Chuck Fic: Of Honest Chats and Cookies
Title: Of Honest Chats and Cookies
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1425
Disclaimers: Not mine
Summery: An extra scene for my Always Be My Baby fic. The morning after, Chuck and Casey… bake cookies? :)
It was near midday by the time Chuck opened his eyes, but when he did, it was with a lazy smile on his face. Casey was still there, sleeping and looking absolutely peaceful. Chuck resisted the urge to reach out and touch the man as he knew that it’d more then likely wake him.
Him and Casey had been up long into the night. It had been filled with dozing off from time to time, but talking, kissing and just being near one another dominated the night. It had been somewhere near daybreak that they had made love for a second time, before falling asleep wrapped around one another like in some lusty fairytale.
As he slipped out of bed and looked down at his new lover, Chuck knew that things wouldn’t always be perfect, but at this moment, it felt like it.
As he opened the door, the overwhelming smell of cookies hit him. Heading towards the kitchen, he saw Ellie standing there, spoon in hand, mixing something rapidly in a bowl.
“Christmas cookies?” Chuck asked.
“Yup! I thought I’d get those started. I’m just making the little ones with the jellies in them, right now.”
Chuck wanted to point out it was two weeks before Christmas, but he figured this whole month was Christmas to Ellie. Instead, he walked over and took a little peek in the oven as to what other type she had already done. With a shrug, he closed it. It was just the plain sugar kind in the shape of stars. Those were his least favorite of Ellie’s normal batch.
As if sensing his opinion, she said, “Saving the favorites for last. If I made them now, they’d all be gone before I was finished.” She paused, putting the bowl down, “I’m just going to put this batch in and then when they’re done, we’re doing to town. Wanna come?”
“Na.”
Ellie gave him a twisted smile, “Mind doing the chocolate chips then?”
“Sure.” He sensed it was going to be a lazy indoors sort of day anyway. Making cookies wouldn’t hurt.
“So,” Ellie dragged out, “can’t hide it from me now. I heard you two last night.”
Chuck went stiff and blanched, “Oh god.”
Ellie rose an eyebrow. “Not a big deal, Chuck. Nothing I didn’t know was happening anyway. Just kept it down with the children.”
He cringed, “I’m so sorry.”
Ellie gave him a face, telling him to forget it, but as Chuck stood there, watching her set the cookies on the flat pan to bake, he couldn’t bare his relationship to start off with a misunderstanding.
He leaned back against the counter trying to catch her eye., “Um… Ellie?”
“Yeah?” she replied barely noting him.
“Last night was our first time together.”
Ellie turned her head slowly looking at him wide eyed with disbelief.
“Well, not our first time, second time really, but first time as an actual couple.”
Ellie stopped what she was doing and grabbed a towel, wiping her hands. “And how long has that been?” she nervously asked.
“About twelve hours….”
She gapped and looked over towards the bedroom. “Oh, god. I’m so sorry. I..”
“It’s fine.”
She dropped her dishcloth and grasped her hand to her chest. “I’m sorry.. I…” she ducked her head, “Really? Really, really?” It was clear she couldn’t quite believe that fact.
Chuck gave her a half smile, “Really.”
“Wow. Wow… You must have really wanted to kill me.”
“No more then normal… Well maybe a little more.” He held up to fingers showing her how much.
“Chuck, I’m so sorry! I swore you guys were together. I just thought you were being shy about it.”
Chuck shrugged, “To be fair, I’ve been madly in love with him for years.”
“And John?
Chuck nodded his head, not being able to say the words. He pushed himself off the counter and walked closer to her. “Ellie? It had to stay between us… The family. No one else can know.”
As the timer for the cookies went off, she quickly grabbed her mittens and pulled them out, placing them on the counter. Still, eyeing him she asked, “Work?”
“Yeah.”
Ellie let out a deep breath, “I wish you two would just let me know what you do.”
Chuck went to open his mouth up to protest as him and Ellie have had this fight many times before, but she stopped him.
“But I know you can’t.” Ellie touched his arm. “Would you be fired?”
“No, he’d be transferred and I’d never see him again…. Kinda like Sarah.”
Ellie flinched, before pulling him into a hug. “Our secret then.”
Casey, of course, picked this moment to emerge from the bedroom. Ellie upon seeing him went forth and gave him a hug and kissed him on the cheek. He looked surprised at first, but understanding appeared when Ellie whispered, “You take care of him.”
Chuck cringed that Ellie had just done and said that and as Casey‘s blue eyes met his he gave him an apologetic expression. Casey though kept staring intently at him. “Always,” he whispered back.
Ellie withdrew from the hug a little misty eyed and excused herself. She was half way to her room when Casey stopped her.
“Ellie?”
She turned and looked at him, “I know. No one can know.” She put her finger up to her lips, before disappearing through the door.
Chuck went to clean the dirty dishes that Ellie had left behind. Still, he could feel Casey’s eyes on him. “She overheard us last night,” he explained as he turned the water on.
