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You sat in the sandbox pouting as you watched your two brothers on the swing – your Papa pushing them both so they could swing higher and faster. You wanted to go on the swings too, but your Daddies told you that you were too little – they always said you were too little. You dug the shovel you were holding deeper into the sand as you sat there getting angrier and angrier. Your Daddy had offered to play in the sandbox with you, but you had stubbornly told him no, so he was sitting on a park bench a few feet behind you keeping a close eye on you. You realized that you hated being your little age – you wanted to be more of a toddler age like Draco and Harry. You wanted to get out of the crib with the bars they claimed were there to protect you, you wanted to use the toilet that they said was too big for you and it was easier to use your nappy. You wanted to have a go on the little toy brooms that your brothers had and not be stuck with playing with the stupid foam blocks you always got but every time you told your Daddies you could be big – they always denied you so you would have to show them you could be big.
With that idea in mind, you pushed yourself up on unsteady feet – ignoring your Daddy asking where you were going, and you toddled off toward the swing set. Before you could even get halfway there – you felt strong arms wrap around you and lift you off the ground. “No!”, you screamed, trying to get down from your Daddy’s strong grip “Wanna go on the swings! I can do it! “You’re too little baby, we don’t want you falling off and getting hurt. If you want, we can try some of the slides if you’re tired of the sandbox”, your Daddy tried to soothe you pressing a kiss to your forehead. You didn’t respond just wailing in frustration, so he brought you to the park bench pulling you close against him and pulling out a pacifier that you instantly turned your head away from – you weren’t a baby! You didn’t need it!
You heard your Daddy sigh but then start to hum a tune under his breath to help soothe you, but it didn’t help as you just glared angrily at your brothers having all the fun until your Papa stopped both swings and declared that maybe it was time to go home. In the car you struggled against your Daddy as he strapped you in your car seat huffing out as your brothers easily buckled into their booster seats and you kicked the seat angrily when your Daddy told your Papa that you were most likely overtired from the park and a nap will help. You didn’t need any of this! It was so unfair.
When you got home this time your Papa unbuckled you and carried you inside to prepare you for your nap while your Daddy helped your brothers out of the car and into the house. You pouted and tried to struggle away from your Papa as he slipped off your shoes and jacket and carried you upstairs. You let out a squeak of protest as he slipped a finger into your nappy to see if you were wet and when he discovered that you weren’t wet just yet – he slipped off your play skirt leaving you just in your onesie so you could go down for your nap. “No nap, please Papa?”, you asked him as he put you on one hip to pull the side of the crib down. “It’s just a quick nap baby and then you can play with your brothers till dinner time”, he responded as he tried to put you in your crib – easily unwrapping your arms from around his neck and kissing you softly as he put you in the crib – telling you to lie down when you quickly stood up determined to escape from the crib. “Lie down, Princess”, he said as he stepped back from the crib and waiting until you did so with a huff before he left the room telling you he would be back in about a hour.
You huffed as he left – picking a stuffed animal up and throwing it at the wall in a small fit of anger – you didn’t want a nap! You didn’t need one – you wanted to play. Determined to escape the crib and prove to your Daddies a nap truly wasn’t necessary – you looked around for something to help you get out as the bars truly were too tall for you to get out without help you realized and you were about to give up until a idea sparked in your head and you started stacking up your pillows and stuffed animals to provide a something unsturdy thing for you to clamber up. You carefully stepped on the soft stack of pillows and stuffed animals which made you just tall enough to hook your legs over the sides and climb out of the crib. You grinned in triumph once you were on the ground – see! You weren’t so little after all.
You debated what to do next now that you were out of the crib but as you took a step towards your toy box; a crinkle made you pause as you were reminded that you were still wearing a very babyish thing. With that reminder in mind, you went into the bathroom and quickly unbuttoned your onesie – easily pulling the tabs off your nappy and chucking the nappy in your trash can but when you buttoned your onesie back up – it didn’t feel right to just be bare down there though…. Frowning you opened the cabinet below the sink and jackpot! There was hidden at the back an old box of pull ups – your Daddies must have gotten before they got you and realized that you were too little for them while not anymore you thought as you opened the box grabbing one and easily slipping it on you after you unbuttoned your onesie once again.
Now that you were comfortably dressed you decided it was time to play! Excited you went over to your toy box pulling out two of your favorite dolls – sitting down to play. Meanwhile your Daddies were downstairs – unaware of everything that was occurring upstairs as they had forgot to move the baby monitor from their room to downstairs while you napped. Your Papa looked at the clock and then turned to Severus who was also on the couch with him as they both kept a eye on Draco and Harry who were engaging in a battle fight with their toy Dragon toys but as these were wizard dragon toys – the wings actually moved and bursts of smoke could be seen from them. “I’m going to go get her from her nap and then I can start on dinner”, your Daddy nodded and your Papa got up and headed for the stairs. He opened the door and stopped in his tracks – what were you doing out of your crib? And how did you get out of the crib? “Baby?”, he asked making you drop your dolls to turn and look at your Papa with wide eyes – suddenly sneaking out of your crib and everything you did after that did not feel like the right choice to make and without even thinking about what was happening you burst into tears – suddenly feeling so small.
