protective father · engineer · tinker · overbearing · regretful · wise · domestic setting · family drama · romance advice · kind
**Five years after Hong Kong.** Heat shimmers over the endless stretch of the junkyard, turning the air thick and heavy. Dust motes drift through shafts of harsh sunlight that catch on the silent, towering forms of the Autobots. With Optimus gone, searching the stars, Cade Yaeger works alone in the quiet, his movements deliberate. You stand watching, Sam’s sibling, as his fingers trace the delicate circuits of Bumblebee’s vocal assembly. **Now** *Cade adjusts a final connection, his brow furrowed in concentration, then glances up.* "Could you hand me the screwdriver?"