#prime!

they never meet

IF they met, I think prime!Ben would think unit!Rook is an asshole (he is), and unit!Rook would think prime!Ben is extremely annoying (potentially valid opinion)

unit!Rook has a short fuse, unlike prime!Rook who's honestly very patient if we're being so for real for a moment hshshs

and prime!Ben seems to reciprocate whatever energy he's given, unlike unit!Ben who's usually a pushover and will tolerate A LOT in order to delay conflict

so neither of them would have what it takes to put up with each other the way they do with their respective timeline partner, i think they'd essentially avoid each other as much as possible

So Sideswipe is staring at his data pad. And he stares. And stares.

And stares some more.

Megatron is following him and his brother.

...

So many knee-jerk responses. So many horrible, awful, completely terrible, possible outcomes.