#agere patton

[krayonkiddos]

agere outfits!

im sure it’s obvious but just in case, the order goes patton, roman, logan, virgil, janus, and remus :3

i’ve never made outfit collage things before, so i hope y’all like these!!! i did my best haha

now for ages and headcanons and such under the cut :3

patton:

age range: he usually reaches like,, tiny baby age. i originally thought he’d be a bit on the older kiddo side cos i thought it’d be cute if he was like “i wanna help take care of the others even if im regressed” but nah his brain is like “you’re an infant now, let others help you whether you like it or not” ksjdjfkf

he’s nonverbal when he regresses, aside from the occasional single word sentence (such as “up!” or yes and no, though he usually nods or shakes his head for that)

it actually took him a while to realize he was an age regressor. he was the last of the group to realize their regression (though everyone else had their suspicions lol)

he doesn’t have a specific caregiver, everyone kinda takes turns caregiving, but baby patton is very (hilariously) attached to remus. his nickname for remus is “mouse” because he can’t really say remus or duke. mouse is just easier (roman is a bit jealous of the affection baby patton has for his brother, but he’ll take that to his grave)

roman:

age range: he goes from roughly 5 to 7, a bit younger if he regresses from stress

he started out being a rather proud regressor, not wanting to accept help from anyone. nowadays he’s the opposite, being extremely needy and clingy lol (no one really minds)

if you think he loves disney when he’s big, hoo boy little him is alllll about it lmao. he’s especially into bluey, watching at least one episode every time he regresses (and usually it’s not just one lmao)

big him isn’t really the biggest fan of remus, but when he regresses it’s a different story. he thinks of remus less as an annoying twin brother and more like a cool uncle that lets you do things your parents wouldn’t let you do. he’s embarrassed by this in a non-regressed state, and it doesn’t help that remus teases him endlessly for it lmao

logan:

age range: similar to roman, roughly 5 to 7, but much younger when stressed. he also has a tendency to age up slightly when others regress in his company. like if he’s seven, but patton goes baby mode, suddenly he’s twelve. not fully out of the headspace, but not as young as he’d prefer

surprisingly, he can be a bit of a brat. i mean this with love lmao. when he’s on the younger side, he has to have everything go his way or else. he also doesn’t handle rejection well. the others learned this very early on, and they each have different ways of dealing with it. but little logan’s smart and caught on to that, so when he needs or wants something, he chooses the big side he goes to carefully. little schemer <3

when he’s on the older side (or really when anyone is younger than him, which happens a lot), he becomes very protective. especially of patton, since he’s baby. he’s surprisingly good at knowing what patton needs, and verbalizes it on his behalf

when he’s feeling sad or stressed, he goes immediately to virgil. and if he can’t go to virgil for whatever reason, he goes to virgil’s room and lays on his bed. or, if he can’t go into virgil’s room, sits outside virgil’s door. virgil is his comfort person <3 or- comfort side. whatever kajdjfkf

virgil:

age range: he’s a teen regressor. like, 14 to 16 ish. he gets even more emo when regressed and no one knows how it’s possible skdjfkfkf

he has a paci he rarely uses, and it took a long time for him to become comfortable using it. he only really uses it when he’s particularly stressed (which, i mean, he’s kinda always stressed lol but the paci is basically for emergencies)

he’s an extremely protective older brother to everyone, and is almost like a caregiver even when regressed. on days where everyone’s regressed (as rare as they are), it’s him against the world lmao though he can enlist help from thomas (or remy if thomas is asleep) (remy only shows up in the mindscape when thomas is asleep)

he doesn’t need a caregiver since he’s always old enough to care for himself, but there are days when he goes to janus. he’s always mortified by it when he ages back up, but when he’s in the throes of teenage angst he needs janus’s support more than anything. he’s just grateful that janus doesn’t really bring it up when he ages up

janus:

age range: usually about 3 or 4, and doesn’t really go outside of that

lil dude loves hissing. but not like mean hissing, just excited hissing. he just goes “ssss!” and everyone knows he’s happy. the hissing is usually accompanied by hand flapping. stimmy lil snake <3

