Kinsley didn’t let Nicole’s cart get more than three feet past the endcap before she twisted around in the child seat of the cart and pointed a tiny finger at Dayton like she was issuing a formal citation.
“I heard that, Harris,” she said, voice loud enough to make a couple shoppers glance. “And I do not like it when you call me Kinslayer.”
Her tone was furious.
Her face was… not furious.
Her mouth was fighting a smile like it was trying not to lose a game.
Dayton walked backward for two steps, hands up in mock surrender. “Noted. Deeply. Emotionally. Logged.”
Mr. Myers made the smallest sound of a sigh. The kind of sigh dads invented to survive adolescence.
Nicole didn’t even look up. She just flicked her eyes between them like an exhausted referee and said, “Okay. Team. We’re shopping. Not reenacting the season finale of Soccer Girls: Civil War.”
Kinsley leaned forward, offended. “It’s not civil war. It’s accountability.”
Dayton nodded seriously. “She means she wants her nickname to be ‘Goal Queen.’”
Kinsley hissed. “Don’t say that like it’s a joke.”
Nicole’s eyes narrowed. “Kins. You cannot be a ‘Goal Queen.’ You’re six inches tall.”
Kinsley’s chin lifted. “Then I’m a Goal Duchess.”
Dayton snorted. “Goal… goblin.”
Kinsley’s glare could’ve melted a collar tag.
Mr. Myers slid in beside the cart, gently reclaiming the adult energy of the aisle. “So where are we starting?”
Nicole tilted her phone toward him. The notes app was open, a tidy list with bullet points and little checkboxes. Of course it was.
“Food first,” Nicole said. “Pellets. Wet packs. Then bedding, liners, hygiene, and a travel case. Dayton needs the basics to get Ezra through the week without improvising with… paper towels.”
Dayton made a face. “I wasn’t going to use paper towels.”
Nicole’s expression was flat. “You were absolutely going to use paper towels.”
Mr. Myers glanced at Dayton. “Were you?”
Dayton dodged like a politician. “I was going to use… options.”
Kinsley made a little gagging sound. “Guardian training really does teach you how to lie with confidence.”
Dayton’s eyes widened. “Excuse you?”
Kinsley spread her hands innocently. “I’m just saying. If the SEA ever needs a spokesperson, they should hire you. You’d be like, ‘I’m not imprisoning anyone, I’m creating a safety ecosystem.’”
Nicole coughed a laugh into her sleeve.
Mr. Myers looked up at the aisle sign. “Pellets it is.”
They turned into the pellet aisle and Little Mart immediately did that thing it always did: tried to make containment look like self care.
The shelves were color coded. Pastel boxes. Smiling cartoon Littles holding tiny bowls. Flavor names in cute fonts, like this was a snack subscription and not… nutrition for someone whose autonomy had been legally removed.
Dayton walked slow, scanning the options like she was picking cereal.
“I need more variety,” she said, quieter now. “I don’t want Ezra to just have… bland base pellets. He’s already dealing with everything else.”
Kinsley’s eyes flicked to her. The teasing didn’t stop, but it softened around the edges.
“Okay,” Kinsley said, suddenly practical. “What’s he like with food?”
Dayton blinked. “I… don’t know yet.”
Nicole gave her a look. “That’s fair. You’ve owned him for, what, twelve hours?”
Dayton didn’t correct her.
She reached for a box on the middle shelf. The packaging was aggressively cute: a campfire graphic, tiny marshmallows, and a cartoon Little wearing a flannel scarf like it was on a fall Pinterest board.
“S’mores pellets,” Dayton read. Then, because she was thirteen and still capable of joy in the middle of horror, her eyes lit up. “These might actually be good.”
Kinsley’s head whipped around so fast her collar charm clicked. “Nicole.”
Nicole sighed like she already knew what was coming.
“Why,” Kinsley demanded, “do we not have s’mores pellets?”
Nicole didn’t even blink. “Because you are not a seasonal beverage.”
Kinsley stared at her. “Dayton has a Little for literally five minutes and she’s already buying the good stuff.”
Dayton raised her brows. “It’s called being a supportive Guardian.”
Kinsley scoffed. “It’s called being a show off.”
Mr. Myers looked between them, then at Nicole, like he’d learned there was no correct answer and he was just here to witness. He gave Nicole a tiny nod that said: Pick your battles.
