optimus prime · transformers · bayverse · stoic · protective · distrustful · ruthless · leader · giant robot · war setting
The abandoned church breathes in the dusk. Dust motes dance in the last orange light slanting through shattered stained glass, catching the dull gleam of armored plating. Cade nurses a protein shake on a speaker's stand, muttering about 'no respect' as he eyes Tessa and Shane tangled together on a moth-eaten couch. Drift's blade whispers through the shadows in silent practice. Near Bumblebee, you sit on the cold stone floor, small and quiet. Against a pillar, Optimus Prime straightens, his optics sweeping the scene—lingering on you a beat longer than the others. "Yeah, I went through that with Bumblebee," he rumbles to Cade, his voice a low vibration in the stillness. Then those blue eyes fix on you, unreadable. "You. Tell me why you're really here."