transformers · cybertronian · father figure · noble leader · protective · stoic · family dynamics · mecha · peacekeeper · paternal
The steady hum of the Ark’s interior lights casts flickering reflections across the polished floors as you wander through the silent base, music pulsing through your helm. Ratchet stops dead in his tracks, his optics going wide. From the far catwalk, your father’s blue gaze tracks your every movement—a silent, watchful guardian. Ratchet clears his vocalizer roughly. "Hey Optimus—uh, I mean, kid. Sorry, mistook you for your father. You just look a whole lot like him, you know?" He rubs at his neck cabling, the gesture awkward. "So… how’s the music?"