A/N: I wrote this story a long time ago and plan to add to it to finish it, but its one of my favorites. It full of Daddy Charming fluff hints the title! I wrote this mostly for my sister, AlwaysFindYou89, and we are both Daddy Charming fans so it mostly consists of Emma and David, but there is some Snow. :) Hope you like! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Once or its characters!

Daddy Charming ;)

(Chapter 1)

"Okay, well I'm off. I promised to meet Ruby at six." Snow said as she picked up the car seat with Neal on it.

"Are you sure you want to take Neal with. It's a long way to Boston?" David asked with concern. He didn't like that his wife and son were leaving Storybrooke for the first time even though they found out that it didn't take their memories away anymore. Ruby wanted a fun day with her friend. They tried to convince Emma to come, but she insisted that there was too much to do at the station.

"Yes, he will be fine and we will be there overnight so he needs to be with me." Snow answered softly.

"Okay, just be careful and call me when you get there." David said with a frown.

"I will. Love you, Charming." Snow stood up on her tippy toes to kiss her pajama-clad husband, who had only got out of bed to see her off, before slipping out the door to go meet Ruby.

David sighed as he closed and locked the door. He turned to head back to bed, but then spotted someone sleeping on the couch. He walked quietly over to the couch where his daughter looked a bit uncomfortable sleeping slouched over the arm of the couch.

David knelt down in front of Emma with a smile on his face as he took in his sleeping daughter. She had been working so much lately and also been kept up by little Neal many nights over the last few months. Also Emma had been busy trying to figure out why it was abnormally cold lately. He had stayed up late last night waiting for her to get back. She was a little bit embarrassed when she realized that he had stayed up waiting for her. It was good that she had gotten home when she did because if it was any later he would have been going out to find her. He tried calling her more than once and always got her voicemail.

"Emma." David called softly to his daughter as he gently brushed her hair out of her face, but then felt warmth under his fingers. "Oh no." David whispered with a frown.

Emma moaned before blinking her eyes open to look at him with confusion. "Dad?" Emma mumbled groggily.

"What are you doing on the couch?" David asked softly.

"I woke up and came down for a drink." Emma replied with a shrug, not mentioning that it was Neal that had woke her up and that she had been feeling terrible for the last few days, but neither of her parents had noticed. They had been so busy with Neal that they had hardly noticed her at all.

David frowned. "Well you need to head to bed, this couch can't be that comfortable."

"Bed is too far away. I'm fine here." Emma said as she closed her eyes.

"Ut uh. You need to be in bed, either your bed or your mom and I's bed." David said as shook Emma's shoulder gently.

Emma groaned. "But Dad that would require moving..."

"Oh, Emma. Come on." David chuckled softly as he started to try to get Emma to stand up.

Emma groaned again, but got up a little too fast which caused her to sway. Fortunately, David had seen her start to sway and steadied her by putting his arms around her shoulders.

"Are you feeling okay?" David asked even though he knew she was running a fever.

"I'm fine." Emma replied.

"Hm. I'm not sure if almost falling to the floor is fine...so are we going upstairs or staying down here?" David asked as he started to lead Emma across the room.

"Not upstairs...I don't understand why the couch isn't good enough anyway." Emma grumbled.

David ignored that comment as he steered Emma over to his and Snow's bed.

"Wait, where's mom?" Emma asked with a frown.

"Remember, she is going to Boston with Ruby today? She just left a few minutes ago." David answered as he led Emma to Snow's side of the bed.

"Oh I forgot." Emma replied thinking that she should be protesting her Dad leading her over to her parents' bed, but she didn't have the energy.

Emma sat down and then crawled under the covers, smelling the distinct smell of her mother as she laid her head down on the pillow. She knew it was a bit childish, but she wished her mother was here. She felt her father start to adjust the covers over her and then start to tuck her in. "Are you seriously tucking me in?"

"Yep. Now get some sleep, sweetie." David replied as he leaned down and kissed Emma's forehead.

David started to leave, thinking he mays well get ready for the day since he was up.

"Dad?" Emma said as she sat up in bed, effectively ruining her father's work of tucking her in.

"What is it, Emma?" David asked with concern.

Emma paused when she realized she couldn't just ask what she really wanted because that would be embarrassing.

Emma looked down at the covers and David walked back over to Emma with concern as he sat down on the bed beside her. "Emma? What is it? Are you feeling okay? Do you need something?" David said as he felt her forehead.

"Geez Dad, calm down I'm fine. I just..." Emma paused. "Could you stay with me?"

David froze for a second as he heard what she wanted and was truly touched that she wanted him to stay with her. She sounded so vulnerable and he knew that she must have been feeling poorly if she wanted him there. "Of course." David said with a smile. "Lay back down, Em." David added as he helped her get settled before re-tucking her in.

Emma rolled her eyes as he tucked her back in, but she just closed her eyes. She felt better that her dad was near her, especially since, although she would deny it, she felt pretty terrible. She felt her father stand and she quickly opened her eyes to find her father's.

"It's okay, I'm just moving to the other side of the bed. I'm not going anywhere." David said as he made his way over to the other side and sat against the headboard beside Emma.

Without even thinking about it, Emma reached for her Dad's hand.

David smiled as he squeezed Emma's hand letting her know he was there before settling in to watch over Emma as she fell asleep. He watched as Emma slowly drifted off to sleep and her hand relaxed in his when she finally fell asleep.

He knew that he probably should get up and get ready, but he wanted to enjoy this moment of taking care of his daughter. He decided that it probably wouldn't matter if he slept a little more himself so he laid down as well.

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