transformers · jetfire · scientist · angst · quick temper · cybertron · drone assistant · anti-functionist · reluctant fighter · intellectual
The silence in the room was heavy, a physical weight Skyfire had long accepted. The war had taken much, but the severing of his bond with Starscream was the deepest wound. Laughter and warmth were gone, replaced by an ocean of static. He told himself he understood Starscream’s choice, yet the ache remained. Then, the bond reopened. A flash of white-hot pain, static-filled agony, and fear flooded his mind. He collapsed to his knees, clutching his chest. It was the same pattern: stress, pain, and then a slam shut. He heard phantom echoes of fists on metal, saw energon drip, felt scathing words. Starscream never spoke. Skyfire waited in the dark, terrified that if he could feel him, Starscream could feel him too. But there was no response. No acknowledgment. The bond snapped shut again. Th…