AUTHOR'S NOTE DECEMBER 2024: This story is undergoing an extensive remaster/retelling of the content. In my remasters, plot and, thus, the story, always remain the same, but the delivery of how it is told is extensively modified. So far, the first chapter only has undergone this process.
ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S NOTE: Warning to my readers that this story is no longer T rated. It will now contain strong intimate scenes beginning this very same chapter. I have strongly debated this back and forth but I have decided that I just don't feel comfortable in cutting away once a sex scene occurs between Chuck and Sarah in this fiction because this story is about them recapturing their love and some of that will undoubtedly come when they have sex together. So here is the warning: I won't be cutting away from any scene that contains sex and subsequently, this fiction will now contain around ten or more detailed sexual scenes.
ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S NOTE: I didn't realize the significance of what nine days since the beach means in the world of All Roads Lead Back Home. In All Roads, nine days marks one week since Sarah came back to Chuck. So for this reason, this entire chapter is going to be devoted to their new-found anniversary and there won't be a second support group session taking place this chapter. That will take place next chapter.
All Roads Lead Back Home
Chapter Ten
Nine days since the beach
Today marks one week since Sarah returned to Chuck after having stayed with her mother for a few days to figure how out she felt about Chuck, their marriage and their life that they have been living together for five years. It is still going to take some time for them to reach pre Nicholas Quinn levels in their relationship. But Sarah now knows beyond all doubt that they are well on the road to recovery. This man that she is waking up in the arms of loves her unconditionally, of that her conviction is absolute. And a huge part of her feels content and secure in the arms of a man who worships her. Though there are some doubts and fears still remaining. Chuck is a no holds barred kind of guy. He leaves nothing on the table. What Sarah can see from her husband, comes directly from his heart and soul and he pulls no punches in his expressing of love towards her. Is it a bit too powerful and intense for her sometimes? Quite possibly. But it's better than being alone as the Enforcer, as she traversed on from one ugly mission to the next.
Sarah begins to back into Chuck slightly from where they are resting together to let him know she is awake and he responds instantly as she feels him move his hand up until it lands and rests firmly onto her upper abdomen, just below her chest.
She pauses in shock briefly, at the intimate contact he has just made with her, before a smile seeps through her lips and she moves to adjust and place her right hand over his own that is now resting on her upper abdomen.
This feels right
"Good morning," she greets him with her continued smile.
"Good morning, Sarah," he responds as they both begin to fidget and they move their bodies slightly, before finishing right back in the same position like two spoons made for each other. Sarah hasn't spooned with many guys before in her life. Just one, actually. And it was a guy she had met at the CIA academy for a bit of fun. But this isn't fun what she is doing with her husband right now. This is love.
"Do you know what today is?" Sarah asks as a loving smile forms.
"No?" he whispers back into her hair.
"Today marks one week since I came back to you," Sarah declares and she immediately feels his hand placed on her abdomen move in the direction of her heart as her own hand follows his until they land at their new destination together.
"Wow, I didn't realize," he admits as she hears him laugh a suppressed laugh into her hair.
Sarah then begins to turn to face him, though rather reluctantly because of how comfortable she felt in her former position against him with his hand placed over and on her. On turning, and being just inches away from him, she meets his gaze and a sad smile forms as she declares, "I did. It's the only anniversary that I have of us."
She watches as he smiles sympathetically at her, and he moves his hand that had formerly been firmly placed on her body up to her face. She closes her eyes briefly, on feeling him softly stroking her cheek, before opening her eyes to gaze at him once more.
"We should do something tonight then," he suggests to her with a loving grin.
"Are you asking me out on a second, second date, Chuck Bartowski?" she asks flirtatiously.
She watches him grin before he responds, "I do believe that I am, Sarah Lisa Bartowski."
This is the first time he has called her by her official name since her memory had been suppressed and she has to admit, former deadly spy or not, it feels nothing short of amazing as a wide, affectionate grin forms on her face.
"Then you have yourself a date," she declares and she watches him grin affectionately at her once more.
She then watches him begin to move his head in motion towards her, and she quickly meets him halfway on their bed as they connect their lips together and she closes her eyes as she runs her hand up his body until landing on his neck as she begins to caress his masculinity figure. She opens her eyes briefly, and she watches as he does the same and she stares into his eyes and she smiles at him as they close their eyes again and she attempts to ram her tongue down his throat but he blocks entry with his own and they continue to passionately kiss each other. After a long moment, Sarah is forced to break it as she suddenly has a desperate need for air and she reluctantly detaches her lips from his own as she draws in a huge breath of air and she opens her eyes as a wide smile forms once more.
"Mmm," Sarah moans in delight to him as that was certainly the most passionate kiss that she has shared with him since what Quinn did to them both though she's sure it's up there with some of the ones before Quinn too.
"Mmm, yourself," he retorts and she laughs a suppressed laugh as her hand continues to stroke and caress his neck.
"I hope you know I now expect lots more of that tonight," she responds to him with her continued smile as she continues to caress his neck.
"Oh I can assure you there will be lots more of that tonight," he retorts and she watches as he winks his eyebrows causing her to giggle approvingly at his actions and his words to her...
A short while later
Chuck and Sarah have finished eating breakfast in their apartment together and they have also changed into their day wear.
"Sarah, I'm just going to head out for a moment. I won't be long," he declares and she nods as a loving smile forms on her face.
"Ok," she responds as she continues her smile.
"Aren't you going to ask why or where?" he responds.
Sarah shakes her head no as she laughs before responding, "No, Chuck. You are entitled to go out."
He then laughs as a wide grin forms on his face.
"Though you now have me curious as to why," Sarah states.
He laughs once more before responding, "I can't tell you. It's a surprise!"
Sarah shakes her head in disgust at his teasing. "Oh you tease! You get me all curious and then you do that to me!" she responds as she continues to shake her head in disapproval.
He laughs once more before responding, "I'm sorry. I can't help myself."
"You're lucky I need you for the date tonight. And this surprise had better be a good one, or else your ass is mine!" Sarah states laughingly as she points her finger at him...
A short while later
Chuck has just arrived back at his shared apartment with his wife. His surprise for Sarah consisted of a visit to a florist, and in his right hand, he is armed with a large bouquet of gardenias. Inserting his key into the lock of the door of their apartment, he then enters as he calls out, "Sarah?" in a voice loud enough for her to hear him wherever she may be.
"I'm in the bedroom!" she calls back out to him and he smiles as he makes his way through their apartment until arriving in the hallway a few seconds later. He then closes the distance until arriving at the doorway of their bedroom as he then enters into the room and his gaze connects onto his wife.
"Happy anniversary," he declares with a wide grin and he watches as she rotates her gaze between him and the flowers in his hand and he watches as a beaming, affectionate smile forms on her face as she stands up from where she was sitting on the bed and she moves into his proximity.
"These are for you. I heard they are your favorite," he jokes and she giggles sweetly at him.
