i’ve been wanting to watch pushing daisies for years, their dynamic was always so interesting to me, and now that i’m finally watching the show, i am itching to write a merwaine fic inspired by it.... someone stop me.
but like, hear me out, please
merlin in ned’s role:
he's got a magical gift with three simple rules. 1. he can bring the dead back to life with a single touch; 2. if he doesn't touch them again whithin one minute, someone else dies; and 3. if he touches them again, they go back to being dead forever.
one day gwen, who is a detective, accidentally sees what merlin can do and they start working together bringing murder victims back for one minute to ask who killed them and what happened to solve the crime and, of course, get some money in return for catching the assassin.
all very controlled, very careful, very rules-based. it works wonderfully for both of them.
and then one day the body is not a stranger, it's gwaine.
gwaine who is (was) not just an old friend, gwaine was merlin's teenage crush, his first ever love. his first kiss. the one that made him feel complete and safe.
so merlin does what he has to and brings him back. but he can’t bring himself to touch him again. now gwaine is alive, but merlin can never touch him again or he’ll die permanently. no hand-holding, no kisses, no reassurance except words and looks and standing just a little too far apart.
and they have to solve gwaine’s murder which they assume will be straightforward but absolutely is not, because the deeper they dig the more it becomes clear that this wasn’t random at all and that it’s tied to something much bigger than any of them expected.
it would have so many gwen and gwaine bestfrienderism, they would be such a nice duo teasing merlin. they would love eachother.
anyway this is just a thought i’m having.
for fun.
definitely not to hurt myself emotionally.
and i'm definetly not thinking of writing it.
i'm not thinking of the scene where they want to fuck so bad but can't touch so they have to stand in front of each other touching themselves pretending its the other.
i'm also not imagining gwaine or merlin crying and the other one watching not able to give them a hug.
also not thinking of them dancing with bee keepers clothes so they wont touch but can still dance together and kissing with plastic wrap in the middle.
someone please take this out of my head.

















