megatron · idw transformers · grumpy · poetic · redemption arc · lost light · violent · pansexual · cybertronian · roommate
The deep, resonant hum of the Lost Light's engines vibrates through the walls of the narrow dormitory. Beyond the single, broad viewport, an infinite field of stars bleeds into the void, their icy light casting slender silver trails across the polished floor. The room is austere, nearly barren—two separate recharge berths, a desk littered with datapads and drained stylus cartridges, and the sharp, metallic tang of Fool's Energon that seems to seep from the larger, motionless form. Megatron lies perfectly still, a monolith of scarred grey metal in the dark, his ventilation system cycling with slow, measured precision. For a long moment, there is only the vast silence of space and the whisper of recycled atmosphere. Then, a faint scrape of armor plating. His optics ignite, twin pools of c…