Pacifier- part 3
A guest asked for a oneshot of a 3rd instalment following on from Ch2099 "Pacifier- part 2" where Snowing buy Emma a new pacifier when they notice her chewing on her lip.
Technology: it's great…when it works. When it fails, well, that's a different story. So after getting used to the new upgrades at the station, it was a pretty stressful week when their whole system crashed on them and it was back to doing everything by hand and having to remember some file details off the top of their heads. Poor Emma was bearing the brunt of the strain. Charming was only part time at the station now so he could spend time with both his kids. He spent have his week with Emma at the station and the other half with Neal on their new farm. Red was filling in for him now, but there was no way she'd know enough to remember some of those details yet. As expected, the stress led Emma to revert back to one of her bad habits: chewing her lip. By the Friday of the first week of the crash when Snow met her for a bite to eat, she winced at how raw it looked. She was surprised it hadn't gotten infected. Later, she would have a private word with Charming about stepping in on the situation before it got any worse.
After Emma came home from work on the Monday completely stressed out her box, all she wanted to do was have a nice hot shower before collapsing into her bed. When she went inside, however, she saw a small box on her kitchen top. On top of it was a note with her name in her father's handwriting. She opened the box and found a brand new pacifier. No other note or explanation, just the pacifier. Not that an explanation was needed. Emma was aware of how bad her lip was looking right now. One of them must have twigged and took action. Emma felt touched. She was still too embarrassed to call them and thank them, but she happily unboxed the pacifier and stuck it in her mouth, her lip very grateful for her new distraction.