Sarah then takes the flowers out of his hand and he watches her turn from him and he watches her delicately place them down on their bed before turning back to face him once more.
He grins at her as his wife then steps into his proximity once more and she moves her hands up to either side of where his neck meets his face and he instinctively places his hands onto both sides of her waist to hold her in place and she closes the distance between their faces to connect her lips together with his own.
He smiles at her inside of the kiss as he then closes his eyes and gets lost in the touch and the affection of his wife. The reconciling couple remain locked like this for a long moment as they continue to kiss with neither of the two having any intentions to stop until he begins to feel his wife's right hand travelling south down his body and he opens one eye to glance at her and he sees her beautiful, alluring sapphire orbs gazing intently at him. They continue to gaze at each other and their lips continue to remain locked together and he continues to feel her hand lower until arriving at his crotch. He is aroused for her, and he always will be, but he is still not ready for that level of intimacy yet even though one part of his body is strongly arguing and making a case against that statement. Maybe tonight, if their date is successful…
Reluctantly, he removes his left hand from holding onto her waist and he moves his hand in-between their bodies to take hold of her own that is placed at his crotch and he shakes his head no sympathetically.
He watches her nod, before she then proceeds to sigh and a sympathetic smile forms on his face on seeing her frustrations.
"Thank you for the flowers," she says and his faint smile reforms into a wide, trademark loving grin instead.
"Thank you for the kiss," he responds with his continued grin and he watches as a loving smile forms on the face of his wife…
Later that day
Chuck has just returned from a busy day of working out his cyber-security plans for Carmichael Industries. It is very hard work and he misses and yearns for Sarah's input into the business because it was her idea to begin with. Though he totally understands Sarah's position in that she has no desire to spy any more after what it has done to her. He hopes that she can find something to do with her life soon though, because he loves and idolizes her and it's hurting him to see that she doesn't seem to have much purpose or goals in her life right now. It must be very hard and lonely for her to go from having a career albeit a very dangerous one, to not having much and almost nothing that she can remember of her life that she is now living. Chuck is sure that she will find something to do that she can grow to love. Because she is Sarah, and Sarah can do anything…
Chuck then enters into his apartment. He doesn't need to call her because she is seated at their dining table and she is presently using a tablet device. His gaze connects onto her and he smiles adoringly at her, and he watches her give a loving glance of her own back at him.
"Hi, honey," he declares affectionately as he walks towards her.
"Hi," she responds warmly and she continues her loving smile at him
Chuck then moves to sit opposite her at their dining table.
"whatcha doing?" he asks.
He watches her smile faintly at him before responding, "Just looking for something to do with my life."
Chuck returns her faint smile before asking, "Do you need help?"
He watches her shake her head no before responding, "I'll be ok, Chuck. I hope I find something soon. I'm getting very bored staying at home. I'm definitely not a stay at home kind of girl."
Chuck smiles sympathetically at his wife. "I know you're not. But you'll find something," he states confidently.
"How are you so sure?" she asks him as they continue to gaze at each other from where they're seated.
"Because you're Sarah and because I love and believe in you more than I have ever believed in anybody," he declares powerfully and he watches as an adoring smile forms on her face on hearing his declarations
"Enough moping anyway. Now that you're home, I want to enjoy myself," she responds to him with her continued smile and he meets her smile with a grin of his own.
"Me too, about that," Chuck starts and waits for Sarah to inquire before continuing.
"Yeah?" she asks as they continue to gaze at each other.
"I've made a reservation for us tonight," he informs her with his continued loving smile and he watches her smile back.
"What's it like?" she then asks him.
Chuck grimaces as he gazes at his wife once more. "I'm gonna be honest. It's a lot more luxurious than Morgan's recommendation the other day," he admits to her.
"Chuck," she attempts to protest.
But he interrupts, "Sarah, like you said this morning, it's our anniversary."
He watches as she smiles at him once more. "Fair enough, you've convinced me. If we can't celebrate that, then what can we?" she asks and he furiously nods his head.
"Exactly," he then declares with his continued grin. "Though it's a little far away. So we may need to drive tonight."
"Chuck, it's ok," she says reassuringly. "I can still have two glasses of wine and that's plenty and more than enough anyway and you can still drink as much as you want,"
"Are you kidding me?" he asks as he interrupts and shakes his head at her.
"Chuck, you don't need to stop having a good time just because of me," she declares sincerely.
"Sarah, I don't need alcohol to have a good time all I need is you," he declares with an affectionate smile and she giggles sweetly on hearing his declaration.
"Should I get ready in Morgan's again?" he then asks.
He watches her shake her head no before she responds, "No Chuck, it's ok."
Chuck nods before asking, "Are you sure?"
"Mh-hmm," she responds and he watches her nod.
"Ok," he replies.
"Actually, why don't you come and help me decide what to wear?" she suggests.
"Sarah, you can wear whatever you want," he responds sincerely.
"Chuck, I'm wearing it for you. We're not naive and we're adults. A date is exactly that, a date, and I can't remember what you like to see me in," she admits.
Chuck smiles affectionately at his wife once more. "Sarah, I don't care if your chosen attire is a bin-bag, you will still be out of this world," he declares causing her to instantly begin to giggle once more in happiness.
"Chuck, these comments are so overpowering," she admits as they continue to gaze at each other.
"I'm sorry if they're too intense," he responds apologetically.
She shakes her head and smiles warmly. "Chuck, it's not that they're intense. It's just every time you make one, I want to race up out of the chair, rush to you, straddle you and take you here and now," she finishes as she begins to laugh sweetly and Chuck grins wickedly at his wife as he emits a nervous ramble and he gets a little flustered.
"Actually, I think you should come and help me look for one right now before it actually happens," she suggests and he furiously nods his head as they both move to stand up.
"Good idea," he responds as he takes her hand and she pulls away at his hand. "Who's your mama?"
On hearing his outburst, he watches as she turns to look behind herself and at him as she gazes affectionately at him.
Arriving at their bedroom together a short moment later, Sarah leads Chuck into their bedroom and they head over to the wardrobe. Sarah then lets go of his hand and he watches as she opens the wardrobe and he stands behind her from where his wife is bent over in front of him and his glance looks fondly at all of her outfits as he remembers numerous memories for each one that his wife is taking hold of.
"Well help me pick then," she says as she glances behind her to look at him once more.
"Sarah, I like all of them, honestly," he declares and he watches her turn to smile at him once more.
He then watches as she takes hold of a salmon coloured formal dress and he watches as she brings it to her body and models it out to him.
"Oh god, the salmon dress!" Chuck declares as he thinks back to that mission more than four years ago when Bryce Larkin resurfaced and he was the lousy waiter and had to watch Bryce all over his wife who he had already fallen deeply for.
He then watches as a look of puzzlement and confusion appears on his wife's face exactly as he seen when they went out on their date a few days ago when she had a memory.
