Moma bear Emma Swan requested for a one-shot of Neal, Emma and Henry enjoying Emma or Henrys favorite childhood movie with an appearance of Grandpa Rumple. So I will be honest Rumble is not my favorite ouat character but since it's your birthday moma bear I will include him. So happy belated birthday moma bear hope you enjoy the story.
This is set in season 2. I don't own OUAT or its characters just my imagination.
Chapter 7: favorite movie
The flu was spreading thru Storybrooke like wildfire and Emma and Henry where no exception. Henry was first the kid woke up at about 11:30 pm complaining he wasn't feeling good; moments later he was rushing down the stairs to get to the bathroom, emptying out his stomach. Once Emma knew Henry was done she got him back upstairs, quickly learning her son insisted on cuddling and being cuddled when he was sick. Emma wasn't going to argue if that's what made her son feel better so be it. Then two hours later Emma found herself in the bathroom emptying her stomach out as well. When morning came it was clear that neither Emma nor Henry where going to work or school that day. But with everything going on and the threat of Regina and Cora, Mary Margaret and David didn't want to leave the two alone but neither could stay so they called the one person they knew didn't have to work and knew they could trust.
Neal knocked on the loft door as Mary Margaret and David where getting ready to leave, they let him in and wished him a good day. He made his way over to the kitchen with bag of several bottles of Gatorade, meanwhile Emma and Henry where making their way down the stairs with their pillows and a blanket. "Hey how are you guys feeling?"
"Like crap" Emma moaned.
"What mom said" answered Henry.
"Why don't you guys head to the couch while I get both you guys something to drink." Neal watched as the mother and son went to the couch both just plopping down on the couch and leaning on to each other both clearly wanting the comfort and also trying to comfort the other. Neal brought them over their drinks and couldn't help but chuckle "I think if you both lay down you will start to feel better faster instead of sitting up like that." Emma placed her pillow at one end of the couch and went to lay down, Henry quickly behind her cuddling up between her side and the back of the couch. Emma brought her arm around her son then draped her other arm over her middle. Once he was comfortable Henry then draped his arm over her middle as well. Neal stood there confused "Buddy why don't you lay down at the other end of the couch? That way both you and your mom are comfortable."
"It turns out Neal, our son likes to be cuddled when he's sick" Emma quickly defending her son to him and it was turning out so did she did as well and Henry gave a nod confirming her statement.
"Alright if you say so, you guys are the ones who have to lay like that." Neal said as he handed Emma the tv remote "why don't you find something to watch." He was about to sit down when his cell phone rang he looked at the screen to see who was calling then walked where he was out of ear shot to take the phone call.
Meanwhile Emma flipped thru the channels not finding anything on she switched it over to cartoon network for Henry then set the remote down. She saw Neal coming back over "Who was that?" thinking it was her mom already checking up on them.
"It was my dad insisting he had to come over to give me something."
"Did you tell him we are sick?"
"Yes I did, but he insists it's important so I told him come over. Find anything on?"
"No nothing."
"Well I say we watch a couple movies, how about your twos favorites."
"I think that will work. What about you kid?" Henry just nodded his head clearly just not feeling well.
"Emma is yours still The Princess Bride?" he received a nod "Ok, so what about you buddy what's your favorite movie?"
Henry slightly lifted his head up "Actually I have two The lion king and the sandlot."
"Well I think we can fit three movies into our day." Then there was a knock on the door Neal walked over opened the door and there stood his dad.
"Hello Beal… I mean Neal."
"Hi papa" he just stood there a minutes "um… come on in."
"Thanks son." He took a few steps into the loft "Miss swan, Henry."
"Hi um… Gramps?" said Henry. The three adults could not help but laugh at the awkwardness of the situation here standing has Rumpelstiltskin aka the dark one and he's being called gramps.
"So the reason I came over was to give this to Henry, I know you can't use this yet but I wanted you to have it." Handing the boy a long object wrapped in cloth, upon seeing this Neal knew what it was.
Henry unwrapped the gift and it was a sword a real sword "Wow is this really real?"
"Yes it is, it was your fathers when he was a boy, I thought when you are ready for the real thing you could use it."
"Thanks" said Henry.
"Well I better be going, let you two rest."
Neal walked him to the door "Thank you papa, I like that Henry has something that is from my childhood."
"My pleasure son, go take care of your boy and his mother." Neal gave his dad a nod and closed the door.
"So who's ready to start the movies" Neal clearly said not wanting to talk about the visit "What should we start with The Sandlot?"
"Yeah dad start with that one." Neal put the movie in and pressed start. At three o'clock came their third and final movie ended Neal glanced over at Emma and Henry both completely knocked out. Neal couldn't help but smile at the pair he noticed 20 minutes earlier the two were both losing the fight against falling asleep. He quickly turned off the TV and recovered them with the blanket that had fallen to the floor. He just stood and watched them a minute Henry was stilled cuddled up to Emma side, his arm draped over her middle, his head resting between her chin and chest using it as a pillow. Emma's arm was wrapped around Henry and the other also draped over her middle and her head resting on her pillow but her chin was also slightly resting on Henrys head, both looked so peaceful and at ease being in each other's embrace.
Neal leaned over giving both of them a kiss on the forehead happy to know he can take care of his family and quietly said "Love you guys."
Hope you guys enjoyed this one shot. Until next time….
