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Zeldris as baby. Like, not turned into baby but actually a baby

OMG YES HES THE CUTEST BABY EVER CHANGE MY MIND!!

The only reason baby zel was allowed to live was because he wasn’t born weak like all the other siblings meliodas had prior to that, The DK needed a spare in case something happened to Meliodas but because all of them where born weak and useless the DK killed them infront of meliodas showing to him that any weakness whatsoever wasn’t allowed and if he even dared to show his life could be snuffed out instantly. Because of this Meliodas grew to have a habit of not getting attached to them knowing they would just die because of how weak they were. And it was too painful remembering all of them that died. At first when zeldris was born meliodas didn’t even go near him because he thought it would just be the same thing all over again. That was until he walked by Zeldris’s room one day and felt the magical energy flowing through him. It shocked him that something so smol could hold that much power. He knew he was born strong but he never expected anyone else to match him. So feeling that and seeing just how cute he was made Meliodas fall in love with him instantly. (He was too cute to resist not that meliodas would admit that out loud) so because of that any free time he got he would sneak away to spend time with Zeldris.

At first meliodas didn’t know what to do with him he had never had a sibling live this long he was scared that the minute he did touch zeldris he would die just like the others. It took a bit but eventually he did manage to walk over to where zeldris was laying and gently rub one of his cloved fingers against his cheek. Causing Zeldris to look up at him catching meliodas off guard as he wasn’t expecting him to do that.

Demon babies can sense the magic of others which is how they know who their mother is and who they ate safe with and not. And as soon as he felt meliodas’s warm protective energy he knew he was safe with him. And instantly began to play with Meliodas’s finger. Putting it in his mouth and nibbling on it with his little baby fangs. Of course demon baby fangs are super small because they aren’t developed yet so it didn’t hurt when he did that but it still felt weird. But meliodas didn’t have the heart to take his finger away and just let zeldris do it finding it weirdly relaxing spending time with him. They stayed that way for a bit longer until meliodas had to leave to go to training as much as he didn’t want to leave zeldris he had to. So he gently took his finger out of his mouth and ruffled his hair telling the little baby he would be back later. As soon as he walked out the door he put a protective spell around Zeldris’s room protecting him in case someone or something tried to harm him. He knew better then to just trust the castle guards.

It became such as routine for meliodas to visit Zeldris that nurse maids would just let Meliodas take care of him while he was there and let them have their space. In those time meliodas let himself relax and just be himself taking care of him and holding him. It was his favorite part of the day always looking forward to spending time with his baby brother. It was the one joy he had in life (before elizabeth) and he wouldn’t let anything happen to Zeldris at least while he was there. Many time he would take zeldris to meetings or patrols around the castle and if anyone said anything or looked at him in a Nasty Way they would instantly be silenced making sure everyone knew that he was talking zeldris with him and he didn’t care what anyone said. And no one dared to say anything about it again.

They were inseparable you could always find them together No matter what. As soon as meliodas would come back from a mission or even training zeldris would toddle over to him happy to see his big brother again and meliodas each time would drop everything to pick him up and talk to him. Only zeldris got to see the soft and loving side to his brother and it made him feel special. They would spend hours together talking and just hanging out before meliodas would have to leave on another mission but not before promising zeldris that he would be back and that he would bring him back something. Making the tiny demon happy as he would wait at the window watching for meliodas to return wrapped in a blanket. Most of the time he would fall asleep but when he sensed meliodas nearby he would instantly perk up and go meet him happy to see him again.

I HC that whenever zeldris had a nightmare when he was little he would be too scared to be alone and would want someone. So he would get off his bed grabbing a blanket and a small plushie he slept with and wander the halls looking for meliodas because he was really good at keeping the nightmares away

As soon as he found meliodas, he beg to stay with him because he was scared and meliodas would just give in instantly and would gently wrap him in his arms making sure he was okay before letting him sleep on his lap during meetings or just hold him until he was sleep. When that happened he would take him back to his room and lay him in his bed. But the moment he did zeldris would instantly cling to him making meliodas instantly rethink leaving. So he stayed with him the whole time holding zeldris in his arms as they both slept

Ok, idea while I go back and forth between writing this and the time travel one you sent me.

The first time Meliodas holds baby Zeldris he just stares at him. And Zeldris stares back at him with big, wide green eyes that match his. Meliodas is immediately filled to the brim with a feeling of I love you more than anything else in the entire world combined, I would DIE for you without question.

Now here's the AU part. Meliodas was never unfeeling. He was never cold and emotionless. But he had to ACT like he was, because the Demon King had a looming threat over his head, a bargaining chip he could never ever give up. "You ever step a toe out of line, I'll punish Zeldris twice as hard as I punish you." And the punishments Meliodas would receive were not light. The DK quite literally threatened to kill Zeldris if Meliodas disobeyed him.

So in front of everyone in the entire world? He was Meliodas the Destroyer. He was cruel and cold and slaughtered everyone in his path without a single twitch in his expression.

Then he would come home and give Zeldris a bright smile as he scooped up the laughing infant, baby, toddler, child. Though he made sure no one else was ever around when he did this. Quite literally one person in the entire world saw the full extent of his soft side. Gowther (demon) saw some of it, but even if Meliodas smiled at him, he never radiated quite the joy and love he did with his brother.

Half of Zeldris’s lessons were done by Cusack, and the rest were Meliodas. His big brother taught him to read, write, to understand politics. He taught him how to fight and defend himself, how to use magic.

The first time Meliodas EVER shows expression on the field is when Zeldris, still a young child, but old enough to know he wants to be JUST like his big brother, sneaks onto the battlefield. He's got a dull training sword and the goddesses, not caring he's a child, attack him. He cries out, blown back and burned by an ark. Meliodas, who sensed his little brother and then heard his sharp cry of pain and fear a second later, whips his head around. Upon seeing Zeldris curled up and smoking, an expression fills his face, stunning the goddesses.

Sheer, unfiltered, raw terror.

He flings over to Zeldris, covering his small body with his own and taking Ludociel's ark to his back. Doesn't even try to dodge it. It's a strong spell, coming from the leader of the Archangels. It burns through his clothes easily, and blood slips down his skin, but he doesn't care. Zeldris is whimpering, clinging and curling into him as he cries about how it hurts.

"Shh, shh, it's alright Little One, it's ok, I've got you, I'm here now." He strokes his head gently as he soothes him, standing up and holding the tiny ball of child close. He's cradling him gently, protectively, when he turns out, lifting two fingers and murmuring "Counter Vanish" at a spell hurled straight at them. He's never used this spell before, not in anything but training, which means NO ONE knew he could make an attack just DISAPPEAR.

He's GLARING at the goddesses. "You've hurt my little brother." He growls, looking at them with rage. Terror and rage, they had invoked terror and rage in the most unfeeling, ruthless demon in the entire clan. They were really starting to regret attacking that "random demon spawn"

The goddesses very quickly regret attacking Meliodas’ brother. For one thing, Meliodas is very quick to fix his slip up by killing as many of the goddesses who saw him showing emotion as possible… for another the survivors were lectured to hell and back by Elizabeth when she heard what had happened. Even back when Bloody Ellie had not even met Meliodas yet, she would have been upset simply because the goddesses chose to attack a child! Zeldris was grounded btw.

I love how zeldris held up his sword to Meliodas’s throat and meliodas didn’t give two fucks meaning that zeldris has totally done this before and meliodas is desensitized to it cause he knows zeldris won’t do anything LOL