‘Oh,” There was a pause, “I thought she already thought we were together?”
“She did. I fixed that.”
“Why,” Casey asked with a little more then a touch of aggression and confusion.
Chuck shrugged and put even more effort into scrubbing the pan he was washing. “Every relationship I’ve ever had has been a lie in some form. I’d like this one to be true in everyway it can be.”
Casey grunted.
Chuck could feel his eyes on him so he whispered, “Sarah was really just transferred, right?”
“Yes. Sorry to tell you this, but if Sarah had really wanted to she could have left and worked at an Orange Orange for real. She just didn’t want to.”
“Yeah, I figured.” He laughed, put the now clean bowl aside and turned towards Casey,” But if your me long enough you become paranoid… Is something wrong?”
“No.”
The statement was simple enough, but the lack of emotion of Casey face told him on thing, “You’re lying.”
“Yeah.”
Chuck frowned. “Don’t. If you don’t want to tell me don’t. But don’t lie.”
“Going back to that true beginning again?”
“Yeah, I told you I had enough lies in relationships,” he bowed his head, “What is past, is past, but right now is a new beginning for us.”
Casey nodded, but Chuck could tell for some reason, Casey’s mood had darkened a little bit more. Chuck went forward and gave him a quick kiss. “Awesome and Ellie are exploring the town at finally. You want to do something?”
“Let’s take it as it goes.”
Chuck nodded and pulled Casey a little closer to him. “I told Ellie I’d bake the chocolate chip cookies.”
He smiled, “I‘ll join you.”
As Casey walked over and started pulling things out of the fridge, Chuck pointed at him and said, “Alright, but we’re using Ellie’s recipe. Not your own.”
Ducking back out of the fridge, Casey scowled, “But mine’s better.” They had had this debate several Christmases ago. Much to Chuck shock the big guy had moped over it for over a week. “Be honest!” he added.
Chuck nodded, “They are, but you try telling Ellie that.”
Casey arched his eyebrow as though he were thinking about doing just that.
“Don’t you dare! Just set the oven for 325. Ellie forgot to put her last batch in.”
Casey stood there with his arms crossed, looking nonplused. “And here I thought you’d stand by and support your boyfriend.”
At first, Chuck glared, but then melted over Casey’s choice of words, ‘boyfriend’. Stepping forward, he cupped his face and gave him a soft kiss. “Fine, we’ll make a batch of each. Just don’t tell Ellie.”
With that, Casey grinned, kissed Chuck again quickly and turned to cheerily slipped Ellie’s cookies into the oven.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1425
Disclaimers: Not mine
Summery: An extra scene for my Always Be My Baby fic. The morning after, Chuck and Casey… bake cookies? :)
It was near midday by the time Chuck opened his eyes, but when he did, it was with a lazy smile on his face. Casey was still there, sleeping and looking absolutely peaceful. Chuck resisted the urge to reach out and touch the man as he knew that it’d more then likely wake him.
Him and Casey had been up long into the night. It had been filled with dozing off from time to time, but talking, kissing and just being near one another dominated the night. It had been somewhere near daybreak that they had made love for a second time, before falling asleep wrapped around one another like in some lusty fairytale.
As he slipped out of bed and looked down at his new lover, Chuck knew that things wouldn’t always be perfect, but at this moment, it felt like it.
As he opened the door, the overwhelming smell of cookies hit him. Heading towards the kitchen, he saw Ellie standing there, spoon in hand, mixing something rapidly in a bowl.
“Christmas cookies?” Chuck asked.
“Yup! I thought I’d get those started. I’m just making the little ones with the jellies in them, right now.”
Chuck wanted to point out it was two weeks before Christmas, but he figured this whole month was Christmas to Ellie. Instead, he walked over and took a little peek in the oven as to what other type she had already done. With a shrug, he closed it. It was just the plain sugar kind in the shape of stars. Those were his least favorite of Ellie’s normal batch.
As if sensing his opinion, she said, “Saving the favorites for last. If I made them now, they’d all be gone before I was finished.” She paused, putting the bowl down, “I’m just going to put this batch in and then when they’re done, we’re doing to town. Wanna come?”
“Na.”
Ellie gave him a twisted smile, “Mind doing the chocolate chips then?”
“Sure.” He sensed it was going to be a lazy indoors sort of day anyway. Making cookies wouldn’t hurt.
“So,” Ellie dragged out, “can’t hide it from me now. I heard you two last night.”
Chuck went stiff and blanched, “Oh god.”
Ellie rose an eyebrow. “Not a big deal, Chuck. Nothing I didn’t know was happening anyway. Just kept it down with the children.”
He cringed, “I’m so sorry.”
Ellie gave him a face, telling him to forget it, but as Chuck stood there, watching her set the cookies on the flat pan to bake, he couldn’t bare his relationship to start off with a misunderstanding.
He leaned back against the counter trying to catch her eye., “Um… Ellie?”
“Yeah?” she replied barely noting him.
