Take your kid to work day
Justices wanted a oneshot of Neal going with his parents and Emma to "take your kid to work day", I picked my favourite of your suggestions :P . Got a little help from Crowned Tiger on this one (not that they know that…) I pinched her idea of Snow becoming the new mayor of Storybrooke.
"Ok then," Snow said. "So you'll spend the morning with me at my office, and your dad will pick you up at lunch to spend the afternoon with him and Emma at the station, that sound alright?" Neal nodded eagerly. He was getting a free day off school to spend with his parents, awesome! Snow smiled, rustling her young son's hair. "Ok then, let's get going!"
Barely an hour later and Neal was already bored. He sighed loudly. His mom's job was not nearly as fun as he thought it would be being in charge of a whole town. She was the boss; surely she could do more fun things if she wanted to?
"Why don't you help me by organising these books in alphabetical order?" Snow asked. She knew it wasn't very fun, but it was the best she had to offer today. She may be the mayor but she didn't control what day "bring your kid to work day" was held. Neal nodded glumly and set about organising the books.
"Don't worry; we'll stop for lunch soon. I got pizza especially. And then your dad will be here to take you to the station for the afternoon." Neal gave a small smile at that. Surely the station had to be more exciting than this?
As it happened, no. Snow had made David promise not to allow Neal out on calls in case he got hurt, so Emma was the one patrolling Storybrooke (with Red as a replacement officer with her, just because she wanted her son safe didn't mean Snow wanted her daughter out there alone). Sitting in the station with his dad doing paperwork turned out to be just as boring as being at the office with him mom. David had given Neal a little toy police car to keep him occupied, it worked…for about ten minutes. After that, Neal was back to being bored. Next year, he decided, he'd just stay at school.