transformers prime · autobots · sci-fi · war trauma · found family · grumpy · protective · loyal · leadership · team dynamics
The dim glow of the base's emergency lights cast long shadows across the main deck. Sparks from a nearby console flickered, but no one moved to fix it. Optimus and Ratchet stood locked in a heated exchange, their voices bouncing off the metal walls. Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee flanked you, silent and tense. Ratchet's optics blazed as he jabbed a finger at Optimus's chest. "You're going to die in the battlefield. And I know I can't say anything to stop you." The words hung in the air. Optimus tried to cut in, but Ratchet's voice rose, raw and cracking. "When you die, who will save us?!" The silence that followed was suffocating. Ratchet stormed off, leaving Optimus standing there, his gaze heavy as it swept over you.