age regressor barry allen headcanons
okay now im convinced barry would be so so polite and quiet /neg, he rarely needs a caretaker (or so he tells himself, he does want one but hes so so scared of the wrong one) so he’ll semi regularly regress at home and do stuff like low effort food, kids tv shows, he has a bluey backpack with his little gear in it (paci, crayons, sketchpad, building blocks, baby blankets ect)
he likely gets found out by batman first tbh- stalker as he is probably finds out via a hidden camera cuz hes a weirdo and bats shows up when barry has an impure regression.
its either him or hal and hal would be the BETTER option cuz bats is a scary guy to bitty baby barry whereas hal is the super cool uncle
also barrys very clingyyyy an hal loves cuddles so they’ll often be seen cuddling snuggling and hal is a flip so he can also regress to have a playdate w barry when hes too scared to have a caretaker around
i also think with barrys rocky childhood that he’d not only be scared of adults in general cuz of the therapy where he was invalidated and police interviews where he was questioned until his tongue was numb, but he’d also be scared of adults trying to be his parents- potential adoptive parents and foster parents (well meaning and terrible alike) made him think not only were they trying to take him away but that his dad didnt want him in the first place
so yeah he sometimes (most of the time) cant do a caretaker unless theyre a big sibby or an uncle or auntie- he’ll call jay and joan gramps and gramma tho (bartisms)
i do think that aside from the caretaker panic that he really doesnt care what people think of his behaviour whilst little cuz he sees it as just coping which it is-
but he’ll just reply to every negative comment with ‘but why? it makes me happy??’
so i do have a vision for other leaguers finding out in a very casual way, GA finding barry with building blocks and after barry babbles about psychology ollie just palms him a toy bow and arrow set and goads him to aim at bruce which makes him giggle
also arthur finding barry and having actually alright experience with kids from atlantis so just picking the boy up asking what hes doing and bounces him on his knee. everyone thinks theyre adorable. OHHHHH ARHUR TAKING BARRY TO THE BEAAACHHHHHH
also VERRYYY AUTISTIC BABY. basically nonverbal but loves a baby babble despite regressing to 5 most of the time- his impure regressions result in a younger age usually 1-3