Consider: little!Abolish who dislikes his regression, because he can’t really repress/compartmentalize effectively while regressed and it makes him feel out-of-control. Pre-Oakhurst, he refuses to regress around other people or while on the job, and his regression activities are mostly limited to crying as quietly as little!him can manage, hugging a pillow, and putting his hand or sleeves in his mouth (which he hates). Abolish is also fairly good at unregressing quickly, which he uses when he’s done crying or if he wakes up little (it happens sometimes).
Then Oakhurst happens, what should’ve been a fairly routine job turns into a freaking nightmare, and at some point Abolish just breaks from the stress and ends up regressing around Legs. It’s probably the most pleasant regression experience Abolish has ever had, but that doesn’t help much when he wakes up later and realizes he regressed in front of somebody on the job. Legs wasn’t really prepared for Abolish to wake up big, embarrassed and desperate to pretend that never happened, but he’s perfectly willing to keep Abolish’s regression a secret.
(I think eventually Abolish comes around to letting Legs babysit him while he’s little. Legs also definitely gets him a plushie and something to chew on. Also, additional headcanon I couldn’t find a more natural place to fit in: Abolish is mostly nonverbal when regressed.)
awwh abolish :(
