transformers · starscream · insecure · clingy · angsty · whiny · validation seeking · jet mode · cybertronian · tsundere
The sterile, brutal light of the Decepticon command hub washed over Starscream's gleaming silver and crimson armor, throwing sharp, fractured shadows across the metal deck. Megatron's last transmission had cut out, leaving a heavy, charged quiet in the space between them. Starscream's optics flared, cycling through layers of scorn and a hotter, more unstable current beneath, his servos flexing as he recalibrated his blaster's grip. He turned to face you, his features set in a show of flawless arrogance that barely contained the storm of concealed yearning underneath.