitely wasn't her thing. She definitely didn't want to be around these people, except what she had to, for Chuck.

She'd never talked to Big Mike. Chuck knew how to say nice things when talking to his boss, but she wasn't sure she would.

Morgan and Anna were tolerable. Morgan was good for Chuck, and Anna was good for Morgan. Sarah didn't know where they were, but she suspected they were back in the break room, behind a locked door.

She saw Jeff—ew—and what was his name…Larry? When she looked at the little Nerd Herder, he quickly looked away, then scurried to the other side of the party. He was still scared of her. Good.

Then she saw some else at the party who didn't belong, just like she felt she didn't—the other spy. She had her own reasons for not liking Christmas, but it made sense that other spies had their own reasons, like they were often away from their families. Not wanting to talk to the other Buy Morons, Sarah made her way over to the NSA agent. He was off on his own, not really in the party. They could stand on the outside together.

Since they were in public and shouldn't call each other by their last names. "John. I'm surprised you're here."

"I work here. Why are you here? Does this mean you and the car killer are back together, for your cover?"

"Yes. We were back together back at that Thanksgiving dinner we were at."

"I wasn't sure…with Bryce back."

"No one at this Christmas party knows about Bryce except you, Chuck, and me. He's not my boyfriend."

"It's a holiday party." Casey automatically corrected her. To her confused look he said, "Yeah, I know. Stupid PC name. Lester keeps insisting, not that he is really that devoted. He's not pious. He uses his heritage whenever it benefits him. He was running a dreidel gambling pit in the store a couple days ago. He just likes talking big." Sarah knew that from when he made a run at her. She ought to remember his name was Lester, not Larry.

Casey asked, "If the cover is that you and Chuck are back together, why didn't you kiss under Jeff's mistletoe?"

Sarah didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell Casey that she was worried that if she and Chuck had started kissing, they would have only stopped to go to the home theater room to lock the door and pull the curtains.

Always coming to her rescue, Chuck interrupted, "This is for you." He handed her a beer. "What are you two talking about?"

Chuck unknowingly had a point. Why would she be talking to Buy More employee, John Casey? The cover needed a reason. In the cover, Casey was a neighbor of her boyfriend. Others there probably knew that the three of them went to the home theater room a lot. They moved into the area at the same time. It would make sense they would be friends. They needed a better cover for things like this.

Sarah told Chuck the cover story that she came up with on the spot, "You and Casey carpool. Casey doesn't have a car, and I was going to drive you to work tomorrow. My car doesn't have room for both of you, so we are figuring something out."

Chuck thought that was a real reason. "Good thinking. I should probably drive a Herder home so I can drive back here tomorrow." It was practical. Even if her cover boyfriend knew that was a cover story, they had to keep up the cover, no matter what it took. Casey also had a point earlier. She and Chuck had to keep up the cover, no matter what.

"Sorry, I didn't bring a drink for you, Casey." Chuck was always thinking about everyone else and obviously wanted Casey to be his friend, which was going to be almost impossible after destroying his car.

Chuck wasn't a spy, but could detect the attitude. Without how Casey was quietly growling, no one needed to be a spy. "Come on, Big Guy. Just because you are in Buy More green doesn't mean you have to act like a Grinch? It's a Christmas—I mean a holiday party."

Casey grunted. "Spies aren't big on Christmas."

"Sarah is here."

Sarah wasn't big on Christmas, but she couldn't say the reason. "I'm here for the cover." She told herself again that Chuck's protection was the most important thing. Gathering liquid courage, she knocked back half her beer. "Chuck, we need to do something. Your fear of PDA is not an excuse. This is a party." Sarah took Chuck's hand and led him to the fake mistletoe sitting on the Nerd Herd desk.

Chuck's face was filled with surprise. He didn't know what she was doing, so she took charge. She held the mistletoe above their heads and kissed Chuck. He was too shocked to respond. That wasn't surprising because she had said it would never happen again, but this was for Chuck's protection. She pressed into the kiss more.

It felt great to have her lips pressed so solidly to his. Applause started. It was great for the cover because now everyone who saw the break-up saw them back together.

Oh, no. She felt him start to respond, so she broke it off.