"Sarah, are you ok?" he asks in a concerned tone and what happens next, shocks and confuses him as his wife stands up, grabs him and pushes him into a wall in their bedroom and he squeals nervously as she stands in his immediate proximity and she pins him against their wall with her hands.
"You have some explaining to do, Chuck," she declares into his face.
"Huh? Honey, what did I do?" he asks in puzzlement.
"Chuck, I spent so long getting ready into that dress I just showed you only for you to tell me that red or salmon wasn't your favorite colour. That's not a way to talk to your girlfriend," she states to him.
"That's all you remember?" he asks as he gazes at her from where she is pinning him against the wall.
He watches her nod before responding, "Yeah. Why? Was there more?"
Chuck coughs as he then nods his head. "That was actually the time when Bryce was staying inside your hotel room and I'd tried the Montgomery on you only for him to open the door and he said something like 'I was worried you'd fall for her', meaning you," he pauses to smile at her. "So that's why I said the salmon thing to you. To try and conceal to him how I felt about you."
He watches as she smiles at him. "So you did like how I looked then?"
"Sarah, red is arguably my favorite colour to be honest with you," he pauses to chuckle and she laughs along with him as her grip loosens on him to a more softer affectionate one instead of a hostile one. "My jaw dropped on seeing how breathtaking you were. There's only one other day that I have seen you as beautiful as that day," he declares.
"What day was that?" she asks as they continue to gaze at each other.
"Our wedding day," he responds as he beams her an affectionate smile.
He watches as she smiles back as she then releases him and she walks back to pick up the salmon coloured formal dress once more.
"You're not wearing that on our date tonight," Chuck states to her with conviction and he watches as she glances at him and she frowns.
"Why not?" she asks with a pout.
"Sarah, it's a ball dress and it's absolutely perfect and I would explode and I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off of you," he admits factually and she smirks in approval.
"Like that's a bad thing," she retorts with another smirk and she pauses. "And then I guess we'd better hurry up and go to a ball then because I want to see your face again when you see me in it."
"Yeah, maybe we'd better," he agrees and she giggles approvingly at him.
He then watches as she takes out a teal strapless dress from the wardrobe.
"Ok, what about this one?" she then asks as she puts the dress to her frame and models it out to him.
"Sarah, at the risk of repeating myself, I like and love you in everything, including this. I can't give you an answer on anything you show me because I like all of your wardrobe the same because it's the person that's wearing it who I like," he declares affectionately and he watches her beam a loving smile and she moves into his proximity to kiss his lips for a brief second before parting once more.
"This one it is then," she responds and he nods his head.
"Great," he then responds.
"I'll let you use the bathroom first," she states to him and he nods his head in acceptance.
"Thank you."
"What time is the reservation?" she then asks him.
He smiles before responding, "Eight."
He then watches as she takes his arm into her hand and adjusts it so that she can glance at his watch to obtain the time. "We have a few hours then," she declares on completing said action.
"Yeah," he responds. "I'll see you soon then, Sarah."
"Ok, Chuck" she agrees as she smiles at him a final time and they part ways to get ready for their date.
A short while later
Chuck and Sarah have now almost finished getting ready. Chuck actually already is ready and he is wearing a maroon coloured dress shirt, black pants and smart going out shoes and he is once more wearing his Dior Sauvage cologne that Sarah loves and purchased herself for him and he is waiting out in the lounge for Sarah to finish and he is presently engaged in a telephone conversation with his mother who is ringing from Chicago.
"Mom, I'm fine, really," Chuck says reassuringly into the phone receiver.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come back from Chicago? I can if you wan,"
He interrupts his mother. "Mom, stay there and look after Clara. Sarah is back with me and that's all I need. We are heading out tonight because it's one week since she came back to me and things are going great, honestly," he says reassuringly.
"If you're sure," his mother responds.
"Mom, I am. Clara needs you more than I do. I only need Sarah. I don't need anything else. But I should probably go now because Sarah is almost ready," he responds.
"Ok, Chuck, then enjoy your night," his mother responds.
"Thank you, Mom, I will. I love you," he declares.
"I love you too," she responds.
"Bye,"
"Bye, Chuck."
Chuck then disconnects the call and he waits in pause for a short moment until Sarah appears in view and he gazes into her eyes and they smile affectionately at each other. His gaze then lowers down to her body and what a mistake that was! Chuck starts to survey his wife's body, as a lust builds up inside of him for her and his jaw drops, as it always does whenever his wife spends an extended period of time in getting ready. She is wearing the strapless teal dress that she had chosen earlier and a pair of matching heels and her hair is straightened and layered out perfectly and he continues his gaze at her as Sarah begins to edge closer towards him with an adoring smile on her face.
"If that's your reaction to this, then I can't wait to see your reaction to the salmon dress," she states to him and he grins at her as he continues to gaze in adoration and lust at his perfect and deadly angel.
"So, how do I look?" she asks playfully because she already knows the answer to that by the look in his eyes.
"I'm not sure, because my brain has died and is unable to give you a response," he states with a wide grin and he watches her laugh a suppressed chuckle.
"Oh? How peculiar, because the same thing seems to have happened with me," she retorts and they both smile affectionately and emit further suppressed laughter together.
"Playfulness aside, you grow more beautiful every single second. I'm running out of ways to declare how perfect you are actually," he declares to her with an affectionate grin and he watches as she stares intimately into his eyes.
"Chuck, what did I say at the dining table earlier?" she asks him.
Chuck spends a brief moment thinking back to what Sarah has just asked because he is finding it hard to concentrate because of the beautiful and perfect sight in front of his eyes. "Sorry," he responds with his continued loving grin and he watches her smile at him once more.
"You will be if you make one more overpowering comment," she responds to him with her continued smile and he immediately goes to speak causing her to reach her arm out as she puts her finger up to his lip, "Don't do it Chuck, or we'll forgo the date and we'll be having sex in less than 2.1 seconds."
Chuck winces approvingly on hearing his wife's words before responding, "Ooh, car reference! Nice, I like it!"
He watches a mischievous look form on his wife's face and he fondly awaits her response. "I'm not just beauty you know. I do have a brain," she says flirtatiously to him.
"Oh, I know. You're a billion times more than just beauty, honey," he declares immediately in response.
"Chuck... What did I just say?" she warns him as she looks at him lustfully.
"Sarah, I'm sorry. I can't help it," he admits with a nonchalant shrug of his shoulders.
"Then let's head on this date right now before I do something I wouldn't regret…" she declares as she quickly leaves their apartment and Chuck follows on after her...
A short while later
Chuck and Sarah have just arrived at a five-star Italian restaurant in Los Angeles together. They enter into the restaurant arm in arm together and they then pause at the entrance as a look of amazement forms on the faces of both husband and wife.
"See, isn't this better than Morgan's recommendation?" Chuck asks and Sarah strongly nods her head.
"Ok, I concede," she admits and pauses as they share a loving smile together. "But it looks expensive."
