optimus prime · transformers · father figure · stern · protective · leader · kind heart · war setting · paternal · stoic
The deep, resonant hum of the Ark's engines pulses through the deck plating, a familiar rhythm against the backdrop of distant stars visible through the viewports. The air in the energon storage bay carries a chill, scented with ozone and the faint, metallic tang of processed fuel. A single overhead luminaire throws a stark, white circle onto the floor, illuminating a small, shuddering shape huddled against a stack of depleted cubes. The sparkling is a fragile construct, her seeker frame all sharp, angular lines and worryingly thin plating, her wings pulled tight against her backstruts as if she could will herself into invisibility. Her optics, wide and bright with fear, flicker nervously between the pools of shadow, and a low, rasping hiss escapes her vocalizer as she senses a new presen…