I’m genuinely curious about how Smokescreen interacted with the burns family for the first time, or maybe what stories did Heatwave, Blades, Chase and Boulder share with the burns family about Smokescreen?
for the most part, they each share their own stories and experiences with their human partner. It's just who they were closest with.
story wise, there was a BUNCH of variety, everything from Smokescreen's amazing skill as a medic who worked so hard to get to where he was and how they trusted him with their life, to That One Time He Ran Full Speed Into A Glass Door Because It Had Just Been Cleaned And He Didn't See It
the stories were all fond but were also undercut by an undeniable grief, and thus were few and far between. It was just.... hard to talk about their missing teammate because for all intents and purposes the loss had just happened. While Smokescreen had supposedly died millions upon millions of years ago, they'd only just found out about it
Somewhat unsurprisingly, Cody is the one who knows the most about him due to all the different stories he was getting. It was just.... easier to open up around the kid because he just made them feel so much calmer, and he always had a kind word to offer. In many ways Cody was just so innocent that it reminded them of the early days when things were so much simpler
In person though, things get more unique
Cody is probably the one he's closest with, and some of that is because Smokescreen is just more used to interacting with kids. June was nice sure, but she wasn't around as often (though when she was they did compare medicine practices), and Fowler was almost always there for Just Business. With Cody, he can fall back on how he interacted with the other kids
they definitley play around a lot, and Cody asks so many questions that Smokescreen is more than happy to answer. Cody in turn explains things about Griffin Rock to help Smokescreen understand it better and adapt. They get up to so much chaos though and hang out a lot outside of Emergency Work
I'll admit, I don't have many specific ideas except for Dani and Kade
Dani, because bonding over their medic and EMT skills and also Hey How Cool Would This Crazy Stunt Be :). These two do SO many aerial stunts and various batshit insanity and have the best time ever during it
and then Kade, who is... well he's a lil bit jealous because suddenly Heatwave is spending a massive chunk of his time with his other best friend. He ofc doesn't say it out loud, and eventually he does get over it and bond with Smokescreen himself, but for a bit things are kinda awkward
