A Charming Family

Once Upon A Time

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Emma/Graham, Snow/Charming

Summary: Snow watches them together and thinks it fitting that the man that had sacrificed his own heart for hers had stolen the heart of her daughter. This is the aftermath of the broken curse and the return of magic.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Snow was standing at the kitchen island putting the finishing touches on the cake. James was by her side, like always, counting out the plates and arranging the silverware. Her final additions to the frosting flower in the middle of the cake are done and she stares at her handy work.

"It's your turn, Henry." Emma's voice filled the comfortable silence.

Snow looks up from the cake to see Emma sitting at the table with her son Henry and next to her was Graham. The three of them were playing a game of Monopoly.

Emma had her fingers loosely wrapped around the stem of her wine glass, Graham was nursing a beer, and they were both watching Henry with amusement as they waited for him to make his next move.

Snow could not help but smile at the scene in front of her.

It was her family.

Her husband, their grandson, their daughter, and the man their daughter loved.

Snow watched Emma and Graham closely. He had one of his arms draped across the back of Emma's chair in a very casual manner and her daughter was leaning against his chest looking as content as Snow had ever seen her.

Snow found it fitting that the curse had brought those two unlikely souls together. Actually, the curse had worked in Emma's favor when it came to Graham. The Huntsman had been a grown man when Emma had just been a baby in the fairy tale world.

The curse had frozen him, just like the rest of them, in time. Thus it had allowed Emma to catch up with him and now they could be together as they obviously were meant to be. It made Snow smile because as much as that curse had been intended to rid every one of their happy endings, none of that had worked.

If Emma's face was any indication, that curse had helped and not hindered her happy ending as she adjusted her body against Graham's and he pressed a light kiss into her hair as Henry moved his game piece on the board.

Snow thought it very fitting that the curse had brought together her daughter and the man that had once saved her life. It didn't even matter that they never got to return to their fairy tale world, Rumpelstiltskin had made sure of that, because as long as their family was together then their location did not matter.

"Snow?"

His voice made her jump a little in the air and she looked to her side to see James staring at her with a worried look on his face. He touched her shoulder lightly, "Are you okay?"

Snow put her frosting bag on the counter and brought her hand to his face. "I could not be better."

He smiled broadly at her. "Here are the candles. Twenty-nine of them."

She looked down at his hand and took the candles from him. After she put them on the cake, he lit them.

Snow teased. "You look pretty good for having a twenty-nine year old daughter."

James laughed as he lit the last candle. "You don't look so bad yourself. Now, come on, before these melt the cake!"

Snow picked up the cake stand and started walking toward the table. The three people sitting all turned their heads toward them. She set the cake down in front of her daughter who had a sweet smile on her lips and the glow of the candles was playing across her pretty face.

"Happy Birthday to you…" Snow started off and everyone else joined in the song.

Nope, that curse really had not worked because as far as endings go, Snow figured, this was about as happy as any could get.

End.

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