This is an age regression oneshot where Hunter is a little, and Willow is a caregiver. Hunter has been struggling to settle into school, and so when he arrives home to Darius, he regresses to the age of five and cries for Willow, except Darius isn't used to this side of him

Thank you @That_Silly for the request!!!

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Third Person POV:

Ever since Darius signed Hunter up to school after the apocalypse that The Collector had set up, he had been struggling. He didn't really understand anything in classes, and everyone thought because he was the nephew of the former emperor that he would know everything, but he didn't.

The work was all too much for him, and to top it all off, he was now being bullied by Boscha for being friends with Willow.

When he got home from another day of pain, he jumped onto his bed and cried into his pillow. He desperately wanted to regress, but he didn't want to because if Darius asked what was wrong, his speech would be all over the place and think something was wrong with him.

Back in the human realm, Hunter had trusted Willow the most and therefore explained the concept of age regression to her because he was finding it hard to cope in unfamiliar surroundings. She was very accepting and ended up becoming his caregiver.

But trying to teach Darius of it too would be a lot more difficult since things are still a little rocky between the two after everything that had happened, and this made Hunter desperately in need of Willow's comfort...

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. This scared him enough for his mask to slip and for the age regression to kick in. He was too scared to open the door, though, so he just waited, and then Darius opened it.

"Are you okay, Hunter?" He asked

"I-i-i-i..." Hunter stuttered, not knowing exactly what to say, so he waddled over to him and gave him a hug on the legs.

Darius wasn't quite sure what was going on, but he remained calm.

"Did you have a bad day?" He asked.

Hunter looked up to him and nodded, tears spilling down from his hazel eyes.

"I w-w-want Willwow!" He cried.

"What?" Darius asked, not understanding why the boy before his speech sounded so slurred.

"I want Willwow!" He demanded, "Fwom the Emwald Entwails!"

"Oh her, yeah, I can get her!" Darius said.

"Yay!" Hunter exclaimed and then waddled back to his bed and started cuddling his wolf plushie, "Thwanks Dada!"

The abomination coven head gave a warm smile and then closed the door behind him. He was so confused by how Hunter was acting, but he knew Willow was the key to his answers.

He picked up the blonde haired boy's scroll that had been left in the kitchen and then started texting Willow:

Me:
Hello Willow, it is Darius here, and Hunter isn't acting right and is asking for you, so could you come over here, please?

The response was almost immediate:

Willow:
Yeah, sure! Please try and comfort him for now, though

Me:
I'll try

Darius put down the scroll but couldn't bring himself to open the door and talk to Hunter yet since he still didn't understand what he needed other then Willow. Luckily though, she arrived quickly.

"Hey Darius!" Willow waved, "How is Hunter?"

"I honestly don't understand what's going on. He's acting differently, and I don't understand what to do!" The abomination haired man replied.

"Have you ever heard of age regression?" She asked.

"No," He replied.

"Sit down and let me explain!" Willow said.

The two sat down in Darius's kitchen, and then the black haired girl began to explain,

"So, very simply, age regression is a temporary or long-term change of behaviour to act more childish to cope with stress and other problems!"

"Oh wow, when did this all start for him?" Darius asked.

"I actually have no idea, I only learn of it recently when I became his caregiver in the human realm, but probably for a long time," Willow replied, "Although around Belos, he probably tried to hold it all in..."

"Is there anything I can do to help look after him?" He asked.

"Right now, you can leave it to me, but I can give you some tips after!" Willow said.

She then walked off to find Hunter, and Darius followed behind her, ready to learn. She opened the door, and the blonde haired boy immediately shot up from his head when he saw her smile.

"Mama Willwow!" Hunter exclaimed, beaming at her with his hazel brown eyes.

"Hiya Hunter!" Willow waved and then sat beside him on the bed, "What age are you today?"

Hunter put up his hand, which Darius thought was him trying to give her a high-five, but Willow knew what he actually meant by this.

"Ahhhh, so you're five today? That's so cool!" Willow replied.

This made the boy laugh, but then something came to his mind.

"Willwow, whaw are we doing today?" He asked.

"Hmmmm..." Willow put a finger to her chin in thought, but then had a light bulb moment, "Why don't we play with your toys and make them go on an adventure?"

"Yay!" Hunter squealed and took hold of his wolf plushie.

Willow found a frog plushie named Sprig from under his pillow, and they started to play together.

Meanwhile, Darius sat back and was watching. He was very impressed at how well Willow was handling the job as a caregiver, but he also worried about what would happen now if she left.

Soon enough, the little started to get tired, so she got his two plushies and cuddled them to go to sleep. Willow smiled, and then she walked out of the room, the abomination coven head following closely behind.

"Thank you for everything!" The abomination haired man said, bowing down to her, "How can I ever repay you?"

"Well, I can't be here all of the time, so if you could do some more research and become his primary caregiver, that would be great!" Willow responded.

"Does that mean you won't help anymore?" He questioned.

"No, no, no, it's just you are with him more!" Willow explained, "I'll still come over when needed!"

Darius nodded in agreement to the plan. The girl waved goodbye and then shut the door behind her.

The man then crept down the hallway and to Hunter's bedroom. He opened the door and then smiled to see the boy's sleeping face.

"Don't worry, Hunter, I will do my best to be your caregiver!" He whispered and then closed the door gently behind him...

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This is the first time I've ever written an age regression thing before, and I'm actually really impressed. I'm sorry if I happen to offend littles or caregivers with this because honestly, as someone who doesn't experience this stuff, I don't know how to make it realistic other than reading other toh oneshots from actual littles/caregivers for inspiration.
Also, if you try to write an age regression oneshot yourself, please don't take any advice from me, I have no idea what I'm doing, lol

Also, I think if I continue to make daily chapters, the quality is just going to get worse and worse so I'm marking this as the point I stop and start having little gaps in between because I don't want people's actual requests to be ruined by my tiredness

I know the quality doesn't look bad here, but it will start declining very soon...