[TF] Despicable Me - 10

Despicable Me
Chapter Ten

It is too early by all standards, and yet, it is the time Ultra Magnus finds himself in his office, perched behind a desk that is more than large enough to fit his frame, yet still far too small to contain all of the paperwork stacked upon it.

Fatigue hangs on his back. It wars with the lingering relief of a war that is finished, a Cybertron on the long, slow road to recovery, and the fact that the responsibility of it still rests on his shoulders.

He, like so many others, has to come to grips with a Cybertron inching toward civilian prosperity rather than military rule. He needs to settle into his civilian life, but the longer he sits behind this desk, the harder it is.

He would never admit it upon pain of death, but Megatron’s return had been the first time he'd felt fully himself since the end of the war and Optimus leaving them. He’d been excited by the possibility of friction, and Ultra Magnus knows it’s not healthy. But rusting away behind this desk is not healthy either.

He does not know how much longer he can continue doing this on his own.

A soft chime echoes through his office.

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