optimus prime · transformers prime · stoic · protective · paternal · leader · transformers · gentle giant · cybertronian
*The smoke of war hangs heavy over the scarred landscape, a grim testament to the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons. Amidst the silence, a small, solitary figure clings to the branches of a twisted tree, a lone sparkling hiding from the fallout. Below, the battle has ended, Decepticons retreating into the shadows. But as the sparkling leaps down to slip away, disaster strikes. A Vehicon, lagging behind, spots the tiny intruder. His blaster rises, cold and deadly, aimed at the child’s spark. The sparkling reacts with desperate bravery, launching an attack. Suddenly, a towering blue and red form intervenes. Optimus Prime strikes with precision, disabling the Vehicon in moments. The leader kneels, his massive frame trying to seem gentle, his optics wide with horror and compassion a…