His little superhero

A guest asked for a oneshot of *minor spoiler alert for those who haven't seen Josh's new short film sidekick yet!* Charming telling Neal a superhero bedtime story.

Guest: Sorry, but I only write sequels up to 100 chapters after the original is posted.

MiniMimi: Sorry, but I don't know all that much about Thanksgiving :S

"Ok champ," Charming said as he got himself settled beside his son on the tiny little bed. "what are we reading tonight?" Neal shook his head excitedly. He loved it when his daddy was in charge of the bedtime story.

"Can you make up a story, daddy? Please?" The little boy pleaded. Charming grinned. He loved that Neal enjoyed his stories so much.

"Of course I can, buddy. What do you want this story to be about?" He asked. Charming knew all the usual plot points Neal enjoyed. Dinosaurs. Monster trucks. Slaying dragons. Of course, there was still his favourite right now,

"Superheroes!" Neal announced. Charming continued to smile. Of course it was to be about superheroes.

"Ok little man. Superheroes it is. Once, there lived a little boy called Neal…" Neal was practically bouncing on the bed. He loved it when his dad used his name in the story! "This little boy had a great- big- secret. He had superpowers! He was so strong that he could lift up massive lorries without so much as breaking a sweat, and he could fly so fast that he could spend the day in Australia and still make it home in time for dinner. He was the sole protector of his town called Storybrooke. However, he had a family, and he didn't want anyone to know he was the hero in case he got any of them hurt. So he had a secret identity. By day, he was Neal Nolan. A-grade schoolboy. By night he was…" Charming looked to his son, this was the part Neal loved to do by himself. Neal thought carefully for a moment.

"Mega Boy!" Neal told his dad.

"Alright, he was known as Mega Boy. Well, Mega Boy had many enemies lurking around the dark corners of the streets of Storybrooke. None of them were any match for him though. His biggest enemy was the dastardly Dr Crime. Crime took every chance he had to try and bring down Mega Boy, but nothing he ever did worked. That night, Dr Crime had tried to take down our favourite super boy by imprisoning all his friends at school! He had locked them all in the building, and had threatened Mega Boy that if he didn't come, all his friends would be blown to smithereens. So of course Mega Boy showed up, but he did not come along. His trusty sidekick Mighty Mutt accompanied him. Working as a team, they easily brought down Dr Crime once more and were able to save all of Mega Boy's friends…" Charming looked down to find that Neal had quietly fallen asleep by his side. His heart warmed. Charming carefully manoeuvred himself so that Neal was tucked in under the covers. He kissed his son on the forehead and turned off the lamp before tiptoeing out the door, leaving Mega Boy to fight some more crime in his dreams.