everyone go read Keep Your Head Above Water by @cassandraphoenix right meow

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59927536/chapters/152884504

1) Primes Are Not Born: They Are Made (bbrookley)

2) The Harmony in Your Spark (mieayambawang)

3) Could Be Worse (Mimkana)

4) Burning Gray (Smatterbrained)

I highly suggest all of them but especially The Harmony in Your Spark! It was one of the first tf fics i got into and it also has a strong musical motif so i find it very fun

u guys aren’t ready for me diving headfirst into this new fic im working on. as soon as I move into my new apartment it’s all over for u guys

EDIT: fixed deadlock’s design to be more accurate

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"Crazy things happened on Lost Light. This was no exception."

Rating: MATURE

Basically: Soundwave is obviously menacing and silently intimidating as a decepticon (duh) and he’s also the superior option out of everyone y’know. And by ‘con standards and his “cool/mysterious rep” he’s got a bunch of simps, like every single one of the Decepticons has at least thought “what if” at least one point or another

So cue each chapter having an amused/annoyed Soundwave + cassettes who find this hilarious (the twins) and/or disappointed in the Decepticons army as a whole (ravage) or secret third option (the others)

Then this is how I throw in Wavewave bc the fr superior ship, soooooo obviously Soundwave can tell when someone is hardcore crushing on him from how they literally trip over their peers tryna flirt (and failing) or smth else equally embarrassing but yall gotta remember that sounders is also a ✨telepath✨ so at times he’ll just be so done with hearing all the horny thoughts of his simps that he’ll give himself some quiet breaks with shockwave bc he only thinks about logical stuff (most of the time until Soundwave gotta stop him from doing smth reckless) and it’s actually kinda hard to read shockwave’s mind sometimes

Overtime they get more familiar with each other and eventually spark a romance and so in the end while everyone else is tryna shoot their shot to get into Soundwave’s bed, shockwave gets the satisfaction of being the one who gets to the interface with him at night! Who’s knows maybe I’ll throw in some heat cycle stuff to make things interesting among all the mechs, have them comedically fight or smth

BUT! I need some help bc the only competition (if they can even be called that lol) I can think of rn is the elite trine bc I feel like each of them would see the appeal and would be curious for how Soundwave is in bed and tarn bc bro seems meg-obsessed enough to stem his attraction to Soundwave from “you’re a noble devotee to the Decepticon cause” to “we’d be perfect together we’re exactly alike” or smth similar to that mindset (idk bro is insane)

I’ve already ruled out Megatron as a wannabe love interest bc I think it would be hella funny that he’s just lamenting over his ex relationship with Optimus while all this is going on with his thrift in command that everyone unanimously agrees is hot as hell

Inspired by a post I found awhile back about Wavewave personally screwing loudly to piss off simp-tarn(I can’t find it anymore for some reason🥲) and this:

Okay, so hear me out. I've seen and kinda read some of the fics where Optimus is Bumblebee's bio-dad. How about instead, Starscream is Bee's carrier.