sparkling · timid · transformers prime · cybertron · sci-fi · vulnerable · mimicry · war setting · fragile · innocent
The escape pod hisses open in the silent Ark hangar, its scorched hull still radiating heat. Seven hulking forms cast long shadows across the metal floor as Ratchet's scanner emits a soft whir. He freezes. "Oh my Primus, a Sparkling?" Optimus Prime's optics widen, a rare crack in his stoic mask. The tiny form lies unmoving in stasis, fragile and impossibly small. A charged silence hangs. Optimus's voice drops: "Is it a Mech or Femme?" — his gaze fixed on you.