Cleaning of a different sort. [leliana]

[rewind]

It was early morning, dawn barely illumintating the apartment enough to get around. Apollo was awake, he wondered if he should wake Leliana up yet, but he decided not to. It was her day off after all, and they would have plenty of time to be together.

He Stepped out of bed and strapped on a diaper. He didn't really need to go or else he would have done that before getting the diaper on, but you could never tell when fate would decide to smite you.

He stepped out into the room and headed to the kitchen to start some coffee.He knew he needed it and he was sure Leliana would want some when she woke up.

The coffee maker was going through it's cycles when he noticed that Leli's favorite coffee mug was dirty on the counter. That's when he got his idea. Why don't I make her breakfast in bed? He started to work.

He had her favorite hot breakfast simmering on the stove and the coffee had filled the pot when he remembered her mug. He went to wash it and had just finished drying it, when the timer on the stove dinged. He rushed to turn it off and removed it from the burner. Then he rushed to go get a tray so he could serve it to her while it was still hot. However he went too fast and tripped. Though he caught himself with his power of flight, he was too startled to stop his forward momentum, and he came crashing into a counter head first.

Suddenly he dropped to the ground and within a few minutes was de-aged to an infant. As suddenly as his accident, nature called to him and last night's dinner exited his digestive system. In other words he had a second accident.

Unable make his muscle cooperate and call out, Apollo yelled out telepathicly to Leliana. "Honey? I'm sorry to wake you up but there's some cleanup needed in aisle five. I did fix you breakfast and made a pot of coffee before my 'accident' though."

[Leliana Calvin]

::The Supermodel rolled over as Apollo's voice crept into her head, burying her face in a pillow and resisting the urge to scream. She looked up at the clock and was instantly in a bad mood. Leliana stood, pulling on her robe. She walked out to the kitchen and looked down at Apollo.::

"You know, one of these days you're going to have to learn your lesson."

::She crossed the tile floor and picked up the baby boy, realizing that he had soiled his diaper. Leliana sighed as she settled him in the crook of her arm.::

"Well, I suppose I should clean you up..."

::She took him to the part of the bathroom that acted as a nursery. Laying him down, she changed his diaper.::

"How did it happen this time, Button?"

[rewind]

"I tripped and managed to catch myself, but still bashed my head against a counter."[/i]

Apollo was mortified and sad. He couldn't hide his emotions with his lack of muscular coordination. He started fussing and whimpering. "I'm sorry I ruined your day off."[/i]

He would be filling diapers anywhere from the rest of the morning to the rest of the day. The fact that he was hungry didn't help his mood much, either.

[Leliana Calvin]

::Leliana scooped him up once again now that he was clean. She didn't bother to clothe him, as he would only grow out of any clothing in a few hours anyway. She carried the child to the kitchen.::

"It's alright, sweetie...I guess we can't really plan for this sort of thing."

::Opening the fridge, Leliana pulled out a bottle of baby formula. She heated it in the microwave and tested its temperature against the back of her hand before placing it in Apollo's mouth. Leliana exited the kitchen and took a seat in the living room.::

[rewind]

Apollo sucked contentedly on the bottle. He was still sad and embarrassed about ruining their day, but currently hunger took priority. As he drank his breakfast, he considered how lucky he had been that she didn't have a photo shoot or a publicity trip today. With the way he healed when he de-aged it was hard to tell the severity of an injury, unless it the skin was broken.

At least now they didn't have to worry about a baby sitter or about leaving him alone. He continued sucking hungrily on the bottle. Now that he thought about it, conditions were pretty good compared to what they might have been. That still didn't remove the embarrassment, or the minor sorrow of ruining Leliana's day off.

Before he knew it the bottle was empty and he was being burped. "What about your breakfast honey? It would be a shame to let it get cold, I made your favorite." "BRRRRAAAAPPP" Apollo belched with enough force to bring up some of his breakfast along with it. "I'm sorry"[/i]

[Leliana Calvin]

::Leliana sighed again, eying the vomit on her lapel. She shook her head.::

"I'll eat when I get around to it..."

::By that she meant as soon as he fell asleep. She would have been peeved about the throw-up, but it was really her fault for not burping him with a towel. Moving Apollo down from her shoulder and back to her elbow, Leliana rocked him slowly. To help settle him, she produced a soothing pheromone.::

"Comfortable?"

[rewind]

Apollo started fussing again after he threw up on her. He felt so humiliated and horrible about ruining her day off. Plus he was pretty cranky, due to the fact that he had gotten up early and hadn't had a chance to get some caffeine in him before the accident happened.

