Little!dean , c!g bobby hcs ( small little!sam mention )
I kind of went overboard because I was bored so bwahhh uhhh there's a BUNCH so enjoy
Dean has ALOT of meltdowns regression isn't pretty for him ,but bobby always knows what he need whether it's to sit in his lap while bobby rocks him in the rocking chair, or if he needs to cry and hit against bobby's chest
Bobby definitely makes dean his baba's like one time dean was slipping on bobby's couch after a hunt and he asked for whiskey and bobby returned with a bottle of warm milk and to deans whining sat him on his lap and fed him “no want- mmp!" "Shh.... Don't fight it idjit..” mmm.... Papa...- no-” “its okay... It's all okay"
Dean has nightmares about the hunts of course but God in little space it's so much worse he'll wake up screaming , chest heaving his Stomach going in and out shaking and the bobby comes in and just holds him , I feel like he'd gently hum to him “i got you kiddo. I got you”
Puts on old movies for dean to watch from when bobby was a kid hiding from his dad and Dean just babbles off at the screen and bobby finds it adorable because it's like a mini happier verison of childhood him ( bonus if it's a cowboy movie )
I feel one day sam walked in on little!dean on bobby's floor and bobby just responded “hes comfortable leave him be son" he's also ALWAYS down if sam feels little deans regression is voluntary ( some days it's involuntarily if he's having a bad day after a long hunt or a meltdown ) but for sam it's completely involuntarily it doesn't happen often just maybe after a nightmare specially if the ones about jess reserface or ones about his SA's and he'd just show up at bobby's door mumbling about needing help with research it's very noticeable if he's regressed because he slurs his words
Bobby definitely made dean a bracelet and dean hasn't taken it off he looks at it if he's ever upset or if bobby's busy while he's little and just runs his fingers across it , sometimes it causes him to stim but dean doesn't mind bobby taught him to just let it out and stiming is healthy
Bobby has a small box on the side of his couch with some pacis , a bottle , some old army figures just small things like that because regression is really common for dean he uses it to blow off steam ( besides hunts ) because he's trying to work on more healthy coping mechanisms
Dean calls bobby "bapa!" A small way of trying to say his name but ultimately wanting to call him papa , no needing to call him papa
The first time dean regressed in front of bobby he was 12 and bobby had walked in on him with a pacifier in his mouth “you idjit what are you doing?” but when he saw that look in deans eyes he knew , I think he knew once he saw the bruises and the saw the paci soon after
Packs dean lunches ! Dean often forgets to eat on hunts so he'll make him a small sandwich, a juice box , some kind of fruit or a cheese stick and small slice of pie to make sure he's got something in his stomach
Taught sam how to caregive because deans been slipping more and more and if it happens on the road didn't want sam to freak ( did the same thing for dean in sam's involuntarily regression )
Bobby sings dean old lullaby's 100% it ends with dean snoring and drooling on his chest but bobby knows he feels safe and that's what makes it worth it
Dean cries alot in little space mostly because of unprocessed feelings being Little just makes feeling so much easier for him to just sob and let it out ( bobby isn't the kind to say something like "shhh, stop crying kiddo” he's more “thats it let it out , don't stop until your ready. I'm here bud"
Deans very embassred of this but bobby sometimes dresses him when he's to little to move specially if he makes a lunch during feedings
Bobby NEVER drinks around little!Dean. ( Or Little!sam )
”you don't gotta play dad kiddo it's your turn to be taken care of now it's alright ”
Bobby makes sure dean eats all his food groups and rewards him with some pie after he believes in rewarding good behavior , he might even get a ( greasy ) Burger if he's been good all day
Bobby doesn't "punish" dean really, sometimes he'll give him a small smack on the back of the head ( not when he's little) if he's little he'll sit him down and have a no nonsense chat with him about why he felt the need to act like that or explaining why he can't do whatever he did , if that doesn't work it's 5 minute timeout but he doesn't give dean timeout without his stuffie or just something to hold. Just to help him process his feelings and he doesn't want him to be alone , after the 5 minutes he'll come check on him “we feeling a bit calmer kiddo?” ( I feel like if it was something really bad he might spank him but it's like 1-10 it's happened like twice )
Bobby plays army with dean and helps him organize his figures because he knows how little it makes dean feel ( and he just wants to play with his little boy )
“daddy , daddy , daddy !” dean shouts as bobby walked through the door , dean was happily kicking his feet and once he saw bobby started flapping his hands excitedly