loves giving everyone hugs all the time. he just clings and won’t let go. he’s probably given the most hugs to either patton or roman, the latter of whom is basically always caught off guard by it. patton was caught off guard the first few times but has since adjusted (and happily so)

much like how little patton is very attached to remus, janus is extremely attached to roman. initially, roman wasn’t a fan of this, as he wanted as little to do with janus (both big and little) as possible. but once the two of them managed to bury the hatchet (as in, janus actually apologized), roman didn’t mind as much. it took a bit to become fully comfortable, but now roman is quite fond of little janus (and maybe big janus isn’t so bad <3)

remus:

age range: he could be any age, really. he doesn’t have time to figure out how old he is, he has mischief to get up to. he’s usually pretty capable when regressed, so he’s probably older than most of the others. he doesn’t act like it tho lmao

dude loves aliens. wants to be one. also pirates. his aesthetic can be summarized as alien pirates. or pirate aliens? thats actually why janus has an alien stuffie, it makes him think of remus <3

loves messing with the others when they’re also regressed. says things like “you’re now aware of your own breathing” and no one is a fan <3

definitely the most physically active of the regressors. if he’s not running, he’s jumping. and if he’s not jumping, he’s running kajdkfkfkf bro wears everyone out, even fellow regressed sides. the only one who can calm him down fully is janus, but only when janus isn’t also regressed. if janus is regressed he’s joining in on the chaos

thats the end of the post. i love these guys so much <3

[agerestorybits]

Hi! Can I have agere Patton hurt/comfort? I'm kinda sad and kin Patton aggressively lmao

That is so valid.

Agere Patton, Cg Janus

warnings, arguing.

Patton wasn't fine. He was trying to be, He wanted to be! He was just worn out. He had been wearing himself out trying to make sure everyone was ok. Maybe part of that was selfish, running himself into the ground to make sure everyone else was happy and didn't hate him. At some points he wasn't doing this because he wanted his family happy, he just didn't want to deal with anymore conflict.

He felt like a frayed rope that was one bad thing away from snapping in half. As much as he did his best to keep everything calm he couldn't prevent life from sweeping his legs out from under him.

It was just a cup. Knocked out of the cupboard by Remus while he was reaching for his cup. The cup that was Virgil's favorite.

The cup that shattered across the floor. Purple shards of glass covering the tiles.

"Remus!" Virgil yelled as he saw the remains of his cup.

"Oops." Remus said with a smile liking not the least bit guilty. "Did I do that?" He asked with mock innocence.

It was just a cup. Patton thought frozen in his seat as Virgil and Remus quickly took up fighting and everyone else picked sides. Roman siding with Virgil, Saying Remus should have been more careful. Logan came to Remus' defense saying it was an accident.

Janus had excused himself from the room as the conversion heated up and Patton really wished he had left with him. He sat there trying to hold back the wave of awful that seemed to fill every part of him. Blocking his throat from speaking, weighing his limbs into staying still and unmoving.

"Patton!" He jumped and looked up towards Virgil who had said his name. "Tell him he's wrong!"

"Jeez tattling?" Remus teased.

"If Remus apologized will you both drop this?" Logan asked.

"NO!" Both of them yelled at the same time making Patton want to cover his ears but he still couldn't move right. Everything felt like it was getting far away and unfocused and he just wanted to get away from the awfulness of what was happening around him. Patton stood up almost knocking his chair over in his haste, He could feel everyone's eyes on him as he left the room as normally as he could.

"Where are you in a rush to-" Janus started before looking closer at Patton, His indifferent expressed faded to concern. "Are you alright?"

"No." Patton choked out before sobbing as the tears started. Janus opened his arms and Patton was quick to lean into the hug.

"It's alright. Let's go somewhere quieter." Janus said as the argument continued downstairs.

Janus closed the door to Patton's bedroom as soon as they got inside. It was quiet other than the soft crying that Patton did as he clung to Janus' side.

Janus gently led him over to the bed, not letting go and managed to get them both sitting on the edge. "It's alright."

