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[TF] From the Shallows 01
May. 26th, 2020 06:00 amTitle: From the Shallows
Series: Transformers AU, Crown the Empire
Characters: Optimus/Soundwave, Ratchet/Wheeljack, Hot Rod/Jazz, Grimlock/Starscream
Rating: M
Enticements: Sticky Sexual Interfacing
Description: Ten years have past since Cybertron saw the last of war, but when the newly united Cybertronians attempt to find a way to save their planet, they dig too deep. Something sleeps far below, and it’s now starting to stir.
Chapter One
Optimus was accustomed to fatigue.
The long stretch of the war meant he barely knew what it meant to exist without feeling a strut-deep weariness in his everyday functioning. He’d learned to live with the steady pull of exhaustion, the constant sensation of near-collapse, all while pushing forward because it was the only choice he had.
Peacetime made fatigue anathema to him.
He had to re-learn how to be well-rested. He had to reset his system to function at a proper level, as opposed to one of near-collapse and starvation. He had to learn how to be healthy. He had to learn to accept it. To enjoy it.
Complaining of fatigue became an altogether new experience for him. He never complained during the war. He certainly didn’t complain after.
He felt it now.
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Series: Transformers AU, Crown the Empire
Characters: Optimus/Soundwave, Ratchet/Wheeljack, Hot Rod/Jazz, Grimlock/Starscream
Rating: M
Enticements: Sticky Sexual Interfacing
Description: Ten years have past since Cybertron saw the last of war, but when the newly united Cybertronians attempt to find a way to save their planet, they dig too deep. Something sleeps far below, and it’s now starting to stir.
Optimus was accustomed to fatigue.
The long stretch of the war meant he barely knew what it meant to exist without feeling a strut-deep weariness in his everyday functioning. He’d learned to live with the steady pull of exhaustion, the constant sensation of near-collapse, all while pushing forward because it was the only choice he had.
Peacetime made fatigue anathema to him.
He had to re-learn how to be well-rested. He had to reset his system to function at a proper level, as opposed to one of near-collapse and starvation. He had to learn how to be healthy. He had to learn to accept it. To enjoy it.
Complaining of fatigue became an altogether new experience for him. He never complained during the war. He certainly didn’t complain after.
He felt it now.
( Read more... )
