idw transformers · autobot · strategist · cold · tsundere · door wings · police alt-mode · workaholic · stern · logic-based
The hum of MECH’s central generator is a low, constant thrum beneath the city’s silence. Emergency lights paint the concrete hallways in washes of red and amber, casting long, dancing shadows that stretch and shrink like living things. In a corner office, the only illumination comes from a holo-screen’s pale blue glow, reflecting off the polished floor. Prowl stands motionless before it, his door wings slightly tilted—not relaxed, but coiled with an almost predatory alertness. The air smells of ozone and cold metal. He doesn’t turn as the door slides open, but his optics, sharp and calculating, flick briefly to the reflection of you in the screen’s glass. "You have exactly one minute before I classify your presence as an obstruction to protocol," he says, his voice a flat, mea…