#deaging au

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Hi there anon!

Man, I really love de-aging scenarios so so much. Especially when they happen to Bruce and Clark, it's just so so juicy to explore. Personally I really like the idea of them protecting each other, Clark from the perceived threats to Bruce’s wellbeing and Bruce from Clark's moments of insecurity and anguish over his developing powers. They have such unique experiences as children, and omg it would be so fun to write something like this.

Like imagine, just imagine a moment where Bruce has a nightmare of his parent's death. He's 8, he's so so tiny, smaller than he should be, and shivering in the vast space of the Master bedroom (his parents' bedroom that doesn't smell like them anymore-), tossing and turning. Alfred (A different Alfred, older, kinder somehow, too different to trust) told him to come wake him up if he needed anything, but he loathes that thought. So he's just curled up against the headboard, rocking and self soothing and suddenly the door cracks open and Clark is there, dragging his pillow and blanket behind him. He's rubbing his eyes blearily and Bruce can spy the start of tears in his eyes. Clark tells him he couldn't sleep coz everything was so loud in Gotham, the way Smallville never managed to be, and it's overwhelming him and he can't sleep alone. So Bruce shifts a bit and lets Clark climb into bed with him and for a while they just lay there staring at each other, staring at the tear tracks but not saying a word.

Then Clark reaches a hand out and curls it around Bruce’s wrist, pulling it to hold against his ear so they can lay where they are but he can hear and focus on Bruce’s heartbeat. The sound soothes Clark and the contact soothes Bruce, and in the morning when Alfred comes to wake them up he finds them cuddled together and peaceful <3

Damn. My wip list is screaming at me rn.

Wukong would even tend to do silly things like making silly faces just to make Tiny Master laugh, or on late nights during watch when Tripitaka struggled to sleep, and nobody else could possibly overhear, he'd sing little raspy lullabies or tell him stories, not about battle and triumph, Tripitaka's shock, but about the moon and stars and ancient cultures lost to floods and a lonely little prince who was jsut trying to do right by his people and made some very big mistakes.

Prev post.

Tripitaka isn't happy, thats for sure!

The moments after reaching the shore of the Mother-Child River is absolute chaos.

The Boatwoman steers them towards safe shelter for the night, since the local women might be a bit too curious about the group of mostly-male monks to give them peace. The old midwife that takes them in jokes that "at least none of you got pregnant".

Wukong immediately has to step in as his (former?) Master's primary caretaker since everyone else except maybe the dragon-horse is useless.

Bajie is still genderbent from the river, so he initially thinks he's got this "raising a baby"-thing in the bag. Only to completely blank when he tries to pick Tinytaka up. Wukong howls with laughter as Bajie holds their Master at arms' length as if he were something foul-smelling.

Bajie, when becoming a woman didn't immediately give him god-tier parental instincts/skills:

Sha Wujing is a bundle of nerves. He's afraid of even holding the baby in case he shatters into a million pieces by touch alone. Prime "What if I hurt him!?!"-energy.

Ao Lie knows how dragon babies work since he's a new uncle, but human pups aren't his forte. Tries to feed the baby alligators and deer he's hunted - Tripitaka cried.

The deaged monk is nearly hysteric with emotion! He's going to be dead from neglect or predation, or worse; be forced to go back to Chang'an without having completed his pilgrimage!

Suddenly he feels someone lift him up and secure him to their chest. A weirdly furry chest.

Wukong, having tied the monk cassock into a sling: "Okay, okay, no more fooling around. I have experience babysitting little monkeys back home. I can keep him alive until we find a way to change him back." Baby!Tripitaka: (*completely puzzled. his baby brain instinctively clutches the monkey's chest fur and rests a cheek against the heart-shaped patch of skin *)

The citizens of the Women Kingdom are sympathetic to the pilgrims plight (probably a common enough river accident to be expected), and help them acquire the supplies needed for their newly-youthful Master. Wukong has to stop himself from wasting the little monkey they've saved up on adorable baby dudous and toys.