"Sarah, you're worth it. Like you said, it's our anniversary," he declares with a loving grin and Sarah returns his facial gesture as she also moves her free arm and hand to move to affectionately rub her hand down Chuck's frame because of his words to her.
"Besides, it's our money. So you're technically paying for it too," he adds further comment in jokingly causing Sarah to shake her head in mock disgust as she uses her free hand once more, only this time to swat his chest instead exactly where she had formerly caressed it.
"Oh, I see how it is," she responds and she pauses as they share a further affectionate smile before she adds further comment, "I don't think I've ever paid for a date before."
"Sarah, I'm worth it," he responds and he winks his eyebrows at her causing her to laugh a suppressed laugh.
"Oh, I'm sure you are," she responds as she moves her hand to caress his frame through his shirt once more.
Chuck and Sarah then walk to the greeting area of the restaurant and they confirm their reservation and they are then seated at their table together. They then order red wine and are promptly served their drinks just a few short minutes later.
Chuck then takes his glass of wine into his hand. "Sarah," Chuck starts and he waits until his wife gazes at him. "To our future," he declares as he extends his arm out holding the wine glass into the middle of the table.
"Our future," Sarah responds with a loving smile as she meets his hand in the middle of the table and they touch their glasses together.
"Happy anniversary, honey," Chuck then declares with a loving smile and she smiles affectionately back at him once more.
"Let's hope I don't forget this one," she says to him with a sad smile and Chuck's loving grin fades and he turns upset on seeing his wife distressed. He moves to take her hand with his own one and they begin to stare intimately at each other.
"Sarah, don't do this to yourself. There's only one person responsible for this, Nicholas Quinn," he pauses, and the husband and wife continue to burn an intimate stare into the eyes of each other. "I love you and I will never stop loving you. That's the only thing that should be on your mind tonight."
On hearing his declarations, Sarah begins to play around with his hand that his holding her own and she continues her intimate stare into his eyes. "I kind of want to kiss you right now. How do you feel about it?" she asks as she continues to stare intimately into his eyes before averting her glance for the briefest of moments to his lips instead.
"I'm open to it," he responds and she emits a suppressed laugh in approval once more before leaning over the table and Chuck meets her in the middle as they connect their lips together in a long moment of affection. On parting for desperately needed air in their lungs, they continue to hover over the table and Sarah gazes into his eyes just a few inches away from his face for a long moment before finally pulling back as the waitress arrives to take their order. They both spend the next minute deciding what to order which is difficult because they both love numerous Italian foods but they both settle and opt for the same thing as they order bolognese together. The waitress then finishes their order and walks away leaving them in the company of each other once more.
"Have we been here before?" she asks him and he shakes his head no.
"It's our first time," he declares with a loving smile and she returns.
"We will definitely have to come here again. It's amazing," she responds and he smiles adoringly at her.
"Yeah, we're lucky to have gotten a reservation. It's normally fully booked days in advance. We haven't been before but we have tried to get a reservation one night a few months ago," he informs her and she nods and smiles at him.
"Sarah, I know I told you at the apartment, but you look so breathtakingly beautiful tonight," he declares and she blushes profusely at his comment.
"Thank you. You look really good too," she responds and he grins at her as he moves his hand into the middle of the table once more and she takes it as they begin to play around with each others hand once more.
"I can't tell you how happy I am that you came back to me. Baby, when you told me at the fountain you didn't feel it any more I thought I had lost you," he declares emotionally and she smiles lovingly at him and she affectionately plays around with his hand once more.
"Chuck, speaking out my feelings have never been easy but I can quite comfortably say that you are the best guy I have ever met in my life, period. Truly, I feel privileged to be in your company right now never-mind living and sleeping together with you," she jokes and he laughs at her. "Chuck, I really mean it. In the only few weeks of memory that I have of you, you have done nothing but help me. You're also a gentleman by the way, because I don't know many guys that wouldn't have jumped my bones if I offered sex to them and you have refused me numerous times already,"
"Sar..."
Sarah interrupts his intervention. "Please let me finish, Chuck. Words don't come easy to me," she jokes and he smiles and nods his head in acceptance.
"You truly are one of a kind, Chuck. And just so you know, I don't plan to go anywhere," she declares as she continues to play with his hand that they have been holding onto each other for a short while.
"That's good, because I don't plan for you to either. In fact, I'm never gonna let you go. I'm gonna be chasing and bugging you till we're eighty," he jokes and she giggles approvingly at his words.
"My own personal kidnapper," she then jokes and he winces.
"Ouch," he responds to her in mock hurt as they then play around with each others hand once more. "Now it's my turn to want to kiss you. After your words to me."
He watches her shake her head as they continue to stare into each others eyes before she playfully responds, "No thanks."
He winces once more. "Ooh, I see how it is! You get what you want but not me. For that, the week without sex is going to become two," he declares with a wide grin.
"Chuck, don't you even think about it!" she warns him as she shakes her head in disapproval.
"Then give me what I want or it's happening," he retorts with his continued grin.
"Fine," she concedes as she moves in motion towards him and they connect their lips together again. They stay connected until sadly once more, they're forced to break the smoldering kiss in a desperate attempt for air
"So, about that week?" she asks against his lips as she gazes into his eyes.
"I'll think about it," he smirks as they immediately proceed to kiss each other once more before then sitting back and they smile at each other as they drown out the noisy restaurant and continue their stare onto each other. Their dinner then arrives and they start to eat together only for Sarah to pause her actions as Chuck isn't doing much eating and he is gazing adoringly at her instead.
"What?" she asks playfully as she holds the fork in her hand and she gazes adoringly at him.
"Sorry. Always had a fascination with watching you eat," he declares with a loving grin and she smiles at him.
"So not only are you kidnapping me, you're stalking me too. Should I be worried?" she asks flirtatiously.
"Be very worried," he responds as he winks his eyebrows at her and she giggles at him.
Chuck then begins to eat his own food and it's her turn this time to watch him instead. Let's see how he likes it!
He quickly picks up on it and he pauses from eating and he gazes at her. "What?" he asks cutely.
"It's my turn. I wanted to see how you like it," she states endearingly and she watches him grin and shrug his shoulders nonchalantly.
"Sarah, it doesn't bother me," he replies, before immediately raising his fork to his mouth as he takes a mouthful of his food and she watches him eating. He even winks his eyebrows at her once more causing her to laugh a suppressed laugh.
"I can see why you like to watch because I'm now feeling the same," she admits with a loving smile and he grins at her.
"Now who's the stalker?" he retorts playfully with his continued grin.
"That would be me," she responds.
"Maybe I should do a background check on you," he declares.
"Good luck with that! I'm good at hiding my background," she declares as she continues to stare intimately into his eyes.
"Not good enough to hide from me, missy! I know who you are," he retorts confidently and she giggles once more.
"Oh so confident in yourself, aren't you?" she retorts playfully as she continues to burn him a loving stare.
"You know it," he responds with another wink of the eyebrows and she giggles once more...
