#rabbit asks

💛- How did they discover age regression?

📈- Age range?

🎭- Is their regression voluntary or involuntary?

🃏- Random headcanon about their regression!

Thank you so so much for the ask!!!

💛- How did they discover age regression?

Andrew was the first to discover it through Bee. She suggested it later into Andrew's college years as a way to work through his childhood trauma. At the time I believe Andrew would not have felt comfortable regressing especially since he didn't have anyone he knew to regress with or around that he trusted like that. Next would be Neil, who either found out through Andrew or the internet for the same reason as Andrew and took to it a lot faster. The first time he regressed would be with Andrew and he would have to take it super slow, but as he got comfortable in the headspace his regression became involuntary so he switched to having multiple caregivers including Andrew, Matt, and even Wymack! Kevin would be the last even of the Foxes because he isn't the type to accept help and he would definitely assume age regression was something else and not want to be involved. He would probably become interested after seeing Andrew regress with Neil and sort of come to terms with it being a safe thing and start wanting that for himself. He would regress alone probably just to see if he liked it and then realize quickly he liked having playmates.

📈- Age range?

For Neil, usually from infancy to about 10. Sometimes he feels a little bigger but he doesn't enjoy regressing to a middlespace because it just reminds him of being on the run.

For Andrew, 4-8. He never gets very old and often is a young but independent little.

For Kevin, 6-12. When he's with Jean and Jeremy sometimes he feels especially young, sometimes baby aged, but with his playmates he's usually 8 or 9 or 10-12 with Andrew and Neil, because those are his baby brothers

🎭- Is their regression voluntary or involuntary?

For Neil, it started voluntary and quickly became involuntary. For Andrew, voluntary, with a few rare instances of involuntary regression where he immediately asks to go to either Neil or Bee. Kevin regresses voluntarily! 🃏- Random headcanon about their regression!

Neil loves stuffed animals. He loves playing with them, holding them, cuddling with them, and chewing on their ears instead of his paci.

Andrew likes watching Animal Planet. When something scary happens Neil covers his eyes.

- What sort of things are helpful? (Summaries with fics, no summaries, tags for categories like fluff, smut, angst, etc.).

- What sort of things make you nope back out of masterlists or give a pass on them?

- Any feedback on larger lists to help make my Gabriel masterlist in particular less daunting?

Thank you for the ask !! <3

I think that the nature of Andrew's trauma is what makes it scary for him when he involuntarily regresses and why his mind doesn't like to slip into littlespace when he's not completely down for it, because any time it happens it's very scary so his head just sort of knows to let him do it at his own pace. If he's very upset by something I think is when he involuntarily regresses, when he can't stay big on purpose because he's too overwhelmed or upset

The first time it happens he is probably terrified and really scared but wouldn't want to let it show... but he's also just a baby, he can't control how he feels. He would be with Neil and Neil would just notice something being off and ask him if he's okay and Andrew really isn't. I think he goes nonverbal and doesn't know how to communicate which is extra frustrating so it's sort of a guessing game at first before he and Neil figure out how to communicate when Andrew is baby little involuntarily. Neil would eventually ask if he wants to see Bee which Andrew does.

He trusts Neil a lot but this is scary! And he wants his Mama (Bee) right now.

Neil either drives Andrew to Bee or calls her to come here and then goes one room over to give Andrew space

Once making sure Andrew is okay and safe, Bee probably just sits with him, does some quiet tasks like flipping through a picture book or putting together a puzzle until Andrew is not feeling as afraid. I like to think that little Andrew accepts platonic touch from Neil, Bee, and Aaron only, so he might ask for cuddles which Bee is happy to give and lets Andrew go at his own pace so he can take space if he needs to. Andrew ends up cradled in Bee's arms like a baby (he is a baby!) and gets quite sleepy, but he doesn't want to nap so Bee tells him stories to keep him up while he listens and cuddles.

Thanks!

I hope you have an amazing day.

❤️ Rabbit

Ah, Rabbit! Thank you! This day has been pretty low key. The real treat was a mountain hideaway for a few the past few days and we're just getting home today.