"No! I don't like it!" Patton sobbed, "I don't wanna do this anymore! I can't do it!"

unfortunately Janus already knew exactly what Patton was talking about and he hugged him tighter, unable to honestly say it would be okay. Patton was wearing himself trying to keep the peace but sometimes keeping the peace led to more damage then fighting.

"You don't have to do it alone." Janus said softly.

Patton looked up at him, "Promise?"

"I promise." Janus said.

"For real?" Patton asked. Janus would have been offended if he didn't know how often the others made promises only to 'forget' them.

"Yes." Janus said. "You aren't alone."

Janus grabbed a tissue and started drying Patton's face. Frowning slightly at the dark circles under his eyes. This was a problem that would take a long time to solve. A good first step was helping Patton catch up on some sleep. Janus faked a yawn, pleased when Patton copied.

"I don't know about you, But I didn't sleep well lately. I could really use a nap." Janus said watching the way Patton looked at him hopefully. "Think you can be my cuddle bug and help me sleep?"

Patton nodded eagerly and let go of Janus so he could crawling under the blankets. Wiggling impatiently for Janus to join him. Janus laid down next to him, pulling Patton to his chest.

Patton wasn't fine, but Janus would be sure to do his best to help him get through this.

[star-struck-wonderland]

~Patton Stimboard~

🩵 🐱 🩵 / 🐱 🩵 🐱 / 🩵 🐱 🩵

[peachie-bun]

regressed patton sleeping with multiple stuffies in his arms bc he couldn't decide which stuffie he wanted to cuddle the most

[rattybenji]

Virge definitely likes the idea of Pat being his caregiver with him being a father figure and all but in actual practice...It's less than ideal.

Yap sesh below.

Canonically Virgil doesn't like being babied so I like to think that follows into his littlespace no matter his age. He has no problem being talked to differently so his child mind can understand certain topics and such but what he doesn't like is infantilization. He can do things on his own and doesn't want others to just do things for him. He wants help and guidance.

I feel like Patton would blatantly ignore that because "You're a kid and I want to help you." He doesn't understand that Virgil WANTS to do things on his own and can. I also feel like Patton does that because it's what he wants others to do when he's regressed since he already does a lot on his own. He wants to be taken care of and projects it onto Virge.

[havinganfois]

Imagine your parent f/o rocking you. At any age. Imagine yourself as a child in their arms. Imagine yourself as an adult and they still insist on putting you on their lap on a rocking chair. Imagine them holding you lovingly.

[roman-sanders-crown]

Sanders sides agere Headcanons

(Read pinned post before starting drama with me)

Roman - flip, loves being a caregiver for the littles, and loves being small himself his little Disney and theater kid heart love the feeling of being a care free child again.

Orange - Caregiver, very much a strong figure(this is based on my personal Headcanons of orange)

Janus - Caregiver, is all about caring for one’s self and they know how much little ones can struggle, so he’s there for comfort.

Remus - Little, is a chaotic tiny gremlin. That’s it…

Patton - The most caregiver-carer that ever cared! … that was stupid… anyway he loves caring for tinies! He loves taking care of kiddos

Logan - Flip, he doesn’t enjoy how vulnerable he is when regressed, but it can be very therapeutic. He and Janus are the wine moms of the carers

Virgil - Little, like Logan it’s very therapeutic, he loves when Patton and Roman take care of him and Patton especially can make him real small. (Also petre, he’s a little kitten)

Bonus: C!Thomas - Caregiver, loves when the littles of the sides regress and he likes spending time with them.

[8-rae-rae-8]

✧°˳˚⁠∘⁠Sanders Sides Agere Panels∘⁠˚⁠˳°✧

[xxxcryptidxxx]

I know these aren't interests you said you have, but if you know/like any of these and want to do agere headcannons I would be forever indebted to you😭

ROTTMNT?

Scott Pilgrim?

Sander Sides?

Cyberpunk 2077?

COD?

Anything from DC comics?

Ofc! I hope I did this justice ^^

Sanders Sides AgeRe Headcanons

-Virgil's regression age is 0-5 pretty wide range!

Virgil is a flip!