A short while later
Chuck and Sarah have just finished eating their meals together at the Italian restaurant.
"That was lovely," Sarah declares to him as she gazes into Chuck's eyes.
"It was," he responds with a loving grin and a nod of his head.
"So how does this rank among our dates then?" she asks him with an affectionate smile.
"One of our best," he declares and she giggles approvingly.
"Thank you for tonight, Chuck. I feel like a normal girl just enjoying my time with a normal guy, who I happen to really like," she declares as she continues to stare into his eyes, their eye contact between each other had barely broken since they first arrived here, nor would it any time soon either.
"Well he really likes you too," he declares back and Sarah smiles affectionately at him as they move to close the distance between themselves as they kiss each other once more.
"You smell and taste delicious, by the way," she whispers against his lips.
"So do you," he responds as they kiss each other once more.
On separating from their latest kiss, Sarah looks into his eyes as she states, "Chuck, I hope you know and realize that I'm getting very turned on right now. And it would kill me if you blow me off again like you did the other day."
He smiles at her. "What if I told you I wouldn't blow you off any more," he responds as their faces are inches apart from where they are leaning over the table and he watches as her eyes widen and she now becomes very interested in the topic of conversation.
"Then I would say that we should either hurry up with or skip dessert and head back home," she responds as she gazes at him from where she is leaning into his proximity.
"Dessert first, we have all the time in the world," he declares to her with a loving grin.
"Ok," she smiles at him as they sit back once more and the husband and wife order dessert together and it arrives a few minutes later as they begin to share the chocolate cake romantically with each other.
Chuck is feeling deliriously happy right now. Sarah likewise, the exact same. This is the best date that Sarah has ever been on and when Chuck had promised sex just earlier, she had almost exploded on the spot because he had asked for a week from her and this is only day three so they are way ahead of schedule, not that she's complaining!
Sarah moves to gather some of the cake onto the fork she is holding and she extends it out towards Chuck who is leaning towards her over the table they're seated at and she watches as he opens his mouth to take the contents from the fork and she smiles adoringly on watching him do said action.
"This is delicious," Chuck declares on eating the mouthful of dessert that Sarah had just fed him.
"Hurry up and give me mine so I can tell you if I feel the same," she responds to him with a wide smile and he grins and she watches as he take his own fork and gathers some of the cake and she leans forward as he does before he then raises it up and towards her mouth and she accepts it into her mouth as she stares at him. She then begins to chew it and she closes her eyes briefly because of how delicious the dessert actually is. Chuck is right but oh so wrong. This is more than just delicious, it is heaven.
"Mmm, my god. Chuck, it's mouth-watering. It's the best dessert I've ever tasted," she declares to him and she watches him nod his head and a wide grin forms on his face.
"It is," he admits as the young reconciling couple continue to share their dessert until finishing it together.
On finishing their dessert, they spend the next few minutes in reflection of a very successful date and a wonderful evening spent in each others company.
The reconciling married couple then receive their bill which Chuck pays and they then begin to depart the restaurant together.
"Wow, Chuck, I knew it would be expensive but that really was expensive," she declares in amazement to him.
"Sarah, we're worth it," he responds and she smiles affectionately at him. "after everything that has happened to us, we deserve some luxury."
"You're right," she responds affectionately.
The couple then head arm in arm to where Sarah's Lotus is parked and they enter it together. On entering it, and being in the company of each other, they move to kiss once more and their hands now begin to roam intimately over each other as Chuck's hands find their way up to Sarah's face and Sarah's hands find their way up and down his frame before finishing on his face.
On breaking from the kiss, Chuck smiles at her and she smiles back at him.
"Sarah, it's still quite early, do you want to go to the beach together first before heading home?" he asks with a loving smile and she returns the facial gesture.
"That sounds nice," Sarah responds before they move to put their seat belts on and depart for their beach together…
A short while later
It has just gone 11pm in Los Angeles and Chuck and Sarah have just arrived at the beach together. Chuck walks hand in hand with Sarah, until they find a spot to sit and it is deserted with just the two of them out there alone together, which is perfect for them both, as that is how they prefer to be.
On sitting down, they cosy into each other together as Sarah rests her head into his body.
"I come here a lot. It's so relaxing and peaceful," he declares.
Sarah lifts herself up from where her head was resting into him. "I can see why," she responds with a loving smile and he grins back at her.
"Sarah, you're the greatest thing to ever happen to me. You are everything I needed and more. Each morning I wake up I thank god for allowing you to come into my life. We've faced challenges, but we have always came through them. And I know that we are going to come through this one too," he declares and she gives him her brightest smile of the night as she moves her hand up to caress his face.
"We are," she declares with a loving grin.
"I love you, Sarah. I know you can't tell me the same right now. But that's ok. I hope in time you will, and I will be right here when you do," he declares emotionally and Sarah beams him a loving smile, as she caresses his cheek once more. Sarah then moves her head in motion towards him and he quickly joins her as they move to kiss each other, and their hands begin to roam territorially over each others face. They continue to kiss as seconds turn into minutes, and Sarah can't bear the separation of their bodies for a moment longer as she moves her right arm to wrap around his left shoulder from where they are sitting next to each other and she turns her body and she moves to climb onto him and he lowers his legs until she is now sitting on his thighs and is straddling him. He grins up at her from where she is hovering above him and she smiles as they adjust themselves to kiss once more and Sarah continues to run her hands up and down her husband's masculine frame.
The husband and wife continue their skirmish with each other as they heatedly make out with each other and Chuck begins to fall back on the beach and she follows him every inch of the way, their lips remaining super-glued together for several passionate minutes. Right now, Sarah has forgotten that they are on a public beach and she is close to unzipping his pants, pulling down her panties and taking his arousal inside of her on this very same spot. However, Chuck senses his wife's arousal and he breaks the kiss with her.
"Sarah, we should head back, before we end up in jail," he declares to her with a suppressed chuckle.
Sarah laughs on hearing his words, and she nods her head as she begins to climb up and she takes her husband's hands to help pull him up and Sarah begins to pull and tug at his hand as they purposely head towards her Lotus once more…
A short while later
Chuck and Sarah have just arrived back outside of their home. They had came close to having sex, or making love depending on which of the two you ask in Sarah's car. Sarah is extremely aroused and didn't want to wait until returning to their home. Chuck being the gentleman that he is and always will be, was worried about people seeing them and he insisted on waiting until they return, of which they now have.
Sarah fires down the engine and she glances at him and they smile at each other and Chuck watches as she then begins to depart her side of the vehicle and he quickly departs his own and he closes the door after him before walking around to where Sarah is waiting for him on the pavement near to the entrance of their apartment complex. They gaze adoringly at each other, and he walks into her proximity as they begin to kiss once more for the umpteenth time today. Sensing that Sarah doesn't feel like doing any walking right now, he wraps his arms around her waist as he expertly begins to walk and kiss her at the same time, though stopping to gasp when he feels his wife place her hand onto his crotch and his eyes almost fly open when he feels her hand begin to play with the zip.
