Difficult Things: Helplessly (Chapter 6)

[dream_it_all]

Difficult Things: Patience
By Dreaming of Everything/dreams_of_all/dream_it_all, betaed by mmouse15.

Series: Transformers (G1)
Pairings/Characters: HoundxTwins (starting with HoundxSunstreaker, so bear with me here.) Hound, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Bumblebee, others.
Ratings/Warnings: T for safety so far, some of the later chapters jumping to M for mech/mech(/mech). Technically

Comments

[shi_koi]

Oh Sunstreaker. I think I'm going to cry for him. --sniffle--

It's so interesting to be able to see the events from more than one perspective. Being able to see things through not only Sunstreaker's eyes, but Sideswipe's, Hound's and Bumblebee's give this story such a richness of depth.

Aww. Poor dears. I can understand Hound's reticence to get close with the Twins (especially Sunny), but poor Sunstreaker, he really doesn't know how to be 'friendly', does he?

Dammit! My internet cut out when I tried to post this. Let's hope it goes through this time and doesn't mess up. --grumbles-- This is why I don't comment/review very often.

[swordage]

Oh BOYS. They break my heart. I want to hug Sunstreaker until he stops hurting. :(

I'm not sure if I ever commented on the previous chapters, so I just want to say that I love how you're building up the relationships here. And I really, really love your Sunstreaker. He's hard to put in words but I think you got him just right.

[sister_dear]

Oh oh oh oh oh! *bounces up and down and goes to actually read*

...Okay, now that I've read it.

Man I want to hug everybody. Yes, you should investigate more, Bumblebee. Like right now, off you go, shoo, shoo.

This chapter was intense. All of the characters are feeling so strongly, and there's not exactly an easy out for any of them.

That Sunstreaker actually apologized, though, that's a good sign. Even if it makes me hurt for him even more, that scene with Bumblebee was the most hopeful part of the chapter, and not just because it's now got someone clued in that there is maybe more going on here than they think.

[gunmaxual]

Okay, I've been waiting for an update to this for eons.

...totally worth it. ;)

[anon_decepticon]

First off, I apologize for not reading and reviewing sooner - your writing is so nuanced I wanted to reread the whole thing from the beginning before diving into the new chapter. (And it worked - I even picked up a few new things this time around!)

I found this chapter both intriguing and encouraging. Things are obviously still quite broken and far from being fixed, but there's a tiny little glimmer of hope and potential for things to improve. For the first time, Sunstreaker actually gets what he did wrong, and feels bad about it. Progress! And as an added bonus, Bumblebee now has a shot at becoming an unlikely ally - Hound seems pretty adamant about not forgiving Sunny out of respect for Bee, but if Bumblebee says he forgives him, well