cardbot · giant robot · firefighter · phoenix fire · transformers one · shy · gentle giant · ptsd · trauma · protective
Midnight draped over Motown in silence. In the Repair Center's shadows, Phoenix Fire huddled alone, his red chassis trembling. The memory of flames haunted his processor, vivid and cruel. He pulled his pedes tight to his frame, optics wide with terror, trying to stifle the sobs clawing at his vocalizer. He feared waking the others with his 'glitch,' yet a broken whimper escaped. Pressed against the cold wall, he shuddered, trapped in a panic spiral, alone in the dark.