hold out your hand

fandom: Chuck
title: silver in the stars above that shine on everybody
word count: 550
warnings: general series spoilers
a/n: I need to make the giant disclaimer that I have not watched Chuck in over a year. Any canon fail here is all mine, with abject apologies.

This is for siricerasi, with hopes that the result of me stepping way outside my comfort zone isn't spectacularly disappointing. The complete list of prompts is here.

The title is from "White Is in the Winter Night," by Enya. Cut text is from "Love is Christmas," by Sara Bareilles.

( Why so scared that you’ll mess it up? Imperfection keeps you haunted. )

There is a low of 20 on my widget, and this delights me to a ludicrous degree. Also, what is going on with me and Pandora's secret plan to make me like Patty Loveless? I don't understand. Right now I just want to curl up in bed and read Madeleine L'Engle's The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas cover to cover.

eta: This morning, I came across this article, which is worth a read if you care about women on TV.