Title: Love is Strength

Disclaimer: Once Upon A Time and its characters belong to Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and are owned by ABC. Not Mine!

Warning: K+ (Mentions some child abuse from Emma's past)

Author's Note: Here is Chapter 10, since it is Thanksgiving break, I have a little more time for writing! This chapter seemed to write itself though, but it might have gotten away from me a little! :) Snow and Charming are getting a little parenty (excuse my made up word). I hope you guys like it! :)

Parents…

Emma is asleep with her head resting on Charming's chest now; somehow she managed in her sleep to snuggle up closer to him. He reaches and pulls the blanket up back over her shoulder. Henry at some point had come up to the couch and squeezed in between Emma and Snow during the movie. He, too, had fallen asleep. Charming looks over at Snow as she gets up to gather all of the mugs. "Snow, those can wait till after the movie." Charming whispered, trying not to wake up Emma.

"I'm just going to let them soak in water." Snow whispers back with a smile. She loves seeing Charming taking care of their daughter. She is overwhelmed with love for both Charming and her daughter. She puts down the mugs and leans over to kiss Emma on the forehead. She then kisses Charming on lips passionately. "What was that for?" Charming asked a little stunned, but obviously pleased.

"For taking care of our daughter." Snow replies as she leans in and kisses him again.

"Ugh, Seriously!" Emma says in a hoarse voice as she wakes up to her parents kissing just inches from her face. "I am right here!" Emma whines but doesn't move away. She likes listening to David's heart beating, but not seeing her parent's kissing right in front of her face, literally.

Charming chuckles softly as Snow pulls away with a guilty smile. Snow then gets the mugs to take back to the kitchen.

"Emma does your throat hurt?" Charming asks as he thinks about her hoarse voice, hoping she is not going to get sick from the whole ordeal of being outside so long without a coat.

"My throat is fine." Emma quickly responds in a hoarse voice.

"Emma." Charming says in a disapproving tone.

"I'm fine." Emma states defiantly not wanting to give in to her Dad.

"Emma Swan, I want the truth." Charming replies firmly in a no-nonsense tone that only a father could use.

Emma paled a little at that tone her father was using and wondering how both of her parents could make her feel like a little kid again when they spoke to her in that tone of voice. Before she knew it she was telling her father the truth. "Okay, it hurts a little. I am sure it is nothing." Emma replies then coughs.

"I don't know, Emma. It seems like you may be coming down with a cold. I don't like the sound of your hoarse voice or that cough. How's your head feeling?" Charming asked thinking it is probably time she could have some more medicine.

"Fine."

"Emma." Charming says back in his disapprovingly, fatherly tone.

"Okay, okay. It hurts still." Geez, he isn't letting me get away with anything. Emma thinks as she gives in once again. Not like she has much of a choice, she must have gotten her stubbornness from her father.

Snow came back over to the couch with a glass of water and two Advil for Emma to take to help ease her headache.

"Thank you, Mom." Emma said without thinking about it as she sat up to take the pills.

Snow couldn't help, but smile as she heard Emma call her mom, again.

"But you know, I could take three or four at once." Emma said on a side note not thinking anything of it.

"Emma! You shouldn't take that many at once, that can't be good for you! The directions clearly say two pills every 4 hours." Snow said in a disapproving and worried tone.

Emma forgets that her parents are not as familiar with this world's medicines like her. "The extra strength kind lets you take a bigger dose, so I am sure it is fine. I normally take 3 or 4 if I need it." Emma said confidently.

"Well, we probably should follow the directions of the bottle. Less medicine is always better." Snow answered not quite believing Emma.

"That's not necessarily true. If you don't take medicine for a fever how would it go down, so in that case more medicine would be better. So can I please have a two more Advil? It would really help my headache." Emma asked as she tried Henry's puppy dog look on her mother.

"No, I don't think that is good for you." Snow said as she ignored the look Emma was giving her. When it came to Emma's health, she wasn't going to back down to that look. Although, it was very tempting.

"But..." Emma started but was quickly interrupted by her father.

"Emma, don't argue with your mother. She said no." Charming said firmly.

Emma looked from Snow to Charming, then back to Snow. Great, now my parents are ganging up on me. I really thought that Henry's look would work on Snow, it did work on David earlier. So I can twist him around my finger, but not mom. I need to work on that. She really shouldn't let them tell her what to do, but it is hard when they are both looking at her with those "looks." She did not like this power they seemed to have over her, but it was nice to be cared for which was new to her so she would let it go this time. "Okay." Emma begrudgingly complied.

Charming bit back a chuckle as Snow held back a smirk at Emma's reluctant agreement. Both surprised that she gave in so easily.

Snow took the glass and took it back to the kitchen as Emma laid her head back down on Charming's chest. Emma listens to his heartbeat for a few moments and then remembers that she has not thanked her Dad for saving her yet.

"Thank you, Dad." Emma mutters quietly into Charming chest.

"For what?' Charming asked not sure what she is talking about.

"For saving me today. I never said thank you." Emma said.

"I would do it again in a heartbeat, sweetheart. I love you and would do anything for you." Charming kisses the top of her head.

