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A guest asked for a oneshot of the family being trapped in Neverland again. Snow and Emma both pass out from dehydration. Charming is tending to both of them. Snow lets slip that she's been putting water from her canteen into Emma's and vice versa. Charming reprimands them both, but secretly finds it sweet.

Charming didn't think either of them were looking particularly good. He kept offering that they take a break, but once one of them said they were fine, the other seemed to be insistent on keeping up. It was really only a matter of time before one of them passed out. What he hadn't expected was for them to go almost one after the other, like dominoes. First, Emma collapsed.

"Emma!" Charming had called out. Both he and Snow were beside her in an instant. Charming sighed.

"I knew she wasn't looking right." He pointed out. "I don't think she's been drinking enough."

"She has been, I've made sure of it." Snow told him. Charming looked at her suspiciously.

"What do you mean 'you made sure of it', Snow?" Charming asked her. Snow pretended like she hadn't heard him, pretending to look over Emma. "Snow?" Charming repeated more forcefully.

"I've been slipping Emma water from my canteen." Snow mumbled. "So that way she…she…" But Snow wasn't able to finish her sentence. She too, passed out. Charming got Snow into a comfortable position. He was beginning to work out what had happened here, but he would wait for Emma to wake up and confirm his suspicions first.

Emma woke up about ten minutes later. Charming handed her a full canteen.

"Small sips." He instructed her. Emma looked around and saw that her mom was out.

"Mom!" She called out, crawling over to her. "What happened?"

"Same as you, she passed out because she wasn't drinking enough. Because she was slipping all her water to you. But since you were slipping all her water to her, you weren't drinking either." Charming said coolly. Emma's eyes widened, caught. Charming sighed. The lecture could wait until they were both awake and a little better.

Snow woke up about fifteen minutes later. Charming also handed her a full canteen and instructed her to take small sips. As she did, Charming explained that Emma had been slipping her water. Snow went to give Emma a lecture, but Charming cut her off.

"You're both as bad as each other." He told them. "We all have enough water. There's no need to be slipping anyone else some. As you can see, it's dangerous." Charming knew he had to get the point across, but it was hard when he found their actions so sweet (if still dangerous). It just showed how much this family loved each other, and how much they were willing to sacrifice. He would never cease to find that beautiful.