-Virgil is a flip with a caregiver lean!

-Virgil's primary caregiver(s) are Patton and formerly Janus!

-Virgil spends most of his time clinging onto his caregiver, poor baby has separation anxiety.

-Virgil's primary littles are Roman, Logan, and formerly Remus!

-Obviously it goes without saying Virgil is a very overbearing and protective caregiver. But let's be real, his littles have him wrapped around their fingers.

Logan is a little!

-Virgil isn't afraid to punish his Little's if they misbehave. He's put Roman in timeout a handful of times for drawing on places that crayon doesn't go on.

-Logans regression age(s) are 0-3! He's baby your Honor!

-Logan's primary caregiver(s) are Patton, Virgil and (surprisingly) Janus! Roman babysits on occasions.

-Logan tries his hardest to deny his regression, which often ends up with Logan having a meltdown after he slips involuntarily. The nearest caregiver will have to calm a babbling, crying infant down after the words in his book stopped making sense.

-Logan is a very well behaved little, well, most of the time. Sometimes when he's fussy—most likely because it's close to nap-time—he'll start an unwanted game of hide-&-seek in attempt to evade nap-time.

-Logan's Paci is blue and grey with a little science breaker sticker on it, Patton let Logan decorate is Pacifier, baby wanted to keep it simple!

-Logan has a love-hate relationship with nap-time! He loves when his caregivers read to him, but Logan isn't crazy over the actual sleeping part. Remus and Roman made a mobile for his crib (don't worry Remus isn't going to give anything inappropriate to a baby), it has little planets and rocket-ships on it!

Patton is a caregiver!

-Patton's primary littles are Virgil and Logan!

-Obviously Patton is the fun, energetic Papa! He'll play any game his littles want!

-Patton will melt if his littles were to call him Papa, that's like, his number one goal right there.

-Patton gives the best cuddles, like holy cheese. Anytime there's a fussy kiddo, Patton just picks 'em up and they're out in minutes.

-Patton makes the best Angel milk, it's just the right temperature, it's not too sugary, just the right amount of vanilla, Virgil swears Patton uses witchcraft when he makes the bottles.

Janus is a caregiver!

-Patton always has a fully stock jar of cookies, and if his littles are good that day they can have one before bed! He has all kinds and flavors, dairy free, gluten free, peanut free, Patton knows his littles dietary restrictions to a T.

-Janus's primary littles are Remus, Logan, and formerly Virgil!

-Much like Virgil, Janus is also protective, Janus might be a liar, but he never wants his Kiddo's around those kinds of people.

-Janus absolutely loves reading to his Kiddo's, any story they'd like, he'll read it. If Janus's littles have a favorite book, Janus will make little hand puppets of the characters and act out the story.

-Janus isn't a very athletic Caregiver, so the more hyper kiddos aren't really his specialty, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love his hyper babies any less! Janus loves all his babies!

-Janus can always tell when his Kiddo's are lying. But that doesn't mean he has the heart to punish them. Janus just can't bring himself to scrub the doodles off his wall, his little worked so hard on them! His office has many a crayon doodles.

Roman is a babysitter!

-I feel like Janus is the one who handles money and financial stuff when Logan is out or the other person seems sketchy, so I assume Janus has a little cash on him, about 80% 100% goes to his littles.

-Roman's primary littles are whichever little needs babysat! Roman has no fixed little, although he's Remus's most preferred caregiver.

-Roman isn't really "dad" material per se, he's more like the fun, chaotic uncle that lets you have candy before bed when dad Patton said no!

-Roman is a very high energy babysitter, he can keep up with nearly any kiddo!

-Kiddo's of all ages love Romans over-the-top personality, he's the best storyteller! He even acts the story out!

-Roman used to be a regressor, but after a little trial and error he found it just wasn't for him. He liked it, but he just didn't feel little. Roman is an occasional Age Dreamer!

Remus is a little!

-Roman is always happy to babysit, he hopes one day he'll have a kiddo of his own that he can spoil, but for now he's happy playing with the other kiddos.

-Remus's regression age is 6-9 older kiddo!

