Just a little needle
sassieSara Hail (finally! One I can write for you!) asked for a oneshot of Snowing find out that Neal is diabetic. To their surprise they then discover that Emma is too but has managed to hide it from everyone.
Guest who asked for a rebelling preteen Neal and guest who asked for Neal defending Emma against bullies I'm afraid your requests have been too closely covered.
"I don't wanna." Neal complained, sitting on his hands to keep his fingers away from the sharp needle on the strange looking device.
"It won't be so bad when you get used to it." Snow encouraged him. "But it has to be done, honey. You need to be able to know your blood sugar levels."
"I don't want to do the stupid prick thing and I don't want to inject myself with insulin!" The eight year old screamed. This wasn't an easy time for the whole family. But Neal was just going to have to get used to the whole thing, there was nothing Snow and Charming could do about it- but there was something Emma could do. She could share her secret with her brother (and by extension her parent) and stop her brother feeling like he was alone. She suddenly left the room and when she came back in she had a blood testing kit of her own. She placed it on the table as well. Without saying a word Emma pricked her finger on the lancet and placed the little blood droplet on the test strip. "See? It's not so bad. I've been doing this for years now."
"What?" Snow asked, flabbergasted. Emma shrugged.
"I just never mentioned it. I've become pretty good at hiding it. But seeing as it seems it's genetic it's worth bringing up."
"Why did you hide it from us? We could have killed you by accident!" Charming said. "Emma that was something really silly to keep hidden. What if you went into a coma and needed your insulin?"
"Relax dad, I know what I'm doing. I take myself off to the bathroom or my bedroom when I need to inject myself and I can control my portion sizes. Soon you'll be able to do it all yourself too bud, you just need to get used to pricking yourself, and you will, I promise."
"Will you do it with me when I need to?" He asked. Emma smiled at him.
"Of course I will, little man."
"And will you please tell us when either of you feel like you're going to have a hypo or any important information?" Snow sighed. Emma smiled.
"Well I suppose I can." She responded cheekily. Snow rolled her eyes as Charming bit his lip to stop himself from laughing. It looked like they would forever be finding out secrets about each other.