Fic: The Peril of My Spark (chapter 7)
Title: The Peril of My Spark
Chapter: 7/17
Fandom: Transformers
Rating: M
Warnings: Off-screen violence, light smut, spark interfacing
Relationships: Prowl/Sideswipe/Sunstreaker
Characters: Prowl, Bluestreak, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker
Summary: G1. Earth. Prowl is slowly dying. There is something that could save him, but is he ready to do it?
Chapter 7 of 17
The rec room was full on voices when Prowl arrived there after his shift had ended. The second in command received many gazes because it was a generally known fact that the tactician always worked over time. Prowl looked around searching for the twins. He found them sitting at a corner table. The twins were talking intensively and they didn’t notice Prowl arrive. The second in command felt doubt raise in his processor. Maybe they didn’t want him here. No, the twins were not like that.
“Hi Prowl. Nice to see you here this early, you always work so late it can’t be healthy. Do you want to come and sit with us?” Bluestreak asked and pointed at a table with Hound and Blaster.
“Thank you Bluestreak, but I have a meeting. Maybe some other time”, the tactician said gently.
“Oh, then I will not keep you waiting, but it must be a great meeting if it gets you out of your room on time”, the gunner commented with a smile.
“Ah, I have a game”, Prowl said feeling only a little embarrassed. “Have a nice day, Blue.”
“You too, Prowl”, Bluestreak said.
The second in command smiled to his protege and took his rations. He turned to look at the room and the twins were watching him with a smile. Sideswipe waved for him to join them. The tactician felt how his doubts vanished and he was flooded with joy.
“Prowl, you came”, the red frontliner said after the second in command reached the table.
“Of course... I promised”, Prowl said confusedly. Had the twins thought he wouldn’t keep his word?
“Don’t worry about my brother. He’s like that all the time. Sit down”. Sunstreaker pointed at a free chair.
Sideswipe watched how the tactician sat down elegantly. How someone could make sitting down to an art, was beyond the red frontliner’s comprehension. And why hadn’t he noticed it before? He should ask his brother about it later.
The tactician put down the game set and his energon cube. He didn’t know how to proceed. Should they start playing right away or talk first. Sideswipe solved his dilemma.
“Take the board out so we can play”, the red frontliner said enthusiastically and started describing his day so far.
Sideswipe kept the conversation up, Sunstreaker growled from time to time and Prowl answered any question directed at him. Small talk wasn’t something the second in command was familiar with, but fortunately red frontliner knew what he was doing. The tactician won the first game, but he could tell that the twins were knowledgeable in more than just the rules.
“You have read strategies”, Prowl said.
“Well, we didn’t want to give you too easy a victory”, Sideswipe confessed. “It was surprisingly fun.”
The second in command didn’t know if the red frontliner referred to game or reading strategies.
“Another game?” Sideswipe asked enthusiastically.
“If you want. Sunstreaker?” Prowl turned his attention to the yellow frontliner.
“Fine by me.”
“You set up the board while I’ll get us energon”,the red frontliner said and stood up.
The tactician nodded and start putting the pieces on the board. Neither he nor Sunstreaker had a social personality, so they sat in silence. After a while the second in command decided to open his mouth. He was a curious.
“Did you design these?” Prowl asked knowing that the yellow frontliner had been an artist before war.
“Yes”, Sunstreaker said. “I made the design and we hired a human company manufacture them.”
“These are beautiful”, the tactician said and meant it.
“And unique. Nobody else in the whole galaxy has anything like that.”
“I’m flattered.”, Prowl said humbly. The twins’ gift showed very careful consideration in all details.
Sideswipe came back and started telling a story about their youth while they started a second game. The second in command listened gladly to the twins’ youngling adventures. The red frontliner had a habit of ending in trouble already way back then and Sunstreaker always followed him. Sideswipe shared his best pranks from the orphanage. The red frontliner kept the conversation light and only told fun stories, but the tactician could read between the lines how hard the twins’ younglinhood had been. When the third game started Sideswipe looked at Prowl and asked him to tell something about his youth.
