[IDW] Casualty 02/03

Title: Casualty
Universe: IDW MTMTE/LL, Between the Lines ‘verse
Characters: Ratchet/Megatron, First Aid, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Bluestreak, Ravage
Rated: M
Warnings: BDSM themes, PTSD, Trust Issues
Description: Peace has a nasty habit of bringing hidden issues to the forefront, and when it finally catches up to Megatron, Ratchet makes a terrible choice that might spell the end of their relationship.

Extended warnings: this fic in particular deals with issues of consent, medical ethics and consent, the tanglement of bdsm consent, and contains many discussions on morality.

Fic inspired by and titled after Hidden Citizens, “Casualty”.
Commission for Borath.

Part Two

Megatron doesn’t know what’s in the fluids attached to his lines. Energon, he assumes, and possibly a sedative of some kind, because time slips away from him a bit. 

He’s in recharge, and he’s not. He can’t recharge for longer than a few hours of time, and he wakes up from the bursts of sleep with nightmares shaking his frame, making his spark rattle in his chassis. 

Some of them he remembers. 

Some of them he’s glad he can’t. 

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