-Remus's primary caregiver(s) are Janus and formerly Roman!

-Remus will never admit it, but all his other caregivers just aren't as good as Roman. He misses his big brother. Sometimes Remus's meltdowns get so bad that Janus has to call Roman.

-Remus is a very energetic little, always bouncing around and moving. He loves physical activities like tag.

-Remus is surprisingly pretty well behaved. Mostly because his chaotic creativity is rather...adult. Not very kiddo friendly.

-Remus has one toy, it's his absolute favorite. A small octopus with a top-hat and monocle that Roman bought him. He named his plushie Mister Octo. Mister Octo is always with Remus, even when he isn't in Littlespace.

[krayonkiddos]

more caregiver remus content pls

i don’t typically view patton as a regressor but if remus is his caregiver im all for it. thats a good dynamic

kiddo patton being afraid there’s a monster in his closet or under the bed and remus being like “what?? a scary monster?? thats MY job!!” and going to “fight the monster” for trying to be scarier than him. idk if im explaining the vision correctly but im soft over it

cg remus making kiddo patton pancakes in different shapes like a skull, a bat, a slime monster which was definitely not a failed attempt at a werewolf that he messed up and adapted on the fly. patton is a big fan of the pancakes so long as they’re not spider shaped. thats his only rule

THESE TWO WOULD BE GREAT. PLS

[lauras-happy-place]

THIS IS ADORABLE, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK!

Joe’s scrapbook of his first week 😭😭🥺 The last picture—I’m crying 🥹😭💕💙 And and he drew his favourite shirt -the purple one T-T

They all welcomed him so well and with such wholesome energy! They love Joe and it would make them so sad to hear some people don’t!

[haydenboymanguy]

HELP

I JUST REMEMBERED THAT I HAVE A OLD TUMBLR ACC WHERE I'D POST SANADER SIDES CONTENT BUT LIKE VIRGIL AS A LITTLE (I DIDNT KNOW WHAT LITTLES WERE WHEN I MADE IT BUT LOOKING BACK IT WAS DEFINITELY JUST ME FIGURING STUFF OUT WITH A COMFORT CHARACTER) AAAA

The acc litterly has two posts and one reblog of a very serious topic 😭

[t4tprinzzy]

scene sides (or at least an attempt at scene culture)

in order:

Logan Monroe - 28 - she/they

transfem hacker!!!!! also a major gamer (fnaf, minecraft, and fortnite are her favs). they’re a bit new to the scene… scene lmao, but her joyfriend virgil has helped a great deal with their confidence in expressing herself this way. they’re also in a relationship with roman, but their relationship is unlabeled because they don’t really need a label, they just know they love each other in a way that doesn’t need explaining <3 really loves dinosaurs

Roman/Prince Mordecai - 31 - he/they/crown/fae

name hoarder!!!! also every gender except the feminine ones. casually dating patton, in a relationship with logan, and in a QPR with virgil. his favorite color is the rainbow <3 they make EDM and crown’s really good at it (look up The Royal Dream Machine on spotify /j). and fae’re a therian! foxkin <3

Patton Harlow - 34 - he/she/any “lovecore” neos

gender is a game and patton is playing for keeps. if cute gives you kandi jewelry or hair accessories he must really care about you. she loves clowns and sky blue (and romans music <3). has the most piercings of the group, but also the most tattoos because heart has literally one. and no one else has any not even remus jahdjdjf (it’s one of those gothic heart tattoos as a tramp stamp because why not). really loves domo

Virgil Tyler - 29 - they/it/she

she wears a mask for fashion but also to hide its face in public (there’s no pandemic in this au). they love sanrio, especially hello kitty, kuromi, and my melody. also loves invader zim, which it watches with remus a lot. purple is love, purple is life. extremely into scene music, especially 6barelyhuman, black veil brides, sleeping with sirens, and avril lavigne

Janus Young - 32 - they/he

remus’s caregiver and bestie <3 they kin rainbow dash and pikachu. he loves doing makeup and they’re always down to do his friends’ makeup if they ask. collects all things mlp and pokemon. also furbys