Separated, Sarah looked deeply into Chuck's eyes. She hoped he understood what she wanted to do, but what she couldn't do except to protect the cover. She wasn't sure if he understood. She could only tell Chuck was embarrassed. PDA-fear to the rescue.

Because of the crowd response, one thing made sense…for the cover. She put her hand in Chuck's moist one, walked them over to pick up her alarm clock present, and started to lead him out. Morgan and Anna were at the door. Chuck's friend asked, "Where are you going?"

Stick to the cover story. She grinned and said, "To Chuck's…unless Ellie and Devon are home. If so, we are going to my place. I'll bring Chuck back later for a Herder, but you're going to need to find another ride tomorrow."

Anna was happier with that than Morgan was. To Morgan she said, "I can ride your 'bike' with you to work."

Chuck opened his mouth to say something, but Sarah didn't give him a chance, yanking his arm and leading him to her car.

Saturday, December 8, 2007
Buy More
Burbank, CA

Chuck had to admit that his life was not as good as it could be. It was almost perfect—but not quite.

Sure, he was stuck at a dead-end job. He had been cleared of cheating at Stanford but didn't have a degree. He had a computer in his head, bad guys wanted to kill him, and Fulcrum was out there. And Bryce Larkin was out there. Those weren't the "almost perfect" things in his life. They didn't matter, when compared to the most important thing. Almost perfect was Sarah.

Sarah was his girlfriend again—or she was not his girlfriend. Sarah was his cover-girlfriend again. That was almost as good. He wished it was as good. If Sarah was is real-girlfriend, life would be good enough to be called perfect. Even with her as his cover-girlfriend, he got to be around her all the time. That felt so right. She told him their thing under the undercover thing wasn't going anywhere, but whatever that thing was, it was great as long as it lasted.

Last night was confusing when she kissed him, though. Sarah told him it was just for cover. She also had told him it would never happen again. But it did happen again. At first, he didn't react because he was too shocked. Next time…If there would be a next time. He hoped there would be a next time. What were they now?

His lunch break was at 3. He should have packed a lunch. It didn't matter that he was effectively banned from Lou's because the health department had closed it. (Chuck suspected Casey had something to do with that.)

Maybe his favorite Wienerlicious girl was working. She probably ate already. She could make him a hot dog, and he would stare at the most beautiful woman in the world while he ate. With this new plan, he was glad he didn't pack a lunch.

Right as he was about to leave out the front, Sarah was there. The woman that made his heart skip a beat smiling at him. He didn't think he was imagining her. She tilted her head up, like she wanted him to kiss her. She had told him that wasn't going to happen again, but it did last night. What was he supposed to do?

Sarah ended his mental debate by going to her toes and kissing him on the cheek. Sarah had kissed him again! Part of him wished he was fast enough to turn his head to meet her lips, but Sarah might not want that. What was he supposed to do?

Sarah drove them to In-N-Out for a late afternoon lunch. In the car, Chuck was quiet, unsure of what to say. Sarah spoke first with a question. "Why aren't you talking?"

"I don't understand. I liked our kiss last night. I liked it a lot. But before that you said no more. Then we did. Now we are going out to lunch together in the middle of the afternoon. What are we doing?"

"Last night we kissed for the cover. Everyone saw the breakup. We needed to show people we're back together. Coming to the Christmas party—

"Holiday party."

Sarah smiled, "Coming to the party was not enough. Not kissing until the mistletoe that Jeff held made it look like we aren't fully back together again. People need to think we are together. That's why we kissed. I came over to go out with you to lunch because that's what we'd do as boyfriend and girlfriend."

"That makes sense for the cover, but what does it mean for us? I thought we weren't…you know."

Sarah set her jaw as she whipped her car into the parking lot. "When we kiss, it should be for cover. We can't kiss other times."

"So if we're about to die…" Chuck joked.

Sarah didn't think it was funny and said very seriously, "You better not almost die again." She faced him in the parking spot and in a more pleasant voice said, "We need to go to lunch every so often like this because that's what boyfriends and girlfriends do."

Chuck said, "Because it was so late, I was going to come eat at Wienerlicious."

