Day five of Skystar week! Prompt: “Furious/Calm”. Song: Grenade by Bruno Mars.
Ficlit: Spousal Privilege
“And another thing; you Primus forsaken, Unicron spawned, droid fragging, factory defects…!” Starscream roared into the faceplates of the youths. He had backed them into a corner so thoroughly, they had forgotten they had him out numbered three to one and were all twice his height. No one had witnessed a display of the infamous disposed Prince of Vos’s temper since his defection from the Decepticons nearly a year prior.
“Oh-kaaaaay, I think they’ve had enough.” Skyfire swiftly scooped up his husband, as though he weighed no more than their newly-forged Sparkling, who was currently enjoying a play date with her older cousin while her parents had attempted a quite shopping trip into the settlement’s open air market, and slung him over his broad shoulders.
Skyfire strode out of the village purposefully, embarrassed beyond measure, having decided their family could survive without the items on their shopping list for at least however long it took for the whispering gossips to find something else to wag their glossa about. It took a long time for the shuttle-former to loose his patience but even he had his limits.
“Skyfire, put me down this instant! I am not a Sparkling!” Starscream demanded and thumped his husband’s armor between his wings.
“I will, when you stop acting like one!” He growled back, just loud enough for only his Partner to hear. The ex-Autobot had been raised that one did not disparage their mate in public, it simply wasn’t done.
“Wha…? I was defending you!” The ex-Air Commander was earnestly shocked. His beloved rarely ever got mad at anyone, let alone him. He felt confusion, sadness and righteous indignation all over again caused by his lover’s reaction.
“I know Darling, and I adore you for it, really I do. But you nearly beat those Fledglings into scrap over a little harmless teasing.” Skyfire could feel a processor ache coming on as he set his husband down on his peds so they could talk like civilized adults. They were roughly half way between the village and their private residence at this point and it was a good enough place to stop.
“You’re my Conjunx Endura, I can’t just stand by and let some slag spouting child call you a clumsy oaf!” Starscream stomped his ped in frustration. An adorable habit in Skyfire’s opinion and oh how happy he had been to find that their daughter had inherited the trait.
“It’s true, I am a klutz. And besides, Starscream, YOU call me a clumsy oaf on a regular basis.” The ex-Autobot laughed, feeling his anger melt into his usual calm demeanor.
“That’s different! First off, you know I don’t really mean it, and secondly, I reiterate, I am your Conjunx! I alone have earned the right to tease you!” The Seeker scowled and crossed his arms, wings twitching in annoyance. “If you think for one nano-click, I’m going to let some over charged, pathetic, unchristianed Fledgling with a Sire kink, come-on to my mate right in the middle of town no less! And get away with it? You have another thing coming!”
Skyfire flashed his optics in a Transformer equivalent of a shocked blink. “Starscream… are you jealous?” He was flabbergasted. Judging from the almost instantaneous blush that blossomed on his lover’s faceplates, and how the smaller mech tried to his it by turning away at his waist and putting a servo over his mouth, yes he was! ‘Oh Primus beloved,’ Skyfire chuckled to himself ‘what am I going to do with you?’
The big Shuttle pulled his spouse in for a passionate kiss, and held him to it until he felt all the tension release from the smaller frame in his arms. “Darling,” his engine purring “Only you in all the cosmos would think teasing was a viable form of flirting. They were simply a gang of bored children.”
Starscream snorted “You always did underestimate your own attractiveness.” He then turned his nose up in a vain attempt at salvaging his dignity. “Well the important thing is, I got my point across. Those little glitches won’t be trying that again and now the entire community knows I am a devoted Conjunx.”
“Hmmm.” Skyfire smiled, for once the mischievous one. “And how should my valiant hero like to be rewarded?”
Starscream smirked and rubbed his left leg up and down Skyfire’s right one. “How about you throw me over your shoulders again and take me home? We don’t need to pick up Zephyr for another four mega cycles and I’d hate to waste the evening.”
