#slagger

Sky’s optics onlined, he stretched slowly from where he was sprawled on the couch. Was he recharging? No, but he had been resting of a sort waiting for his mate to return to him. A shiver ran through his frame at the dark purr, his optics darkening as he watched that darker form move towards him with predatory grace a hunger and need pinging through the bond as he slid from the couch to his knees the floor, wings flicking out behind him, smirk curving one side of his mouth higher as his optics glittered. 

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Warp shifted on his pedes, not liking how late he was getting home. The meetings he’d been stuck in had been running long and he had been tied up all day - so hadn’t been able to do things the way he’d wanted. He sighed to himself, then straightened, raising his wings, and tightened his grip on the fancily-wrapped box he was holding. Activating his warp drive, he set the coordinates for home - for the balcony on their suite where his sparkmate and other half was.

“Love~” he vented, stepping out of the fading purple aura of his warp drive. “I’m sorry I’m late. I wanted to get this set earlier.” He lifted the lavender-wrapped box with the gold ribbon, holding it out to Sky. “Happy Creation Day, love~”

When Sky opens the box, he’ll find an elaborate crystal sculpture - two jets in mid-flight, in formation, wing-tip to wing-tip, the base of the sculpture being clouds. The two jets matched SkyWarp’s alt modes perfectly, down to etched markings on their wings of their Courting Pattern.

Sky stood on the balcony watching the darkening of the evening and the bright points of light as stars began showing themselves in the sky. He held a cube of highgrade between his hands, cupping it close as he contemplated on his thoughts. His vents caught when he heard the very familiar sound of Warp jumping to their balcony, he continued to hold his vent as he turned around to face the dark Striker that completed him.

“Warp.” His optics first linger on his mate, drinking in Warp’s face, Warp’s frame before widening at the fancily wrapped present. A smile quirked his lips as he curiously tilted his helm wanting to know what was in it. Sky took the gift from Warp’s hand and leaned forward to brush his lips against Warp’s. “M-my greatest gift, i-is you.” His lips moved over Warp’s with every word.

He straightened up, wings flicking with interest as he opened the lavender paper and gold ribbon with care. A small gasp esaped from him, Sky revealed the scuplture, catching every bit of light and throwing it back from the faucetted surface. “I-it’s beautiful,” he vented softly, recognizing the model of jets, the markings of their Courting Pattern.

In the comics he originally chose the codename Slagger. His dad had a better idea: Joto. It’s Swahili for heat so it related to his powers and to him being one of the few black superheroes so it made sense. However, it’s also a derogatory gay term in Spanish so it’s completely understandable why they changed it in the cartoon and later in the comics. And Hotspot’s not a bad name. Except they changed his powers from heat to fire so why couldn’t they have just changed his codename to the Swahili word for fire?

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