another night at General Medbay
It's been a good couple of days at the Autobot medbay. For a certain definition of good, anyway. Starscream was gone, Ratchet wasn't bonded to him anymore and their lives were beginning to look like they could get back to something normal. The sun was bright outside, there were bids chirping brightly, Lockdown was getting better and she knew
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*Sides was gone... the whole Shack was essentially off-limits as far as the duo were concerned, but now even his one companion had run away, abandoned him, left the Datsun sputtering and crying out into the cloud of dust the Lamborghini left in his wake. Alone, completely, he stares blindly into the distance as the dust clears, trying to shove back the orchestra of voices haunting his thoughts, growing louder in the overbearing silence.
Worthless...
A failure...
Broken little toy...*Vents hitching as panic sets in, he grips onto his helm, running blind between the trees, muttering loudly as he tries to drown out the noise. The Medbay was further away than it should have seemed, but he seemed a bit detached from reality at the moment, only shaken back to awareness when he bounced off a tree and had to right his course, vents heaving when he finally slumps against the closed front entry, pressing his faceplates against the door as he struggles to steady the cycling of his intakes and dry the tears from his optics. ( ... )
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He ran off... When Ratchet kicked us out of the basement and Siders yelled at us to get out... he drove off faster than I could keep up... I tried chasing him but I'm no match for a Lambo, y'know...
*He stares at the wafer, turning it around in his fingers, and finally gives a tentative nibble to the edge out of curiosity* I ... I dunno, Swoop. Ratchet had to drug me last time I was here... though I think I'm okay right now... thinking a little more clearly than before... I just ... can't sleep alone anymore... I guess I got spoiled, having the three of them... four of them, once Mirage came to us... having them with me, to keep the dreams away... it helps to be able to feel someone's spark nearby...
*He tries to refrain from mentioning Ratchet's cuddle-session with him, hoping to avoid embarrassing the elder medic. Besides, if he was embarrassed about it, he might not do it again.*
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He munches on a wafer of his own, hoping that doing so will encourage Bluestreak to do the same, so that the other mech's self-repair can maintain the systems that aren't being rested while Blue isn't recharging. Me can do that too, if you want. Me can't cuddle because me have watch medbay, but me would if it help.
Me Swoop want help.
And he does truly want to help. He wants to see that happy smile that Blue had worn at Prowl and Jazz's bonding ceremony again. He rather likes seeing that side of Bluestreak.
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...Oh. Well... I ... I could do that... Maybe once he's calmed down, though... he keeps trying to pick a fight with Siders because he's frustrated, and Siders won't just hit him like he wants him to and... if I call him now, he'll just as likely not answer... and then I'll have to go find him because I'll start worrying that now he's buried in the mud in some ditch somewhere rusting and in stasis lock...
*He sits uncomfortably straight and blushes hot at Swoop's gentle rejection, breaking the wafer in half in his nervous fidgeting*
I...I... y-y-you don't have to do that, Swoop, I wasn't... I w-w-wasn't suggesting that we.. that I uh... I... cuddling isn't.. necessary... j-just... just something to keep the dreams away...
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He steps back up to the sniper and pulls him into another hug when Bluestreak starts fidgeting. It okay. Me know what you Bluestreak mean. But me understand. Me always sleep better in cuddle pile, too.
Me not have anything that make dreams stop, but me can give light sedative that lets processor slow down enough to recharge for while. Will you Bluestreak rest better if you am not in room alone?
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*He stiffens at the embrace, initially, but slowly relaxes against Swoop's plating, turning his optics to hide against the taller mech's chest. He was embarrassed, a little, to be so out of sorts all over again that he couldn't sleep by himself. He wondered what Ratchet, his world's Ratchet, would say about it, or what Optimus would think... he struggled to squash down the voices jeering at him in the back of his processor, but his lack of recharge just made them that much louder and harder to ignore...
*After a moment to collect himself, he offers a slow nod, nuzzling the warm armor*
I... I should be fine so long as I'm not alone... anymore... I just... I just wish I could sleep a little while without dreaming...
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He holds the other mech a bit more tightly once Bluestreak relaxes. The sniper obviously needs the comfort, and Swoop is pretty sure that it's helping him purge some of his own worries and stress as well.
And actually, Bluestreak's presence could be advantageous, as well...
Bluestreak, me want put you in room with him Ratchet. Me think that help, since you already know him. But him am hurt, so you need be careful and not let him strain spark.
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Ratchet's hurt...?
*He cranes his head up to catch Swoop's optic, frowning worriedly.*
What happened...? Strain his spark...? How bad is it? Is he okay? Was it something I did when I was here? Should I have stayed longer? I .. w-what happened, I might've been able to protect him if I had stayed a little longer instead of leaving and...
*A little bit of panic sets in at the thought of the elderly medic being injured, and a little bit of paranoia and guilt mingling into his thoughts somehow making it his fault that the medic is hurt as well as Mirage. Primus, he could really use a nap.*
I.. I'll try to help, though I dunno how much help I can actually... help with... but I'll try to make sure he doesn't strain himself...
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He meets Blue's gaze squarely.
It not your fault. Him Starscream just disappear. Me Swoop was right there and couldn't do anything.
Him Ratchet can tell better than me Swoop. Me still not understand everything that happen. Me just know him better now and him be okay soon.
Can me Swoop trust you Bluestreak to help? Him Ratchet will need, even if him not think so.
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*A broken sparkbond? Primus, he was lucky to be alive! He nods quickly and vigorously to the Dinobot's question*
Absolutely, I'll help in whatever way I can, I won't let him do anything too stressful or strenuous and I won't even let him out of my sight the whole time until he's better, one-hundred percent better, and I promise I won't let anything else happen to him, as long as I can prevent it 'cause I don't really think I could do much if Starscream showed up again and that caused some sort of, like, whiplash effect, do you think that's possible? I sure hope not, because that would be even worse, wouldn't it, to break a bond like that and then have it suddenly reappear for no reason and would that send your systems into shock, do you think? I mean I know it would probably hurt and...
*Struggles to his peds with a little difficulty, still clutching the broken, uneaten wafer in one hand and rambling on mindlessly*
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Okay. Me Swoop know you Bluestreak will take good care of him Ratchet. And me not think that there be problem with him Starscream if him ever come back.
He gives the other mech a grin.
Come on. Us go downstairs and you can see him. Then me Swoop want you Bluestreak to get rest. You not be able to help him Ratchet if you am not rested enough.
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