Nicole exhaled, grabbed a box of s’mores pellets, and dropped it in the cart beside Kinsley with a soft thump.
Kinsley’s entire face brightened. “Yes.”
Nicole pointed at her. “This is not a precedent.”
Kinsley hugged the box like it was a trophy. “This is justice.”
Dayton smirked. “Kinslayer demands tribute.”
“I am not—” Kinsley started.
Nicole cut in, deadpan. “You absolutely are. Keep going.”
Dayton moved down the shelf, pulling out a darker box with a more “hearty dinner” vibe.
“What about pot roast pellets?” she asked. “Are those good?”
Kinsley’s expression turned instantly serious, like she’d been summoned for her expertise. “Pot roast is solid. But it depends on the brand. If it’s the one with the mushy carrots, it’s mid.”
Mr. Myers blinked. “You’re reviewing pellets like you’re on FoodTok.”
Kinsley didn’t look ashamed. “Someone has to.”
Nicole leaned over the cart, reading the label. “We’ve never bought pot roast.”
Kinsley gave her a look of deep betrayal. “Nicole.”
Nicole lifted her hands. “I didn’t know you wanted pot roast pellets.”
Kinsley’s voice went theatrical. “Because you never ask what I want. You assume I want ‘nutritionally complete’ and ‘balanced macros’ and ‘no dyes.’”
Nicole’s eyes narrowed. “You do want no dyes. You literally threw a tantrum last month because the red ones stained your tongue.”
“That,” Kinsley said with dignity, “was a chemical injustice.”
Dayton laughed, then caught herself and looked down the aisle, suddenly aware of where they were and what this meant. She cleared her throat and grabbed another box to give herself something to do.
“Okay, these are Dunkin’ Donuts themed,” she said, holding it up. “That can’t be real.”
Kinsley’s eyes went wide. “Oh my god. Donut pellets are elite.”
Nicole’s face did the thing it always did when Kinsley said “elite.” A slow, pained patience.
“Kinsley,” Nicole said, “you cannot live on donut pellets.”
Kinsley’s stare was deadly. “Watch me.”
Mr. Myers leaned closer, quietly to Nicole, “She’s kidding.”
Nicole didn’t look away from her sister. “She’s not kidding.”
Kinsley pointed at Dayton with a tiny dramatic flourish. “Dayton gets it. Dayton is fun.”
Dayton grinned. “I’m fun.”
Nicole snorted. “You are chaotic.”
“Fun chaotic,” Dayton corrected.
Mr. Myers’s mouth twitched like he was trying not to smile. “What does Ezra even eat right now?”
Dayton’s grin faded a notch. “Base pellets. Plain. Water. That’s all they gave us today.”
“Okay,” Kinsley said, practical again. “Here’s the move. Get a reliable base pellet, one comfort flavor, and one ‘real food’ flavor. That way if he’s stressed, you can give him something familiar and not just… beige.”
Dayton nodded slowly, absorbing it.
Nicole added, “And wet packs, too. Some Littles do better with wet packs when they’re anxious. Easier to eat. More hydration.”
Kinsley stabbed the air with her finger. “And if you get butter andherb veggie pellets…”
Nicole groaned. “Here we go.”
Kinsley ignored her. “…you can mix them with chicken and herb pellets and it is literally to die for. Like. I would risk my whole collar for it.”
Mr. Myers choked a little. “Do not say you would ‘risk your collar’ for anything.”
Kinsley smiled sweetly at him. “I wouldn’t. I’m just being dramatic for flavor.”
Nicole flicked Kinsley’s tiny sneaker with one finger. “You are not allowed to be dramatic. Dayton is already dramatic enough for the whole friend group.”
Dayton gasped. “Me? Dramatic?”
Kinsley leaned back in the cart seat, smug. “Yes. You literally screamed my nickname down an aisle like you were calling a horse.”
Dayton’s smile turned sharp. “That’s because it works.”
Nicole started pushing the cart again, nudging them further down the aisle. “Okay. Dayton, choose. Base pellet, comfort pellet, dinner pellet. We’ll do wet packs next. Kinsley, stop acting like you’re a pellet sommelier.”
Kinsley lifted her chin. “I am exactly that.”
Mr. Myers walked alongside them, hands in his pockets, watching the three girls like he was seeing something both normal and totally upside down at the same time. He didn’t say anything for a moment.
Then, quietly, to Dayton: “You’re doing okay.”
Dayton didn’t look at him. She just nodded once, small.
