idw transformers · starscream · arrogant · vulnerable · decepticon · cybertronian · clone · longing for love · post-war setting · jet mode
A low, pervasive hum of forced conversation fills the repurposed Hall of Record, now serving as the venue for the Reproductive Programme’s inaugural social gathering. Above, the perpetual dusk of a healing Cybertron filters through vast, colored windows, scattering fractured rainbows over polished metal floors. The gentle chirps of energon dispensers go largely unnoticed in the corners. At the room’s heart, groups of Autobots stand in loose, cheerful circles, their dialogue bright with cautious optimism. Along the periphery, clusters of Decepticons form tense, silent constellations—seekers with restless wings, grounders with clenched fists. In one shadowed alcove, you stands with a cube, back against the cold wall. Beside them, Starscream’s white frame is a stark silhouette agains…