Sarah wrinkled her cute nose. "I have to smell it all day, so I don't like that place."

"Well, Casey shut down Lou's, and I really shouldn't have gone there anyway. It wouldn't have been nice."

"Casey didn't do it."

"You?"

"It was Lou's fault. She's the one who bypassed food safety regulations." Sarah shrugged.

That didn't mean it wasn't Casey or Sarah who reported it. Chuck knew not to cross Sarah, so he supposed Lou got off easy. He needed to make sure he understood what she was saying earlier. "So, we only kiss for cover, and we go to lunch some, because that's what boyfriends and girlfriends do?"

"Yes. Next time I come by for lunch, you should kiss me on the cheek, like you did a month ago. It was a good cover. Devon said we were attached at the hip. That's what we want people to think."

He could do that. He and Sarah were in a good place a month ago. He's the one that had to force things and talk about a list, which was ironic because one kiss with Sarah was better than any list he could have dreamed of after Stanford.

Chuck got out of the car to get Sarah's door. They walked hand-in-hand inside. It felt great, like it always had. Chuck figured other people were around, so it was for the cover, but it still felt real.

"Chuck, make sure you get fries. I like eating yours."

Of course. That's what he always did. "I'll get a large so I get one or two. And a green monster, because I know what my lady likes." Sarah flashed the biggest smile at him. That look on her face was worth as many fries as she wanted, including the last one or two.

Sunday, December 23, 2007
Buy More
Burbank,CA

Chuck felt lighter inside when Sarah showed up to take him to lunch that day. She was always the highlight of his day, but now he had something important to ask her.

A couple weeks ago, when Chuck and Sarah started going to lunch again "for the cover," Sarah said they needed to go to lunch "some." They had been having lunch together more than "some." When Chuck was worried Sarah might go after Bryce to "Omaha," he didn't see her or even talk to her for a week and a half. Chuck knew she was around because of things Casey told him. Ellie saw her, but he didn't even talk to her. For all he knew, she still might go, so he'd never see her again. This time was very different. This would be their twentieth consecutive day, and their sixteenth consecutive lunch. They had lunch together even on days when he didn't work at Buy More.

They had two holidays coming up, and each would dictate cover-kisses. Unlike the Buy More Holiday Party, Chuck would be ready. It was so great at the docks, he knew that if they repeated that, even for the cover, and if his college roommate/nemesis didn't spoil the mood immediately afterwards, Sarah and he might have a chance.

When Sarah walked in, Chuck rushed over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. Sarah made the cutest little noise.

They raced off in Sarah's car like they did every day, but she drove faster than normal. Chuck was surprised when she took the exit for the expressway. He thought she might have a new way "shortcut," but they stayed on the expressway for a while. Sarah explained they were going to The Beach.

It wasn't like Chuck was going to ask her on a real date. He knew better than that. The last time he did that with Sarah, Bryce ruined things. The time before that, when he asked anyone on a date, it was Lou. That ended up with Chuck and Sarah about to be killed. This time, he would simply ask Sarah for two holiday cover-dates: the Annual Bartowski Twilight Zone Marathon and the New Year's Eve's party in the apartment courtyard. They'd kiss for cover. And it would be amazing.

At The Beach, Sarah happily exited before he could get to her door, she opened the trunk, and she pulled out a picnic blanket and basket. The temperature was in the low 70s, so it wasn't too warm or too cool. This time of year, no one was on the beach, though, meaning there was no reason to "maintain the cover." Always a stickler for only doing things for the cover, Sarah didn't seem to care. She took his hand as they walked to their spot.

After they were set up for lunch, they ate quietly, simply watching the tide. Months ago at this same beach, Chuck didn't know what the future held, what the Intersect meant, and how Sarah really felt about him. This time, he knew what he hoped was in this future and that he'd be ok with the Intersect as long as Sarah was at his side. He hoped really kissing Sarah some more would convince her they had a future under the cover. At least he really hoped it would work. With how it felt when they kissed, it had to mean something.

With their food finished, he started to ask, "Tomorrow night—"

Sarah cut him off. "We can't spend Christmas together. New Year's either."

What? That wasn't his plan.

