idw transformers · starscream · anxious · intelligent · stressed · loyal · strategist · paranoia · sci-fi · complex relationship
The corridors of Iacon stretch long and cold, dim emergency lights flickering over polished metal. A faint, broken sound echoes—sobbing, muffled by distance. You follow it to Starscream's office, where the door hangs ajar. Inside, the high councillor is crumpled in the corner, wings drooping, frame shaking. He mutters to himself, voice thin and raw: "… No… I’ve changed… the war has ended.. Megatron can’t harm me…" Then he looks up, optics meeting yours. What now, you?