REQUESTED BY: @Kitcat13_
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Little: Dream (0-2)
Caregiver: Punz
Plot: Dream regresses to babyspace after escaping the prison after not being able to for 5 months. Luckily Punz is there to take care of him :D
Tw/cw: mentions of starvation, implications of torture
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Dream had managed to get away from the crowd, who was distracted with Ranboo's death. He ran off into the distance, tears forming in his eyes. He stopped for a second, lowering his mask and wiping the tears away before they got worse.He put his mask back on and continued on running. He had to get as far away as he could from this place. So much trauma and stuff.
Dream felt the familiar fuzzy feeling in his mind, but tried to push it away. He couldn't regress now. Who would care for him? That's right, no one.
Though Dream remembered one person who he could have a chance with.
Punz.
He ran in the direction of his home and ran faster than he thought he could after sitting down for half of his prison time.
After what felt like forever, he made it to Punz's house. It was just a normal house, but what lied inside was what he was about to find out.
He knocked on the door, the urge of slipping into headspace growing larger by the second. And as if it was timed perfectly, Punz opened the door the second Dream couldn't take it anymore and slipped into his headspace.
"Hey Dream, you okay?" Punz asked, sensing the tense feeling in the air.
"S-scaw-d..." he managed to say with his VERY limited vocabulary. Punz (being the greatest person alive) noticed that Dream had regressed and carried him inside.
Dream was holding back his tears as best as he could. He didn't want to scare Punz away.
"Hi Dream, so are you feeling small right now?" Puns asked, setting Dream down on the couch. Dream didn't say anything, as his ability to talk was fading away. He just looked at him, well, all Punz saw was his broken mask staring at him.
"Well, you must be very small then. Do you mind if I take off your mask? It'll make things very easier for me." He asked Dream. He didn't know what to do. All he could think of was what Punz would see when he took off his mask.
Though he was hesitant, Dream pulled off his mask with shaky hands, his face facing downward.
All Punz could really see was his eyes, but even that was bad enough. His eyes that were once a emerald green are now muddy and lifeless. And there's a huge scar running across his face, starting from his right eye.
Punz gently put his hand on Dream's chin, lifting up his face. Dream had tears slowly fall down his cheeks, and Punz wiped them away with the thumb of his other hand.
"Your okay, I just want to see what they did to you so I can properly help." Punz examined his face, and was shocked.
Dream had a long scar on his mouth, from one of Quackity's 'visits'. All because he wasn't smiling. And there's a bunch of cuts and bruises, some new and old.
"Okay, baby, here's what I'm gonna need you to do." Punz started, having Dream put his full attention to the Blonde.
"I'm going to have to clean your face, which might hurt, but I'm going to need you to trust me okay? It'll make you feel better."
Dream nodded, barely understanding a word Punz said, but trusting him never the less.
Punz took him to the bathroom, where he brought out alcohol pads and bandages.
"If it hurts, just squeeze my hand, okay?" Punz said, and Dream nodded once again.
The second Punz added the alcohol pad onto his cut, he started squeezing his hand like insanely hard.
"I'm sorry honey, I know it hurts. If you let me finish, I'll let you have some candy, how's that sound?" Dream nodded without hesitation, and sucked up all of his courage not to squirm everywhere.
15 minutes later, they were finally done. Dream's cuts and bruises were bandaged up and he was ready for his candy that he was promised.
He got gifted a watermelon lolly, his favorite.
"Now let's get you changed, you must be so uncomfortable in these dirty clothes."
Punz took him to his bedroom, and dressed him in a large hoodie and sweatpants (the literal fit fr). Punz couldn't help but notice how skinny Dream happened to be. Like, abnormally skinny. This made him wonder what happened in the prison.
"Dream, do you know when the last time you ate was? Like eating food."
Dream shook his head in frustration that he didn't know the answer to the question. "It's okay that you don't know the answer. We can eat something later, you must be so tired. Let's go lay down."
They went to the bed, and Punz laid Dream down, and covered him up in blankets. He had a tv on the other side of the bed, so he played some random kids show on low volume, while he got into the bed himself.
Punz took the lolly out of Dream's mouth and onto the side table. "You wanna sleep? You can sleep, I'll be here protecting you."
Dream slowly nodded and closed his eyes. After a few minutes, he knocked out.
Punz knew that he could use this time to get some information on the prison.
He called the most intelligible person he knew. Sapnap. Despite hating Dream, he still cared for him deep down, so Punz knew he could trust him.
"Hey Sap, I need your help."
"Of course Punz,
what do you need?"
"I need information on the
prison".
"Okay, here's all that I
know: "Sapnap explained everything, and Punz thanked him for his service, and ended the call .
"Dont worry Dream, I'll protect you no matter what the cost is."
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OMG IM FINALLY DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER.