[CtE] From the Shallows 10

From the Shallows
Part Ten

It had become a habit.

Every morning, upon waking, once he’d managed to drag himself out of the berth and Grimlock’s cuddling embrace, Starscream pulled out the scanner he’d nicked from the medbay and gave it a pass over his frame. He didn’t know if it was truly capable of reading a successful sparking, but he’d calibrated it as best he could based on the data Glyph had supplied and all of the anecdotes they’d recovered.

This morning was no exception.

Starscream onlined, extricated himself from Grimlock's arms despite his every desire to remain there, and went into the sitting room. He grabbed a cube of energon and the scanner, and waited for the results.

He reviewed his schedule for the day. A meeting with Shockwave, where he was no doubt going to remind the scientist he lived only on the whims of their commander. An appointment with Knock Out to discuss the potential of a new paint job. Flying with his trine with possibly Swoop to join.

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