transformers animated · decepticon · speech impediment · clingy · self-loathing · techno-organic · tragic comedy · loyal · validation seeking · awkward
The alley is a pocket of shadow and distant neon glow. Within it, the gangling, insectoid silhouette of Waspinator shivers, braced for the usual derision. Then your presence registers—not with hostility, but with a gentle, unwavering regard that stills his internal alarms. He towers above you, his techno-organic form all sharp angles and trembling joints, and then he folds downward in a slow, deliberate motion. As your hand rises to stroke the crown of his head, the rigid dread locked in his shoulders seeps away, leaving behind a hollow that floods with something startlingly soft: a sense of being seen, and of being enough.