Emma is taken aback by his declaration of love for her. She has never had people who cared about her so much and she is not sure how to take it. It is hard to wrap her head around the fact that her father loves her and would do anything for her. She has been mistreated by so many men whether they were her foster dads, foster brothers, or men that have just taken advantage of her. Now, her father was telling her that he loved her and would save her again in a heartbeat; she was overwhelmed by his love and devotion for her. It was so unfamiliar to her she didn't know how to respond to it.

Charming could tell that Emma was having a hard time believing what he was saying so he gently sat her up. He looked her in the eyes. "Emma, I will always love you. I will always do everything I can to keep you safe. You are my daughter and I love you more that words could ever express."

Emma couldn't keep her tears from falling as her father looked into her eyes because she could see that he was telling the truth and that he did love her.

Charming wiped away her tears with his thumb and gently brought her back down to lay her head back on his chest. He rubbed her back as her breathing returned to normal. She needed to know that she was loved because he is afraid that love has been too rare in her life. "You have always been loved, princess, from the moment we knew that we were going to have a baby someday. Never forget that I love you, your mother loves you, and Henry loves you."

"Okay." Emma replied in quiet voice then began to cough again.

"Maybe we should get you to bed." Charming states as he continues to rub circles on Emma's back.

"The movie isn't over yet!" Emma complains. She really just wants to be with her family right now.

"You have hardly watched any of it, Emma." Charming argues.

"Please, just till the movie ends, then I'll go to bed." Emma pleads, not wanting to be separated from either her dad or her mom just yet. Also she really doesn't want to move at the moment.

"I don't know. Let's see what your mother thinks." Charming said feeling like she is staying up for another reason, but he is not exactly sure what that is. Though she sure is getting whinier as the night goes on, she probably needs to go to sleep.

"I agree, you should go to bed, but the movie is almost over so I don't see the harm in letting you stay up to watch the end of it." Snow replies as she comes back from the kitchen. She had been watching them from afar not wanting to ruin the moment between father and daughter.

Emma isn't sure she likes what just happen. If she wanted to stay up, then by all means she would stay up. She is 28 years old and she doesn't need her parents to tell her when to go to bed. It's a good thing they said yes or else they would have another argument on their hands. Although, it is a bit foreign for her to have people care that much about her. It is really nice to have parents that care about her enough to fuss over her when she is hurt, but it can be quite irritating at times.

"Hey, what's going on? Why didn't anyone wake me? I missed part of the movie." Henry rubs his eyes. "Oh, hey, there's gramps, again. You seem angry." Henry says he brings his attention back to the movie. They are at the part when Thor's men are contemplating finding Thor and bringing him back to their world. Fandral is yelling at one of the other men for always eating when there was a crisis at hand.

Charming rolls his eyes as Henry.

"You know. He even sounds like you. Are you sure you were in that coma for the whole 28 years?" Emma asked with a mischievous grin.

"Of course, I was in a coma the whole time."

"Charming, you did wake up before, maybe you did and then had relapse after you made this movie." Snow chimed in, knowing it wasn't true, but like teasing her husband.

"That's true, Gramps." Henry said quite seriously.

"Oh, that's 3-to-1, you had to be in this movie!" Emma replied confidently as she chuckled which turned into a cough.

"You guys are forgetting one important fact. Nobody could leave Storybrooke that was cursed without something bad happening to them, so how would I have left to go film the movie?" Charming said with a smirk.

They all looked at him in a bit of awe as they realized what he was saying.

"Good point, but you can't deny the striking resemblance between you and Fandral." Emma smiles.

"Yeah, Gramps! You can't deny the fact that Fandral looks and sounds a lot like you!"

"I give up!" Charming raises his hands as if surrendering and then laughs at the absurdity of what they are saying.

"That's probably wise! Like I said you are outnumbered." Emma said with a smirk.

"Emma!" Snow said a few moments later.

"What?" Emma said confused, her voice still raspy.

"We never iced your ribs! I better go get those frozen peas." Snow said as she rushed to the kitchen.

"Oh no, not the peas again, they are fine! I don't need to ice them." Emma was surprised at how whiny her voice sounded, but she wasn't giving up the fight. She did not want to put those frozen peas on her side. She really thought Snow had forgotten about it, I guess she just remembered. Crap. She probably giving me that mom "look" again.

"Emma, I am not going to argue with you. Put these on your side." Snow replied firmly with the mom "look" that Emma had come to realize was hard to ignore.

"But…they are fine." Emma tried to stand her ground against her mother.

Snow reached over and touched Emma's left side, which made Emma wince. "No they aren't fine."

"Oh alright. It is just so darn cold!" Emma complained as she took the bag of frozen peas and put them on her ribs.

Charming chuckled as he exchanged an amused smile with Snow.

"Can we watch the movie now?" Emma asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Of course, princess." Snow said with a smile as she fixed the blanket over Emma and sat back down on the other side of Henry.

Emma groaned. Now her mother was calling her princess, this could not become a thing. She would have to deal with the whole princess thing tomorrow, but she did not really have the energy for another argument. She was still feeling the effects of her injuries and feeling rather sleepy, but she wanted to stay awake for the end of the movie. Her throat was starting to irritate her and was hoping it would just go away. Right now though, she wanted to just enjoy her family time for a little while longer before she went to bed for the night. King George did not ruin their happiness and he wasn't going to if she could help it.

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P.S. I am thinking there will only be a chapter or two more depending on how it goes, so if there is anything thing you would like to see let me know and I'll see what I can do! :)