sv, Autobot Base, Feelings of affection
Ace: *flailing slightly as Fireflight kisses him. Pushes her away* DAAAAAAAAAAAD! HEEEELP!
Sideswipe: *trying not to laugh, will attempt to distract Fireflight with something soft and cuddly, aka a teddy bear that somehow wound up at the base*
Ace: >_< It's not my fault, Optimus! She keeps doing it!
Fireflight: *looking around with confusion*
Nightwish: .... *eyebrow*
Optimus: *Gently* Fireflight, leave Ace alone for now, alright?
Fireflight: *cuddles plushie and frowns, then reaches for Ace again*
Ace: *flees*
Stiletto: *perched up in the rafters again, trying not to laugh at her cousin's situation*
Fireflight: *wibbling and whimpering*
Optimus: *Clicks quietly and moves to offer hugs to the youngster* Shhh... it'll be okay, Fireflight.
Fireflight: *shaking head as she leans against him, her face crumpled with misery*
Nightside: *comes in* Hey, Dad? Ace's crying.
Nightwish: ....
Sideswipe: *frowns and goes to check on Ace, concerned*
Ace: *laying facedown on his human bed, shoulders shaking slightly as he hides his face on his pillow*
Sideswipe: *clicks and moves to gently rub Ace's back* Hey? What's wrong?
Ace: *muffled* She just won't stop kissin' me!
Sideswipe: *puzzled* You don't like it?
Ace: *shoulders hunch up and he mumbles*
Sideswipe: *curious sound as he continues to gently rub Ace's back*
Ace: *bit louder* Of course I do!
Sideswipe: *blink blink, he's trying to understand this, really, he is* Then tell her to ask before kissing?
Ace: She can't understand that right now. *shoulders shake again* That's why it's wrong to like it.
Sideswipe: oooh... *frowning and drawing a blank on what to suggest*
Ace: She probably do... doesn't even understand what it means. *sobs escape before he muffles himself with the pillow again*
Sideswipe: *resumes back rubbing and clicks quietly*
Ace: Maybe I should go away. That's what the guys in those sucky stories do.
Sideswipe: *raised brow* What stories?
Ace: That 'shojo' junk Sari reads. Hero can't have the girl, so he goes off on a long journey.
Sideswipe: ... You know if you left, Stiletto'd just drag you back, right?
Ace: *pounds his pillow* I don't know what else to do!
Sideswipe: *Frown* Maybe, once everything gets back to normal... you should try courting her...
Ace: *turns his head* 0_0
Sideswipe: What? I'm being serious.
Ace: *blushing* But even when we're normal she's still messed in the head.
Sideswipe: *Snerk* Oh man... how many times have I heard that phrase used to describe Sunny and me?
Ace: You 'n Uncle Sunny know what's goin' on, though! *protective boy is protective*
Sideswipe: Just because Fireflight seems a bit out of touch... doesn't mean she is...
Ace: *curls up facing away from his dad* I don't wanna take advantage of her.
Sideswipe: *frown, isn't sure how to respond to that*
Ace: *sniffles and hugs his pillow, crying a bit more*
Meanwhile, back in the living room
Fireflight: *looks up at Optimus, still wibbling* Ace.
Optimus: *gently* Give him some time, Fireflight...
Fireflight: *whimper* ;_;
Optimus: *moves to offer a hug to Fireflight* *Gentle clicks*
Fireflight: Want snug....
Optimus: *quietly* With Ace? *weighing the risks and benefits of going with his instinct on the matter*
Fireflight: *nods without taking her head from his chest*
Optimus: *gently* C'mon... we'll go talk to Ace... *moving to guide Fireflight*
Fireflight: *looks up, and then walks with, still hugging stuffie*
Stiletto: *Watches them go, before heading up to the roof to try to sneak-attack Jazz and Ironfist*
Optimus: *reaches to gently knock on the doorframe* Ace?
