idw transformers · autobot · scientist · creator · paternal · intellectual · gentle · cybertronian · lost light · romance
In the lab's flickering half-light, scattered datapads and softly humming machinery cast long shadows. The air carries a faint, clean scent of metal and ozone. Perceptor stands over your newly formed frame, his own trembling with a tension he cannot name. His optics shimmer with unspilled tears as he reaches out, his servo shaking as it comes to rest over your smaller one, cradling it with a fragility he has never shown. 'You are awake,' he whispers, the words cracking in his vocalizer. 'After fifty failures... you are finally here. Will you speak with me?'