A/N: Hey everyone! So my friend and I had a deal that if I watched the first season of Pushing Daisies she would watch the first season of Once Upon a Time, but we didn't have to go past the first season. I finished Pushing Daisies and she is on the third season of OUAT.
Anyway, I absolutely loved this show. It completely changes the way you look at a love story, and I just loved how the whole mood of the show was very fanciful and just different. I was really sad when it ended, and of course was not satisfied with the ending they gave us at all. I am still having major feels about it. Which is why I'm writing this.
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It has been three days, five hours, and twenty-six minutes since the Piemaker and the not-dead-girl Chuck showed up on Aunts Lily and Vivian's doorstep bearing not only flowers and wine, but the news that their beloved niece (or daughter, in the case of one) was actually alive.
One day, two hours, and fifteen minutes of that time had been used to explain to Lily and Vivian the secret of Ned's special ability to wake the dead. Even after touching a dead flower and bringing it back to life in front of their eyes, Lily refused to believe it for a long time.
So now the Piemaker lied peacefully in his own bed with a smile, thinking about how happy Chuck was, and how that made him happy. The only thing that could make it better was, of course, if he could reach across the space between their beds and hold her hand.
But sadly, it was not to be.
"How are we going to live like this forever?" Ned asked, voicing his thoughts out loud.
"Hm?" Chuck rolled over to look at him with her brow furrowed.
"I can't touch you, I'll never be able to touch you. Doesn't that bother you?"
"It's not forever, just…sixty, seventy years. Give or take."
He tried not to let her literal interpretation distract him from his train of thought. "You deserve to be with someone normal who can hold your hand and kiss you without plastic wrap."
She propped herself up with her elbow. "And what, do you believe the same thing for yourself?"
"Of course not." It was the truth. "The only person I've ever wanted to be with is…" He smiled. "You."
Chuck raised her eyebrows. "I thought we'd already decided that the feeling was mutual and we'd be okay living like this. We've been fine so far."
Ned sighed, dreaming of a life where he and Chuck could be together without the hands-off stipulation. "I just want you to be happy."
"I am happy," she said with a smile. "I finally got to meet my mother. She and Vivian know I'm alive. And I have you." She wrapped her arms around herself, though Ned knew it meant she wanted to be hugging him instead. "Thank you."
"No matter how many times you keep saying 'thank you' I'll just keep saying 'I love you.'"
Chuck smirked. "Maybe that's just what I want to hear."
Ned flexed his fingers, wanting to hold her hand more than anything. "I love you."
She blew him a kiss, still grinning. "I love you too." All too soon, her smile was replaced by a thoughtful frown. "You know, there's still one more thing we have to do?"
Her thoughtfulness worried him. Explaining his powers to Lily and Vivian had been bad enough. "What?"
The girl named Chuck raised an eyebrow at the Piemaker, and he knew he wasn't going to like what came out of her mouth.
"Tell Olive."