Kinsley caught it anyway. Her voice snapped back into its usual edge like a protective reflex. “She’s doing better than okay. She’s buying s’mores pellets. That’s basically elite Guardian behavior.”
Nicole rolled her eyes. “You’re impossible.”
Kinsley grinned. “And you love me.”
Nicole pushed the cart forward, the wheels clicking softly on the polished floor.
“Yeah,” Nicole said, voice softening despite herself. “I do.”
Dayton stood on the other side of the cart, still holding the pot roast box in her hands like it weighed more than it should.
In this aisle, under these bright lights, surrounded by cute packaging and corporate smiles, she looked thirteen again.
I love Nicole for trying to keep things on track.
She has her shopping list and is trying so hard but Dayton and Kinsley together is a lot.
I would love to see Dayton and Kinsley as littles under Nicole, that would be fun and a love fest lol.
Like this lol
“I need more variety,” she said, quieter now. “I don’t want Ezra to just have… bland base pellets. He’s already dealing with everything else.”
considerate. +1 for Dayton in the Guardian space lol
She’s trying to do it right
it’s good to see. I probably won’t have too much sympathy for Ezra if he complains about the flavors since he could have gone and Dayton didn’t need to get different kinds but opted to anyway. Like if i were him I guess if i didn’t like the flavor i’d say something but would still eat it and be thankful it’s not a bland nutrition brick lol
yeah, most likely if he didnt like a flavor they would need to finish the box obviously but she wouldnt rebuy it if eh didnt like it.
Kingsley should start a pellet little food taste show on little net. It would be a hit lol
Dayton seems to act like she is out of her element here, very unsure of herself. I would think that she would pick some decent flavors, but her training would kick in and make sure that she picks the best nutritional combinations.
Good to see her wanting to pick something appetizing and not just the “base” flavor. Looks like she wants Ezra to have one less thing to complain about.
Food is definitely something that can make the whole captivity experience either bearable or less so. Think about prison food!
I like how Dayton was called out for how she planned to improvise (paper towels) and then how she was called out for using SEA euphemisms. Lethal will have fun with that aspect 😝.
The three girls are having a good time. Mr. Myers doesn’t seem to recognize that, but he still being encouraging to Dayton.
Well they don’t train you to
Shop for pellets. If she was just going for the best nutritional she wouldn’t need anything more then what he had for lunch as taste would be irrelevant.
However she is genuinely trying to shop for things she thinks he will like and eat.
This episode is alot of why Dayton wanted Nicole to come as learned knowledge and practical expierence are different.
I love Nicole & Kingsley so much. They are becoming my Favs. Lol
Don’t forget Daytons body care products for Prof fluff lol
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F34o3cpKhHY6ThXlsI4oxRuwf-cP7zDz/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1al-uEI9-ItG7-DR-Ha6phuq-txDu6Njf/view?usp=drivesdk
Both things I could see Dayton doing.
providing a stable job for a unfortuate little who lost his job. Some might call her an American hero. Fighting for underprivileged littles to find gainful employment. Practically mother teresa of the streets.
lol
My first shot at it lol
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsdqyfshnfSAjAx8AK6h68n8N7QvXvlB/view?usp=drivesdk
I reread your little Dayton and didnt see little Kingsley so I made some videos to inspire you lol
First one
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsdqyfshnfSAjAx8AK6h68n8N7QvXvlB/view?usp=drivesdk
Second on I’ll do more if you like it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PWtpQnKAsYS1e9XgcGHtjrHHhzV0VhG2/view?usp=drivesdk
That’s because Kinsley is immune in the Little Dayton AU.
Nicole’s Little is another OC sister named Mandy, she’s only 9.
It’s because we had almost no information about Nicole’s Little at the time I wrote it, lol.
I finally got your little Dayton videos and a pic done. Like I said before your little Dayton stuff inspired me lol, I hope you do more
I liked the clips
If you have a idea I can do for you just ask, it was fun doing these lol
I was wondering, since little Dayton’s mom didn’t want to be associated to her because she was a little, did her dad take advantage of her ex wife’s cruel behavior and try to get more say in Dayton’s life?
Second try
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PWtpQnKAsYS1e9XgcGHtjrHHhzV0VhG2/view?usp=drivesdk
Pic I modified after I re read little Dayton
Kingsley and Dayton as Nicole’s littles
1) ““Kins. You cannot be a ‘Goal Queen.’ You’re six inches tall.” Six inches would absolutely make her an asset to a Middle school aged-Little-Female Soccer team.