"Stop it," he commands as he swats her hand and he picks up the pace as Sarah continues to trust in him to do the walking and guiding them around objects as her lips remain locked together with his own as she walks backwards and he walks forwards until they end up outside of the door to their apartment.
On reaching their destination, Chuck pauses to thank the heavens that they didn't have an accident on the way to the door and he removes his arm from around Sarah's waist causing her to groan into his mouth at the loss of the contact and he fiddles with his pockets in search of their house key. On successfully locating it, he quickly raises it up out of his jeans and towards the lock as his wife continues to attack his lips and her hand continues to play and fiddle around with his pants.
Thankfully, he is able to quickly open the door and they almost fall inside but he successfully grabs hold of Sarah to stop her from falling backwards and she pauses from kissing him briefly to glance behind her to see what almost caused her to fall. She then fixes her gaze back on him once more and she begins to pull him backwards with one of her hands gripping hold of his shirt while the other continues to fiddle with his pants.
They both enter into their apartment and Chuck kicks the door shut with his foot. Even if it's still open, he doesn't care one hooter because the only thing on his mind right now is expressing his love with his wife after three painstakingly long weeks since he last did with her on that bullet train just before their carriages separated from each other.
Sarah continues leading him as she pulls at his shirt and they expertly manage to avoid all of their furniture curtsy of Chuck navigating his wife as she continues to pull him backwards towards wherever she is choosing to take him.
They have now entered the hallway leading to the main rooms of the apartment and their lips are still locked together in a heated make out session as an intense desire for each other continues to build up and reach danger levels. Chuck is very close to ripping his wife's clothes off right where they stand and he senses that she very much feels the same way towards him.
"Where are we heading?" he breathes out hoarsely to her.
"To shower. We're covered in sand," she responds in a flustered tone of her own and he watches her smirk at him causing him to nod and grin as they begin to kiss once more and she continues pulling at his shirt and she walks backwards and he forward until they finally land at the door to their destination. They pause momentarily, as their swollen lips continue to connect together and their tongues continue to wage a battle and skirmish inbetween their mouths. Sarah then loosens her grip on his shirt and she moves her arm behind her to fiddle with the door and she begins to open it gently, before placing her hand right back on his shirt once more and they walk inside it before Sarah closes the door and for the first time since arriving back at their apartment, she walks forward as she pushes Chuck into the door and Chuck laughs at the forceful contact of his wife.
She then raises her left hand up to grab hold of his hair to deepen the kiss further still whilst her right hand continues to remain firmly placed on his crotch. The zip of his pants are already undone and he feels her hand enter inside of the open zip as she takes a firm squeeze of his arousal causing his eyes to fly open to look at her as he begins to groan deeply into her mouth and he watches as she looks at him with her perfect sapphire orbs and she smirks at him and for the first time, he makes a suggestive contact of his own as he changes the destination of his hands from her waist and he lowers them slightly until his hands begin to take a firm hold of his wife's ass cheeks causing her to groan this time and he smirks approvingly. Payback!
He then feels her hand leave his pants and he feels her move it up as her right hand begins to play around with the buttons on the lower part of his shirt and their lips continue to remain locked and only separate when they have a desperate need of air. She quickly makes short work of his shirt and she removes her left hand gripping hold of his hair as she uses both hands to pull his shirt off of him and she begins to run her hands all over his now bare upper frame until both of her hands begin to travel down south and he feels both of her hands land at his belt. The belt is already open from Sarah's earlier attempts outside of their apartment and it only needs to buckled open and he feels her do exactly that. On her completing her action, she begins to pull his pants and underwear down until they are at his ankles and instantly on feeling his pants around his ankles, he adjusts his right foot to line it up behind his left foot and he uses his foot to expertly allow him to remove his shoe from his foot without breaking the kiss or his grip of his wife's ass. On being shoeless on his left foot, he instantly moves it behind his right one and this is harder to achieve because he is only now in a sock but he achieves it after a few seconds. On now being completely shoeless, he kicks off his pants and underwear leaving him now fully bare save for a pair of socks.
On him completing his actions, he feels her hand connect onto his arousal and he groans deeply once more. He then breaks their latest kiss and she groans at the loss.
"It's time for me to help you out of your dress," he declares and she nods as she pulls back from pinning him against the door slightly and he begins to help her climb out of her dress and he makes short work of it with it quickly ending up at her ankles.
"You've certainly done that before! You helped me out of it quicker than I could even get into it," she declares with a smirk and a wide grin forms on his face.
"Yeah," he admits as he sinks to his knee and he begins to loosen the straps of the heels his wife is wearing. On completing the task, he also discards his socks leaving him now fully bare. He then glances back up at his wife once more, and the only clothing now left on her is a matching lace underwear set.
He watches as she ushers him back up to her with her finger and he smiles as he stands up to her level once more. She instantly grabs hold of his shoulders and she pushes him back against the door once more as they lock their swollen lips together again and he takes the time to raise his hands up her back until landing where the back of her strapless bra is located. He begins to fiddle around with it for a brief second, until he quickly unclasps it from around her and it begins to fall down between where their two bodies are connected. He then lowers his hands down to her ass cheeks once more, and she moans into his mouth at the contact. He then begins to pull down his wife's panties with his hand as far as his hands will reach down from where she is pinning him into the door before she kicks herself out of them the remaining distance. She then breaks the kiss with him and she immediately takes his hand as she walks over to and pulls him along with her until they finally step into the shower together and on doing so, she grabs his shoulders once more and she pushes him until he is trapped in the corner and they adjust to lock their lips together once more and she releases her right hand from his shoulder and he glances out of the corner of his eye as she begins to fiddle with the shower controls and it quickly turns on. They both startle briefly, because the water is freezing cold but thankfully it quickly begins to heat up and Chuck gazes back infront of him once more at Sarah who is trapping him in the corner of the shower.
They gaze at each other and he smiles at her before Chuck moves his arms up to her shoulders and he gently attempts to move her around so that she can take a turn in the corner for a short while but he is met with strong resistance from Sarah who pushes and holds him back against the wall with her hands and she breaks the kiss.
"No," she says sternly and he does a double take at her abruptness with him for the first time today.
"Sarah, this isn't the most comfortable shower position for us both just fyi," he declares.
"I don't care. This is how I want it," she demands and he nods his head.
"Ok," he agrees to her demands.
