I reblogged a prompt list on Tumblr with a bunch of different domesticity situations. Loboselinaistrash requested to see #22: the thermostat fight for Red Snowing. Set as though they were never separated due to the curse and it broke when Emma was a baby.
There were many modern inventions that the residents of Storybrooke loved as opposed to the options back in the Enchanted Forest. Granny always talked about how much easier it was to cook with ovens and microwaves. The dwarfs had fallen in love with sports and found the T.V great. For David, Snow and Ruby, though, it was thermostat that really made a difference. David had grown up poor on a farm. There was a fire place in the winters, but it barely heated up the whole house. In the summer, he had to deal with the unbearable heat. Ruby hadn't been as poor as he, but even so, she still had to deal with similar weather. Snow had a bit better living in the castle in the winters, but summers weren't much better.
However, each of them had different opinions when it came to the thermostat in question. Snow ran cold, while David and Ruby were always hot. They had gotten to what they believed was a happy medium. It was the summer, Ruby and David could dress in lighter layers if necessarily and Snow would pull a quilt over herself if she ever got too cold.
One day, however, they realized that one of them had been fiddling with the thermostat. Snow found the loft was way too cold and would put it back to the normal temperature. Other days, Ruby and David thought it was too warm. After a long day of training for an upcoming marathon, they were quite uncomfortable when they entered the loft. They found Snow in the kitchen, cooking.
"Snow, come on," Ruby said as she adjusted the thermostat. "I thought we had an agreed temperature."
"We do, I haven't touched it."
"Right, that's why it's hot as the Underworld in here."
"I don't know what you two are talking about. Lately when I come in here, it's been freezing cold, even for your standards."
David's brows furrowed. "We haven't touched the thermostat."
"Then who has? The Underworld fairy?"
"Just keep it right here," Ruby grumbled. "I'd rather not feel like I'm melting in here. You know my fur causes me to run warm."
She stomped off to the bathroom, clearly feeling grumpy. Snow frowned after her. She honestly hadn't been touching the thermostat, she thought they were the ones that were messing with it. David noticed the look on her face.
"If we haven't been touching it and neither have you, then who?"
"I have no idea," Snow shrugged. "I have a feeling of what'll cheer Ruby up though."
She slid the lunch into the oven and together, the two of them headed into the bathroom, finding Ruby just about to turn on the water for a shower.
"Room for two more?" Snow asked with a smirk.
"You know water conversation is the best for the town," David added, wrapping an arm around Ruby's waist.
Ruby couldn't help but smile at her spouses. "As long as David doesn't make any jokes about shaving my back."
"I'll be on my best behavior, I promise," he said, kissing her neck.
They got in the shower, taking turns washing each other and having a bit of fun. It was definitely one of the easiest ways for them to lighten the mood now that Emma was a toddler. When they were done, they got wrapped up with towels and headed out of the bathroom. They were suddenly hit by a harsh chill, even Ruby and David found it to be too cold. They looked over at the thermostat and found Emma standing on her stool, playing with the knob. She was supposed to be taking her nap.
The three exchanged a look. It was clear just who the thermostat bandit was.
A quick talk with Emma, explaining that the knob was not a toy and putting tape over it so she couldn't play with it again, the thermostat never seemed to budge from the agreed temperature.
As always, I do accept prompts! Whether it be on here or my Tumblrs: just-an-outlaw and justanoutlawfanfiction.