Remus Mordecai - 31 - as many pronouns as you can fit in one sentence

talks the least out of the group as he is semi verbal! and when she regresses xe’s nonverbal. it’s special interest is homestuck and fox is a nepeta kinnie. also kit basically always has a pacifier in zir mouth, even in public. ey live with janus, who they may have a slight codependent relationship with (or whatever you’d call the kind of relationship where one person is wayyyyyy more reliant than the other? remus is very attached to and reliant on janus)

so that’s them :3 i love them all, i just wish i knew what to do with this au lmao

@spooky-sanders-fan you asked to be tagged so here it is 👀

[l1ttlepup]

Hiii, could u maybe do a patton from sanders sides stimboard if that’s ok

Ofc!! I tried my best I've never seen the sanders sides so I hope this is good!!!

My requests are open so feel free to ask for one. I'll make stimboards and moodboards just clarify which one you want!!

[rattybenji]

Dad and emo son? No, little siblings with different dads.

I love making pacifiers that don't exist for characters to fit their interests or just represent their caregivers 💛💙

[littlecloudprince]

The Little Duke

Summary: "Love this:-)♥️ Can I please request secret regressor Remus (0-3) where no one is aware that he does it? Please and thanks 😊" Request by gamblerezra (on AO3), hope I did your request justice! And sorry it took me so long to get it out ^^'

Warnings: Mentions of accidents/bedwetting, auditorial hallucinations, a meltdown scene, brief mention of blood (very, very brief, not graphic at all), skin injury/rash

A/N: …So remember how I said I'd try to be more consistent with my writing? Well, as it turns out, writer's block and executive dysfunction disagreed! I am still updating this tho, so yeah! I promise you guys, I really am trying! Time just goes by so darn fast! But I'm always open for requests!

Remus woke up small and wet. It wasn't unusual, it had been happening for a while now. Usually he just went back to sleep, and dealt with it later, when he was bigger again. He didn't know what it was or why it was happening, but he knew he couldn't go to the others. They'd think he's gross. They wouldn't like it. They wouldn't like him. They'd think he was doing it to annoy or disturb them. But he wasn't! He wasn't doing it on purpose, he didn't even know what it was!

Remus sat up, he didn't want to sleep anymore. But he had to. He was wet, and he couldn't do anything about it like this. But Remus wasn't sleepy! He huffed to himself, not knowing what to do. Why was he like this? He tried to reach out to Thomas, to have him do something, anything that could help. But nothing happened. He tried again, still nothing. He huffed, laying back down. Guess there was no other choice.

Thomas woke up to an unusual feeling. He shifted lightly, before freezing like a deer in headlights. He sat up, heart beating in his chest like a mini drum. He peeled back the covers, his face flushing bright red once they were fully off of him. No. No, he hadn't. There was no way, he couldn't have! He's an adult goddamnit, this just doesn't happen!

"Care to explain why I'm up at—" Virgil grumbled, words drying on his tongue as he processed what was going on.

"I—" Thomas started, feeling so embarrassed that tears were threatening to form in his eyes.

"You wet the bed??" Roman rose up. Thomas could only nod meekly, rapidly trying to blink away the stubborn tears in his eyes.

"I didn't mean to!" he squeaked.

"Aw, kiddo, it's okay! Accidents happen, even to adults! Let's get this cleaned up, okay?" Patton rose up as well. Thomas nodded, taking a few deep breaths and wiping his eyes.

"You— You're right. Sorry," he breathed out.

"Nothing to apologise for hun," Patton soothed.

"Yeah. Sorry. I mean— Y'know."

Right as Thomas got out of bed, it was Logan's turn to rise up.

"First step; strip the bed," he reminded.

"I know, Logan, thank you," Thomas smiled weakly.

"After you're done with that, you're taking a bubble bath," Janus appeared to give his two cents.

"Sure, Jan. Thanks," Thomas attempted to smile again. As he went on about stripping his bed, the Sides all sunk down one by one. No one noticed that one of them hadn't popped up at all.

