Okay no, but like...Andrew slipping into middlespace, around 10-16 years old. He's an angry middle, still pent up about the trauma and abuse he's experienced. He regresses out of nowhere and Dennis comes home and finds him on the floor by their couch, his arms around his knees as he watches scooby-doo or something and Dennis just comes and runs his hand through his hair.
"Are you feeling smaller, precious?" Dennis would ask.
"No." Andrew would petulantly reply, nearly pouting at Dennis. His voice would be soft and smaller than normal.
Dennis would just smile and stroke his hair tenderly. "It's okay, you know," He'd say, "You can just be like this. You won't get into trouble for needing a break from it all. You can feel it and I'll be right here to put you together again."
Dennis would watch as tears filled Andrew's eyes and he rested his chin on his arms. "I just..." The middle whispered, "I don't understand it. Why was I never good enough for her? I was...Never a good enough child. Just a pawn. Just a tool. Never got to be a kid."
Andrew would softly sob as Dennis sits beside him. Dennis would pull Andrew into his arms and hug him close, softly telling him, "I know, Andy...It's not fair what she put you through. You spent so long being so strong for everyone else and you never had the chance to just be a kid. But you can now. No one is gonna stop you from getting what you need now."
Dennis would stroke his hair as the middle sobbed into his shoulder, whimpering and asking why he wasn't good enough. And Dennis would just rock him and promise him the he was good enough, that he deserved to be protected and taken care of. That he was safe to be protected now. There was no need for big thoughts or stressors. He could just be.
Dennis would hold him until he'd cried it all out and then he'd kiss the top of his head and smile. "Why don't I make you a sandwich and get you a drink and we can stay up a bit and play some video games?" He'd say.
And Andrew would just smile shyly and nod, looking at him like he was the best thing in the world. And you know what, maybe he really was.