Baby Mode

(sorry I wanted to make sure I got the spelling right)

love this hc <3 <3 <3

I can totally imagine Jazz climbing on Optimus in the middle of a high command meeting.

or Jazz's caregiver panicking because Jazz fell asleep in the ceiling

he would get in so much trouble <3

anyways that happens to Hot Rod but he's never met Kup before this and is very confused by the nurse going "look after this Bitty 'ro quick."

He's being so good, he's not gonna regress on this poor bot, he's totally staying big, and he's helping by keeping this old bot distracted! He's good! he's not regressed!

The drugs wore off an hour ago, Kups just watching over this clearly regressed bitty

Breakdown gets trapped in a cave with Inferno. He's panicking, the Autobots are going to kill him! There's an Autobot in the cave with him! There's probably a weird organic monster in the cave ready to kill him!

And!

The Autobot picked him up?

Inferno is slightly concussed and dealing with Breakdown the same way he'd deal with a panicked Red: by doing something to stop the spiraling (picking him up), then talking him down. Inferno's being gentle, "it's okay..! you're being so brave! can you vent for me?" he's using a soothing voice and lightly rocking back and forth and...

Breakdown's calming down. He hears the low mutter of the Autobot, and the Autobot keeps on rocking and rubbing his back. Breakdown feels more than calm, he feels.. fuzzy? The Autobot must have done something!

Breakdown tries to squirm out of Inferno's arms but is barely able to scoot off the lap before Inferno sees his face and pauses before dragging Breakdown back into his arms and shushing him! Breakdown (obviously) starts squirming only for the Autobot to coos at him! "aww.. is someone fussy? it's okay.." Breakdown whines in displeasure only for the Autobot to soothe out "it's okay..! you're probably hungry, huh bitty?" bitty?

Inferno takes out a cube of energon and holds it to Breakdown's lips like he can't feed himself! he guesses he can't complain if he gets to eat... He slowly swallows the energon, watching as a soft smile spreads onto the Autobot's face, "That's it... You're doing so good." Breakdown's blinks get longer and longer the more he eats.

A soft hum echoes throughout the cave. "Almost done.. We'll be rescued in no time! And then I'll get'cha a nice berth to sleep in." He huffs as he finishes the cube, he doesn't get why the Autobot is treating him like.. like a sparkling! The Autobot sets the cube down. "Good job! but.. I think it's time for a nap." Inferno smiles as the bitty whines before relaxing further into his arms, optics barely lit. The whispered "g'night bitlet" is the last thing Breakdown hears before he falls asleep

tw: anxiety, injury, sh, toxic relationships, etc.

~Caregiver with separation anxiety.

~Caregiver with burnout

~Caregiver with chronic fatigue doing their best to look after a little

~Caregiver with an injury that they hide from their little one so as not to scare them

~Regressor who ignores a caregiver’s boundaries (could be a specific name they don’t want to be called, touch, noise, ect.) Whether on accident or on purpose is up to you

~Regressor who guilt trips caregiver into taking care of them

~Caregiver trying to hide their trauma for their regressor’s sake + regressor who brings up triggering topics because they don’t know better

~Regressor finding comfort in something that is super triggering to their caregiver

~Regressor who’s special interest is something triggering to their caregiver and wants to info dump to them. Caregiver doesn’t have the heart to tell them no after regressor has shared that they always felt ignored. Do they find out? Start to feel ignored because cg can’t bring themselves to say they are uncomfortable and start ignoring them instead?

~Caregiver with dyslexia + regressor who (un)intentionally makes fun of their reading skills when asked to read them a story out loud

~Caregiver who suffers from self destructive tendencies and finds it hard to help their little one when they feel they can barely take care of themselves

~Caregiver comforting a little one about sh scars after they’ve just relapsed themselves

~Regressor having a different caregiver before them. Their caregiver now knowing they will never be able to truly fill that place in their little one’s life no matter how hard they try

~Caregiver who’s little one no longer regresses/ no longer wants them to take care of them, having to go through memories of their little one, get rid of little gear, find some other way to cope themselves

~Regressor who insists their headspace is super young only to never regress out of middle space around caregiver. Caregiver thinks they are doing something wrong.

~Caregivers who don’t always say the “right things”

~Caregivers who don’t participate in every activity with their kiddo but they sit near them working on their own projects.

~Caregivers who don’t constantly verbalize how much they care but show it through things like food, and picking up toys, or taking their little one places.

~Caregivers who don’t constantly coo and fuss and baby talk, but still talk to babies assuming they are being understood.

~Caregivers who never raised children, who don’t have the resources and foreknowledge but are trying.

~Caregivers who can’t afford all the gear for their little and make do with homemade toys (bonus points if they are able to create, sew, or build toys themselves)

~Caregivers with the perfect story telling voice, asmr vibes.

~Caregivers who have tough love

~Caregivers who ruffle their little’s ones hair till it’s messy and frizzy and their baby is a giggling mess

~Caregivers who call their regressor kiddo- kid- squirt- half pint- little one- monster- gremlin- whelp- pup- ect

Their carer finds them all the time, standing on a stool to stir pasta they’re making, muffling their cries with a teddy bear or cleaning up their own scraped knees. And carer is trying to be patient, rushes in and tries to take over so kiddo knows they’re not alone and they’re being taken care of now.

“I tan do it…”

On his first excursion out of his biodome and through Erid (because of course they made him his own xenonite suit) with Rocky and Adrian, they get approached by many other Eridians who have heard of Grace. They coo some and praise the human, and add a congratulations to Rocky and Adrian at the end. It takes this happening a few times before Grace picks out the Eridian word for baby or child in the congratulations, and he’s ECSTATIC, making the assumption that his friends must be having a baby. Of course, he has some questions like “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” and “Why does everyone know but me?” and “When will they be here?” and “Actually, how do Eridians reproduce?”. During his barrage of questions, Rocky and Adrian are speaking to each other in low tones, trying to figure out the best way to tell Grace that the name he uses for introductions and official matters translates to Grace, Child of Rocky and Adrian, Teacher and Savior of the Stars.

(based on the puppet show gif and him saying "I actually don't mind it" or whatever I can't remember the exact wording)

!!!!!! Yes

Grace is very much a "I'm probably an age regressor but I don't have time to unpack that, the sun is being eaten" (kinda like he did with being aroace shh) so he know sometimes he acts a biiiit childish when he's feeling overwhelmed or when something really REALLY exciting happens but he just shoves down the notion of age regression, he's just...immature or whatever the others tell him😭

But when Rocky learn how young Grace is (in relative to Eridian ages) Rocky is internally like "Okay, earth sent a toddler, a very smart science toddler. Rocky use to help with friend's cluches/pebbles. Rocky can do this." XD

To Rocky stuff that Grace does, Rocky just translates to stuff pebbles do!

Like eating, pebbles are required to eat infront of older Eridian's to ensure safety! So Rocky will endure watching messy human eating time.

Puppet shows, pebbles sometimes don't have a good grasp on using their voice so, puppet shows/echolocation shows assist their learning! So Rocky will put on lots of puppet shows to help Grace!

Reminders to rest! Pebbles need set "sleep" times, they sleep a looooot more than adult Eridian's but in smaller sections (like how human babies take naps n stuff) so Rocky will remind Grace about sleep time and watch over him♡

you wanna draw age regressor characters in their adult bodies so bad

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