prompt: Charming's reaction to Graham and Emma's baby news
prompted by: skagengiirl
So I got this prompt. And then I got a review for an earlier fluff mentioning that they should hide all the weapons before Charming finds out about Emma's pregnancy.
…my head may have gone straight to "Where is my super suit?" but Charming with his sword. So there's a bit of a reference to that.
"Okay, I put every weapon where your father will not be able to find it," Mary Margaret says to Emma as they work together to set the table. It'd been a week since she'd learned she was pregnant and while Mary Margaret has been nothing but supportive, she's a little afraid of David's reaction.
He really just doesn't seem to like Graham. Mary Margaret keeps reminding her that to her David, it's only been three weeks since she was a newborn infant he was carrying to the safety of a magic wardrobe. But he already has one grandchild and Graham is her True Love, even if she hasn't necessarily acknowledged that to her parents, so she really doesn't get his problem.
They've planned this dinner out to make sure David is as happy as possible when he's told. His favorite meal, his favorite dessert, Graham is spending the time with Henry (who also needs to be told, but him and his grandfather learning at the same time is probably not a good idea) so that David can't reach him to kill him… And the weapons completely hidden… They've taken everything into consideration.
It's awkward, having dinner just the three of them. Usually there's Henry there, and Graham's poor attempts to make jokes that don't impress David but at least fill the silence.
"So, Emma, any news to share?" Mary Margaret finally prompts her when David has started eating a slice of the cheesecake.
"Well," Emma starts, cautiously, "Graham and I are having a baby."
At first David seems unaffected, but then he silently sets down his fork and stands from the table, heading over to the far side of the loft. He appears to be looking for something.
"Snow?" he yells over to them, "Where is my sword?"
"I put it away," Mary Margaret calls back calmly. Emma hides her head in her hands. This is exactly what she was afraid of.
"Where is it?" David asks again.
"Why do you need it?" Mary Margaret takes a sip of cocoa. Calm as Mary Margaret is, Emma just wants to vanish.
"Because that… That… That Huntsman got my baby pregnant!" David yells.
"David. We made a ground rule. Emma is a grown woman who controls her own love life."
"I don't care! I don't care about that other rule, we owe him our lives, either! As far as I'm concerned he lost the protection of that rule the minute he touched her."
"David, stop it!" Emma yells, snapping, standing from the table and staring him down.
"Give me one good reason."
"He remembered his true self early. When we first kissed," Emma winces. She loves Graham, but the whole "True Love" thing is big and scary and she doesn't like thinking about it. That's why she hadn't told either of her parents yet.
"Well, David," Mary Margaret says, "You can't argue with True Love's Kiss. And you can't kill your daughter's True Love. Right?"
"I can and I will," David growls.
"Why?" Emma asks, "Why do you want your granddaughter to grow up without her father?"
"It's not- I don't-" David deflates, stammering, "Emma- It's- He's my age."
"So am I," she reminds him.
"It's different with you, though! You were my little newborn baby girl for a few minutes. But him- Your mother and I met him before you were ever even conceived!"
"Charming," Mary Margaret says, "He's a good man, and he loves her. That should be enough for you."