[TFA] Hands Off

Title: Hands Off
Universe: TFA
Characters: Ratchet/Megatron, Original Character(s)
Rated: K+
Description: There is no thing and no one who can intimidate Ratchet.

For yamiquietshadowflo, who gave me the prompt.

It takes a certain kind of mech to boldly stride through the corridors of a Decepticon warship whilst surrounded by warriors who are, even at the very smallest of them, twice your size. One must be bold, fearless, and perhaps a little bit off in the head.

Fortunately, Ratchet is all three.

Those Decepticons who do not loathe him on sight merely for the Autobot badge he refuses to remove see him as something of a novelty. They’re not intimidated by him, a small favor, but they stop. They stare. They made crude jokes in a language they think Ratchet doesn’t understand.

Ratchet can handle staring. He can handle whispering. He wouldn’t have left everything he once loved if he couldn’t. He can even handle aggression.

Point of fact, Ratchet can handle himself.

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