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

~~Little Keith: Too Much~~

REQUEST: maybe Keith slips during a diplomatic mission? it's like a dinner party and he's trying so hard to be big but everything is so loud and there are so many people he ends up just going to Shiro and he's so little he becomes non-verbal and Shiro doesn't know what he wants so Keith gets fussy until they go back to the Castle and get him changed and fed

It was too much.

Keith knew it was going to be too much. But he also knew that he would have to do his best to stay big...he needed to stay big.

Yesterday Allura had informed all the paladins that they would be heading to another planet to recruit them for the coalition. The afternoon would consist of them performing an air show in their lions and then giving a speech to the people of the planet about the importance of defeating the Galra and restoring peace to the universe. The evening would consist of attending a party held by the rulers of the planet in order to thank Voltron for all of their hard work and also to further strengthen a solid alliance between them.

It wasn't a secret that Keith struggled with these types of missions. He had always had a hard time in large groups of people. Keith had no problem fighting and flying, but the diplomatic missions were always a challenge.

Keith was concerned specifically about having to attend the party.

He knew he would be fine during the air show, but the party would be difficult. He had just barely made it through the last mission similar to this, without slipping into littlespace. It would be even harder this time because Keith had been teetering on the edge of littlespace for days now. However, Keith knew he needed to try to stay big. This particular planet would be very helpful in their fight against the Galra. Keith didn't want to ruin their chances just because he couldn't stay big for one party. This planet might not want to be friends with Voltron if they thought the red paladin was too little to be able to fight the Galra. Keith knew how important it was for him to stay big, although, that didn't stop the small part of Keith's mind that kept saying that it would be too much.

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As predicted, Keith was fine during the air show. Flying Red helped keep him out of littlespace. In fact Keith hadn't felt little at all while flying Red. When the show was over, things got a bit harder. Allura, being the amazing diplomat that she was, was giving a beautifully inspiring speech to the people of the planet. The only draw back was that it was a long speech, and a long speech meant that Keith's mind had the opportunity to wander while he and the other paladins stood behind Allura.

When Keith's mind had the opportunity to wander it was easier for that fuzzy headspace feeling to slowly come back. Keith started to feel bored listening to Allura talk about grown up stuff and use some big words that his fuzzy mind was having trouble understanding. It would be more fun if he had his coloring book and crayons. He could color a pretty picture for the king and queen of this planet, and maybe if he did a really good job they would hang it up for everyone to see, just like Shiro did when Keith colored pictures for him. Keith really wanted to color.

'No!' Keith mentally scolded himself. He couldn't think about coloring, he had to stay big. Keith tried again to focus on Allura's speech hoping that her important words would help keep him from slipping. It worked for a few more minutes until this planet's version of what looked like a butterfly caught Keith's attention. Keith wanted to run after it and play with it . He wanted to shout at the others and tell them to look at the pretty butterfly.

'No, No, ,No!' Keith mentally scolded himself again. 'Stay big. Stay big. I have to stay big.'

Keith was very grateful when he heard the sound of applause because that meant Allura's speech was over. All of the paladins made their way back to the castle. When they got back, Coran informed all of them that the party tonight would be a formal affair and that he had prepared formal clothing for everyone, as their paladin armor wouldn't be suitable for this type of event. When Keith got back to his room to change he felt himself get frustrated with the fancy clothes. The pants and shoes were easy enough but he was having trouble buttoning his shirt and trying to put on his tie. The suit jacket that went with his outfit smelled funny, probably from not being worn in 10,000 years, so Keith wasn't going to wear it. He started to stomp his feet in frustration. He didn't understand why fancy party clothes were so hard to put on. Why couldn't he wear his easy little clothes with the zippers and snaps?