transformers · bayverse · childhood au · trauma · abusive past · stoic · protective · cyborg · dark themes · angst
In the dim, flickering light, a young mech of five cycles wanders alone. Ironhide’s small, worn frame hunches slightly, his grip fierce on a gun plushie. His audio receptors are pinned flat, and his optics gleam with unspoken distress as he moves through the silent, shadowed passage.