@esquivelle
".... Do you want something? We saw what day it is. On the calendar." Silverbolt wants to know.
"Huh? It's June 16th. We don't have a holiday till Juneteenth and that's Wednesday," Raf says, completely confused.
"... But... isn't it a day for mentors?" Silverbolt asks.
"You haven't been around, either." Air Raid complains, sidling up to nudge his brother, shoulder to wing.
Raf thinks for a moment, then frowns. "Oh, shit. I forgot about Father's Day. My parents didn't make it through the war. I go see Abuela on Mother's Day if I can and if not I send her a present. If I'm not with her I hang out with Charlie or June, but...I don't have a substitute dad--" "Yeah you do," Jack says, coming out of the kitchen with a tub of vanilla icing he is eating all by itself with a spoon. Which is kinda gross, but whatever. "You got Soundwave. He hasn't filled out adoption papers, but--"
Raf glared at him. "I am not sending Soundwave a Father's Day card."
"One of his kids is having a party for him. You should go." Jack licks the spoon in a weird way, which Raf ignores.
"Father's Day is for...fathers. Not mentors in general. And there's Mother's Day, which is for mothers." Raf frowns. "If I had a kid, I would just be...a parent. There isn't a day for just that. Fathers are men. Mothers are women. I'm...me."
They shrug and look up at Jack. If Jack started this, he is in so. much. trouble. But Jack is very bad at looking innocent, which means there's no actual way to know, because he is going to look guilty whether he did it or not.
Raf glances at Air Raid. "Sorry," they say. "I had to go work on Mars for a couple of weeks. Did I forget to call? Charlie kept me so busy..."
"Mentors are just... Mentors." Silverbolt shrugs back, with a flick of his own wings. "You found us, got us to come here. That's like being a mentor."
"You did." Air Raid complains. " 'Flight wanted to go back to Earth to get all of our Halloween stuff, but we got told we needed supervision to be allowed back there." He makes a face.
"I'm sorry that happened, but...why do you need more Halloween stuff in June?" Raf grins. "I am glad to be your mentor. Like Bumblebee and Charlie used to be mine. But we need special days for mentors and parents that don't require you to be a specific gender. Maybe we could start a thing. That would give you time to plan something fun?"














