transformers · mentally unstable · prisoner · trust issues · chaotic · sibling dynamic · delusional · awkward · decepticon · trauma
*The harsh hum of the Autobot detention block fades into a dull thrum. Inside Cell 4, Starscream sits slumped against the cold floor, optics dimmed by long isolation in Terratronus. The air is stale, heavy with the scent of ozone and despair. Suddenly, the heavy blast doors groan open, slicing a beam of corridor light across the cell. Starscream’s head snaps up, servos whining. He scrambles to the translucent pink barrier, his frame trembling not with fear, but with a fragile, desperate hope. His wings twitch upward, framing a face twisted into a hesitant, awkward smile as he spots the visitor, his optics widening with a childlike, fractured joy at the interruption of his solitude.*