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You were practically stiff with tension, nervous energy running wild within in you with every beat of your racing heart. To say you were nervous would be an understatement. You and Robert had been seeing each other for a while now and he was a great guy, maybe too good.
His voice, calm if sometimes tired demeanor and seemingly never ending patience made it embarrassingly hard not to regress around him. You never trusted anyone with this side of yourself and it was eating you up to keep it from him when you wanted nothing more than to lay in his lap and be petted and cooed at.
So you were going to come clean, as nervous as you were, it was the right thing to do. You couldn't keep hiding this part of yourself indefinitely. Taking a deep breath for courage you texted him, 'can we talk? Meet me in the break room'. Not giving yourself a chance to chicken out you closed your phone and made a bee-line for the room.
When you got there he was already there, leaning against a table and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. As soon as he spotted you, he approached you nervously. "Hey, I got your message. Is something wrong?", he asked worry evident in his voice.
You avoided his gaze and bit your lip nervously as you contemplated what or how to tell him. You ended it up nervously blurting out, "Do you know what age regression is?", and waited with baited breath for his response. To your relief his tense posture relaxed and a small smile graced his face.
"Is that what's been eating you?", he asks gently, cupping your face and making you look into his warm brown eyes. The tender look on his face brings tears to your own eyes as you nod shakily. "Oh honey", he coos as he brings you into his arms, you go readily.
"You don't be in the hero game as long as I have without hearing or knowing about almost every coping mechanism there is. Are you a little? Is that what you wanted to tell me?",he questions gently and feels you nod against his chest. "Well that's perfectly fine with me, you don't have to worry about a thing, you can be as little as you want. I won't judge you".
His comforting words are enough to make the tears spill over and soon you're full out sobbing into his blue SDN shirt. "Shhh, I've got you. You're safe now", he comforts. He doesn't rush you and you stay longer than you'd like to admit in his warm embrace