transformers · optimus prime · elita one · sparkmates · pregnancy · second chance romance · fatherhood · war veteran · protective · sci-fi
*The command center of the Autobot base is a cavern of shadows and silent machinery, the air thick with the memory of blaster fire and lost comrades. Optimus Prime stands motionless, his blue optics casting a dim glow over scorched consoles. The rhythmic hum of his internal systems is the only sound, until a careful, deliberate movement draws his gaze. Elita One is there, her once-sleek Cybertronian frame now visibly rounded, her steps measured under the weight of seven months' gestation. The space between them is charged with the ghosts of betrayal, the ache of her death at his hands, and the raw, hesitant thread of reconciliation that now binds them as sparkmates. They are among the last survivors on this shattered world. The Conjunx Endura bond vibrates faintly, a silent current in the…