Lucius quickly strode over and gathered you in his arms – bouncing you a bit. “You’re alright baby, let’s get you dressed for dinner and we can talk about this after you’re dressed”, like he always did after he got you up from a nap – he slipped a finger into what he thought was your nappy but frowned when he felt not the normal thickness of the nappy but rather the thinner material of a pull up – when did you put that on yourself he wondered and how? Not wanting to upset you further he didn’t say anything and placed you on the changing table – shushing you a bit and putting the strap over you to keep you from trying to roll off it. You whined when he tugged the pull up off you and when you felt him trying to put a nappy on you – you tried to sit up and protested loudly. “No Papa! No nappy, no need it!”. “You do need it baby, now hold on – Papa’s almost done”; true to his word he quickly finished, and you sniffled as he gathered you back in his arms – not liking the feeling of the thickness around your waist. You stuck two fingers into your mouth to soothe yourself – ignoring your Papa when he tried to trade your fingers for a pacifier. He easily carried you downstairs and placed you with your brothers – Harry happily held out a dragon for you to join in with them to play before going over to talk to Severus. You ignored your Daddies for the moment not really liking the worried looks they were giving you at the moment so you turned your back to them – focusing on playing with your brothers.
“She took her nappy off? And she snuck out of her crib?”, Severus asked Lucius shocked at the behavior you had shown upstairs and also mentally scolding himself for forgetting to get the monitor from upstairs as the one they normally have downstairs had ran out of batteries and they had yet to go get new ones. “That’s right – should we perhaps put her in a time out? Or just talk to her?”, Lucius asked equally feeling at a bit of a lost right now. “Let’s just talk to her first”, Severus said – standing up and walking over to the group of littles.
“Hi Daddy!”, Harry happily called out while Draco also greeted Severus – wondering what was for dinner. “We’ll get dinner started soon love bugs”, Severus said while looking at you noticing you seemed to purposefully be ignoring him. “Y/N”, he called out – frowning when you didn’t look at him. “Y/N look at me please”, he said sounding a bit more stern causing you to huff out and half turn your body to him. “Come here, sweet pea let’s have a small chat about what happened upstairs”, he said bending down to get on eye level with you. You whined but eventually held your arms out to him so he could pick you up and bring you to the couch where Lucius was still sat.
“Do you want to tell us why you acted up during nap time today? You know you’re supposed to stay in your crib – you could have gotten very hurt and taking off your nappy is a big no-no princess, only Daddies take that off remember?”. You were silent choosing to stare at your fingers instead until your Daddy put a gentle hand under your chin forcing you to look at them. “Baby, we need you to talk to us. We need to know what’s going on in your pretty head”, Lucius said sounding stern which caused you to whine and try to bury your head into Severus’s neck. “No – no baby. Talk to us now please”, Severus said trying to keep your squirming body in place.
You whined again not wanting to answer but at their stern looks you finally caved. “Want to be bigger. Can be bigger too!”, you said before they used the argument they always used that you were too little. When Severus responded his voice was very soft and gentle: “You can’t be bigger baby. Remember how we talked to you about how being little is a very special gift?”, at your small nod he continued “Well it is baby. You are our very little baby and that’s okay – that’s what makes you special okay?”. “But”, you protested trying to still prove a point “ Draco and Harry are littles and they are older!”. “That’s because”, Lucius intervened “Littles come in all different ages and little are all unique and that’s what makes you – you. It would be a very boring world if all littles were the same and we love you and your brothers equally and we love all of the things about each of you that make you unique and special”. You were silent for a second reflecting on this before speaking again: “But I don’t want to wear nappies or be in my crib anymore – I want to play with the bigger toys!”.
Your Daddies exchanged a look before Severus spoke up: “Why baby? You haven’t had a issue with these things before. Is your crib not a warm and safe place to be? It wouldn’t be fun to fall out of bed every night and as for your nappy – if you remember at the beginning you did wear pull ups but you had accidents sweetheart which is perfectly okay – it just means that a nappy is a better fit for you so you don’t have to have a worry about that stuff. We just want to keep you safe and as worry free as possible. I know that some of the toys your brother’s use look very fun but they are a bit older which is why they can use those toys – they won’t get hurt like you would”. “Can be older”, you said stubbornly still trying to fight them a bit. “You can’t be baby but that’s okay. We love you as you are and since you are littler than your brothers that means you get some special things that your brothers don’t. Your brothers don’t get a nice warm bottle and a special cuddle session with us every night and they also don’t get the special option of getting to bathe with us sometimes so well its true your brothers can get some stuff you can’t – you are also getting lots of things that they don’t get and don’t you love those things?”, Lucius said to you carefully watching you as you thought this over.
You did love your warm bottles and being able to cuddle your Daddies. You loved being carried and feeding yourself was so hard – it was nice that your Daddies did it for you. Maybe they were right – maybe being on the littler side was a good thing. Using the potty seemed like a huge task as well as other things that your brothers had to do like climbing the stairs or sleeping in a bed with no rails. It turns out you realized that being extra little was in fact a very special thing. “Like being little”, you voiced out after thinking it over causing your Daddies to feel relieved. “That’s our special girl”, Severus said while kissing your head causing you to giggle.
“Now!”, Lucius said in a funny voice that made you giggle even more “I think it’s time for some chicken nuggets and mac n cheese for a very special princess and her two brothers”. At that announcement your eyes grew wide as that was your favorite meal! Your brothers also seemed excited about the meal as well and when your Daddy mentioned that there might be ice cream after dinner this made dinner seem even more special!
Your Daddies let you go off to play with your brothers as Lucius headed into the kitchen to cook and as you picked up a dragon to play with your brothers – your heart felt very warm, and your mind was finally at ease – being little was a good thing you decided and you wouldn’t change what you had for the world.