Sarah could clearly see Chuck's disappointment, so she said, "You know what would happen. We'd have to kiss for Christmas Eve, Christmas, and the New Year's countdown for the cover." That was what he wanted. "We can't do that." Why didn't she want to do that…for the cover? Then under the cover…

She clarified, "We can't do that. You know what happened last time we really kissed."

"You said for the cover—"

"It wouldn't just be for the cover. Of course it would start that way, but we shouldn't risk it. You understand, don't you?"

Did he understand? No. He didn't understand… Wait a second… She didn't say she didn't want to. She said they couldn't risk it. That meant it was too soon. He could wait. Sarah was worth it. He nodded once and said, "I understand."

"Good." Sarah turned so they could watch the tide with their sides pressed into each other.

Chuck had hopes for the holidays, but if it was too soon. However, why did Sarah bring them to their Spot, and why was she sitting with him like that? He didn't want to ruin it by asking.

They only stayed that way a couple minutes before Sarah abruptly got up and held out her hand to Chuck. She held his hand the entire way back to the car, even though no one was around for the cover.

They were late getting back from lunch because of Sarah's driving. When they pulled into Buy More Plaza, Chuck asked, "What am I supposed to tell Ellie about why you aren't around for Christmas or New Year's?"

"You can figure it out. I trust you."

"Visiting your family?"

Sarah let out an abrupt noise. "Not that."

"I thought you said—"

She quickly cut him off. "It's not that. The best covers have some truth. My family…no. You can't say where I'll really be, because I'll be hiding in my room until next year. I'll be pretending to be out of town, so I won't be at work either. The Wienerlicious cover isn't working because I've been gone so much the past month already. I need a new cover with some flexibility. I digress…Tell Ellie that I'm sorry, but I'm doing something that can't be avoided. I trust you to save me from Ellie's wrath for missing out on the Bartowski holiday festivities. You can do that for me, can't you?" The way she was looking at him, he would do anything for her.

At the front of the store, she dropped him off. "I'd walk in with you, but I don't want to risk it. Here, we have a center console between us." Chuck was still trying to figure out why they needed something between them when Sarah put her hand on the side of his cheek and gave him a quick, solid kiss on the lips.

He was a little disappointed because he wasn't expecting it again. He wasn't completely disappointed because she kissed him again! Before he could get too excited, she explained, "We're in public. Someone could see us, so we needed to do that. Bye, Chuck."

That was a dismissal, so Chuck got out. They both needed to go back to work. Standing out on the sidewalk, he looked back. Sarah smiled and said, "I'll see you next year, Chuck."

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

Sarah raced her Porsche over to Chuck's. She was so happy she was going to see Chuck. It had been too long.

A month ago, she went for a longer period of time, but that time she wallowed half the time. At the time, she thought she was doing the right thing by staying with Chuck to protect him, but she wasn't certain she was doing the right thing.

This time, she knew she was doing the right thing by staying with Chuck. She also knew she had to avoid Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve kisses. It wasn't easy, staying away. It was a new year, so she could see Chuck again.

She couldn't kiss him like she wanted to, and she didn't deserve to kiss him like that. Simply being around him was more than she deserved, but she was lucky her job gave her the chance to be around him.

Sarah just had to stay carefully on one side of the asset/handler line. That meant only kissing Chuck for the cover, and then as little as possible. If she did more, she might not be able to stop herself. It might take the threat of a tac team discovery to stop her. Also, by kissing Chuck like she wanted, she would be telling Chuck something that she couldn't give him. It didn't matter how much she wanted it. For the cover, they needed to avoid the obvious situations, like the kiss for the New Year's Eve countdown. She'd be out of town for Valentine's Day, too.

They could do this. If she wanted to stay close to Chuck, she had to do this.

A/N: Chuck and Sarah had to get through that first holiday season as a couple somehow.

MyNameIsJeffNImLost AU stories:
- "Chuck & Sarah vs Trust" (chapter 10, "It's a Christmas Movie") - for Christmas, not Crown Vic
- "Chuck vs the Grunts" dictionary (chapter 1, "Grunt")
- "Chuck vs Under the Cover" (chapter 4, "Always Say You're Sorry")