#v.drift

- if vampires cant sleep under normal circumstances (re: Owen's ep6), nap time can be just quiet time where they can chill and do a calm activity, or its cuddle time, or they could do like a kind of rest that's closer to zoning out or dissociating

- I feel like Avid does not like nap time

- if someone figures out how to make a rocking chair, it is Over for the littles. nap time becomes a lot easier

- vampire nests

- I feel like Owen doesn't have a nest, but when he's small he'll start building one

- baby bats asleep in pockets <3

- cuddle piles and sleepovers are very common

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so cute!! i love eepy headcanons because when i’m regressed i’m just eepy

i feel like they’d definitely fight over who hogs the rocking chair the most at nap time.. scott declares it as his throne but really shelby uses it more than him when he’s “reigning” over it

i think drift really likes nap and cuddle time because she just gets to relax and unwind for a bit, it feels like she doesn’t have to be afraid for a while :) she and shelby trap avid during nap time with cuddles and he very begrudgingly goes “fineeee >:(“

owen probably isn’t very big on cuddle time at first because he just wants to cuddle louis again :(

- little vampires are bitey. not necessarily in an aggressive way, its generally more of an "I like bite so you must like bite!" way, or a general display of affection. human cgs quickly learn to give them something else to bite.

- when startled, they tend to turn into bats. they also tend to get stuck that way until they either lose their form or become big again

- DO NOT LET LITTLES FLY FREELY! they will crash into everything. and you will probably lose them.

- vampires are cold, they like to seek out sources of warmth. people, nests of blankets, lamps, candles, fires, etc.

At first it might've been involuntary and frightening and she might've not handled it in the best way at first (not really understanding what was happening) but once Pearl found out, she explained regression to Cleo and offered to be her caretaker. Cleo was nervous about regressing in front of someone since they'd always hide it before, but they trusted Pearl more than anyone so they agreed.

Over time she got more comfortable with it and by post canon (2006 I think was the date?) is comfortable regressing around Pearl, Shelby, Drift, and Scott

She's a very quiet little, always trying to stay out of the way even when Pearl tells her it's okay to take up space. Being curled up in a corner always feels more comfortable than running around.

If it's ever a full moon when Cleo is regressed they will insist upon cuddling with "big puppy Pearlie" at all times. It's unfair to expect her to resist when Pearl is just so adorable and fluffy like that

Oscar (their cat) loves when Cleo is little and can always tell, he'll stay close to them when they're regressed especially if Pearl isn't there and it's sudden

Little Cleo's favorite things to do with each of the people she regresses around:

Pearl - cuddles!

Shelby - reading, she loves when Shelby reads stories to her

Drift - around Drift little Cleo gets very protective and still sees Drift as a fledgeling, (for example:

Cleo: You're just a newbie, I hafta protect you

Drift: Cleo I've been a vampire for hundreds of years

Cleo: Just a little fledgling!!! I hafta protect you cause I know more vampire stuff

Drift: But I'm- ugh, okay, fine. You're a very good protector

Cleo: I know!)

Scott - Cleo likes to argue with Scott in a playful way. They're never actually mad, just cranky and needs a way to express it. And banter with someone as witty as Scott helps with that

Woo, sorry that was long, I had a lot of those, lmao

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i love these!! cleo deserves to be small and have the childhood they didn’t get :( their backstory makes me so sad, it’s horrible and they deserve all the love ❤️‍🩹

- before owen and abolish went up the tower, owen buried his blankie from louis where he buried himself

- I think cleo deserves to get a break and be small. especially after Everything.

- big ouppy pearl. fantastic for both cuddles and play time

- pearl, cleo, and the others when they come back to visit will leave gifts (drawings, flowers, cool rocks, etc.) on the graves occasionally

honestly these were hard to write, it's difficult to find places to put softness in canon. I figured i'd leave more au ones to a different ask later.

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AW 😭❤️ owen!! :( letting go of two things that were all he had left of louis (blankie and vampirism) must’ve been so hard, i can’t imagine giving up my comfort blankie

absolutely cleo deserves a break!! it takes some convincing and reassurance but they eventually do regress, and pearl tries so super very hard to take the best care of them! there’s a moment where cleo just starts crying. and crying. and crying. and pearl thinks she’s done something upsetting or that something’s wrong but cleo is just finally letting out all these emotions she’s held back for literal years, pearl holds them for as long as they need, just trying to soothe them as they let out all these emotions. pearl whispers soft things like it’s okay to feel this way and let it all out, that she’s not going anywhere, it’s all okay now.

when shelby and drift are little, they’ll colour together, so every time they visit avid’s grave in oakhurst with scott, they bring a new drawing that they worked together on of them, scott and avid all together. i think shelby, eventually, brings one for pyro too. when pearl is puppy regressed and/or shifted into a werewolf, she’ll just automatically start picking up things like pretty rocks or leaves or sticks that she finds in the forests and bring them to the graves as gifts, though one time she tried bringing a dead chicken and cleo swiftly stepped in with a no.

sausage always, no matter what, comes back to renhardt and martyn’s graves, he brings flowers and wood carvings and candles, ones that remind him of the smell of ren’s cabin, even if the cabin smelled more damp from the rain, they’re close enough but never perfect