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Protect you for Always Chapter 3 and Epilogue

Oct 05, 2011 17:14

Title: Protect You For Always Chapter 3 - Never Yours
Characters: Skyfire/Skywarp, Skyfire/Starscream
Description: Skywarp has a nasty crash and finds himself heavily damaged in the middle of nowhere. Skyfire comes to his rescue, if you call being tied up rescued. Skywarp is carefully cared for and repaired by a very gentle giant, but what's the ( Read more... )

starscream, skyfire, skywarp, creepy

Comments 22

eerian_sadow October 5 2011, 21:51:07 UTC

oh! oh oh oh!

i have adored creeper!Skyfire all through this fic, 'cause i do like me a good creeper, and then there was the confrontation with Starscream and suddenly i felt bad for him and it was like emotional whiplash. i loved it.

i still felt terrible for Skywarp, all the way through, but poor Skyfire! :( and poor Starscream for having to clean the whole mess up. :( :(

this was a brilliant and wonderful ride, hon! great work.

swindleslog October 6 2011, 05:31:25 UTC

Glad you enjoyed it so much! I write for you guys as much as for myself.

I didn't know how well that shift of perception would work, I was afraid it was too sudden and left field, but hey, apparently it worked! :) Nice to know people were picking up on how broken he was the whole time too.

and poor Starscream for having to clean the whole mess up

Poor Starscream indeed.

peacewish October 6 2011, 02:29:02 UTC

Wow, what an ending! It took me by all kinds of surprise, not least of which because I really didn't have a good grasp of what this story's length was supposed to be and had no idea the ending would be coming so soon. Eerian said it right - whiplash! When Starscream's abrasive voice entered into the picture without warning, so suddenly, I froze as much as the the other two characters. And that was all it took, the entrance of that one last missing character, before everything tumbled into place.

That Skyfire actually knew, deep down, is something I probably should have guessed. He's too smart, and knew Starscream for too long, to be fooled by mere battle damage and a broken vocalizer. But that he intentionally took Skywarp and had planned for this little domestic roleplay really did come as a shock. Starscream's unexpected arrival fractured his careful fantasies, and everything came crashing down like a broken glass palace. Starscream was so wonderfully himself: sharp, caustic, loyal to his own wingmate even if he is ( ... )

swindleslog October 6 2011, 06:23:50 UTC

Whiplash everywhere! As I said to Eerian, I was a bit worried about that, but I wasn't sure how else to go about it. Not really a situation where Starscream can be like "Knock knock, anyone home in here? head's up, I'm about to tear your world apart, kay? How about 4ish, tomorrow, what work for you?"

Had to be sudden and sneaky.

He's too smart, and knew Starscream for too long, to be fooled by mere battle damage and a broken vocalizer. But that he intentionally took Skywarp and had planned for this little domestic roleplay really did come as a shock.Heee. There were one or two people that guessed, but I was curious to see if anyone would figure that out before the truth popped up. There was a really, really sneaky hint I put in there that I don't think anyone saw, though honestly, I would have been surprised and impressed if someone had ( ... )

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swindleslog October 7 2011, 21:26:00 UTC

If Starscream could just wipe Skyfire and Skywarp's mind and sweep it all under the rug, he'd do it in a heart beat.

And that was a seriously impressive job of describing a scene from the POV of a character who can't see.

Thank you! The appeal to the prompt for me was the challenge of doing it from the prisoner's perspective. We're so visually grounded, it's neat to depend on other senses for description.

dem_legs_fan October 6 2011, 22:03:50 UTC

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't even read it yet, but:

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dem_legs_fan October 6 2011, 22:26:35 UTC

Read it all, and I was NOT disappointed in the least. Once again, you are a true artist with words, and I had a great time reading it!

swindleslog October 7 2011, 21:26:35 UTC

Thank you! Its nice to live up to expectation.

dem_legs_fan October 8 2011, 05:06:42 UTC

You're welcome! :)

marysuofyay October 7 2011, 01:07:18 UTC

Damn, girl.

Just.. Damn.

Gonna echo the emotional whiplash of previous commenters, there. Somehow did not expect Starscream to show up in the manner that he did.

Loved the ending bit with the paint. Kinda brought the whole thing in to focus a bit sharper, somehow. Or it did for me, anyway!

It's.. ... Damn. XD I've been rendered incoherent.

swindleslog October 7 2011, 21:30:57 UTC

I am getting the feeling that no one was expecting Starscream to show up. Then again, I never hinted at it.

Loved the ending bit with the paint. Kinda brought the whole thing in to focus a bit sharper, somehow. Or it did for me, anyway!

I was worried that wouldn't work so well, or have the same eek! effect as you had gotten their first, and done it extremely well. Done the whole 'mistaken but not really identity bit', really. Nice to hear from you that it brought the whole ordeal into focus.