#opsen

The next day

*Sentinel burying his faceplate to Optimus neck*

Sentinel: You still suck btw

*Optimus rubs Sentinel's aft*

TfA Optimus: Tfo no offense, but you still love Megatron even after he offline you

TfO Optimus: Yeah... but that was because I...said the wrong thing and because his anger came from after being exploited and lied to many years

TfA Optimus: That doesn't justify offilining you and creating a war

TfO Optimus: So you agreed that tfa Sentinel needs to be hold accountable?

TfA Optimus: *hardens his expression towards tfo* I don't want to talk about this anymore

TfO Optimus: You never want to-

TfA Optimus: Because you always villainize him. Listen I get that you had a Sentinel in your universe who was a very horrible bot but mine is nothing like him

TfA Optimus: TfO Sentinel work with Quintessons, yours didn't mind working with organics. Mine is TERRIFIED by them. He literally was screaming when a cat wanted rub on his frame. A big Cybertronian afraid of some cat

TfO Optimus: Uh I don't know what's a cat but that doesn't mean he isn't dangerous. If anything I think he's more destructive than the Megatron you have.

TfA Optimus:...

TfO Optimus: I just feel like tfa Megatron is more reasonable than tfa Sentinel

TfA Optimus:...I'm leaving

TfO Optimus: No-wait, Tfa! Come back! *catches up to Optimus* It's just you don't understand-

TfA Optimus: NO! You don't understand! You know, sometimes I feel like you along with the others, you guys think know better than me because I wasn't in the Cybertron War. That my words and perspectives aren't valid

TfO Optimus: That's not what I'm saying

TfA Optimus: But you are!!! You are not validating my feelings towards Sentinel. I completely understand you hate your own Sentinel. I'm really sorry he did horrible things to you and Dee but my Sentinel isn't like that-

TfO Optimus: How can you be sure!? I mean he already is a liar, he's a fraud, he's a coward, and it seems like he likes to abuse power too!

TfA Optimus: But-

TfO Optimus: He already force you take the fall once, how can you be sure he's not going to backstabbed you again-

TfA Optimus: TFO!!!!

TfO Optimus:........

TfA Optimus:.........I understand your fear towards Sentinel, but you must also understand, he's my best friend. Believe it or not I'm processing this whole thing. I'm still trying to process I'm supposed to be this important figure in this war that I'm never been to, I'm supposed to be very old, my friends in some verses are different and some are online or offline....I was supposedly close to Megatron, and...Elita...She's alive in some verses and she's with me.

TfO Optimus:....

TfA Optimus: You don't think I'm scared? The moment I learned everything from all of this, I got so anxious, I couldn't recharge. I started to become paranoid about the future and how I have to make sure nothing goes bad. When I learned about Sentinel from the other verses, I started shaking, I got very stressed my Sentinel might end up like that. And then Bayverse talk horribly about ripping his own Sentinel apart. And the way all of you didn't say anything, in fact somewhat agreed, I knew I couldn't say anything.

TfA Optimus: I saw your expression...that's why I didn't like the fact you found out about me and my Sentinel.

TfO Optimus:....I wasn't aware you were anxious from this. I never thought you might have felt this way. But understand, my words are mostly because I care about you. Seeing you avoid all this suffering makes me genuinely happy. When I met you and learned from your life, I almost wanted to cool (tear) up, I was jealous you managed to get away from all of that. But then I learned about your Sentinel and I-well, I got furious and scared he might messed up everything for you.

TfA Optimus:...Do you why he's terrified organics?

TfO Optimus: No, I don't

TfA Optimus: Because our dearest friend Elita was killed by them. Sentinel's last memory of her was being left behind in some dark cave filled with spiders that would torn her apart.

Tfo Optimus: I...didn't know that. I thought it was because he’s an aft.

TfA Optimus:...He tried to go back to her, tried to save her but I stopped him because the cave was falling. We ended up making out to the cave but I saw the anger in Sentinel's optics. You see, I was the last person being with Elita. When trying to get out, the cord cut and she fall into a pit. I wanted to go back to her but I fear we weren't going to make it, so I-I....abandoned her and focus in saving Sentinel. However, he resented me for that.

TfO Optimus: But that wasn't your fault! He's being selfish. He shouldn't have made you take the fall.

TfA Optimus: You're right he shouldn't have but at that moment, I couldn't even forgive myself for leaving our precious Elita behind. So, I didn't fight it. Everything was ruined, I didn't care that much of my career or my future. I l-lost two loved ones I care so much about so much. At the moment, n-nothing matter. *Starts cooling (tearing) up*

TfO Optimus: Hey, hey. I'm sorry, I didn't know it was that personal *put his servos on top of Tfa's shoulder*.