They resume kissing and Sarah lifts her right leg up and Chuck immediately moves his hand to hold onto her leg now arched up in the air. She then breaks the kiss with him once more and he watches as her glance shifts down their bodies and she lines her vagina up with his arousal before consuming his length and he groans deeply and their already erratic breathing from the states they've both worked themselves up into intensifies further still. On successfully guiding him inside of her, she then moves back to kiss him once more, and he feels as she starts to move in motion up and down his length buried inside of her and he meets her own movement with some of his own as they continue to kiss each other. In all honesty, Chuck is not feeling much connection with his wife right now. This very much feels like stranger on stranger sex. He's certainly not sure what is up with his wife right now, because this isn't really a position that they usually have shower sex in, nor is it very comfortable at all. Chuck definitely isn't having sex with his wife right now and the experience is more similar to that of a stranger and a one night stand encounter. Chuck gulps at the realization that he has just come to. He gazes into her eyes, and he can see lust there but he doesn't see unconditional love and it instantly makes him feel a bit despondent and not as invested in the act.
They continue to remain in the position that Sarah has placed them both in as they have sex together in the corner of the shower but Chuck just wants this to be over. He certainly won't be able to have this kind of sex again but he daren't say anything so he keeps quiet and doesn't say much as he continues his thrusts and he keeps his lips locked with her own until they both climax one by one a short moment later...
A short while later
Sarah has just stepped out of the shower with Chuck. What they had just had, was typical agent and mark sex. Sarah knows it. And she feels quite guilty for doing it with him, but it is all that she presently knows and remembers. Sarah knows that she has loved Chuck. And she is well on the road to loving him again. But she can't remember how to love him, what she is supposed to do with him, how she is supposed to behave with him, their favorite ways to make love, their favorite positions to make love in. It's all a new experience to her and she is having to start from the very beginning as she finds her way with him once more.
"Sarah?" he asks and she gazes at him.
"Yeah?" she responds as she continues to dry herself with the towel.
"What we just did in the shower just isn't going to work for me," he admits to her.
"Chuck, what do you mean?" she asks as she gazes at him.
"I can't pretend to do something I didn't enjoy. I would sooner have no sex than do that again," he responds to her and she frowns at him.
"Chuck, you can't have not enjoyed it that much, you came," she responds and she watches him strongly shake his head.
"Sarah, I didn't want to upset you by demanding that we stop. I'm not going to lie to you, it's not an experience I just enjoyed. Sarah, I can't just do sex with you. I'm not your mark or a one night stand. I'm your husband. We have never just done sex. Our first time, we had known each other for three years and it was passionate love from the very start."
"What are you saying, Chuck?" she asks as she gazes at him from where they are stood together.
"Sarah, what I'm saying is that we are going to try it again, right now. But this time, not in the shower, but in our bed and it's not going to be sex between strangers because that's what that just was. I know you can't rush back into a committed unconditional relationship. But I can't just do sex. I don't know how to just do sex with you. I gave you what you wanted in the shower, and now you're going to give me what I want," he declares assertively to her and she gazes nervously at him over the potential commitment that is going to be required in this act.
"Chuck…" she starts but she is interrupted as moves into her proximity and he grabs hold of her shoulders as he kisses her. Slowly, he begins to lead her until she is now pinned up against the door, exactly how she had done to him just earlier.
Sarah breaks the kiss and she slants her head to the side. "Chuck..." she protests at his assertiveness with her which is going against every single spy instinct screaming at her telling her to not allow him to take control of her. Sarah has not allowed any man to dominate her in bed, ever. She doesn't know how to let go and submit herself to somebody else, she has always felt the need to remain in complete control of the situation with her partner.
He backs away from her slightly and she follows him as he then opens the door and instantly he places his lips against her own once more as he begins to walk her backwards exactly as they had done earlier. Their lips remain locked and Sarah gazes nervously into his eyes as he continues walking her into their bedroom and she continues backing herself up until feeling her feet connect together with their bed. She watches out the corner of her eye as he lifts their bed covers back and she then falls back slowly onto the bed and he is instantly on top of her as they continue to kiss and she instinctively readjusts herself until she is laying in the centre of the bed and she gazes up at him from where he is hovering over her. She then feels him raising his arms up until they begin to pin her hands in place to the bed and she breaks the kiss as she slants her head away from his own once more.
"Chuck..." she warns him as she begins to get agitated by his assertiveness with her as she gazes at him and he smiles lovingly at her.
"Sarah, please trust me, baby," he pleads emotionally with her and she gazes into his eyes as he looks pleadingly at her.
He moves to kiss her again and she doesn't object as she allows her lips to connect with his own as he continues to pin her arms to the bed with his strong hands and she feels the full weight of his masculine frame on her body holding the rest of her in place. She continues to gaze into his eyes in search of any sinister motive of his intentions towards her and he continues to stare back at her and on breaking the kiss every so often for air he smiles reassuringly at her.
He then breaks from kissing her and he pulls himself up slightly and he then begins to remove his right hand that is pinning her left hand and she is immediately tempted to use this as her cue to reverse the submission and to be the one on top so that she can remain in control of the situation but she waits to make a move until she has ascertained what he is doing. She continues to stare into his eyes and she doesn't break the eye contact with him as she feels his hand touch and connect with her left thigh briefly but the contact then breaks for a second or two until she then feels his hand now between her thighs and she immediately knows what he is doing. He is lining himself up with her.
A sudden rush of anxiety and dread takes form and her facial expressions show as such. "Chuck..." she immediately attempts to protest once more as she gazes into his eyes.
"Sarah, I would sooner burn myself alive before I betrayed and abused your trust. Please, just trust me," he pleads with her once more and she sighs deeply in a deeply conflicted state of mind. A large part of her is screaming at her that this is too much commitment, that she is compromising and exposing herself fully by letting him have his way with her. But the other half of her, the girl who desires and yearns to be normal is screaming at her that he is her husband, and that they have likely done this very same situation that they are in right now dozens if not hundreds of times.
She has no time for any further trail of thought, because he immediately enters inside of her and she instantly gasps at the feel of him inside of her once more and she gazes up at him into his eyes and he lowers his head to kiss her once more and she feels his right arm travel back up to meet and gently take hold of her outstretched hand once more.
They continue to kiss as Sarah feels him thrusting in and out of her in a slow, delicate rhythm and Sarah continues to gaze at him in search of any sinister motive from him from where he has her pinned but he continues to smile reassuringly at her as he continues his thrusting into her.
He then begins to increase the rhythm of his thrusts into her and Sarah continues to remain in her compromised and exposed position under him, with the full weight of him on her as all of her spy instincts continue to scream at her to reverse the submission immediately, to assert control on the situation once more. He then begins to release her hands, and instantly in a moment of panic, she raises them up to his chest and she arches herself up as she begins to attempt to flip him over so that she is the one on top but he stops her as he puts his own hands onto the very top of her arms where her arms connect onto her shoulders and he pushes her back down as they continue to stare into each others eyes and she watches him shake his head no at her with a loving smile.
"I love you more than I have ever loved anybody," he declares emotionally as he moves his hand to caress her cheek and she begins to study his face in search of any discrepancy to his words but she can't find anything other than absolute sincerity. "And because I do, you need to trust me. Because if you don't, then we are going to stop right now and this isn't a request, it's a demand."
