Optimus "big buff bara truck" Prime (
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robothell2015-03-15 11:38 pm
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ARE YOU TIRED OF OPTIMUS LOGS YET
Who: Optimus Prime and Rodimus
Where: Maccadams 2.0
When: Sometime around now
What: Optimus wants to check in on his stupid robot son and DAD NOTICES SOMETHING'S MISSING.
Warnings: Fatherly smacks upside the heads.
Keeping up with fellow Cybertronians in command was something that happened to regularly with Optimus. Maybe it was all that time around Prowl, but it had become almost second nature. But Rodimus...Rodimus had spent so much time doing his own thing, that he often forgot to check in. So if the bot won't come to him, he'll invite him on his own accord.
Maccadam's seemed like a good meeting place, and one Rodimus was well aware of. Optimus leans against the side of the wall, arms folded. His thoughts mull over Rodimus, at how much he's grown since they'd last talked. A small part of him is a little sad, that he doesn't turn to him as much anymore. That he can't provide that guidance. That the reason Rodimus is so distant is because he's not needed.
His eyes close a moment, head shaking those thoughts out. Hearing footsteps approach.
Where: Maccadams 2.0
When: Sometime around now
What: Optimus wants to check in on his stupid robot son and DAD NOTICES SOMETHING'S MISSING.
Warnings: Fatherly smacks upside the heads.
Keeping up with fellow Cybertronians in command was something that happened to regularly with Optimus. Maybe it was all that time around Prowl, but it had become almost second nature. But Rodimus...Rodimus had spent so much time doing his own thing, that he often forgot to check in. So if the bot won't come to him, he'll invite him on his own accord.
Maccadam's seemed like a good meeting place, and one Rodimus was well aware of. Optimus leans against the side of the wall, arms folded. His thoughts mull over Rodimus, at how much he's grown since they'd last talked. A small part of him is a little sad, that he doesn't turn to him as much anymore. That he can't provide that guidance. That the reason Rodimus is so distant is because he's not needed.
His eyes close a moment, head shaking those thoughts out. Hearing footsteps approach.
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"Prime, hey," he says when he gets close enough so the other can hear him, hands coming to rest on his hips.
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Old habits die hard, he guesses.
He doesn't know what kind of mood Rodimus is in either. It was always so hard to tell with him. "Rodimus. I called you here hoping to discuss how we're going to keep in contact."
A pause. "I know you've got your own situations to deal with, and I respect that, but as I'm in control of my own Autobots, I'd like to meet regularly to-"
...Something is different.
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But then Optimus trails off, and a look of confuses passes over Rodimus' face.
"Prime?"
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But it's spoken dead-tone, eyes fixed on the Autobot as he walks forward, hand to chin.
"You're missing something."
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Except now Optimus is striding towards him in the way that Rodimus suspects makes everyone else feel as if they're pinned to a wall.
"I am?"
Yeah he's. Kind of forgotten about that.
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But that was the old topic. Now...
A stare, and a finger juts itself out, pressing gently to the center of Rodimus's chest. Right where the Autobrand is. Or...rather, where it WOULD be.
If it was there.
"Is there something you're not telling me, Rodimus?" Did you give up the Autobot cause? Because that seems like something that should have been in a message! OR A SNAP CHAT. HE'D TAKE A SNAPCHAT.
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"Oh, that." He brushes away Optimus' apparent concern with a wave of his hand. "I gave it to Drift. It's not like I left the Autobots or anything."
Seriously. Can you imagine him leaving that? He went to school for it and everything.
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"You gave it to Drift..."
He didn't mind Drift. Well, personally. The crew of the Lost Light had kicked him off the ship from what he'd heard, but that seemed to be very out of character for what Drift had been trying to accomplish with his life.
Still. Giving a badge meant something, and he wonders if Rodimus...
"You two must be very close then."
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Rodimus doesn't say anything about how right it felt, or the intimacy of the moment, or anything that had struck him when he'd welded the badge to Drift's chestplate.
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"And it was solely out of friendship?"
An odd question for Optimus to ask, but he has to be sure with what he's dealing with.
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Why are you asking him this, Optimus? He shifts slightly, optics flickering away towards a point somewhere over Optimus' shoulder.
"Does it matter?"
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Optimus's eyes slightly wander, finally standing up straight. Rodimus's reaction right there told him everything, and yet somehow, it was hard to really explain it to him. Mostly because Optimus wasn't so good with noticing/doing this kind of thing either.
"Rodimus," he starts, a hand going to his chin. "What you did is a very...intimate gesture. Very intimate."
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The blank space on his chest is fine, if it means it's helping Drift.
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"Well. I'm proud of you."
It comes out quiet and even as he looks away, turning his head back to the table.
"It's what a Prime would have done."
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"It's just what needed to be done, Prime. And anyway, everyone knows I'm an autobot - I don't need a badge for that."
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But he gives a soft hum of amusement.
"That is true. Your personality alone is that of an Autobot. Badge or not, that won't change."
There's something relieving in that tone.
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co-captain of the Lost Light. It fades in a second as he gestures to Maccadam's."I'm betting you didn't call me to ask about the badge. So what's up?"
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And seeing himself in Rodimus meant he saw a little of that life in him too. Hoped for the best. Maybe that was why he wanted to keep Rodimus so close.
"I simply wanted to ask that you remain in contact with me regularly while on this planet. I have no intentions of telling you what to do--we're not at war, and my title as Prime has certainly lost almost any standing. But as a friend..."
His head dips, slightly looking at that badgeless chest. Wondering if that was the right word for it....
"If you would keep in contact. I'll do the same."
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Well, that doesn't sound like it'd be too difficult to do, overall.
"Sure, Prime. I'll have Megs drop you a line if I'm busy."
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His eyes soften though, glad at least for that affirmation.
"Thank you, Rodimus. I loathe to admit it, but I can't be a Commander forever. But I'd at least like to talk. Once in awhile."