TfA Optimus: He does care about me. Jazz have commented me once when we were at Maccadams, he after giving a speech about at my funeral, Sentinel went to Maccadams and had a long drinking session, he said it was the first time he drank again. He said that during all those 50 years, Sentinel completely changed. He was strict but after my "passing" he went beyond. Jazz stated he was concerned about Sentinel's behavior.

TfO Optimus: But he was cruel to you after you came back

TfA Optimus: *chuckles softly* I know, he was such a jackaft to me. He would insult me, not listen to me, always impose the idea he was better than me. Yet, he would touch my shoulder like when he was scared to see a Decepticon. Comm me after he embarrassingly lost his full frame and trusted me to get it back. He would lightly tease me saying I was jealous of him while smiling and giggling. He....showed respect by saluting to me after we met....a certain bot.

TfO Optimus:...

TfA Optimus: You have to trust me, he's not evil

TfO Optimus: But he's still dangerous-

TfA Optimus: You don't know that-

TfO Optimus: Yes I do....I do because of Megatron...

TfA Optimus:....

TfO Optimus: I would never thought in million years, Dee would offline me. My own best friend taking my life and letting me fall. There were signs but I ignored them because I trusted him.

TfA Optimus: Would you forgive him if there was a slight chance he could change for the better? Wouldn't you try to get him back?

TfO Optimus:.....

Tfa Optimus: *Got a comm message* My team needs me, I have to go

TfO Optimus: *Quickly grabs his arm* Promise me you will offline Sentinel the moment he starts acting wrong

TfA Optimus: What!? No-

TfO Optimus: Listen. If you don't want to end up like us or rather if you care so much about the lives of your team, about Cybertron, about Earth, you will offline Sentinel

TfA Optimus: *He gets another urgent call*

TfO Optimus: Take care *Lets go of tfa's arm*

*TfA Optimus' gives one last anxious look towards the other one as he opens the portal to his verse*

Now Sentinel is a career mech, so normally I could see him possibly going for a termination. He likely hasn’t been Prime/an Elite Guard for too long, however put him finding out this after Optimus’ “death” and now he’s much more conflicted. Because there’s his career, but also the Autobots likely have a pretty decent sparkling care system, and also well…to him, this is the last piece he has of Optimus, who like, Elita, will likely never be found, having crashed somewhere far from Cybertron.

In this headspace, he chooses to keep the spark. A little piece of his trio (and likely formers lovers) to hold onto. His carriage also unfortunately sucked and was likely on the rougher side of things—nausea, aches, mood swings, and, while he never admit it, the dreams he got were the worst: floaty fantasies of Elita and Optimus with him, sexually and non-sexually, commenting on the changes in his body, their excitement for the bitlet, etc. sometimes he’d wake up a little teary opticced and have to go on and act like nothing happened.

Eventually he gives birth and now has his bitty to take care of, and thankfully for him, if any one catches the resemblance between the child and the maintenance crew Prime, no one dares to mention it (though he certainly feels like he can tell Jazz and Ultra Magnus want too).

Sentinel is an imperfect carrier, but he likely matures a little more compared to his canon counterpart. He wants to do the best for his bit and wants to be someone they can look up to. By the time the Elite Guard go to Earth, I would possibly put the sparkling at their tweenage years, and depending on how much drama you want, I think there’s some delicious interactions that could come from the sparkling coming along (Sari, bee, and bulk make a new friend!) or the sparkling not coming along and Sentinel just tells Optimus that he’s got a kid, which gives us some nice build up to the team’s return to Cybertron (in which the kiddo’s first look at Optimus is him being hailed as a hero.)

"Optimus wait I can explain!!"

"YOU LITERALLY SENT ME A MOVIE WHERE A GIANT ARACHNID ATE ALL ORGANICS BRUTALLY!! WHAT TYPE OF EXPLANATION COULD YOU POSSIBLY GIVE!?!"

".... Prank?"

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR THIS"

Sentinel will then feel overwhelmed and start whimpering, trying to resist the addicting pleasurable sensation. Optimus senses this and then shoves his glossa to Sentinel's intake, making the plowmech to let out a shock gasp. Feeling Optimus glossa was too much for Sentinel and finally gives up, and sloppily kisses Optimus back. They go at it for five minutes until Optimus pulls away, leaving a long string of lubricant.

Sentinel is just gasping, his faceplate is fully blushed, his optics are glassy. It was obvious Sentinel couldn't think. Optimus smugly smiles and asks what was Sentinel's concerned. Sentinel still in a pleasurable haze, he couldn't recall it.

However if Sentinel did manage to remember his anger even after having a short makeout session, Optimus would just keep kissing and sucking Sentinel's intake until the plowmech calmed down and was docile