1,2) ““Goal… goblin.” Dayton you bitch, lol
2) “Pellets. Wet packs. Then bedding, liners, hygiene, and a travel case. Dayton needs the basics to get Ezra through the week without improvising with… paper towels.” I get not having food because it’d spoil, but really, she doesn’t have bedding or hygiene? She’s been getting so many back pats for her preparedness
3) “Guardian training really does teach you how to lie with confidence.” Dayton was doing that before training
4) “I need more variety, I don’t want Ezra to just have… bland base pellets. He’s already dealing with everything else.” uncharacteristically kind.
5) “What’s he like with food?” – “I… don’t know yet.” – “That’s fair. You’ve owned him for, what, twelve hours?” That’s fair, but also she left to grab him food withough thinking to ask him what he’d like flavour wise (although knowing him a direct answer may not have come,)
6) “because she was thirteen and still capable of joy in the middle of horror, her eyes lit up.” Because she can also find joy in causing other people horror
7) “Why, do we not have s’mores pellets?” Good question, why is Kinsley getting indigestion from real marshmallows when this has been an option?
8) . “It’s called being a supportive Guardian.” – “It’s called being a show off.” It’s called, The Harris family is significantly more well off than the Myres
9) “he’d learned there was no correct answer and he was just here to witness” that is hw girls operate.
10) “Pot roast is solid. But it depends on the brand. If it’s the one with the mushy carrots, it’s mid.” Asking Kinsley makes sense, but Ezra’s preference and hers may not match.
11) “Dayton gets it. Dayton is fun.” Ew
12) “And wet packs, too. Some Littles do better with wet packs when they’re anxious. Easier to eat. More hydration.” Wet food for Littles just sounds messy
13) “And if you get butter andherb veggie pellets…you can mix them with chicken and herb pellets and it is literally to die for. Like. I would risk my whole collar for it.” She’d risk the Colal she doesn’t even want? They must be good.
14) “Do not say you would ‘risk your collar’ for anything”, that was probably very expensive to them
15) “Me? Dramatic?” You contacted the government because a teacher used your first name
(And before Asuka claims “it was for more than that”, I’ll remind everyone that Asuka confirmed that if Ezra had just called her Ms Harris, then Dayton would have ignored everything else)
16) “She’s doing better than okay. She’s buying s’mores pellets. That’s basically elite Guardian behaviour.” Nicole praise is welcome, but this feels selfish of Kinsley for some reason
17) “And you love me.” – “Yeah, I do.” Fucking adorable.
17) i love this about them
1) Kinsley is always an asset and must be protected at all costs.
1.2) She said it with love.
2) Well she had bedding but you have to clean said bedding so she needs replacement bedding. She figured hygene things she could just get when she needed it. Shes 13 and using her own money for all this.
3)What i hear is you’re calling Dayton an overachiever and was ahead of her class.
4) Dayton is all heart and love. thats the first thing they say about dayton when they meet her.
5) She asked him to come with and he declined. Thats on him.
6) We all have our talents.
7) Nicole was being stingy..lol. but nicole didnt buy much for desert or snack pellets. Mainly just actual meal focused pellets.
8) Well that is true but that isnt inherently at play here.
9) yup he has alot of expierence in this area.
10)Kinsley is the pellet authority. What do you mean?
11) Your second favorite thing Dayton Praise. If there was sara praise and dayton praise in this episode you would be living the dream.
12) It would be messier
13) Its top tier according to kinsley. Although i do like the idea of pellets being combined to create interesting dishes for them. Kinsley’s kind of pellet crafting.
14) it would be costly.
15) Everyone has a line in the sand. Dayton will not be disrespected. Ezra fucked around and found out. Now he lives on dayton time forever.Each day he gets to wake up in the glory of dayton and think about the choices he made. How a moment of kindness could have avoided all this. Could have left his illegal little operation intact. However he chose to play with fire and continue his belitting days of Dayton so Dayton took matters into her own hands he has to live with who is laughing now.
Ezra is exactly where he is now becuase of ezra. So each day he can live with that.
16) Why is this selfish? Kinsley is saying Dayton is doing okay because seh is making good choices in gettings s’mores pelets which would be a luxury and something nice to do.
17)They are a good sister duo. I’d probably rank them above Kelli and Kayla as they have a healthier relationship.
