I don't know if anyone heard about it before, this oneshot is about age regression, it's basically one person sometimes feels and acts like a child of for example eight and the other person is their caregiver/boyfriend/girlfriend/lover/actual parent. Here Harry has age regression in the oneshot it will be referred as 'little space' and Draco will be the caregiver. Enjoy.
People do age regression mostly because of trauma, stress, mental health and severe illness. So Harry will be acting like a child around 3 to have the childhood he always wanted because he was abused.
Draco walked into the eight year common room, hoping nobody would be there, since classes were on and he was skipping it. but there he saw Harry on the couch balling his eyes out, it looked like he was holding a teddy bear. "Potter?" he asked. Harry looked up in shock. His pupils went so tiny they were barely visible. "you didn't see that." he said and stood up. "what are you doing here?" Draco asked. "I don't want to tell you." Harry replied. "you can tell me." Draco said. Harry shook his head and walked towards the shared dorms. Each person had to share a dorm with another person, but since they were with uneven boys Harry had gotten a dorm to himself. He locked the door and sat against it. "Harry, you can talk to me." Harry flushed at Draco using his first name. "have ever heard of age regression?" Harry asked. "Little space?" Draco asked. "yeah." Harry said. "I've heard of it," Harry heard a thump, probably Draco sitting on the other side of the door. "what about it?" he asked. "well I didn't really have a nice childhood." He said. "yeah with muggle relatives?" he asked. Harry hummed. "I like being in little space experiencing shit I never did back then." He said. "oh, that's cute." Draco said. "I told my friends, they thought I was stupid." Harry said. "oh, I understand. My friend who died, you don't know him, had little space too. He acted like a 9 year old. Sometimes." Draco said. "did you think he was ridiculous too?" Harry asked. "none of the people are ridiculous Harry." Draco said. Harry unlocked his door but stayed sitting against it. "do you know what age you act?" Draco asked. "Sirius said three years old." Harry replied. Draco hummed. "that's a very young age, and three years olds try to be independent." Draco chuckled. Harry got a smile on his face. "are you in Little space right now?" Draco asked. "not now." Harry said. "were you today?" Draco asked. "right before you walked in." Harry replied. "so you slipped out of it before I walked in?" Draco asked. "yes." Harry said. "would you like going in again?" he asked. "it's dangerous for me to do so, you know before the war I had Sirius and Remus and Luna as my caregivers, but now only Luna lives and her dad doesn't want her to go to Hogwarts anymore, so I can't go into Little space." Harry replied. "but you were?" Draco asked. "if I know nothing dangerous can happen to me." Harry said. "so you think I'm dangerous?" Draco asked. "I... no the opposite actually. But classes are about to end and I don't want anyone knowing I'm like this." Harry replied. "okay, if I come in, and we stay there for the rest of the evening, would you like being in Little space again?" Draco asked. "I would, but aren't we gonna get hungry?" Harry asked. "we will, but I can always call one of the elves." Draco said. Harry stepped away from his door, not necessarily inviting him in, but you know he could get in. Draco opened the door after a few minutes. "look the past few times I had a caregiver, they were very close to me." Harry said. "what are you implying?" Draco asked. "I don't know what you're gonna do." Harry said. "as long as you don't wreck anything I'll be kind." Draco said. "yeah, but there are limits right? I really need those." Harry said. "sure, you can't be mean, swear break stuff or be rebellious." Draco said. "what do I get if I break a rule?" Harry asked. "I think hitting you is wrong, I don't know." Draco said. "I know this was gonna be stupid." Harry said. "no it's not gonna be stupid, what is the thing you hate the most?" Draco asked. "not being in little space." Harry said. "look great punishment." Draco said. Harry looked up at him. "I must warn you that my pupils get very wide when I am." Harry said. "I saw that." Draco smiled.
After a few hours Harry got tired and went back to his bed. "hey are you tired baby?" Draco asked. Harry nodded and got a slight blush on his cheeks. He opened one of his nightstands. "what are you searching for?" Draco asked. "dummy." Harry said. "I'll accio it." Draco grabbed his wand and accioed the dummy. "here you go." He smiled. Harry got a grin on his face and walked over to his closet. "oh you got a dinosaur onesie." Draco said and helped Harry to get it on. "bedtime story?" Harry asked. Draco smiled at him. "what would you like to hear?" he asked. "Cinderella." Harry replied. "oh I don't really know that story love." Draco said. "but, I thought everyone did." Harry looked down. "yeah muggles do, but I didn't grow up with muggles." Draco said. Harry got a saddened look on his face. "what about the tail of the three headed dragon?" Draco asked. Harry shook his head. "what if I make one up for you?" Draco asked. harry smiled. "okay, there once was a prince named Harry, he was very brave and kind, and protected the beautiful princess..." Draco trailed off. "Draco!" Harry said. "and always protected the beautiful princess Draco. she was very pretty but really scared. One day princess Draco and prince Harry sneaked out of the castle towards the highest hill in the kingdom and started their own little life there together, and they lived happily ever after." Draco said.
I won't say it for all the people who don't have it, so just happy wednesday <3