He calmed a little and smelled a scent that smelled like a warm felt blanket at night, or a warm mug of coacoa on a cold winter afternoon, or Hot dogs and smores around a campfire after a long hike. Well at least that's what it reminded him of.

"yeah...it's...nice" Slowly and contentedly he succumbed to the warm, dark embrace of sleep.

[Leliana Calvin]

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::Leliana rocked him gently until he fell asleep. She laid him on the bed as she got dressed, and then held him as she ate her breakfast, which was now cold. It was the thought that counted, and Apollo was always thinking of her.

After eating, Leliana kicked back with the baby in her arms and watched some television. She was pretty bored, but knew that her boyfriend would be a handful when he woke up, so she enjoyed the down-time for now. Leliana took a moment to look at the sleeping boy, and her eyes filled up with love.::

[rewind]

When Apollo awoke a half an hour later, he woke up crying. His diaper was full, his stomach was empty and he hadn't done any noticeable aging during his nap. That meant he had banged his head pretty seriously and wouldn't be potty trained until the afternoon or evening. The more he thought about it the worse he felt and the worse he cried until he was fairly screaming.

He kicked his little legs and waved his arms, thrashing in his personal little hell of remorse and humiliation.

[Leliana Calvin]

"Shhh...shhh...What are you crying about?"

::She took him back to the nursery, laying him down. She knew that Apollo retained his intelligence, but not his emotional control, so the model didn't hold any of this against him. However, Leliana did know what it was like to be a haggard mother at her young age.::

"Calm down, baby boy, I'm here...I'm always here."

::Leliana would never let her frustration show in her face or her voice. She loved Apollo too much for that.::

[rewind]

"My diaper's dirty, I'm hungry, I realized I'll be like this until evening. All that on top of how cranky I usually am when I get up from a nap is pretty overwhelming."[/i]

As his filth was wiped away by the disposable cloth. Apollo started feeling better. Though he felt himself getting another urge. He tried to fight it but his rebellious bladder answered natures call instead, and he let fly.

This removed the tiny amount of emotional relief he had. The screaming that had been reduced to a state between fussing and whimpering, returned in force.

"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry I'm so very very sorry.[/i] The screaming continued and his body started squirming again, he tried to keep still, but it didn't work. This increased his frustration which increased his screaming and twisting, which increased his remorse, humiliation and frustration in a vicious circle.

[Leliana Calvin]

::Leliana paused for a moment to stop herself from flipping out. This had happened before, and it got her every time. She finished cleaning Apollo up before she moved to the bathroom to clean her hands and face off. The perils of changing little boys. She changed her shirt and returned to her screaming boyfriend, picking him up and cradling him, releasing the soothing chemical again.::

"It's okay, it's okay...quiet down, babe. All of this will be a lot more pleasant if we save ourselves the tears."

::Leliana returned to the couch, laying down with the baby on her chest.::

"And when it's all done we'll get you a nice helmet hm?"

[rewind]

The cradling and pheromone had done most of it's work. Now Apollo was only fussing, sniffling and whimpering. His emotional issues were soothed but he was still hungry. He started sucking on his thumb in his state of near contentment. The only thing that would make it as near to perfect as it could get while he was in this condition, would be some food.

Briefly he smiled at her joke. But his hunger was still his first concern. He was to hungry to really cheer up, so his fussing continued.

"I'm hungry."[/i] He commented and his stomach gurgled it's agreement.

[Leliana Calvin]

::She laid him down on the couch gently and stood up.::

"Alright, settle down, messy boy. I'll be right back."

::She walked off to the kitchen and after a minute or two returned with another bottle for him. They were running low on formula. While the bottle had been in the microwave, Leliana had placed all of the candy on higher shelves so that when Apollo began aging again he wouldn't be able to reach it without her permission.::

"Alright...here we are."

::Leliana scooped him up and gave him the bottle, laying down and hoping to go back to sleep for a little while.::

"Better?"

[rewind]

"Yes."[/i] Right now he was focused on the contents of his bottle. He sucked on it contentedly and with hunger. Now he was as close to content as he could get while in this embarrassing helpless state. He was snuggled against his girlfriend, he was clean, his hunger was being sated, what could be better than this in the situation?

Once again his bottle was finished and he was burped. Only this time it was a little burp and only a little bit dribbled out.

Then he felt it. He was starting to grow again. He drifted off to sleep content in the knowledge that he was making progress and would be able to eats semi solid foods once he woke up, with help of course.