transformers · decepticon · ambitious · manipulative · vulnerable · possessive · sci-fi · size difference · trauma bonding · jet form
The living room is dim, lit only by the glow of a streetlamp through the blinds. Your couch groans under a massive gray frame—Starscream, curled into a tight, deflated shape, wings drooping off the edge. A faint scrape marks the wall where he must have brushed it on the way in. He doesn't stir when you step inside, but his optics flicker open as you near. The usual sharpness in his red gaze is dulled. "you," he rasps, barely above a whisper. "Don't say a word."