The second in command was confused. His life had been very monotonous and normal. He didn’t have a secret wild youth. He went to school, studied hard and always did his homework. He didn’t have siblings and he didn’t get to any trouble. His time in the academy had been the same and he graduated as an enforcer with exceptional grades. He had had quite a boring younglinhood and he said so.
“Well, everybody can’t be like me and my brother”, Sideswipe said. “Tell us something about your friends or something interesting from your enforcer career.
“I really didn’t have time for friends. I think Jazz was my first real friend”, the tactician admitted, “but I have had a few interesting cases during my enforcer years. If you want to hear…”
“Tell us”, Sideswipe said and Sunstreaker nodded.
“This happened when I still was a rookie enforcer”, Prowl started his story and the twins listened to him with great interest. Their interaction with enforcers had usually happened when they strayed to the wrong side of the law. It was interesting to hear how real enforcers worked in Praxus. Kaon’s enforcers were mostly corrupt. The second in command told his story and the twins noticed that he had a dry sense of humor. It was noticeable if you listened hard enough.
After game four the tactician couldn’t believe how much he had talked. He wasn’t usually this social. Maybe it was because the twins seemed to honestly care about what he had to say. Prowl had to admit that he had had a nice time. He hadn’t been this open with anybody besides Jazz. But now it was a late and they all had an early shift in the morning.
“Thank you. I had a fun time”, the second in command said when he packed the game back to the box.
“We also had fun”, Sideswipe agreed and kicked his brother under the table.
“Yes. We had fun”, Sunstreaker stated and glared at his brother.
“I hope we can do this some other time.” red frontliner said.
“I would like that”, the tactician answered and smiled.
The twins wished him a good night and Prowl stood up. Now the second in command noticed the curious gazes in their direction. The Ark’s members love to gossip and undoubtedly tomorrow the whole Ark would know that he had spent the evening with the twins. He decided not to worry about it.
Next: The twins take Prowl on a date to a racing track.
Chapter: 7/17
Fandom: Transformers
Rating: M
Warnings: Off-screen violence, light smut, spark interfacing
Relationships: Prowl/Sideswipe/Sunstreaker
Characters: Prowl, Bluestreak, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker
Summary: G1. Earth. Prowl is slowly dying. There is something that could save him, but is he ready to do it?
Chapter 7 of 17
The rec room was full on voices when Prowl arrived there after his shift had ended. The second in command received many gazes because it was a generally known fact that the tactician always worked over time. Prowl looked around searching for the twins. He found them sitting at a corner table. The twins were talking intensively and they didn’t notice Prowl arrive. The second in command felt doubt raise in his processor. Maybe they didn’t want him here. No, the twins were not like that.
“Hi Prowl. Nice to see you here this early, you always work so late it can’t be healthy. Do you want to come and sit with us?” Bluestreak asked and pointed at a table with Hound and Blaster.
“Thank you Bluestreak, but I have a meeting. Maybe some other time”, the tactician said gently.
“Oh, then I will not keep you waiting, but it must be a great meeting if it gets you out of your room on time”, the gunner commented with a smile.
“Ah, I have a game”, Prowl said feeling only a little embarrassed. “Have a nice day, Blue.”
“You too, Prowl”, Bluestreak said.
The second in command smiled to his protege and took his rations. He turned to look at the room and the twins were watching him with a smile. Sideswipe waved for him to join them. The tactician felt how his doubts vanished and he was flooded with joy.
“Prowl, you came”, the red frontliner said after the second in command reached the table.
“Of course... I promised”, Prowl said confusedly. Had the twins thought he wouldn’t keep his word?
“Don’t worry about my brother. He’s like that all the time. Sit down”. Sunstreaker pointed at a free chair.
Sideswipe watched how the tactician sat down elegantly. How someone could make sitting down to an art, was beyond the red frontliner’s comprehension. And why hadn’t he noticed it before? He should ask his brother about it later.
