Little angsty, I'm imagining baby Simon with Grace and Rocky immediately after the events of Iron Lung
Its his first time regressing (trauma regressor Simon is dear to me 🥺) but he's not learned how free he is with his cohabitants so they have a 6ft toddler trying soo hard to be useful bc thats all he knows! He doesn't seem to want to play (he does he just learned to work first) and every half hour or so something manages to remind him of the sub and he just plunks down where he's standing and bawls.
Poor little baby gets so tuckered out the first few regressions bc he's so little but he's trying to do so much and the big scaries happen every time he's finally calmed down from the last one! Eventually Grace figures out around what age he is and they manage to let him feel useful with tiny tasks that occupy his brain like Rocky makes him a xenonite shape cube to put blocks in and the shapes are intricate enough it keeps him occupied through what would've been multiple breakdowns! And they take turns working and watching Simon to make sure if he starts ramping up they can soothe him.
Rocky is particularly good at it because he can make lullabies and nothing scary can happen when theres a lullaby it's baby law🥺
Sorry i got rambly they mean so much to mee
Simooooon my babbbbbbby 😭💖💖💖💖💖
100000% on the trauma regressor Simon ship, that little guy has had so much happen that his mind is trying so desperately to protect him that he regresses!
Ooh he'd try so hard to help out around the ship/dome! He'd be trying to help carry boxes around or find objects for Grace. And Grace and Rocky have to be so gentle and try to redirect him because they know he just doesn't yet know he's allowed to just be small and not work!
Everything is a trigger for tiny Simon ;^; enclosed spaces, really open spaces, baths, water in general, red, he doesn't mean to but he just can't stop himself from sobbing and becoming inconsolable because he doesn't know regulations (and the ones he does know from when he's big well, baby Simon forgets those) 💔
It takes Grace a little while to pinpoint where exactly Simon's headspace is (probably somewhere between infant to young toddler) and is off researching on the laptop to see what things you can do to help traumatized babies/general care ;0;
Distractions are definitely key for Simon! Rocky totally makes him a shape sorter, which also becomes part of his physical therapy (grasping and learning to use his left hand for task) they praise him when he puts the shapes in (even if he does quite put them in the right hole shhh xD) 💖
Oooh Rocky lullabies 🥺🥺🥺🥺 he'll sense that Simon is close to another crying episode so Rocky instantly starts a melodic tone, one typically reserved for hatchlings and it instantly soothes Simon ;w; he'll sleepily blink and nudge himself against Rocky's suit, lulled by the melody and vibration 💖💖💖💖