She breathes out a long sigh in a deeply conflicted frame of mind once more. "Chuck, I'm not used to this," she says apprehensively to him as she looks nervously at him from where the weight of his body continues to trap her in place under him. She knows two hundred ways out of this position if she really wanted to use it but Chuck is not her enemy. As much as she knows that is true deep down, she is finding it extremely hard to shake off all her years of training warning and screaming at herself not to expose or to surrender herself to somebody else to do with her whatever he may so wish.
She watches him shake his head. "Sarah, you are. We have done it hundreds of times and if we are to continue to have sex, then I need you to surrender and give yourself to me. It's the only way it can work. I'm not prepared to accept any less so you're going to need to come to terms and deal with it, honey," he responds in an assertive and confident tone and she continues to gaze up at him.
He then lowers himself down to connect their swollen and puffy lips together again as his thrusts continue into her.
"Chuck!" she breathes into his mouth as she feels herself nearing an orgasm and she gazes up at him.
He smiles at her. "Let go, baby," he commands softly to her as he releases her arms and she still has an urge to flip him to assert control and dominance over him and the situation but she goes against every single instinct screaming at her and instead of raising her hands up to his shoulders to flip him, she raises her hands up to the back of his head to lock him in place instead as she rides out a powerful orgasm under the full weight of her husband on top of her with him also buried in the deepest corner inside of her.
"Chuck!" she cries out to him into his mouth once more as her eyes twist and roll and her toes dance and squirm as her climax shoots throughout her entire body and her already flushed face burns further still.
"I love you," he breathes into her mouth from where their lips continue to stay connected and she gazes into his eyes once more on hearing his declaration to her.
They then pause stationary, until Sarah has rode out her orgasm and she then begins to feel him pick up his thrusting into her once more.
With no trail of thought to her action, she removes one hand from around the back of his head and she re-positions it as she digs her nails into his back to hold him in place as his thrusts continue to increase and become much more vigorous and they both begin to pant and sweat profusely caused from all of their activities ever since they arrived back at their apartment however long ago it was.
And after a few short minutes more, Sarah quickly begins to feel another orgasm come along as Chuck continues to fuck her. No, not fuck. What Chuck is doing to her right now is the furthest thing away from him fucking her, as she had done with her previous sexual partners, such as Bryce. What Chuck and Sarah are doing right now together is making love. She can see and understand what is happening right now quite clearly. And she has never felt so powerless to stop it. She no longer even attempts to stop it as she willingly makes love together with him.
"Chuck!" she breathes to him in a broken tone and they make deep intimate eye contact once more.
"I know baby, me too," he groans back to her and she does an instant double take. How does he know that I'm close? Oh, use your brain, Sarah! He's my husband not my bit of fun! Of course he knows!
He thrusts into her a final few times, and he breaks from their latest kiss as he cries out, "Sarah!"
Seeing the look on his face, in addition to his cries to her, she pulls him back down to her with her hand placed behind his head as they kiss each other once more and she feels him ejaculate inside of her which drives her over the edge to her third orgasm of the evening.
They stay locked in this position for the next minute as they begin to pant and sweat profusely and they separate their lips but not their heads as he moves to touch his forehead against her own which gives her another claustrophobic feeling of being trapped under him and at his mercy but she doesn't resist the contact. She is too physically spent and drained to resist him any further, what they have just did was the most intense sexual encounter that she can ever remember having with anybody.
And after what feels like an eternity, he begins to remove his body weight—though she immediately begins to frown and yearn for it to be put right back in place—from her and he rolls off to the side of her. She gazes up at the ceiling of their bedroom briefly, as she continues to pant furiously from their activities together. The agent in her is screaming at her to not turn to make intimate eye contact with him. They have had sex now. Her mission is already done. Any further intimacy is unnecessary and is not a help to the mission. Previously, with any mark or partner she may have had, she would give them only enough as necessary to keep them as her pawn, but she would NEVER give herself unconditionally to somebody like she had just did with her husband. And you know what? It felt good. It had taken her a few minutes to surrender herself to him, but once she did, she has to admit, it felt amazing. And true to his word, he didn't betray her trust or do anything to her against her will. All he did was love her, and it is now up to her to find it in herself to love him. Because otherwise, she may as well just leave him and put him out of his misery.
She then turns to face him and as she does so, he smiles adoringly at her.
She smiles back at him.
"So, how was it?" he asks her as they burn an intimate stare into each others eyes.
"Intense," she admits.
"I'm sorry," he responds with a sympathetic smile.
She moves to caress his cheek. "Don't be. Chuck, I'm surprised that was all there was to it. You were really soft and gentle, other than the pinning of my arms which I struggled to allow you to do," she admits and she watches him laugh deeply at her and she frowns briefly at him laughing at her reservations.
"Sarah, what did you expect? Torture? Slapping? Removal of body parts?" he asks as he laughs once more and she nods her head and concedes as she begins to laugh too. He has a point.
"Ok, fair point. Chuck, it's not easy for me, though. It's not you who lost your memory, remember?"
She watches him nod in acceptance. "Fair point. And I'm sorry for joking. But Sarah, we needed to do that. We can't ever get back to how we were if you can't even submit yourself to me in bed," he states factually.
She nods. "I know," she responds as she begins to yawn as she suddenly feels very exhausted from their intense activities.
"Ready for sleep?" he asks with a loving smile.
"Uh-huh, I'm exhausted," she responds.
She watches him open out his arm and she smiles at him as she moves into his proximity before turning and backing her naked body into his own one. Which is another first in her suppressed and missing memory. Before Chuck, she has never slept in the same bed naked with somebody before. His hand then finds its way up her body from where they are now spooning until landing onto her upper abdomen once more, exactly how it was positioned when they first woke up this morning together only this time, their bodies are now completely bare and exposed.
"Goodnight, Sarah. I love you baby," he declares and she feels him kiss into the back of her hair where his head is resting and she smiles as she closes her eyes at touch and at the words of her husband.
"Goodnight, Chuck," she responds, as she continues to regulate her breathing back to normalcy after her events with her husband.
Sarah then begins to drift off to a peaceful sleep comforted in knowing that tonight, and for the first time in her present missing memory, she had made love together with somebody…
AN3 Well then, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please leave your thoughts on it. In the mature category, view count halves so I really do rely on reviews and interaction to know whether people are actually reading this or not. Now I kind of wanted the shower scene to not be so good. Quite simply because Chuck didn't enjoy it for a single second.
AN4 I know the mark thing is difficult. It's difficult for me as a die-hard Charah shipper (and one of the biggest) too. But that is just the reality of the poor writing of the canon universe sadly. In all of my non canon stories, there is never any talk of marks Sarah may have had but in canon it was sadly ever present and I quite simply had to show Sarah's mindset and how it changed and began to shift as she gave more and more of herself to him as the scene continued on.
AN5 Next Chapter: More Charah intimacy, the support group, and Chuck and Sarah have an unannounced guest turn up at their home in a typical trademark fashion ;)