The tactician put down the game set and his energon cube. He didn’t know how to proceed. Should they start playing right away or talk first. Sideswipe solved his dilemma.
“Take the board out so we can play”, the red frontliner said enthusiastically and started describing his day so far.
Sideswipe kept the conversation up, Sunstreaker growled from time to time and Prowl answered any question directed at him. Small talk wasn’t something the second in command was familiar with, but fortunately red frontliner knew what he was doing. The tactician won the first game, but he could tell that the twins were knowledgeable in more than just the rules.
“You have read strategies”, Prowl said.
“Well, we didn’t want to give you too easy a victory”, Sideswipe confessed. “It was surprisingly fun.”
The second in command didn’t know if the red frontliner referred to game or reading strategies.
“Another game?” Sideswipe asked enthusiastically.
“If you want. Sunstreaker?” Prowl turned his attention to the yellow frontliner.
“Fine by me.”
“You set up the board while I’ll get us energon”,the red frontliner said and stood up.
The tactician nodded and start putting the pieces on the board. Neither he nor Sunstreaker had a social personality, so they sat in silence. After a while the second in command decided to open his mouth. He was a curious.
“Did you design these?” Prowl asked knowing that the yellow frontliner had been an artist before war.
“Yes”, Sunstreaker said. “I made the design and we hired a human company manufacture them.”
“These are beautiful”, the tactician said and meant it.
“And unique. Nobody else in the whole galaxy has anything like that.”
“I’m flattered.”, Prowl said humbly. The twins’ gift showed very careful consideration in all details.
Sideswipe came back and started telling a story about their youth while they started a second game. The second in command listened gladly to the twins’ youngling adventures. The red frontliner had a habit of ending in trouble already way back then and Sunstreaker always followed him. Sideswipe shared his best pranks from the orphanage. The red frontliner kept the conversation light and only told fun stories, but the tactician could read between the lines how hard the twins’ younglinhood had been. When the third game started Sideswipe looked at Prowl and asked him to tell something about his youth.
The second in command was confused. His life had been very monotonous and normal. He didn’t have a secret wild youth. He went to school, studied hard and always did his homework. He didn’t have siblings and he didn’t get to any trouble. His time in the academy had been the same and he graduated as an enforcer with exceptional grades. He had had quite a boring younglinhood and he said so.
“Well, everybody can’t be like me and my brother”, Sideswipe said. “Tell us something about your friends or something interesting from your enforcer career.
“I really didn’t have time for friends. I think Jazz was my first real friend”, the tactician admitted, “but I have had a few interesting cases during my enforcer years. If you want to hear…”
“Tell us”, Sideswipe said and Sunstreaker nodded.
“This happened when I still was a rookie enforcer”, Prowl started his story and the twins listened to him with great interest. Their interaction with enforcers had usually happened when they strayed to the wrong side of the law. It was interesting to hear how real enforcers worked in Praxus. Kaon’s enforcers were mostly corrupt. The second in command told his story and the twins noticed that he had a dry sense of humor. It was noticeable if you listened hard enough.
After game four the tactician couldn’t believe how much he had talked. He wasn’t usually this social. Maybe it was because the twins seemed to honestly care about what he had to say. Prowl had to admit that he had had a nice time. He hadn’t been this open with anybody besides Jazz. But now it was a late and they all had an early shift in the morning.
“Thank you. I had a fun time”, the second in command said when he packed the game back to the box.
“We also had fun”, Sideswipe agreed and kicked his brother under the table.
“Yes. We had fun”, Sunstreaker stated and glared at his brother.
“I hope we can do this some other time.” red frontliner said.
“I would like that”, the tactician answered and smiled.
The twins wished him a good night and Prowl stood up. Now the second in command noticed the curious gazes in their direction. The Ark’s members love to gossip and undoubtedly tomorrow the whole Ark would know that he had spent the evening with the twins. He decided not to worry about it.
Next: The twins take Prowl on a date to a racing track.