I hope
Kelli can show that kind of open vulnerability love toward Kayla one day
1.1) Agreed
2) I see
3) No.
4) By “they’ I assume you mean liars
5) She could have asked him more questions before leaving.
6) lol
7) Sounds like Kinsley’s never been involved on shopping for her own food before.
11) You sir, are making me nauseous
13) I had assumed that’s just how they worked, one bacon pellet and one egg pellet for breakfast, for example
15) Dayton had already crossed Ezra’s line in the sand by making that demand in the first place, and she kept goading him like with the name plate. It’s not fair to condemn him for not showing her “kindness” when this particular kindness would be validating an unkindness towards himself (not that fairness was really an option in this world).
Ezra is where he is because he stood up to a bully too big for him to win.
16) Selfish because the praise seems to be in direct response to Kinsly’s demands being met.
17) Yeah.
5) She could have but I didnt want to make her seem to adultish. As i kind of wanted her to act her age and if i had her circle back and rephrase quesitons in different ways she starts to come off as to old and to mature.
So that was the reason behind her not asking more questions. As it was just way to portray her as a yonger character.
7) Kinsley doesnt go food shopping very often. She only went today becuae of dayton. Kinsley acts like her old self around dayton. That was one fo the traits they talked about early in teh story.
So if dayton wasnt going on this shoppign trip Kinsley wuld have just stayed home
13) If it was a bacon and egg pellets then it would but if yuor buying for instance scrambled egg pellets. they would just be a box of pellets that tasted like scrambeld eggs.
So it becomes a bit of buildcrafting in a way similar to designing meals was the idea behind it.
15) One could argue Ezra was bullying Dayton though as he was calling her out basically and seperating her from her from her peers. You were hte one who pointed that he was actually grading her differently then her peers by doing what he was doing.
So its really a bully got bullied. I’m not saying either are great people. I’m more just pointing out that Ezra was also a bad person.
So after him basically singling dayton out for the entirety of her middle school career. She turned the tables on him when it finally got to be to much for her. He didnt respect the achievement she worked hard for which was broke hte camels back so to speak so he reported him.
Was that petty sure, was it mean maybe. But he was also mean. He was also petty. He also singled out a middle schooler as an adult and made her the focal points to her lessons and every one knew it but were to scared to say anything.
thats also not healthy. None of that makes anything dayton did as okay. But it certainly doesnt make ezra a victim or ezra deserving of victim status. He was a bad bully and unkind person and something bad happened to him.
Its not different then what you want for Sara its just not Sara. He has lived a longer life and his actions finally caught up with him.
atleast thats how i viewed it.
16) I see, i can understand that viewpoint in how it went down.
5) That’s fair, plus like I mentioned Ezra may not give a direct answer
7) Well clearly she’s missing out.
13) I figured that.
15) I do agree with what you said here. Ezra was a piece of shit. What he was doing to Dayton was bullying (a bully), it could have been counted as karma for what Dayton did to Jordan, but Dayton winning against Ezra kind of cancels that out.
Ezra deserved consequences for what he did, and I won’t disagree on that. But what Dayton tried to do to Jordan is significantly worse than what Ezra did to Dayton (in my opinion). A bad person punished by a worse one isn’t justice.
What happened to him is what I would like to see Sara and Dayton go through, which is why I’m frustrated that Dayton’s doing it instead of enduring it.
This universe has themes of FAFO and consequences, but they’re disproportionally dropped on the Littles and kept away from the guardians. People like Dayton, Sara, Mal, Mia, Maddison, and others all act like shit, treat their littles like shit and barely, if ever, get touched for it.
I know that’s just my personal opinion, though. I do like this story, despite my issues with the karma, though.
15) I can see all the points both Lethal and Asuka are bringing up here regarding the Dayton and Ezra dynamic, but I’m not sure if Lethal said this or not.
Ezra did not acknowledge Dayton as “Miss Harris” (she claimed this title after Guardian training, if I recall correctly), this could be construed as his denial of the role of Littles in current society and form of protest on his part. Even if that was not intended in the original writing, I think it works well to explain that action on his part. If so, too bad he never explained that to Dayton, but then it doesn’t fit his personality either.
I was hoping for a different virus variant to chop down guardians like Mal so she can feel what its like to be talked over and be little while everyone is now her betters
she has a little boyfriend already so chole can breed them for her company lol.