Code macaroni cheese
Effervescent Dreamer asked for a oneshot of Henry having a code word amongst his family. At a sleepover he feels pressured into doing something he doesn't want to do so before his turn comes he calls a member of his family and surreptitiously uses his code word so they come rescue him.
"Woh, this is insaaaaaane." Danny commented, Henry noticed how his pupils had suddenly became huge.
"Here Cal, your turn to take a drag." Danny said, tossing the joint across the circle. "After Cal it's Fig, and then it's you Henry." Danny grinned at Henry who smiled back nervously. He didn't want to touch that thing, but he knew if he said no to Danny he'd never stop being picked on at school. No, this was time for code dinner. Ever since Henry was little and had his sleepover at Finn Rogers' house he and his mom had a code going on that if Henry got nervous at someone else's house, he just had to call her up and ask her if they could have macaroni cheese for dinner tomorrow and she would come over right away, making up some reason why he had to come home. He quickly pulled his phone out and dialled her number.
"Henry? Is everything alright?"
"Hey mom. I've just got a bit of a craving and I was wondering if we could have macaroni cheese tomorrow?" Regina knew exactly what Henry meant even though he hadn't used the code since his last sleepover at Wade Harper's house when he was eight.
"I'll be five minutes." Regina said before hanging up. Henry saw that the group were staring at him, confused. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"I like mac and cheese. Figured after this I would get hungry." The boys seemed to accept this, and Cal went back to having his turn.
"Alright, quite hogging it Cal! It's Henry's turn!" Henry started to panic.
"Oh it's alright. Mikey or Yuri can take a turn before me. Or Marcus can have another shot…" Henry was then relieved to hear a knock at the door.
"Shit." Danny said, grabbing the joint and stubbing it out. "My parents aren't meant to be back until tomorrow." Danny scrambled to his feet. "Open the window." He hissed behind him as he unlocked the front door.
"Oh, hey Ms Mills." Danny said, slightly relieved.
"Hello Danny. I've come to bring Henry home. He hasn't done any of the homework he'd told me he'd finish before coming over here so I'm afraid he doesn't deserve a sleepover. Please tell his to get his things and get out here this minute."
"Um, sure Ms Mills. I'll go get him." Danny made his way back to his room and relayed the message to Henry. "Sorry dude. Don't think you'll be getting that mac and cheese."
"Yeah well, you win some you lose some. Have fun guys. Shame I have to leave, but there we go." Henry said, as he quickly jammed his stuff into his backpack and headed to the front door where his mom was waiting. Regina winked at her son before they exchanged a quiet high five. Everyone else might still think she was the Evil Queen, but Henry knew she was a pretty awesome mom.