Our Babies
Anonymous asked for a one shot of Henry and Emma babysitting Neal and Snowing coming home to find them all asleep on Emma's bed
"We've got it mom! Please, you and dad go out and have a night to yourselves" Emma said shooing her parents out of the house.
"There are extra bottles in the fridge so all you have to do is heat them up and..."
"Mom" Emma interrupted coming over and placing her hands on her shoulders "I have taken care of a baby before. You and dad go ahead and have a good night. We're going to be just fine" At that point David came up and put his arm around her shoulders to guide her out while mouthing a 'thank you' to Emma as the door closed behind them
"Alright Henry, what's up first?"
"Legos! I just got a new set!"
"Perfect! Let me grab little bros and we can get started" she said heading toward her parents room where they kept some of the oversize baby legos. She knew if she didn't distract Neal he would try and put Henry's in his mouth. They played for a solid hour and it gave Emma time to whip up some Mac and cheese and heat up a bottle for Neal.
"Dinner is served" she said putting the bowl down in front of Henry. "And you get to come with me and I'll feed you your dinner!" She cooed at her brother. "So what are you building Henry?"
"It's a pirate ship" He replied with a mouth full of noodles
"Of course" Emma said rolling her eyes. She did love how much her son admired her boyfriend. IT helped that they got along so well. "Well it looks great"
"Yea, I would have been done a bit sooner but I helped Neal out with his"
"Well that's nice of you. Hey, why don't you pick out a movie for us"
"Okay!" and he was immediately pulling out the baskets from beneath the TV.
Emma wrapped up feeding Neal his bottle and laid him in his Moses basket before going and grabbing herself a bowl of Mac and Cheese before settling in on the couch. "So what did you pick?" She said as she watched Henry load the DVD player
"A classic, Beauty and the Beast"
"I like it! Come on up here!" She said patting the space on the couch next to her. Henry came right over and Emma put her arm around him. After a little bit she heard Neal start to stir so she picked him up and cuddled him on her other side. It wasn't long before the trio were sound asleep on the couch.
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Snow was starting to get worried. She had tried to call Emma twice and it went to voicemail. "David what if something happened?"
"Snow relax. I'm sure she left her phone on the counter or something or she is trying to get Neal to sleep and put it on silent so she can' hear it. They are fine" He said placing a gentle hand on her leg.
"I hope you're right" she said as they pulled into the parking lot. She rushed up stairs and threw open the door and immediately stopped at the sight in front of her. David came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Their children and grandson were all cuddled up on the couch with the tv replaying the menu of a DVD over and over. They looked so sweet with Neal sprawled across Emma's chest and Henry tucked into her side.
"I told you they were fine" He whispered
"You were right...Our babies are perfectly perfect" She said continuing to stair at them.
"Why don't you grab our little prince and I'll help our princess and her prince to get to bed" Charming said kissing the side of her head before beginning to move. Things definitely weren't how they had ever thought, but it was moments like this that they were able to see what things may have been.