Hey guys! I watched Sunday's episode again and again and just felt like something was missing. So here is a little Daddy!Charming missing scene. Takes place a day after Emma's and Hook's date. Check out my other Daddy!Charming one shots and my Charming family one-shot collection for more.

Your Haven

David was acting weird ever since that morning, when they drove together to the station. She noticed how uncharacteristically quiet he was, how he tensed whenever she got even the tiniest bit closer to him, how he held his breath way too many times the past few hours.

She was sitting in her chair, working on some paperwork, while David was sitting in his own chair. There was nothing unusual about it, they did it every day. Except he was staring, instead of working. And he had been staring for the past fifteen minutes.

"Is everything okay?" she asked from her seat, looking for his eyes. But he kept staring at her, not even making a move to answer her question. She breathed out a sigh, already worried about the man in front of her. "Dad?"

The word was like magic. His eyes snapped up, finding her own, and he gave her a smile. A smile that almost showed nothing was wrong. Only it never reached his eyes.

"What did you say honey?" he asked in his usual soft, fatherly voice. The same one that demanded she talked to him at the ice cream shop, the same one that praised her in the forest, after she lost trace of the snow queen, yet stopped her for the day.

"I asked if everything is okay," she replied, her voice high with what she tried to pass as confidence. "You're acting odd today".

"I'm perfectly well princess," he said, his smile growing. But she wasn't convinced. Not at all.

"Something is bothering you," she pushed. "You know you can tell me right?"

He waved his hand at her. "I'm okay Emma, promise. Just tired – your brother kept us up all night".

She sighed again. He was as stubborn as she was, she knew that already. She decided to let it slide for the time being and turned back to her paperwork. Sooner or later she would find out what bothered him, and she would fix it, just like he fixed everything when she was the one hurting.

They worked in complete silence for the rest of the day. She caught him staring a few more times, but ignored it every time, offering him a small smile instead. Sometimes she would get a smile from him as well. Sometimes he was staring so hard, lost in thought, that even her smile would go unnoticed.

The drive home was quiet as well. He let her drive after she insisted for a while, and she could feel his eyes on her the whole way. He was so occupied with her that he did not notice when she pulled in the middle of the forest. He blinked, startled by the sudden stop, and turned back to her.

"What are we doing here?" he asked quietly, his eyes unfocused.

"I'm worried about you," she confided. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes when he attempted a smile and insisted again that he was, in fact, perfectly fine.

"I know you better than you think Dad," she answered, opening the door and stepping outside. Seconds later he stepped outside as well. As much as he was unfocused, he would never let her run around the forest alone. Not with the snow queen out to get her.

She folded her arms across her chest and gave him her best serious glare; one that she knew mirrored her mother's. "We're not leaving until you tell me what's bothering you".

He opened his mouth to tell her he was fine again, she was sure. So instead of letting him speak, she cut in. "Please Dad," she begged, a tiny voice inside her pointing that she sounded just like a teenager pleading for permission to do something dangerous. "Please, just tell me what's wrong".

He sighed, and she was sure it was a good sign. He was finally going to tell her what was bothering him. And after she knew what was wrong she could fix it and have her brave, funny, talkative, protective Dad back.

"You're not supposed to worry about me, I'm the parent".

"What does it have to do with anything?" she bit, "if my Dad is hurting, I want to fix it".

"But that's not how it works," he insisted. "I fix things when you're broken. You're not supposed to see me broken. I'm supposed to be your haven".

"Dad, you need to tell me what's wrong".

David took in a deep breath, and opened his mouth to speak. "I just got you back. You're all grown up but you're also my baby girl, my princess, my tiny warrior. And even though you're an adult, I'm not ready to see you go. And yesterday with… yesterday with Hook was just a little hard on me. Because when I looked at you with this dress, and you looked so beautiful, I wanted to hold you in my arms and never let you go".

He had tears in his eyes, and she knew she had tears in her eyes as well. And she could not help the blush that crept to her cheeks. Oh, how her heart ached for him. She stayed quiet for a minute, making sure she had the power inside her to form the exact words she was thinking about.

"Dad, you are my haven. You're always there to pick me up when I'm broken, and you always know exactly what to say or do to help. I know I'm not the little girl you lost all those years ago, but I'm still me." She got closer to him, her right hand grabbing his left one, squeezing hard.

"I don't know how it feels to have a child the same age as you, but what I do know is how it feels to know you missed all those years, with all the experiences. Yesterday was amazing for me, not only because I got to go on a date. It was amazing also because for the first time I had my parents with me before one. The proud looks you both gave me yesterday made me feel loved and wanted".

"You will always be loved and wanted," he interrupted, kissing her hand.

"I know Dad, and that's exactly my point. In a few years I might find a man or move to my own place. But it doesn't matter where I am living, Wherever Mum and you are, that is my home as well. And no matter whom I find to either spend my life with or just date for a while, the three most important men in my life will always be Henry, Neal and you."

He looked at her with such love she felt like she was breaking in the inside. With one last bit of courage she pulled him into her arms, her head resting in the crook of his neck. And after a few moments during which she clung to him like her life depended on it, she whispered final words.

"And just as much as you'll forever see me as your baby girl, I will forever see you as my father. No matter how old I am. I promise you that, Daddy".

Tell me what you think? I was thinking about adding a little Mama!Snow missing scene as well, so if you're interested just follow this story or tell me in a comment.