#v.scott

- 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 ❤️‍🩹

I don’t think either he or Scott would know about it. Maybe abolish had already been doing it without realizing and maybe not. They don’t know what it is.

Shelby tells Scott about it because- well- she’s the only one I think who might know about it before oakhurst. Scott has been wanting his dear darling Butler to take a break for a while because Scott can tell Abolish has been stressed. It’s not really visible to others that Abolish has been stressed, But Scott knows him better than most so he can tell.

(Abolish is Autistic to me. The sudden change in routine of having Scott awake [even if he’s thrilled about it] combined with the new people and the stress of hiding that Scott is a Vampire and all the new noise that comes with it is not helping him out. He’s had a few meltdowns/shutdowns where he’d needed to get away from everyone)

Anyway all this to say Scott goes back after talking with Shelby and essentially goes “oh ABOLIISSHHHH”. He explains it a bit and Abolish is obviously hesitant. He’s not entirely sure it will work, and is also nervous about letting anyone take care of him. He needs to feel useful and productive, and he also doesnt trust any of the new people to take care of him and Scott wouldn’t want to right?

Turns out Scott does offer to. Abolish is all like “are you sure” and Scott is just like “yep”. Because Scott does actually find he wants to take care of Abolish (and he’s not going to think about that or why he wants to thank you very much) (they’ll get around to it in a few centuries after Oakhurst probably).

Eventually Abolish does agree to trying it. Scott is oddly excited, but Abolish trust him. Scott wouldn’t hurt Abolish, so he agrees. He does struggle to actually regress on his own, which he tries first. He manages to get a little more absentminded than normal, and he still enjoys cleaning up. He struggles a bit more than usual with choices about where things should go, but that’s about it.

That goes out this window a bit as soon as Scott starts babying him. Scott probably notices that Abolish is acting slightly off and ask what’s up. Abolish tells him that he’s trying to “do that thing Shelby told you about?” And Scott is just like “okay well let me help”. And just like picks Aboilsh up or something.

Abolish is a bit embarrassed about the whole thing. But then Scott starts calling him nicknames, and feeding him, and asking if he wants to play with this toy (random stick he found or something. They don’t have toys there probably. Unless Abolish made some while waiting for Scott to wake up). And he’s gone. Baby. Maybe a toddler or a bit older. It would vary a bit.

When regressed I think he’d still like organizing stuff, and that’s more how he plays. He’ll line up stuff by shape, size, and color. Or he’ll sorry stuff into Categories and arrange it. Scott really doesn’t care if Abolish is playing “weird”, it’s clearly helping him and he seems to be enjoying it. If he’s not doing that, and especially if he’s in a younger age range, all he really wants to do is cling to Scott. Scott’s extra strength comes in handy because he ends up carrying Abolish around a lot.

Pearl

*Explodes*

ANYWAYS, Pearl is a very outdoorsy little! That’s why she’s always getting “lost” in the woods all the time. She loves stick sword fights and climbing trees and jumping over small streams.

When Pearl is sure that no one is around, she will make a small stick fort and hide in it. The small space makes her feel cozy and safe, which is very much needed when you’re surrounded by vampires and other horrors all the time. She makes sure to destroy them afterwards so no one finds out(she feels so sad every time).

She also loves making flower crowns, although Oakhurst is quite lacking in more colorful foliage, so they’re all either grey or red and she’s starting to become bored of her options.

She will pet any kitty(or any animal for that matter) she finds. If she can carry it home, it is now her new pet. Cleo has had to tell her to return the wildlife to the woods way too many times.

Pearl hides her baby voice by playing with Oscar(is that its name? The ghost cat she found in the tomb). It’s common for people to use silly voices when talking to animals, so that’s what she’s doing! Definitely not because she feels weird and spacy and has a strange desire to have someone hold her… definitely not…

I’d say that Shubble was the first to catch on. They are the most knowledgeable on this kind of stuff. They aren’t entirely confident but they are very suspicious. Sneaking up on Pearl is impossible, so Shubble has to watch while they’re with other people; but Pearl doesn’t seem to regress as much in public compared to in solitude(at least not as openly).

Cleo hasn’t really caught on, but they did notice that a cup of warm tea and a blanket will make Pearl very quiet and almost shy. She’ll curl her knees to her stomach and refuse to start conversation herself. But Cleo can tell that Pearl is cozy, somewhat sleepy, so after a long day(or a traumatic one), she’ll blow out most of the candles to dim the house and brew some tea for the two of them.

I love Pearl!!! *disappears in a cloud of smoke*

*reappears behind you suddenly* Also… may I take 💫 anon? *disappears in a cloud of smoke… again… don’t question it…*

aaah i love all these!! little pearl <3

the little stick forts! :( i feel like a vampire has passed her by maybe once or twice during these times, i have a headcanon that scott can always tell when someone is regressing, so if he spotted her, he’d just move along and pretend he didn’t see her, he can’t bring himself to bother

shelby tries to veryyyy subtly hint to pearl about in when she catches her on her own, but pearl always seems oblivious about it (*seems!* she knows what she’s doing.) really, pearl just isn’t sure how to talk about it yet, or if she even should.

i think sausage has maybe also mentioned noticing it once offhandedly during when he was interviewing her for her book, but he isn’t as knowledgeable as shelby so it wasn’t one of his burning questions that he paid most attention to, so pearl got away pretty quickly with him, he’s more focused on all the werewolf stuff anyway

yes yes.. of course not questioning the clouds of smoke.. never ever

Usually, he can do just fine by himself. He has had plenty of practice putting on makeup and styling his hair without a mirror—he’s been doing it for 600 years. But every so often, especially if he has a lot of little chaos gremlins to take of, he will basically play dress up.

He could have them all draw outfits with crayons and markers, then he’ll try his best to match the drawings while also stylizing the outfits so they look good. Then he’ll act like he’s on a red carpet, strutting down the hallway to show off his outfit. All the littlea clap and cheer!

Or Scott will get out some of his cheaper(he is rich so not really that cheap) make up and let them go wild on him. He can’t see what they have done but they always say that he looks beautiful. Then it’s shower time(he has a status to uphold and unfortunately he can’t be going around looking silly! Nobody would be scared of him anymore!).

Scott always tells them that they did a really good job! He’ll do a bunch of poses and act all serious like they are truly professionals!

(You can add your own headcanons if you want)

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aww very cute!! i love it!! despite how tense they seem sometimes, i think the starting coven (scott, owen, pyro, shelby) started doing this pretty quickly, probably just after their level 3 makeovers since they found so many new outfits it was like a whole new world!

I like to think the Vanpires can both smell and sense things humans can't, fear/stress for this case. So I imagine regressor running around lost in the woods scared smells different from their nonregressed self running around lost in the woods scared. I also imagine it's not wholly like a bodily child but it's close enough that it's, at least to Scott, interesting.

All the other vampires have only been around adults and can't quite clock why they sometimes smell different but also not, very confusing for them.

Owens is sort of in the middle of this, he's confused for a bit, but he's got a leg up on the others on putting the puzzle pieces together in some way.