#the fallen

i just.

(Fall Guy blinks his eyes open as he is woken up by the knocking.)

(He lays there for a moment before reluctantly getting up and starting to make his way to the front door. If they want to see him this badly, it must be important.)

(When he opens the front door, he is visibly tired, hunched over and rubbing his eyes with his other hand.)

(Fall Guy bolts upright at the sound of the gun being fired. Eyes wide, he looks around, shaking as he grabs a knife from his kitchen.)

(He takes a deep breath, trying to stay calm. It's not working. He turns to face the direction the sound came from, trying to see if he can figure out where it had come from and. . .)

(His heart drops. He starts feeling dizzy.)

Nonono-no-no. . .

(He knows the Traitors were after them. He knows how ruthless they are. He knows they will stop at nothing to make sure their goals are completed.)

(His heart pounds in his chest. His legs feel like gelatin. He leans over the counter for support. He's trembling as his breath picks up, despite his best efforts to keep it stable.)

(The knife clatters to the floor.)

(. . . He doesn't hear it.)

He- He can't- He promised- No. No. No. No!

(It's becoming even harder to breathe. He can barely hear his own voice. He needs to sit down. He's not sure how much longer he can keep himself upright. His face feels wet.)

He- He's fine. He's- He's fine. He has to be fine. He promised-

(Leaning most of his body weight against the counter, he tries to walk to the nearest chair.)

(Every step is a struggle.)

(His feet feel like lead.)

(They slowly scrape against the kitchen floor.)

(Fall Guy practically falls into the chair. It hurts, but he can barely feel it, given his chest feels like it's going to explode.)

(He curls up into a ball, sobbing as he tries and fails to calm himself down again, and again, and again.)

He- He- They- *hic* He. . .

(Fall Guy gives up on spoken words entirely as he continues to lay there, his body hurting and heavy and his mind going around and around in circles.)

(If they were here right now, they would surely be trying to comfort him.)

(. . . But they are not.)

There has to be something in here he'd like. . .

(He knew he fucked up telling Chatter Box the reason he originally sought them out, but he just hasn't been able to get the disappointed look on their face out of his head, nor the way that they left his home so shortly afterwards, clearly hurt, but not willing to admit it.)

(He spends a few more minutes looking through all of his recipes before finally spotting one that he figured would work. It's a cheesecake recipe he's been wanting to try, but hasn't made yet because he knows he wouldn't be able to eat the whole thing by himself, and he'd hate to waste any.)

(He puts the rest of his recipes away and checks his cupboards and fridge. He's got everything he needs, so he starts pulling out all the ingredients and starts following the recipe's instructions.)

(Before too long, everything is ready to go, and he puts the cheesecake into the oven, sets a timer, and lets out a sigh as he slumps down into his chair.)

I'm. . . I'm probably doing too much- ugh. What if he doesn't even-

(Fall Guy shakes his head quickly.)

No- No. Stop. You're overthinking it. If he doesn't like it, he has to at least appreciate the gesture, right? It'll be fine.

(He takes a very deep breath.)

The animation I have been working on and nearly hurt my wrist over KJLDSGAJLKG

FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE IS NOT EVIL! His title as The Fallen comes from the battle that finally did him in, but when the Quintessons took over Cybertron and rewrote history, Megatronus was conflated with Liege Maximo and Onyx Prime as Mortilus of the guiding hand, and unfortunately demonised. Megatron adopting his name and face for the Decepticon movement did not help at all

When faced with social situations outside of any fighting, Megatronus is actually just very socially awkward and relies on Solus to do most of the socialising

He drinks very light brews of Energon because the strong stuff would react very badly with his eternally burning insides

His furnace-like interior acts as a purgatory for corrupt sparks. He will use his Spark Fuser staff to extract an enemy’s spark and fuse it to his own, powering himself up while the corruption is burned away. Then, the spark returns to the AllSpark where it can be reborn once more