As much as I would like to own them, all the characters of Once Upon A Time belong to ABC - I own nothing. No copyright infringement intended. This is purely for entertainment purposes. All writing is my own. I do not own Once Upon A Time, it's plot or it's characters.

Ok, so this will probably be the last one of this series, as I have other stuff to write. But, I may add to this when I feel the need to write a Snow and Red one shot, so thank you to everybody who read and added to alerts and faves etc, it really means a lot. For now I'm gonna mark it as complete, but enjoy!

PS - Important note for this one-shot: The curse never happened.

Imagine your OTP calming their child(ren) in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.

Fairytale Land, AU

The rain poured down upon the castle as the thunder roared outside. Inside, in their room, Red and Snow were curled up together in their bed. Another roar ripped through the sky and Snow turned over, rolling into her wife's warm embrace and snuggling into her chest. Red adjusted and wrapped her arms a little tighter around the shorter woman, making her feel safe.

A few moments later and a particularly loud roar ripped through the sky, illuminating the castle walls. Ignoring it, Red and Snow cuddled together the closest they could and carried on sleeping.

A few minutes later there was a knock on their door and Snow slowly opened her eyes, the first thing she saw being Red. She blinked a few times before pulling away. Red whimpered at the loss of comfort and warmth, but Snow kissed her reassuringly,

"Shush, I'm not going anywhere" She whispered, letting Red keep her arms wrapped around her. "Come in" She spoke up, and the door opened.

In walked a sleepy and upset looking five year-old Emma, who was clutching her favorite teddy in her arms.

"Emma?" Snow asked in concern, sitting up a little.

A tear ran down Emma's face and she sniffled, her eyes ready to overflow with even more tears. Snow sat up alarmed, much to Red's disappointment, and opened her arms wide. Emma ran up to her and jumped into her arms, immediately crying into her mother's chest.

When she heard crying, Red woke up and sat up to find her daughter crying in Snow's arms. She rubbed her eyes and yawned, shuffling close to her family. Snow sighed when she felt Red's warmth behind her and looked down at their daughter.

"What's wrong Emma?" Snow asked softly.

"I-It's s-scary" She stuttered, a fresh set of tears running down her face.

"What is?"

"T-thunder"

Snow looked up at Red, her eyes silently asking what they should do. Red took in Emma's appearance and placed a comforting hand on her back, rubbing in soothing circles.

"Why's it scary?" She asked, feeling one of Snow's arms wrap around her waist.

"It's loud and big"

"It's ok, Emma. Your mom was just like you" She said, looking at Snow.

Emma looked from Red to Snow. "Really?" She asked curiously.

Snow nodded. "I was just like you were. I used to be afraid when I was a little girl too, and even when I was big"

"Why?"

"I never had anybody to help me until your mama" Snow smiled.

Emma looked up at Red. "How did you help her?"

"You want me to show you?" Emma nodded enthusiastically and Red pulled away and lit one of the candles that rested beside her and Snow's bed.

"What now?"

"Now, we sit together and watch the thunder together. Get comfy"

Emma did as she was told and nestled herself in Snow's arms. Red slid in behind her wife so that Snow was sat in between her legs, and wrapped her arms around her waist, pulling her in tightly so that they were all snuggled together. Snow finished it off by pulling the blanket up over their legs.

As they watched the thunder together, Emma flinched a few times but soon enough the more she watched it, the more enamored she became with it. She even started to enjoy it. When she started growing sleepy, Snow proposed that they put her to bed.

Knowing that Emma would be upset if she didn't wake up in her parent's room, Red suggested that they keep her in their room just for the night. Snow agreed and went to placed their daughter in between them, but Red stopped her and made her place the little girl on her side.

"I wanted to cuddle with you" Red shrugged.

Snow smiled and kissed her wife before shuffling close to Emma, ready to sleep. Red slid in behind her and wrapped her arms around her waist, becoming the big spoon as she nuzzled into her neck.

"I love being a parent sometimes" Snow sighed, shuffling back so that her back was flush against Red's back.

"So do I" Red agreed, kissing her neck.

"I love you Red"

"I love you too Snow"