Back in the Mind Palace, Remus had woken up, only to discover that he was still small. He didn't understand, he was supposed to be back to his big self by now! And he really, really didn't want to sleep anymore! He huffed, deciding to get out of bed. Maybe he could find something to do while he waited? He could just stay in his room all day, it's not like the others would notice anyway. His bed would have to wait, but Remus didn't mind too much, he'd just clean it before going to sleep. Maybe.

Remus looked around his room, trying to find something to do. He wanted to colour! Or draw! But all the art supplies were in Roman's room. Hm. Remus flicked his wrist, attempting to summon himself some crayons and a colouring book, but nothing happened. Remus growled quietly, scratching at his inner thighs. Why were they burning and scratchy? And now Remus' tummy growled, too! There was no way he could sneak in the kitchen without getting caught. They'd yell at him. Usually, he didn't mind, but today, he really didn't want to be yelled at. He just wanted... Well, he didn't even know what he wanted. Remus' tummy felt rotten, and not in the way he liked, either!

"They don't like you," a voice said.

"I know," Remus replied. This wasn't the first time he heard voices, it happened a lot. Usually it didn't bother him, but today was different.

"They'd be better off without you."

"You sound like the Emo," Remus shot back. The voice chuckled coldly.

"You really don't get it, do you?"

"Go 'way."

"You want them. You want them to want you. But they won't. They never will, will they?" the voice taunted.

"Go 'way!" Remus stomped his foot for good measure. He hated the way his bottom lip wobbled, and how his vision blurred as salty tears welled in his eyes. He hated feeling weak.

"They left you. They're not coming back. They have a new family now. Without you."

"No!"

"They don't need you anymore. *He* doesn't need you anymore. He hates you," the voice kept going, mercilessly jabbing at Remus' sensitive spots. Remus saw two strips of colour take form. Yellow and purple. Janus and Virgil. They stared down at the duke, disgust shining in their eyes. They wouldn't speak, only staring menacingly.

"Stop!" Remus closed his eyes and covered his ears, firmly pressing his hands on them in a desperate attempt to silence the voice. He fell on his knees, curling up to be as small as possible.

In the meanwhile, Thomas was trying to work on songwriting, but something kept gnawing at him. He couldn't stop thinking about what had happened. It bothered him. He had gone to the bathroom before going to sleep, like he always did. He hadn't drunk too much water, or anything else for that matter, and his dream wasn't particularly scary. So why had he wet the bed? What was wrong with him?

"You're not making any progress, Thomas," Logan pointed out after rising up.

"I… I know. Sorry. Just…" Thomas trailed off.

"Just?"

"Thinking."

"About what?"

"Just… Ah, you know, nevermind. It doesn't matter," Thomas shook his head a bit.

"If it bothers you, it does matter," Logan stated.

"Is there something wrong with me?" Thomas bit his lip. He looked up from his notebook, but avoided Logan's eyes.

"Why would you think that?"

"I mean…" Thomas didn't finish his sentence. He bit his lip, his gaze wandering uncertainly.

"I just…" his voice wavered, and he swallowed thickly as he felt a lump growing in his throat. He rapidly blinked his eyes, not wanting Logan to see him cry. He didn't even know why his tear ducts were threatening to betray him, there was no reason to cry. It was… illogical. Thomas let out a shaky sigh, hiding his face in his hands.

"Hey…" Logan sat across his host, unsure what to do.

In the Mind Palace, Remus was getting closer and closer to meltdown territory. It was getting harder to breathe, the voice was getting louder, and the burning and itching of his tighs was getting to be unbearable. He hated this. He hated this, he hated this, he hated this! Remus let out a scream, fiercely ripping his pants off before aggressively scratching at his inner thighs. Angry tears burned in his eyes as he reached for the first object he could reach, before throwing it at the general direction of the taunting voice.

"SHUT UP!" Remus shrieked, clawing at his ears for a moment before throwing himself on the ground, shrieking incoherently as his thighs demanded to be scratched again. There was a knock at Remus' door, causing his hands to fly from his thighs right back to his ears as the sound pounded at his eardrums.

"NO!" he screamed, throwing whatever object he could get his hands on toward the door.

