#drifthound

Crosshairs — classic tbh gives me nostalgia from shipping at the start of AOE

Optimus — favorite, I have so many AUs with them in my head (especially Nemesis I have a problem and it’s putting Drift in bad situations with OP’s evil self)

Hound — lowkey slaps, I love to imagine how soft they are when no one else is around, also how Hound just picks him up so easily

Bumblebee — ACTUALLY THO it’s the second favorite, how they start out hating each other but then by TLK Drift is deferring to him and being the only one NOT fighting with Bee, they progressed together

Lockdown — see above mention of putting Drift in Situations with evil bots, especially considering their past together, both being Decepticons

Unfortunately for him, the team Medic notices and offers to help him get some charge off. Purely professional, of course (😏) Drift rejecting the idea outright at first but now that Hound’s offered, he can’t stop thinking about it and wondering what Hound would be like. So he bites the bullet and approaches hound again because being so worked up IS distracting, and maybe if he gets it out of his system and indulges his curiosity he can just put it all to rest and focus again.

They basically have a date. They talk, they play pool, they listen to the music and even get up for a dance at some point.

But it does makes for a very funny concept of Drift and Hide having a fling at some point and then Drift later ending up with Hound. The ‘Our guy here has a type’ progression lmao

I feel like bay Drift would be the type to think any bot competent with a weapon is hot. He sees a big bot with big guns, and the confidence that comes from knowing what the hell he’s doing, and from there is constantly keeping that bot in his peripheral. Just watching. :3c