Welcome Home Age Regression sfw :) [Requests Open]

3: CG! Frank and Julie + L! Wally

Category: Comfort

Words including this: 1111

Info needed for chapter: Wally doesn't like people arguing or too many things going on at once.

[This chapter has been revised and edited.]

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   Wally was sitting on the ground. He was settled under a tree while playing with a fidget cube. Frank was watering his garden with headphones on, choosing to ignore the chaos surrounding him. That chaos? Eddie was delivering mail in a rush, and Barnaby was chasing him around as usual.

   "Barnaby, you know I have to put the mail in your mailbox! It's policy!" Eddie yelled desperately as he raced for Barnaby's mailbox.

   "And you know I don't do policy, mailman!" Barnaby yelled as he raced towards a frightened Eddie.

   Wally was trying to block out their yelling by distracting himself with his fidget toy, though it wasn't working out too well, considering how loud Eddie and Barnaby were being. He didn't have his headphones to help, so it became all he could hear.

   At some point, he started to squeezing his palms and releasing over and over again, a form of stimming when he's stressed and/or upset. He'd been doing it more recently.

   As Eddie and Barnaby raced to Eddie's mailbox, Frank finally decided to look up to the chaos between the two. Observing his surroundings, he wanted to make sure all the neighbors were okay. He looked towards anyone he could see, which included Wally. Frank noticed the short puppet squeezing his palms; upset-stimming. They had mentally noted long ago that this is something that could non-verbally tell others that Wally is upset in some way.

   Frank took a slight deep breath before walking over to Wally. He carefully crouched down next to the little puppet. He didn't reach a hand out or touch him, as he didn't want to overwhelm him or make the situation worse in any way. He needed Wally to make the first move of physical contact, that way Frank would know it was okay.

   "Wally, you seem upset or stressed. I thought I'd check up on you," Frank explained directly, trying to seem friendlier than usual. Wally looked up at his neighbor and nodded. He scooted towards Frank and laid his head on their shoulder. With that, Frank could now make his own physical contact since Wally just initiated it.

   "That's fine if you want to lay your head on my shoulder for comfort. Would you like to hang out at my house or go to one of the neighbors' houses?" Frank asked calmly as he patted Wally's shoulder. Wally thought for a moment before slowly nodding.

Frank took his hand and slowly stood up, Wally doing the same. They walked behind the houses towards Frank's house to avoid being seen by Eddie and Barnaby, who were still running around as if on a wild goose chase.

Frank and Wally walked into Frank's house. Julie was sitting inside, coloring in a coloring book full of Welcome-Home-themed contour pictures; Poppy and Eddie together made that book specifically for Wally and Julie.

Julie looked over at Wally and smiled brightly.

"Hiya, Wally! Come on in! Wanna color with me?" Julie asked excitedly. Wally smiled a bit more and sat next to Julie. Julie immediately hugged him, making Wally freeze and go limp since he didn't know how to respond to unexpectedly being hugged.

Frank smiled slightly as he watched Julie hug Wally, and he chuckled when Wally went limp. It was a bit funny to him, even if he'd seen it many times before.

Julie let Wally go, very slowly to make sure he could be stable again and not limp, and handed him some red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and black markers. She tore out a page of Home and Wally being together and gave it to him.

"Ha, ha, ha, thanks, Julie..." Wally quietly thanked her as he opened the red marker. As Wally spoke, he tried to sound as mature as possible, though a little tired. Julie noticed this. It was quite common for a few neighbors to regress when they became tired, Eddie and Wally being good examples of that.

"Wally, are you... trying not to age regress?" Julie asked after thinking for a moment.

Wally thought for a moment before speaking, "Yeah..."

"Then you can! Frank would be alright with taking care of you, and I would too!" Julie excitedly explained. Wally smiled and made a little noise that indicated he was happy.

"Fanks, Juwie..." Wally mumbled happily, letting himself become little. (Translation: "Thanks, Julie...")

   "No problem, Wally!" Julie replied as she looked at Frank for a moment. Frank took that look as 'you know what to do', and he went to the kitchen to collect a few things.

Wally looked towards the coloring sheet in front of him and began coloring alongside Julie.

A few minutes later, Frank came back with some treats, including some chocolate milk in a sippy-cup and some red apple slices for Wally.

"Hey, you two. I got some snacks for you both," Frank explained as he set the tray of treats beside Wally and Julie.

"Wally, here is some chocolate milk and apple slices for you. Both of you can help yourself to anything on the tray. I'll be in my front yard, gardening. You are welcome to join me," Frank explained before retreating to his garden.

"Okay! See ya later, Franky!" Julie happily said.

"I told you not to call me that!" Frank instantly remarked before closing their door. Julie giggled and took some snacks.

"Ha, ha, ha. Good one, Juwie!" Wally automatically replied. Since Julie giggled, he figured that she told a joke.

"Oh, uh, thanks Wally!," she was confused as to what he was referring to but quickly figured out he thought she told a joke, "Do you have any jokes?" she happily asked.

"Oh... uh, no..." Wally replied as he looked down.

"Oh, that's okay then!" Julie joyfully said as she patted Wally's head, careful not to ruin his pompadour.

   Wally smiled and continued coloring. Julie did the same, coloring a single sunflower.

A few minutes later, the two finished their drawings. Wally's looked very nice, according to Julie.

"Awwwww! That's so positively amazing, Wallz! I love it! What do you think of my sunflower?" Julie asked eccentrically

"It's gweat, Juwie! I wuv it! And fanks!" Wally happily replied. (Translation: "It's great, Julie! I love it! And thanks!")

   Julie gave him a quick hug, though after asking so he wouldn't go limp again, and decided to color a few more sheets with Wally. In the end, it turned out to be a good day.

[Finished]