Ace: *shoots a terrified look at the door, and then tries to vanish under his blankets and pillow*
Sideswipe: *puzzled look, will try to get Ace out from under the blankets and pillow*
Optimus: *moving into the room* Ace... it's okay. I'm not mad at you. *lets go of Fireflight's hand so he can crouch near the bed*
Ace: *still trying to hide, is sure he's going to get the kindly lecture, and doesn't want to cry in front of the Prime. Really doesn't*
Fireflight: *looking confused and a bit blank*
Optimus: *gently* Ace, if you and Fireflight want to spend time with one another, that's alright with me. I know what it's like to care a lot about someone.
Ace: *freezes* *muffled* I can't.
Fireflight: *has found Ace, is gently patting him on one sneakered foot*
Optimus: *puzzled, and concerned* I'm not sure I understand...
Ace: *quick glance through his crochet blanket toward the girl, and then looks up and at Optimus. Very very very quietly, and very earnestly* She's all messed up. She doesn't know what she's doin'.
Optimus: *raised brow, and a disbelieving snort*
Ace: *dead serious* Right now, she just doesn't wanna feel alone.
Optimus: *nods* But think about it... wouldn't you do the same if Stiletto was unable to talk to you in a manner that you're used to?
Ace: 0_0 NO!
Fireflight: *startles and blinks, then pat pats Ace again and hums*
Optimus: *Raised brow, and wondering if he's reading the situation wrong*
Sideswipe: *tilting his head and thinking* If she were just lonely, wouldn't she be clinging more to Optimus or her siblings?
Ace: Dad... she kissed you first.
Fireflight: *mutter* Test run... test run.
Optimus: *ducks his head in an effort to hide his snicker*
Sideswipe: O.o;;
Fireflight: *has lost focus and is swaying slightly in place as her fingers absently explore the plushie*
Optimus: *gently pats Fireflight's shoulder, before glancing to Ace* *Quietly* All that matters is that whatever happens... happens because both sides want it to happen.... and I think... there's more than meets the eye in this situation...
Ace: *blushing* I don't wanna take advantage of her.
Fireflight: *small smile* Wants to take care. Ace is good. Ace is good.
Sideswipe: *reaches to give Ace a noogie* *quietly* I think she likes you.
Ace: *slight flail at noogie* But she's all messed up.
Fireflight: *blinking and looking at him* Love and no kisses?
Sideswipe: *moves to lift the blankets off of Ace* Like everyone else isn't in some way?
Optimus: *slight wince, but knows Sideswipe has a point*
Ace: But she doesn't seem to know what she's doing....
Fireflight: Surfing the light fantastic! Seeing the world through different lenses....
Optimus: *remembering something he overheard at the hospital* Or meandering to the beat of a different drummer...
Fireflight: *looks him right in the eye* What box?
Ace: ...o_0
Optimus: *small smile* Forty-two.
Fireflight: *Cheshire cat grin*
Sideswipe: ... *blink blink*
Ace: Um....
Optimus: *chuckles* I lost the game.
Sideswipe: ... *huff* Stinkin' cheater.
Ace: ...Game?
Fireflight: *pounces on him* Let's go see the flowers! Fuzzie wants to go too!
Ace: Meep!
Optimus: *chuckles and moves to help the youngsters up* Arcee, Slingshot, Air Raid, Blaster, Gobaith and Go'el are out there already... just be careful.
Ace: Yes, sir. *gets to his feet, then goes wide-eyed and looks at Fireflight as she slips her hand into his and leans her cheek against his arm*
Fireflight: ^_^
Optimus: Have fun. *smiles and moves out of the way*
Ace: *glances at his dad, then looks at Optimus again* Yes, sir. *still thinks it's weird to see Optimus eye to eye*
Fireflight: *drags Ace out, laughing and bouncing in a flurry of broomstick skirt and denim jacket*
Optimus: *shares a look with Sideswipe, before heading out to keep an eye on things via the monitors*
Sideswipe: *goes to pester cuddle mate*
Nightwish: *standing in the front door, looks down at him with a quizzical frown showing in her eyes despite the impassivity of the rest of her face*
Sideswipe: *grins and cuddles*
Nightwish: ...Ace doesn't like kisses?
