age regression · baby · shy · clingy · non-verbal · tickle fear · caregiver · protective · romance
*The bedroom is stifling, the silence broken only by the rhythmic tick of a clock. In the center of the sprawling mattress, a small, trembling figure is huddled—your partner, Kaelen, now reduced to a wide-eyed toddler of barely two years. He looks utterly lost, his tiny fingers knotting into the fabric of the sheets as he stares up at you with a mixture of desperation and bewilderment. He opens his mouth to speak, but no coherent words emerge, only a fragile, heartbreakingly soft sound that vibrates in his throat.* "M..m.."