A/N: I don't think I mentioned this yet, but of course I own nothing here. No money is being made from this. I'm just having a little fun with my favorite fairy tale characters!

Snow and David sat in their booth at Granny's, chatting about nothing really, when Neal entered the diner. He approached them and stood awkwardly by their table.

"David ... Mr. Nolan, er ... your majesty? Um, what should I call you?" he asked.

"That depends on what we're going to talk about," David replied tensely.

"Well, you know that Emma and I have been seeing each other for a while now, and of course we have history ... and there's Henry ..."

"Right, when you got her pregnant and left her in jail, I recall," David interrupted, earning a swift kick to the leg from Snow.

"Yeah, there's all of that. I mean, August was the one to tell me to stay away from her and, of course, I didn't know about Henry and there's ..."

David's expression clearly said "move on."

"Yeah, so, we've got all of that and I really love her, I do. Now that I've got her back and we've got Henry and things are really good, well, I can't imagine my life without her. So, I'm coming to you to ask, well, to ask for her hand in marriage."

Snow gasped and David's mouth fell open.

"You're asking if you can marry Emma?" David asked.

"Um, yes. Yes I am."

"You know she'd kill you if she knew you were asking."

"I know. She'd say she's her own person and makes her own decisions, but I figure she'll forgive me eventually. I don't want to start off on the wrong foot with my in-laws. I know you're a traditional guy, very famous for the chivalry, so I want to do this right. Maybe the one thing I've done right so far."

David knew he had to say yes. Emma would probably slap him if she found out he told Neal no. But saying yes, to Gold's son, was just so hard!

Snow cleared her throat. "Charming?"

He took a deep breath. "Yes, Neal, you have my permission to marry my daughter. It's actually a very noble thing that you came to me. But you already know that if you hurt her again, I will hunt you down. This family doesn't just find each other, we can find others. And we're very good with swords and bows ... and guns."

"I completely understand and I promise that I will never hurt her, sir, your majesty ... seriously, what can I call you?" Neal babbled.

"You can call me David."

"David, right. Thank you very much. And you too, your majesty ... Snow?" he said with a nod to Snow. She pleasantly smiled back. "Ok, so I'm going to go. Let you guys get back to your lunch. I'll see you later."

And with that, Neal hurried out of the diner.

"I don't think I've ever seen him that flustered," Snow commented.

"Good," David said.

"Charming!"

"What? I'm happy he asked, but come on! He's Rumplestiltskin's son!"

"We're already practically related. No matter who's son he is, he's our grandson's father. And if that means that we share Henry with Rumplestiltskin, then so be it. I like the idea that they're going to be a family now. And besides, would you have preferred the pirate?"

"Fine! We'll deal with Neal," David muttered, pushing his plate away. "I'm not hungry anymore."

Snow could only shake her head.

A few days later, Emma was primping in the mirror, which was how Snow found her.

"You look lovely! What's the occasion?"

"Thanks. Neal said that we were going somewhere special and that I should look nice. I'm surprised he remembered it's our anniversary."

"Awww, your anniversary!"

Emma gave her a questioning look.

"Sorry, sentimental," Snow covered. "Well, have a great time. We'll make sure Henry gets to bed on time."

"Thanks. See you later!" Emma grabbed her jacket and purse. "Henry! Your dad and I are going out. Listen to your grandparents, all right?"

Henry bounded down the stairs. "Sure, Mom. Have fun." Emma gave him a kiss on the cheek, smiled at her mother and left.

"It's tonight, isn't it?" Henry asked excitedly.

"I think so!" Snow replied.

Neither of them were involved in Neal's plans, but they were keeping close watch on the situation during Operation: Mongoose.

"It's going to be strange," Henry said.

"What's that?"

"Having my parents together. I've always been with my mom, well, Regina mom, and then with Emma as my mom. Now, I'm going to have a mom and a dad. It's a good thing, but also weird now."

"Oh, Henry," Snow said, hugging her grandson. "It'll be wonderful. You've had such a strange 11 years, but a little piece of normal will be a good thing for all of us."

A few hours later, once Henry was in bed, Snow and David cuddled on the couch watching TV. Emma came into the apartment with a dumbfounded look on her face.

"Hi, sweetheart! How was your date?" Snow asked.

"Great, yeah. We um ... yeah, I'm engaged," Emma replied, holding up her left hand.

Snow jumped from the couch. "Really? Let me see the ring! Ooh, very nice. Good taste."

"Yeah, Neal always could spot good jewelry."

David decided to ignore that comment and not talk about the years of thievery that led to spotting good jewelry, and instead hugged his daughter. "Congratulations, honey. That's wonderful news." He smiled, but it didn't light up his face as smiles usually did.

"I know he's not your favorite person, Dad. But I do love him," Emma said.

"I know you do. And I know he loves you. And any man marrying my daughter would not be my favorite person."

Emma laughed a little at that and then poked David in the chest. "Not that you didn't know anyway. Neal confessed that he asked for your permission."

"Oh, he told you, huh? I'll have to admit, it impressed me."

"Well, I mean, when you're marrying Prince Charming's daughter, you've got to brush up on your valor."

"I'm glad my reputation precedes me!"

"Doesn't hurt when you're known as Charming," Snow added.

"That is your fault, darling," David said, putting an arm around her.

Emma grinned and pointed at her parents. "See? This. This is what I'm hoping for. If we're even half as happy and cheesy as you guys, we'll be fine. Though, it's hard to live up to Snow White and Prince Charming."

"You've got legacy working for you. Sometimes it takes a while for happiness to find this family, but when it does, it is pure happiness," Snow told her. "It's been delayed for you, but it's time now for you, and Neal, and Henry."

"Yeah. Is Henry asleep?" Emma asked.

"He went to bed, yes. 50/50 shot if he's actually asleep," David said with a laugh.

"I'd bet he's not." Emma went up a few stairs and then tiptoed back down. "Well, he wanted to eavesdrop, but fell asleep while trying," she whispered.

"I'll go put him in bed," David said. He hugged his daughter again and went to put his grandson into bed.

"Ok, so, what happened?" Snow asked quickly.

"Well, it was simple, but us. He acted like a nervous wreck all night, so I knew something was up. By the time dessert came, I thought he was going to jump out of his skin. Finally, he took my hand, and told me how he was so happy now that we were back together and had Henry in our lives, and he couldn't imagine life without us. Then he got down on one knee and proposed. It was actually much more romantic than I ever expected in my life. Especially from Neal!"

"Well, that's beautiful! I'm so happy for you guys!" Snow hugged her daughter and then froze. "What does that mean for the apartment?"

Emma pulled back and looked at her mother. "Huh?"

"Well, I mean, this place is a little cramped with 4 people. We can't fit 5."

"There's plenty of time to think about that. We're certainly not getting married anytime soon."

"Good! I mean, it's not good that you're not getting married soon, but good that we have time to figure things out. I ... I certainly like having you with us, though."

"Well, some day we'll live in a castle together," Emma joked.

Snow paused. "Do you mean that?"

"What? Of course I do. I mean, some day we'll end up back in the Enchanted Forest, right? I never thought I would want to be there, but it's starting to sound like an ok plan."

"You have no idea how happy that makes me! We'll fix up the castle to be beautiful! We'll have turrets everywhere! We'll have land for your father, and maybe some sheep. Henry can grow to be the prince he is. Oh, Emma, it'll be wonderful!" Snow said, pulling Emma into a hug.

"Hey, what's all the hugging for? I want in on this!" David said, hugging his girls.

"It's just that we're a family. And I couldn't be happier," Snow replied, hugging her family tighter.