#transformers generation 1

He reminiscences, heading towards the lift for some semblance of fresh air. Once the door opened he saw Thundercracker… focused on something, he thought nothing of it and greeted him like normal.

The seeker jumped before greeting him as well, standing at attention before the warlord. “At ease, it’s a slow cycle anyway.” He told the seeker simply, pressing a button for outside access.

They both stood in silence, waiting for the lift to stop at their designated areas. Thundercracker stood there, idling awkwardly before the lift suddenly stopped and the doors opened. They both nod and Thundercracker left.

—an hour later—

He returned back into the lift, more annoyed than ever, punching the side of the lift he took a breather and pressed the button for the floor of his quarters.

Surprisingly, Thundercracker is also in the lift too, more confused than surprised until they locked optics with one another. “… your quarters I’m assuming?” The seeker asks. “Yes, you?” He counters.

“Same floor, I needed to converse with starscream but it lead to the top instead.” He answers, rubbing the back of his helm. “Fair enough.” He says coolly, entering the enclosed space before pushing the lift’s button to go down.

“Apologies for that, shockwave installed a new update. Whenever I enter the lift it automatically overwrites its primary objective for any other bot.”

Megatron explains, making Thundercracker less confused. “Oh…. It’s a bit inconvenient.” He comments, megatron snorted at that. “Indeed.”

Megatron nods as the doors suddenly opened, both him and Thundercracker walk in the same direction. They were both very silent during their stroll, until Thundercracker decides to speak up.

“… shall I give you the status report now or…?” Thundercracker asks carefully, earning an arched optic ridge from the high ranking commander.

“It isn’t due until next week, you finished it already?” He asks, looking more intrigued at the prospect. “Y-yeah, I tend to do my work now rather than later.” He shrugs, earning an occasional impressionable hum.

“Very well, I shall review it.” He says, taking the data pad from thundercracker’s shocked servos, not giving the seeker enough time to react.

“W-wait that’s not the-.” He tries, but his voice is lost when Megatron actively read the continents of his data-pad.

Megatron blinked in surprise as he stopped in his tracks, seeing how well written thundercracker’s work is… despite it not being the report he expects.

Smirking, megatron turns to the light blue outlier seeker, taking note of the red faceplate and steam escaping from said seeker’s frame.

“This isn’t the report, soldier.” He testifies, earning an embarrassed and strangled. “M-mhm!” And a nod from the seeker. Without looking he hands thundercracker’s data-pad back.

“I expect your report on my desk after your talk with starscream.” He says, immediately having the object expectedly snatched out of his servo.

“I-I apologies for t- that. I-it wasn’t-.” Thundercracker stammered, holding the object of his embarrassment close to his chassis. “It’s quite alright.” He waves off, turning back to the embarrassed mech before him.

“I actually enjoyed that. It’s beautifully written and quite inspiring.”

He says, before turning to walk away, leaving a very dumbfounded seeker behind him as he turns a corner. The expression the seeker had on his faceplate before he left made him smile, it was incredibly expressive and quite endearing.

‘Even the seekers wings were expressed in that same way, very endearing indeed.’

He thinks, replaying that moment with thundercracker’s flustered and steaming faceplate with that wide eyed, face fallen look of utter shock at megatron’s casual expression of interest.

His thoughts then derailed to the other seekers when he did the same thing, they had the same experience and somewhat different expressions…

But there was one detail that made him really think about those interactions.

Out of all the bots, all the fliers, all the seekers even…

… how come it’s thundercracker that he finds more endearing?

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… yep, here it is. My big secret that I’m throwing out there.

I also really like megacracker. While yes megop is my otp ship… it also shares that title with megacracker too.

I’m not sure what it is… but I really like the magnetic appeal it has, Y’know it’s something new, something different. Gotta be fair here, I’m also a multi shipper.

@starscream-is-my-wife and I think @doomspoon888 are the big inspirations for this fic, I just… went with the wholesome route… *kicks dirt* cause yes-.

Quick note: I’m not putting this ship in the same category as the parental megatron franchise, because it’s a seperate thing and… I really like Optimus being a dad too despite making a whole different ship for papa/mama megatron’s lore.