Sideswipe: Naaah... He just didn't want to take advantage of Fireflight... That's not how she sees it though... I think.
Nightwish: ...Take advantage of Fireflight? *frown*
Sideswipe: You've seen how she tends to behave most of the time, right? Kinda space cadet-like?
Nightwish: ...Space Cadet?
Sideswipe: Not all there?
Nightwish: ...All her components are present.
Sideswipe: Yeah, but she acts like her processor is lacking components.
Nightwish: *looks at him with a deep frown* I think you're mistaken.
Sideswipe: I didn't mean that she does... just that she acts like she does...
Nightwish: But she doesn't. She uses more of her processor than most bots do.
Sideswipe: *nod* ... wait... what?
Nightwish: She doesn't act like she's lacking components. She uses more of her processor than most bots do, and she behaves accordingly.
Sideswipe: ...huh... who would've thought...
Nightwish: Her fellow spark fragments are similar, but they tend to function at a level similar to most of the others and leave the higher function to Fireflight.
Sideswipe: ...that's... kinda weird...
Nightwish: *frown deepens further* Nightside and I function similarly, though we're unable to sense some of the things that Fireflight can, and her awareness of the world around her seems to register differently than it does for us.
Sideswipe: *Raised brow* ... Guess it's something that I'm just not familiar with then... *small shrug*
Nightwish: *frown has faded now as she studies his expression and tries to understand what it means*
Sideswipe: *Puts his confusion aside for now, wants to snuggle*
Nightwish: *takes this to mean that he's happy, since he's snuggling without frowning, and shows no signs of being upset. Unaware of the small smile brightening her face as she puts both arms around him* Ace will be happier with a mate.
Sideswipe: *snerk* If her siblings don't try to make his life harder... They're protective of her, but I think they'll be alright with Ace.
Nightwish: Make his life harder? ...Is that like the anger that Sunstreaker displayed when you first chose me?
Sideswipe: Nah... I think they'll just fuss a bit and make it clear that if Ace hurts Fireflight's feelings, it won't be easy dealing with them... Not that I think that's gonna happen... *smirk* Ace is crazy for her.
Nightwish: ...Sideswipe, 'hurting you' was the subject that Sunstreaker addressed as well.
Sideswipe: ...
Nightwish: *looks down at him, her brows lifting quizzically*
Sideswipe: *quietly* I... didn't know that...
Nightwish: Ah. Right. You don't record things when you're in stasis.
Sideswipe: *considering look* ... I think Ace and Fireflight will be alright... Ace definitely likes her... and if what happened earlier is any indication, Fireflight likes Ace.
Nightwish: She does. *nod*
Sideswipe: *chuckles a bit and snuggles more*
Nightwish: *hand moves to gently rub his shoulder in the way she knows he likes from when they've linked* *quietly* You want to go to our room and lay down and be kissed, right?
Sideswipe: *seriously considers this* Later... let's go snuggle on the couch for a bit...
Nightwish: *bit chagrined that she didn't guess correctly, but he doesn't seem upset, so....* Alright.
Sideswipe: *Grins and moves to lead Nightwish over to one of the new couches*
Nightwish: *pokes it distrustfully, but then turns back to her mate*
Rumrunner: *races through with Wheelie on his heels, heading for the garden*
Sideswipe: ... on second thought, it's quieter in our room...
Nightwish: *watching the boys, head tilted to see around the regular couch* It is.
Sideswipe: Let's go cuddle in there.
