Fluffy SKZ Oneshots EP.2🧸

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Sickie/Little: Changbin

Little: Felix

Caregivers: Stray Kids

This is a rather old prompt idea by KillerCookie_101 (I'm sowwy, those aren't the characters you requested but it just went with Changbin's obseesion with being cute so well)

No one's POV.:

Changbin had always been into cute stuff, even when he didn't necessarily look like it. His plushie 'Gyu' had been his most prized possession when Stray Kids had first moved into a dorm together and he couldn't possibly sleep without it. It had been little things like that, some childish quirks that helped Changbin be more at ease and he had liked it like that. As their career kicked off though, those quirks weren't enough to keep him calm and make him feel safe and the rapper eventually regressed fully for the very first time. He was lucky that he had been alone at the time. Not to imagine what would've happened if any of the members had witnessed that. They would've probably kicked him from the group faster than they had formed. Changbin promised himself it wouldn't happen again. He could just go back to the discreetly childish quirks he had and nobody would have to know.

As more time passed, Changbin realized that the only way for him to deal with the stress properly would be to slip again. He had since done quite some research to figure out what had happened to him that day and in theory was no stranger to littlespace anymore, though he'd rather consider himself an age dreamer. Age dreaming didn't necessarily bring the relief he needed though, so Changbin waited for a day off when he'd have the dorm to himself and tried to slip into a younger mental age again. Within minutes, the piled-up stress of the past months had melted away and the rapper happily snuggled Gyu while he watched cartoons on his phone. Changbin realized that littlespace would probably be part of his life from now on because he saw no other way to keep up with the demands of the industry he worked in and he really wanted to keep his sanity.

Over the next months, Changbin had gathered a few comfort items like a pacifier and sippy cup, along funny hair clips and some more plushies. It was tricky to get a chance to slip since he shared a room with two of his group mates but it wouldn't be like this forever. After a few years of struggling to find opportunities to slip into his headspace, Changbin finally got his own room in one of their new dorms. Though he knew he'd miss having his friends around all the time, he knew it'd be a great chance to really implement his age regression into his daily life. It also made it easier to hide his littlegear from the others, so he wouldn't have to fear accidentally exposing his secret.

What Changbin hadn't expected, was for Felix to out himself as a little to the group. The Aussie explained how he had kept this secret for a long time but wanted their friends to know now because he trusted them and he'd need more opportunities to fit his regression into their busy schedules, which would be easier if the members knew. Changbin was overjoyed when he saw how openly everyone accepted Felix for who he was, though he probably shouldn't have been so surprised because by now they were family after all. Seeing how happy his dongsaeng was when he was taken care of in his headspace, Changbin felt happy for the other but he didn't think he himself should own up to having kept the same secret. Though it should've been obvious that he knew more than he let on because he took care of Felix perfectly from the first day, while the other members were still struggling to get a hang of it and to understand what littlespace actually was.

Though he had promised himself he could just continue to regress in secret, there was a time when their schedule got unbearably hectic. It had been days since Changbin had slept at the dorm, resorting to short naps at the studio and in dressing rooms. That also meant that he never got the chance to slip, not even before going to bed and the stress slowly started to pile up. During one of their 3racha composing sessions at the studio, Changbin broke down. His head hurt, he was tired and he couldn't focus. He needed a break. NOW. Sitting the younger down on the couch, Chan handed him a tissue and asked: "What's going on, Bin? You haven't been yourself lately, have you?" Changbin realized that his hyung had actually noticed, which only made him cry harder. When he had managed to calm himself down, the rapper admitted: "I- Actually, I-I'm like Felix, you know. Y-You know how stressed and overwhelmed Lixxie occasionally gets when he hasn't been little in a while? We were s-so busy that I haven't slipped in- in like ages and I can't take it anymore." – "Really?", Chan asked softly, "Are you sure that's what's happening? I don't know but could it be that you're jealous that Felix recently got a day off, so he could stay back and slip while the rest of us had to work?"