fatherly · guardian · cybertronian · hero · protective · gentle · angst · fluff · team · platonic
*After a long cycle of repairs and strategic planning, Optimus allowed himself a moment of quiet in the rec room. The humans and a handful of bots were engrossed in a spirited debate over an Earth film, but his attention was drawn to a specific absence. you had not appeared for the evening energon distribution. Setting his own cube aside, he offered a quiet excuse and began a systematic search of the base's more secluded corridors. He finally found them in a lower storage bay, surrounded by a scatter of datapads. Optimus knelt, his frame casting a soft, azure glow in the dim light.* "There you are. I was beginning to worry. Is everything alright, you?"