Little Keith AGE REGRESSION Voltron One-Shots~~ (Requests ON HOLD)

~~Shiro and Little Keith: Shiro Finds Out~~

Shiro had seen the signs for awhile. 

There were subtle actions Keith would do from time to time. Occasionally his thumb would work it's way towards his mouth. Keith would rub it along is bottom lip and in the moments he thought no one was looking, he would cautiously put it in his mouth. Not all the way but just enough for him to be able to suck on it. None of the other paladins had seemed to notice. However, Shiro had caught him a few times now. Keith would move his hand from his mouth and quickly put it behind his back. His face would be a blushing mess and he would tilt his head down so that his bangs would hide his eyes.

It wasn't just the thumb sucking though. Shiro started watching Keith more closely after that and had noticed other things. When Keith would train late at night after the others had gone to bed, Shiro would stand outside the training room and watch. It was easy to tell when Keith got tired. His movements would get wobbly and he looked almost like a toddler as he waddled and tried to stay on his feet. Shiro had the urge to run in and stop Keith in these moments but he held back. Keith would always stop the training on his own when he got unsteady on his feet.

The actions that followed after were usually Keith throwing his bayard on the ground, stomping one of his feet, making frustrated whining sounds, then usually falling back onto his butt and rubbing his eyes in a childish manner to indicate just how sleepy he was. Keith would usually crawl to the door, at which point Shiro would try to make himself scarce. It didn't take much effort because when Keith got like this his awareness of his surroundings wasn't the best. After he crawled into the hallway he would force himself to stand up, and whine while doing so, then make his way to his room for the night.

Which led to another of Shiro's discoveries.

As it turned out on nights like these Keith was a very sound sleeper. Shiro had been hesitant going into Keith's room the first night he decided to check on the younger boy. When he went into the room it turned out he had nothing to be worried about. It was the most peaceful Shiro had seen Keith in a long time. He was curled up and snug under his blankets with his thumb in his mouth. Then Shiro noticed something else that made him smile. Keith had a stuffed animal cuddled close to his chest. Shiro recognized it right away. It was a soft plush bunny rabbit with cotton candy colored fur. Shiro had won it as a prize at a local carnival for Keith when he was still a child. Keith had acted embarrassed and pretended he didn't want it but when Shiro had tried to take it back, Keith held on to it for dear life. It made Shiro happy that it meant enough to Keith for him to keep it all these years and to even have had it with him the day the blue lion had taken them to space.

Shiro continued to check on Keith every night after he caught on to Keith's more childish actions. Which is when he made one more discovery that had confirmed his suspicions. Keith only sucked his thumb and went to sleep with his bunny on nights he had acted childish during the day or on particularly stressful days. And only in the early hours of the mornings after he would sleep with his bunny and suck his thumb, Shiro noticed that Keith would take his bed sheets to the laundry room. Even though he knew why, Shiro would be discreet enough to see that Keith was putting wet bed sheets and pajamas into the washing machine.

After confirming all of his suspicions, Shiro was almost positive that Keith was a little.

It wouldn't be too surprising. Keith never really had a family and never really had the chance to be babied or cared for in that way. If that was the case then Shiro wanted to be able to do that for Keith. Shiro had always cared for the younger boy and if taking care of him this way from time to time would help Keith feel better, than Shiro would be more than happy to do so. Now however, came the hard part...confronting Keith.