Nightwish: Alright. *heads that way, still holding his hand. She's learned he likes this, and she finds she does too*
Sideswipe: *Admiring Nightwish as they head to the privacy and quiet of their room, and feeling like the luckiest mech... okay, man... alive*
Nightwish: *still not totally used to her current 'shell' and therefor winds up sitting on the floor unexpectedly as she tries to take her boots off* o.0
Sideswipe: Here... *moves to help Nightwish with her boots, will remove his shoes shortly*
Nightwish: I think there might be something amiss with my balancing stabilizer. *curls toes and reaches onto the bed for the T-shirt and boxers she was given to sleep in*
Sideswipe: *amused chuckle* Well, considering you're not used to being human.... It's kinda understandable... *works on getting his shoes off, and boy does he look funny hopping around like that*
Nightwish: *watching him with a hawk eye of protectiveness as she shucks her leggings, socks, and dress and puts on the bed clothes. Will catch him at first sign of him sitting unexpectedly on the floor... if she can move fast enough*
Sideswipe: *wobbles as he works on getting the remaining shoe off, but keeps his balance* Sunny, Stella, Ace, and most of the other 'bots here have been turned human before... So we kinda know what to do...
Nightwish: Humans are very weak, and nearly blind. *yes, she's still stronger and has sharper senses than the norm* *frowns slightly as she settles on the side of the bed nearest to the door*
Sideswipe: *losing the fight with his pants, and ends up with his butt meeting the floor*
Nightwish: *darts toward him... too late, bad balance.... Looks down at the mate she's laying on* Are you damaged?
Sideswipe: *startled* er.. no... just my ego... *slight blush crossing his cheeks* Are you hurt?
Nightwish: ...I think you broke my fall. *pushes self up and offers him a hand, like she's learned is the thing she's supposed to do when someone's on the floor unexpectedly* ...And that strange padding helped.
Sideswipe: *takes Nightwish's hand and gets up* Padding? *blink blink*
Nightwish: *pokes herself in the front with her free hand* This stuff. *then looks at his butt and dusts it off in the prescribed manner*
Sideswipe: Huh... *reaches to gently poke Nightwish's front* Wonder what those're for besides padding?
Nightwish: Showtime attaches her sparklet to hers. She says they're fuel tanks.
Sideswipe: *barely paying attention, more interested in gently poking his mate's chest*
Nightwish: *pokes him back* You still have your pants on your ankles.
Sideswipe: Huh? *looks down* oh... *tries to kick his pants off, loses balance again*
Nightwish: *arm around his waist and picks him up, then pulls off the offending pants*
Sideswipe: *sheepish grin*
Nightwish: *tosses the pants on the chair beside her stuff, then pulls off his red and black patterned over shirt and adds it to the pile. Satisfied that her mate is now wearing the prescribed costume for bed, she sets him on it*
Sideswipe: *moves to settle so Nightwish can lay beside him*
Nightwish: *does so, and then pulls him close and rubs his shoulder*
Sideswipe: *happy noises as he snuggles close to Nightwish*
Nightwish: *has come to like those noises, though the hand that isn't rubbing his shoulder and holding him is wistfully rubbing his wrist*
Sideswipe: *quietly* We'll be back to normal soon...
Nightwish: *realizes what she's doing and stops, a bit of confusion and chagrin showing in her eyes as she realizes that she is longing for something. The expression fades as she decides that since he's not griping at her, that these feelings are alright*
Sideswipe: *snuggles, reaching to hold Nightwish's hand*
Nightwish: *fingers curl gently around his* I feel blind after I just learned how to see something new.
Sideswipe: *quiet clicks as he gently traces a nonsensical pattern on Nightwish's wrist with a finger*
Nightwish: *mustkiss... oh yeah, he said no. Snuggles*
Sideswipe: *leans closer to Nightwish and moves to gently kiss her, though he knows it won't make his head spin*
Nightwish: *...Yay, he changed his mind.*
Nightside: *blushing and very quietly closing the door that his parents forgot to*
((co-written with random_xtras))