Travel hopefully in life.

I started re-watching Chuck the other day. If you're not familiar, it's a delightfully zany spy comedy from the mid-aughts starring the incredibly dreamy Zachary Levi (featured in icon) as Chuck Bartowski, an employee at a big-box consumer electronics store (like a Best Buy) who accidentally downloads a computer full of government secrets into his brain through hand-wavey fake science. Some of the comedy is mildly insensitive ten years or so into future but altogether it's a fun watch with some really sweet romantic moments, exciting fight scenes, and varied shipping potential. (I may also have a weird nostalgic connection because my first real job was working customer service in a big box electronics store and, spy shenanigans aside, it's honestly kind of Like That.)

All of which to say, I'm about 13,000 words into several unconnected fic because a) I got mad about off-screen character development/timeline inconsistencies and b) I have an illness that is exacerbated by extended exposure to Mr. Levi's long, bovine eyelashes, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite bits here, in case anyone is interested.

( Back here because, while both are technically AUs, I don't want to risk spoiling anyone who hasn't seen the show and wants to keep even minor details a surprise. )

Anyway, it's really nice to be experiencing actual inspiration again for the first time in months and months.