Scorpion Queen still makes an appearance; mistaking the crying human baby among demons as a kidnapping victim. The gang have to break into Pipa Cave to explain themselves to the demoness, and prove themselves as trustworthy caretakers. Wukong is the only one she dares trust after he instinctively leaps to comfort the baby when he began crying from the stress of the situation.

Guanyin finally appears, deciding that this unexpected transformation is a good team-building exercise. Bajie asks to be turned back to normal, Guanyin says no; "It's karma."

Tripitaka is having a weird time going forward.

Very quickly, he and the rest of the Pilgrims discover that the feared Monkey King is an attentive caretaker.

Wukong changes the baby's underclothes, gives him baths, chews up fruit for him to eat (preferable to the awkwardness of nursing in Tripitaka's opinion), and even hums lullabies without even a hint of malice or ulterior motives.

In the quieter moments, the monkey tells stories. History, myths, and memories of his home on Flower Fruit Mountain, and the beautiful island kingdom of Aolai. And stories of the King's own cubhood, his discovery of the hidden Stone Palace, the memorial for a people long past. His sudden ascension to being the King/Matriarch of his troop, his academic travels and teachings under a grand sage. The tyrannical Havoc King that took power in his absence, how he convinced the Dragon Kings to armour him for battle, and how he collapsed in the aftermath of his victory only to awaken to the most beautiful monkey demon he'd ever seen in his life. The Brotherhood formed with the saved demon royalty and celestial agents, and how it would lead the naive new King down the path that led him to that place under the Mountain.

Stories meant to lull the baby to sleep fail, as Tripitaka becomes extremely invested in his disciple's words.

Soon the deaged monk even meets the "most beautiful monkey in all the Realms, and my equal in battle" Wukong so wistfully speaks of. The Six Eared Macaque laughing as he grooms the human cub's wispy hair. Wukong trying his best to hide his joy at seeing his mate once more.

Tripitaka is even more confused when the shadow monkey ties him to his back with the sling, and continues on with the Pilgrims as if he were a planned travelling companion. Seems that both monkeys are attentive with babies - even though they argue over his upbringing.

They do get into some BIG Trouble in the Kingdom of Biqiu; where the King forces the surrender of newborn babies so he can become immortal. But thats a post for a another time. :)

i tried going with @ghostbite0's style as well lol

He was covering for Tengen and Obanai while they were escaping, and got hit

19 -> 6

Is considerably more quiet and anxious, similar to Obanai, however he still has that polite and scary smart behavior as well

Isn't very clingy either (unless triggered or in pain) since he was taught to stand on his own feet at all times

People who don't know/recognize him would think he's a literal child prodigy

He points out the boys' mistakes and weak points while wrestling with each other as he watches them

He was extremely embarrassed when Kagaya and Amane saw him like that (he's younger than Kiriya now lol)

is a good help to Gyomei in babysitting Muichiro

Likes the company of Gyomei, Shinobu and Kyojuro most

Sometimes he suggests to have a race and he, Sanemi and Tengen usually have a VERY close fight

^ his extremely competitive spirit awakens his kid mode

Jason and Baby!Danny cooking breakfast pancakes together

Prompts:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Vespa Ilkay & Peter Nureyev, Background Buddy Aurinko/Vespa Ilkay, background Peter Nureyev/Juno Steel Characters: Vespa Ilkay, Peter Nureyev, Buddy Aurinko, Juno Steel, Rita (Penumbra Podcast), Jet Siquliak Additional Tags: Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Vespa Ilkay and Peter Nureyev’s very special bottle episode, Aka my most self indulgent piece of fanfiction yet, Pleeaaasee check those warnings if you think you'll need them there are a fair few of them, THIS IS SO MANY WORDS LMAO Summary:

The two of them must have huddled together as the room filled up, instead of doing the smart thing and trying to find a way out. Vespa had held her emergency air filter firmly over her face and walked over to prod the pile of worn trenchcoat and slacks on the floor with her boot, only to feel something solid inside.

Carefully, she'd leaned down to get a better look. And what she'd found, to her complete disbelief, was a kid. A very unconscious kid that looked an awful lot like her pain-in-the-ass crewmate Juno Steel.

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