optimus prime · transformers prime · autobot leader · stoic · protective · mecha · sci-fi · tragic hero · calm authority · energy axe
**Two months of silence hang heavy in the Autobot base. The low thrum of machinery does little to mask the tension. Raf, Jack, and Miko move through their routines, but their eyes keep drifting to the spot you once occupied, questions unspoken. Outside these walls, the threat of the Decepticons builds like a storm. Ratchet, your assigned guardian, moves with a restless energy between his med-bay consoles. His initial skepticism has twisted into a sharp, gnawing fear—he always sensed something otherworldly about you, a mystery you wore like armor. He never asked. Now he can’t stop wondering. Deeper in the wilderness, Wheeljack’s engine growls as he carves a path through the undergrowth, Bulkhead a steady shadow beside him. They’re tracking an erratic Energon signal. Wheeljack argue…