Ned didn't like seeing Chuck with another man, even when that man was another him. It was all terribly confusing and he didn't like it. Nor did he like the nearly 20 floors that separated their rooms. He fully intended to address both of those things when he went to track her down.
What he worried over more than his own petty jealousies or even Chuck herself, was her reaction to the memories she had surely received in return. Would she be jealous, as well? Angry; scared? Ned had been through a lot in his city of Not New York. He had rebuilt the Pie Hole, seen waiters and waitresses come and go, he'd had two arch nemeses and even been arrested once. And through it all, Zatanna had been there for him. He would be lost without her, a fact he had rather glossed over when talking of the City before to his girlfriend. Not because he had anything to hide, but out of his own selfishness to keep the two worlds as separate as he could.
It seemed, now, however, that he had no choice in the matter. The pie maker jumped as his door creaked, Digby poking his nose in first; followed by Chuck herself. Ned scrambled to rise from his bed, a hand raising to his chest as he attempted to compose himself. No matter how mixed up his emotions were just now, it was always so devastatingly wonderful to see her. He couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips as he told her, "I was just thinking about you."
Which really wasn't much of an admission, given that he thought of her all the time.
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Ned didn't like seeing Chuck with another man, even when that man was another him. It was all terribly confusing and he didn't like it. Nor did he like the nearly 20 floors that separated their rooms. He fully intended to address both of those things when he went to track her down.
What he worried over more than his own petty jealousies or even Chuck herself, was her reaction to the memories she had surely received in return. Would she be jealous, as well? Angry; scared? Ned had been through a lot in his city of Not New York. He had rebuilt the Pie Hole, seen waiters and waitresses come and go, he'd had two arch nemeses and even been arrested once. And through it all, Zatanna had been there for him. He would be lost without her, a fact he had rather glossed over when talking of the City before to his girlfriend. Not because he had anything to hide, but out of his own selfishness to keep the two worlds as separate as he could.
It seemed, now, however, that he had no choice in the matter. The pie maker jumped as his door creaked, Digby poking his nose in first; followed by Chuck herself. Ned scrambled to rise from his bed, a hand raising to his chest as he attempted to compose himself. No matter how mixed up his emotions were just now, it was always so devastatingly wonderful to see her. He couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips as he told her, "I was just thinking about you."
Which really wasn't much of an admission, given that he thought of her all the time.