Daddy

fanaticOnceR asked for a oneshot of Neal overhearing Emma call Charming David instead of dad or daddy. Neal gets mad at her for it. She ends up calling Charming daddy for a long time.

Sometimes Emma still slipped back to her pre-curse self. Especially when she was mad or upset, or both. It was a hard situation for Emma, dealing with her parents being the same age as her. It sometimes led to status problems, especially if she was having an argument with one or both of them. It just so happened that Neal was in the house when she was having an argument with their dad and accidentally slipped back and called him David. Suddenly, he came into the room wailing. Charming and Emma stopped arguing immediately, worried he had hurt himself.

"Neal buddy, what's wrong?" Charming asked him, panic stricken. He bent down to get a closer look at him.

"Is Emma adopted?" Neal wailed. Emma sighed. He's walked in on her watching an episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S the other day where a child accidentally finds out their adopted. He seemed to have a bit of a fear about adoption now.

"No Neal, why would you think that?" Charming asked him. He looked up at Emma.

"She called you by your grown up name. He's your daddy Emma, you need to call him daddy so nobody thinks you're an orphan or thinks you don't have a mommy and daddy and tries to steal you. Say his real name." Neal demanded. Emma looked hesitant. Charming crossed his arms and grinned.

"Go on Emma. Neal's right. You might get stolen if you don't. Say my real name to you." He teased her. Emma sighed. Neal would start crying if she didn't.

"Alright fine." She groaned. "He's my daddy. Ok Neal?" Neal smiled happily.

"You need to say it every time though." He reminded her. Emma groaned as Charming fell about laughing. Now until she could phase back to dad, whilst Neal was with her she was going to have to refer to him as daddy lest she reduce her baby brother to tears. And there was no way her dad would let it slide at the station. For the next few months at least, she was doomed!