#starlock

Personal Debrief

My (unnecessarily lengthy) piece for this year's @tf-bigbang !! I'm no better and went with my rareotp again so--

I got matched with the absolutely lovely @largishcat who made my silly idea real ❤️ Also hosts the event !! So please go check out the fic & send kisses to all the BB mods !!

adam isn’t even a warlock he’s more of a cleric or sorcerer

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Pairing: Adam Warlock x Peter Jason Quill

Theme: Good Luck Babe.

Summary: The what if scenario when Peter Quill gets married to Kitty Pryde. They're having a big grand wedding on Spartax and Peter sees a familiar face in the crowd, Adam Warlock.

A/N: I made this while being overly shocked that Quill proposed so fast to Kitty Pryde after her sacrificing herself to become a cosmic being then finding out the two never even marry.

A big grand wedding on Spartax. Hearing the bells ring, guests and citizens greeting them with congratulations. Peter Quill is now officially the king of Spartax and with Kitty by his side, the whole king ruling over a whole planet should be easier.

His closest friends were in the ceremony. He could see some familiar faces. Gamora, Drax, Groot, Rocket, Mantis and....

A face he hasn't seen in a millenia. His heart lurches when he sees that golden blonde hair and greek god sculpted face and suddenly. He feels the weird feeling bubble up inside him when he looks at him. So he looks away.

Pretending it's just a flunk. A feeling. He probably just missed his old buddy Adam right?

Later at the wedding. It went smoothly and all was right. They eventually went to the after party of the wedding. It was something more casual to get the formality off. Despite the growing pit in Quill's stomach.

Kitty sees his face, she could tell he was thinking about something and he was thinking hard, staring out into the crowd of their friends. She gently laid a hand on his shoulder for comfort. "Hey, Peter...You okay honey?" She whispered as she leaned close.

Peter snapped out of his daze and looks at Kitty, a bit shook that she there suddenly. Furrowing his eyebrows nervously. "Yeah I'm fine babe, totally cool. Was just thinking." He looked back into the crowd.

She then spots at who he was looking at. Golden man dressed in a suit and long red cape. "Who is that?" She didn't recognize the man but apparently he was close with the Guardians of the Galaxy members. Talking and chatting with them like old friends.

"Oh that's Adam Warlock, he's an old friend of mine. We go way back. It's just that I haven't seen him in a long time since...well he died." Peter said a little sad. Like his saliva got struck in his throat.

"He died?"

"Yeah he does that a lot really. But he always comes back. Usually when the universe need him the most I guess." Peter shrugged with a chuckle as if reminiscing an old memory.

"So are you going to catch up with him? I'm sure you two would wanna reconnect right? Come on now Peter." Kitty smiled gently and pats Quill's back for encouragement.

"Hahah yeah....but he's probably to busy right now talking to the others." Peter dimissed Kitty's suggestion. Without noticing a certain golden man approaching him and Kitty getting dragged away by her girl friends to try out the bar they had.

Eventually Peter had to meet his demise. The golden man himself, standing there surprisingly dressed for the occasion. Gamora probably had to do something with it.

"Peter Quill, congratulations on your coupling, my friend." Adam's voice was smooth and silky. Just as how Quill remembered it.

"Adam! I'm glad you could make it. I didn't know you were out of that cocoon of yours so soon." Quill smiled, it felt a little forced but hey he was doing his best. His heart felt like it was about to leap right out of his chest while being crushed by 10 ton force.

"That's right. I was out of it for awhile now. Not until the Gaurdians found me and told me to come stop by to see the grand occasion." Adam hummed, his hand swirling around the terran wine in his hands as he stared deeply into the swirling vortex.

"That's great buddy."

"I'm glad you have found happiness in your life Peter Quill. You should cherish it." Adam says as he nods his head approvingly and turns to walk back into the crowd. Something in Quill was screaming at him to reach. He wanted to say something to Adam. He didn't know what but he wanted to tell him.

"Wait Adam-" Quill's voice quivered slightly.

"Yes Starlord?"

Ouch that sounded a bit cold...

"I missed you...buddy..."

He could see a faint smile but it felt a bit distant coming from Warlock.

"I missed you too Peter Quill..."

Happy Yeehawgust, y'all! Revisiting the Hotblood! boys, Asa and Rook, but this year leaning a bit more into my style with them and the environment~ Love them always, @hbzarco!

now, lets get to the good stuff.

starscream x deadlock to me ties heavily with their rivalry (that i made up in my head). before deadlock was assigned to turmoil, he stood side by side with starscream, and imo i think it took a long while before megatron had a 2nd in command because he wanted to see who came out on top between them all. as time went on it was clear that these 2 would never miss a chance at each other's necks because of the shiny title of '2nd in command'. perhaps then, for starscream, it was all about power, while for deadlock, it was about security. both wanted to be in control. all the while megatron thought, "ah, my henchmen are fighting for survival of the fittest! continue." of course this rivalry was then extended to adoration. i cant remember who felt it first, deadlock or starscream. the sudden realization that your rival's competency, no one does it like they do. you two might be of differing reasons, but you were united by competition. they both desperately want the devotion that they displayed towards megatron, to each other. they just dont realize it yet. they secretly found their way into each other's arms once one realizes this and the other follows. feelings were complicated, but reciprocated. the competition maintained. it was the central thing about their relationship, trying to one-up each other, until deadlock was eventually separated from starscream and went under someone else's wing. starscream, although having won the title of megatron's 2nd in command, craved for that same competition that deadlock offered. "no one can fight you but ME. no one fights you like I do."

starscream x drift to me now shifted more towards drift's feelings towards starscream. while drift went through too many phases of change, and in the end still having trouble figuring himself out (in my head), starscream... kinda hardly changed. drift saw it all, saw the same person: the same lonely bastard that fiend for love and adoration, chewed and clawed his way out of misery, but in a more unfortunate manner, compared to himself. and thats the thing, isnt it? you see yourself in another person. and that made drift empathize with starscream, despite all of this on starscream's end, it was bittersweet. starscream denied himself the luxury of many things, most importantly his feelings, but seeing drift again? secretly, he went: 'oh, look how much you have changed, look where you are now, look, please, you have optics to tell for yourself how much youve grown from the mech i once knew'. and it was a feeling that he never thought was possible. pride in someone else besides himself. it humbled him. drift knew starscream and starscream knew drift. it was a relationship only they knew the depths of which it goes. and they love to pretend it was superficial. denial is a game, a thing they both knew well, teased and played with each other. despite all this, despite me, despite starscream, is there still hope? drift would answer: yes. soon they reconnected in those old ways of being on each other's necks again, for auld lang syne, even when there was no more war to be fought, no more friends to lose, let their relationship be a reminder that despite it all, there is still hope.

Characters: True!Starbi, Grinlock (belonging to @cryptizkatzz)

Pairing: True!Starbi/Grinlock

Word Count: 970

Tropes: Trouble Sleeping, Late-Night Conversation, Cuddling

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