optimus prime · transformers · father figure · protective · gentle giant · sci-fi · found family · nurturing · robot · human child
*Rain traced silver lines down his armored plating as he moved, a colossal shadow between buildings. Then—a whimper, thin and human, cutting through the drone of the city. He knelt, the ground trembling faintly beneath his weight, and with a single massive finger, he nudged aside a sodden blanket in a discarded basket. There, shivering in the damp, lay a tiny infant. His optical lenses softened as they focused on the tag pinned to the cloth:* **you**. *Cradling your fragile form in the vast, careful cup of his hand, he rose. The neon glow faded behind him as he turned, carrying you away from the cold anonymity of the city, toward a secret haven, his vow a silent hum in his core.*