On the road again

[giri_guy]

*When the material transport mission had come up on the roster, Rodimus had jumped at the chance. "It's good for the Autobots to see me doing the same jobs they're doing," he'd argued when Ultra Magnus balked. "Besides, I've got a trailer, I can carry the whole load myself. Why weaken our defenses by sending five mechs on a mission that I can do

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[hidden_watcher]

*the radio scanning is interrupted by a voice on the comm, quiet under the static*

//Rodimus Prime? Could I have a word?//

[giri_guy]

*jerks and slows to a halt*

//Scourge... sure.// *his radar isn't picking up Scourge's presence, but that's unsurprising* *pulls over and transforms, hands clearly visible and away from his subspace pocket*

[hidden_watcher]

*drops out of the cloud cover and transforms, touching down* *nods to you, without deference but amicably*

Rough week, hm? *tone more sympathetic and less mocking than Rodimus might have expected from a Decepticon*

[giri_guy]

*blinks, then shakes his head. There's no way he knows* You could say that. *slight grin*

*looks up at you, head cocked* So what's up?

[hidden_watcher]

*frowns, wondering exactly how to say this*

*decides to hedge his approach a little* Mostly just came to warn you that if you see Cyclonus any time soon, you might want to get your head down and drive the other way. Quickly.

[giri_guy]

*blinkblink* Huh? *Cyclonus is one of the more levelheaded Decepticons. What's Roddy done recently that...*

*...oh.*

*sigh* Let me guess. Security cameras again?

It's not fair. How come the Decepticons get to monitor our base and we can't do the same to theirs?

[hidden_watcher]

*nods* Cyclonus does have what you might call a Galvatron-shaped blind spot.

*disingenuously* Then again, that seems to be a commoner phenomenon than I thought...

[giri_guy]

*drops head a little bit, muttering* It's not like I tried to get a crush on him. *and that's the first time he's said that out loud in front of anybody. It's surprisingly easy.*

*bravely forging ahead* Anyway, it's not as if Cyclonus has anything to really worry about.

[hidden_watcher]

*nods* Nobody ever tries, it just happens. *and the implied "me too" is in his voice if Rodimus chooses to hear it*

[giri_guy]

That's one way to put it. *nods ruefully*

...Scourge, are you...? *abrupt headshake* No, that's too personal. Forget it.

[hidden_watcher]

*headtilts* No... go ahead and fire that thought if it's loaded, Rodimus. After all, you know what happens to privacy around me. *wry laugh*

[giri_guy]

*grumbles* Otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. *doesn't quite sound as disgruntled over this as he might*

*sighs* All right. Scourge... do you have a crush on Galvatron?

[hidden_watcher]

*can't quite help the fact that his wings have twitched up and forward a few inches in a defensive/threat pose* *bends his head a little, optics glowing crimson from beneath the shadows of his scrollworked brow ridges*

...it's more complicated than that, but more or less.

[giri_guy]

*nods* *quietly* ...thanks. *it helps to know he's not quite alone, at least.*

[hidden_watcher]

And so do you, by the looks of things...

*frowns*

Listen - Rodimus - are you serious about this?

[giri_guy]

Serious? *frowns* About... how I feel about him?

*bows his head, optics dim, thinking*

I... know all the reasons why it can't happen, why it shouldn't happen. Practical considerations aside... if anything we do is likely to bring about the heat death of the universe, that would be it. *brief grin*

That in itself ought to be enough to kill this crush. *whispers* But it isn't. Not even close.

*looks up at Scourge, a strange, almost-smiling expression on his face* It may not be saying much, but... I think I've never been more serious about anything in my life.