Rewind literally gets hired by the equivalent of that Philosophy major guy in your college creative writing course that loves to go on about how he’s writing a political fantasy series, and he’s gonna change people’s perspectives, and yada yada. And it’s absolutely hilarious to this cassette tape like, oh boy, pushing data pads for one of these guys.
First day of work, Rewind is just looking this younger, shiny gold bot up and down and realizes, “Oh god, he’s serious. Lmao.” And he grills Dominus to no end, thinking he’s just another sack of shit Aristocrat low life.
But oh no, ohhh no this dude is genuine. He’s putting his whole chest into it, and actually believes what he says. He really thinks he can change thing
s with a couple books and a campaign to appeal to the Senate. His disciplined ideology is something he uses to contrast himself with the Primes, to stand out against the average political representative’s image of a love of excess and luxury.
In reality. When they’re relaxed. When it’s quiet. When it’s just them. He loves Rewind’s art. He loves hearing and responding to a good story. He’s passionate. He’s sincere. And he’s sweet. And he’s romanti—
Oh. No. Next thing he knows, Rewind is falling in love with him because he’s just soooo… cringe and real. And Rewind not only respects that, he’s been waiting to see it in this fucked up new society for a while now. After all the epochs of Cybertron that Rewind has lived through, Dominus, who was supposed to be just this stuck up, fun hating aristocrat from high society, is a breath of fresh air.