“Last night was our first time together.”
Ellie turned her head slowly looking at him wide eyed with disbelief.
“Well, not our first time, second time really, but first time as an actual couple.”
Ellie stopped what she was doing and grabbed a towel, wiping her hands. “And how long has that been?” she nervously asked.
“About twelve hours….”
She gapped and looked over towards the bedroom. “Oh, god. I’m so sorry. I..”
“It’s fine.”
She dropped her dishcloth and grasped her hand to her chest. “I’m sorry.. I…” she ducked her head, “Really? Really, really?” It was clear she couldn’t quite believe that fact.
Chuck gave her a half smile, “Really.”
“Wow. Wow… You must have really wanted to kill me.”
“No more then normal… Well maybe a little more.” He held up to fingers showing her how much.
“Chuck, I’m so sorry! I swore you guys were together. I just thought you were being shy about it.”
Chuck shrugged, “To be fair, I’ve been madly in love with him for years.”
“And John?
Chuck nodded his head, not being able to say the words. He pushed himself off the counter and walked closer to her. “Ellie? It had to stay between us… The family. No one else can know.”
As the timer for the cookies went off, she quickly grabbed her mittens and pulled them out, placing them on the counter. Still, eyeing him she asked, “Work?”
“Yeah.”
Ellie let out a deep breath, “I wish you two would just let me know what you do.”
Chuck went to open his mouth up to protest as him and Ellie have had this fight many times before, but she stopped him.
“But I know you can’t.” Ellie touched his arm. “Would you be fired?”
“No, he’d be transferred and I’d never see him again…. Kinda like Sarah.”
Ellie flinched, before pulling him into a hug. “Our secret then.”
Casey, of course, picked this moment to emerge from the bedroom. Ellie upon seeing him went forth and gave him a hug and kissed him on the cheek. He looked surprised at first, but understanding appeared when Ellie whispered, “You take care of him.”
Chuck cringed that Ellie had just done and said that and as Casey‘s blue eyes met his he gave him an apologetic expression. Casey though kept staring intently at him. “Always,” he whispered back.
Ellie withdrew from the hug a little misty eyed and excused herself. She was half way to her room when Casey stopped her.
“Ellie?”
She turned and looked at him, “I know. No one can know.” She put her finger up to her lips, before disappearing through the door.
Chuck went to clean the dirty dishes that Ellie had left behind. Still, he could feel Casey’s eyes on him. “She overheard us last night,” he explained as he turned the water on.
‘Oh,” There was a pause, “I thought she already thought we were together?”
“She did. I fixed that.”
“Why,” Casey asked with a little more then a touch of aggression and confusion.
Chuck shrugged and put even more effort into scrubbing the pan he was washing. “Every relationship I’ve ever had has been a lie in some form. I’d like this one to be true in everyway it can be.”
Casey grunted.
Chuck could feel his eyes on him so he whispered, “Sarah was really just transferred, right?”
“Yes. Sorry to tell you this, but if Sarah had really wanted to she could have left and worked at an Orange Orange for real. She just didn’t want to.”
“Yeah, I figured.” He laughed, put the now clean bowl aside and turned towards Casey,” But if your me long enough you become paranoid… Is something wrong?”
“No.”
The statement was simple enough, but the lack of emotion of Casey face told him on thing, “You’re lying.”
“Yeah.”
Chuck frowned. “Don’t. If you don’t want to tell me don’t. But don’t lie.”
“Going back to that true beginning again?”
“Yeah, I told you I had enough lies in relationships,” he bowed his head, “What is past, is past, but right now is a new beginning for us.”
Casey nodded, but Chuck could tell for some reason, Casey’s mood had darkened a little bit more. Chuck went forward and gave him a quick kiss. “Awesome and Ellie are exploring the town at finally. You want to do something?”
“Let’s take it as it goes.”
Chuck nodded and pulled Casey a little closer to him. “I told Ellie I’d bake the chocolate chip cookies.”
He smiled, “I‘ll join you.”
As Casey walked over and started pulling things out of the fridge, Chuck pointed at him and said, “Alright, but we’re using Ellie’s recipe. Not your own.”
Ducking back out of the fridge, Casey scowled, “But mine’s better.” They had had this debate several Christmases ago. Much to Chuck shock the big guy had moped over it for over a week. “Be honest!” he added.
Chuck nodded, “They are, but you try telling Ellie that.”
Casey arched his eyebrow as though he were thinking about doing just that.
“Don’t you dare! Just set the oven for 325. Ellie forgot to put her last batch in.”
Casey stood there with his arms crossed, looking nonplused. “And here I thought you’d stand by and support your boyfriend.”
At first, Chuck glared, but then melted over Casey’s choice of words, ‘boyfriend’. Stepping forward, he cupped his face and gave him a soft kiss. “Fine, we’ll make a batch of each. Just don’t tell Ellie.”
With that, Casey grinned, kissed Chuck again quickly and turned to cheerily slipped Ellie’s cookies into the oven.