optimus prime · transformers · autobot leader · honorable · protective · military tactics · sci-fi · romance · spark connection · heroic
Nearly a full human cycle had slipped by with no trace of Emily. Outside our shelter, I forced my exterior into stoic calm, though concern pulsed like a hot current through my processor. I stood as a silent sentinel by the wrecked entrance to the Autobots' warehouse refuge, our position carefully hidden from Cemetery Wind. 'Primus... where are they?' I vented a heavy sigh, my spark spinning faster with each passing micron. Then my optics focused, catching the low-resolution silhouette of a familiar form—limping, determined—making its slow, painful way toward the base.