"Ow!" Patton yelped, getting hit in the face with an empty deodorant container. He rubbed at the tip of his nose, processing what was happening. He flinched as he realised the state the still shrieking little duke was in.

"Hey…" he entered the room, and sat on the floor, making sure to give Remus some space. He reached out to the red-faced boy, carefully stroking his hand once. When Remus didn't protest, Patton continued, slowly but effectively getting the toddler to calm down.

"There ya go, Dad's here buddy, Dad's gotcha…" he coo'd gently. By now Remus had completely stopped screaming, but silent tears were still running down his face, his anger melting down to sadness. He reached his little hands out, choking back sobs, a quiet whine escaping his throat.

"Aww, you want Dad to pick you up?" Remus didn't answer verbally, instead just clenching his fists in the 'grabby hands' motion. Patton took the cue, and gently picked the boy up. Remus winced as his thighs pressed against the fabric of Patton's clothes. He had scratched them so vigorously that they were now completely raw, dried up blood covering his fingernails.

"You poor thing! Dad thinks you need a bath, hun. And then, once you're all squeaky clean, we'll put some lotion on your thighs so the hurt will go away. That sound good?" Patton murmured softly upon inspecting Remus' thighs closer. The boy nodded, rubbing his eyes, exhausted from his meltdown.

"What got you so itchy in the first place?" the fatherly Side asked. Remus just shrugged, not quite sure himself. Patton looked around, only now noticing the pants on the floor.

"…Oh," he understood now, the lingering smell in the room making more sense. Truthfully, he had not paid much attention to it at first. It was Remus' room, it was subject to strange smells, and generally, it was better to not ask questions. By now the other Sides had learned to tune it out. Now, however, was not the time to dwell on that.

"Well," Patton said, "let's get you cleaned up!"

Some time later, as Patton had finally gotten the freshly-bathed toddler in a pull-up and t-shirt, and the washing machine running, he felt the ever-so-familiar tug of someone, likely Thomas, summoning him. So, Remus on his hip, he sank down.

"Oh! Logan! Did you need me for something?" Patton asked, surprised to see that it hadn't been Thomas who summoned him.

"I…" Logan started, his words drying on his tongue as he processed the fact that Patton was holding what appeared to be a toddler.

"Is that… Is that Remus?"

"Yup!"

"…Why is he a toddler?"

"No clue! So what's up?" Patton asked.

"Right, well, Thomas is experiencing a sort of… emotional crisis, and that's not exactly my area of expertise. I figured you would be able to help," Logan explained, gesturing to the host, still hunched over the desk, hiding behind his hands.

"Huh, okay," Patton frowned a little before walking to Thomas.

"Hey, buddy…" he started, gently laying a hand on his host's back. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing, just…" Thomas trailed off, taking a breath and rubbing his face before turning to look at Patton. His eyes were a little shiny, and he seemed exhausted. His brows furrowed in confusion once his brain registered the toddler Patton was holding.

"Remus," Patton explained.

"…Huh?"

"I don't know either, I just found him like this."

…How small is he?" Logan asked, furrowing his brows as well as he thought.

"Can't be older than two, I don't think. Poor guy had wet the bed, so we had a bit of a bath, and got some lotion on that nasty rash," Patton explained, gently moving Remus' legs a little so the other two could see how red and raw they were.

"Is… Is that why I…" Thomas trailed off, too embarrassed to say it outloud.

"Of course!" Logan suddenly explained, smacking his forehead as the realisation dawned on him.

"Remus' regression must've had a side effect in affecting you, Thomas!"

"A *Side* effect? Eh?" Patton grinned.

"…Yes? I'm not sure what you're implying here, Patton."

"It's- It's a pun, just ignore it," Thomas shook his head a bit.

"…Anyway, we can't leave a two-year-old on his own. I trust you'd be willing to care for him until we figure out a way to get him back to his adult self, Patton?" Logan said, raising his eyebrow slightly.

"Oh! Uh… Of course!" Patton tried his best to conceal his surprise, quickly regaining his composure and giving Logan a grin. Taking care of Remus couldn't be *that* hard!

Right?