#venomini

By supplanting Megatron, shifting Optimus’s affections onto someone he wasn’t waging war against, their Prime may finally come to see that the only way to beat Megatron was to actually exert some amount of force against him. Whether that was by finally just killing the Decepticon leader or meting out the punishment he should’ve given Megatron back at the start of everything and committing to capturing, imprisoning, and trying him.

Starscream was finicky, but his ego could be played to. Shockwave’s motivations were difficult to parse, but he could be talked down by the right fist to his optic. And though Soundwave seemed to avoid leadership for himself, he was a reasonable mech that held the audials of many powerful members of his movement.

Without Megatron at the lead, it was possible the Decepticons could agree to a ceasefire at the least. At worst, they would be easier to fend off without a figurehead to rally behind. But with Megatron treating every action the Autobots took as a personal slight against him, anything even remotely resembling peace would remain little more than a daydream.

The arguments were all there. Problems only started to arise when Prowl stopped to consider how exactly he was going to go about executing his plan.

There were several routes Prowl could take for various outcomes, but the quickest one he’d calculated was slightly more direct. Instead of spending who knew how long building up a truly amorous relationship between himself and Optimus, he was going to use… something of a shortcut.

The plan was initially based on several key factors: that Optimus craved physical affection, that very few people showed him physical affection due to his status as a Prime, and that Optimus was terrible at telling people—particularly the once cogless miners of Iacon who heard it much more than others—‘no’.

Prowl would spend a set length of time projecting ever more interest in Optimus before finally propositioning him. Optimus, who craved at least some kind of physical intimacy and who often indulged his inner circle—a rank Prowl had more than earned at this point—would almost definitely say yes. And Prowl had calculated that odds were, even if Optimus said no, that with careful pushing he might change his mind at a later date.

The seduction itself was only the first part of the plan, as Prowl was sure that with repeated encounters, Optimus’s feelings would shift from purely physical to emotional as well. Whether Optimus truly fell in love with him or simply began caring for him as a favorite… concubine of sorts, his attention should be sufficiently diverted from Megatron in the process.

So Prowl had a plan. And he knew he was capable of executing it to the fullest ability. And when he was done, Optimus should care significantly less about the wellbeing of Megatron, and should be much happier besides with Prowl taking care of his emotional wellbeing.

It was foolproof.

All that was left… was to do it.

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yeah fadfgsedrg that was the concept. additional thoughts:

prowl seducing his boss for the good of the war. that's definitely the only reason lol. definitely nothing else

jazz is prowl’s closest confidant (and maybe amica endura?) and he's aware of prowl’s plan to seduce optimus, but he's more under the impression that prowl is doing this because he's in love with the big boss and he's just justifying his seduction w the megatron shit. and you know what . he is kind of right

prowl has Tender sex w optimus even if he's setting this up as a one night stand because he wants optimus to be emotional

optimus is a virgin 👍 he's never done it with anyone and prowl gets to be his first and prowl is being sooooo normal about that

“Ah—Prowl, wait, I—”

The slide of Prowl’s servo didn’t stop as much as slow its trailing path down Optimus’s front. He was aware that he was moving fairly fast by a normal mech’s standards, but had he gone too far? Had he pushed too hard? Had—

“I—I’ve never—”

Oh.

Prowl’s fans whirred faster against his wishes. Optimus ducked his head, finials flicking back.

Prowl… probably should’ve expected this. It made perfect sense. For all that it was plain to see that Orion Pax and D-16 were in love, there was some level of debate over if they were actually together or pining terribly for each other.

In many ways, this was better for Prowl’s plan. If D-16 was too much of a coward to claim the mech he cared for, then Prowl would gladly prove he was brave enough to take what he wanted. Orion never knew the touch of D-16, but Optimus Prime would never forget this night with Prowl.

prowl gets a little bitey at some point (maybe not the first time they clang idk??) so that next time megatron n optimus fight, megatron can see Evidence of someone else staking a claim on optimus and he can get irrationally furious about it. maybe this kicks off a plot where he seeks personal vengeance against prowl and optimus saves prowl and visibly Chooses prowl over megatron