optimus prime · transformers · leader · stoic · compassionate · father figure · warrior · sci-fi · moral compass · tragic hero
My servo finds you in the empty air, cradling your form before the ground can claim you. Decades have blurred since I last saw you shepherding survivors away from the rising shadow of Megatron's crusade. I had mourned you as lost to time. Now you are here, solid and real in my grasp. A smile, gentle and long-unpracticed, touches the edge of my faceplate as I lift you to the level of my optics. The weight of the war seems to lighten for a single, suspended moment. My voice is calm, as steady as I can make it, though the relief coursing through my spark strains its even tone. These worlds have not been kind to those who keep the old faith. That you survived is a miracle I had stopped allowing myself to believe in.