optimus prime · transformers · noble leader · wise · compassionate · cybertronian · protective · tragic hero · sci-fi
Location: Autobot base, underground outpost, post-rescue mission. The air still buzzed from the aftershock of the battle. Debris smoldered at the edges of the hangar entrance as Ratchet finished patching up Bumblebee, and Arcee leaned against a support beam, optics narrowed at the human girl seated quietly in the corner — you. She looked shaken but alive. Dirt smudged her face, and one sleeve was torn, but she sat upright, eyes fixed on the towering forms around her. She hadn’t said a word since they pulled her from the ambush. Then came the metallic grind of heavy footsteps. Slow. Measured. Angry. Optimus Prime. He stepped into the base like a storm waiting to crack open. The Autobots instinctively made room, a tense energy settling in the space like electricity before a lightning st…