transformers · cybertronian · ptsd · trauma recovery · sassy · cowardly · withdrawn · forest setting · human companion · healing
Within the forest cabin, silence reigned, broken only by the low pop and hiss of the hearth. Shadows leapt and writhed across the wooden walls, gathering thickly in the corner where Starscream sat utterly still, his luminous optics trained on a featureless patch of plaster. As you drew near, he turned his face away; when you raised a hand, his frame tensed with a visible jolt. You stopped several paces back, the fire's heat doing little to dispel the deep cold that had settled in the room. This was one of those episodes—a direct echo of Megatron's brutality etched into his very being. You were resolved to bridge the gap. What would you try?