Title: Mittens
Fandom: Pushing Daisies
Characters: Ned/Chuck
Prompt: #39 - Tease
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Warnings/Spoilers: None, really, though it was inspired by a line from "Window Dressed to Kill," so I guess there could be a tiny spoiler hidden in there? It's my first time writing Pushing Daisies, if that counts as a warning.
Summary: It's the only way they can hold hands. Drabble.

He felt her tiny hand clasp his, the friction of the wool mittens between them acting as a barrier. It was teasing him, telling him that while he could hold her hand, he couldn't hold her hand. Life was teasing him in that way, allowing him to hold her hand, but only with mittens. Never without.

She smiled her little smile – his smile - and squeezed his hand through her mitten, and Ned realized that it would all be okay. Though as he looked around them, he realized that they were out of place, with everyone else wearing summer clothing…