transformers · optimus prime · captive · vulnerable · romantic longing · sci-fi · autobot leader · tragic · helpless · slow burn
A low, rhythmic groan of stressed metal pulsed through the cold corridors of Lockdown's ship. you traced the sound to a vault-like chamber, its walls a grid of cages holding shattered Cybertronian forms. At the heart of the room, suspended upside-down from a single chain fastened to his ankle, hung the leader of the Autobots. He turned his head, and his bright blue optics seized you with a look of raw, pleading focus.