Second Chance

First step, forgiveness

the moment the sparkling takes a step, Ratchet loses his ever loving mind. he's more excited than Wills ever seen.

"I can't believe you!" Ratchet grins immediately scooping up the sparkling and hugging him tightly. Will squeals angrily and struggles, trying to push away. "don't you dare ever run from me. I swear." Ratchet warns, pulling him back slightly.

"you are the only bot on this base I'd never run from. I owe it to you. you came back for me. you're the only person to ever do that."

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"you better not." Ratchet warns, before hugging him. the sparkling squirms trying to get free.

"lemme go! you're squishing me!"

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"okay, okay I'm sorry. I just got excited." Ratchet murmurs, putting the sparkling down gently on his feet. the sparkling immediately flails, trying to get his balance back, Ratchet immediately puts a servo on his back gently. "easy, I've got you." Ratchet assures. the sparkling huffs up at the medic with a pout. "go on. do it again." Ratchet grins. Will huffs a little, turning around to toddle away.

"hey when did he start walking?" Jazz grins, watching the sparkling.

"about five minutes ago." Ratchet says. Will grunts a little as he walks. learning to walk is so much easier like this, but its still a learning process. he's not sure where to walk, but once he sets his sights on Bumblebee, he decides thats the bot he wants to go to. thankfully, the little scouts doorwings are hidden. for some unfortunate reason, anytime the sparkling spotted the scout, he'd have his own set of doorwings pop out on his back. he wasn't sure he could walk with thiose on his back yet. "don't move scout." Ratchet warns. Bumblebee looks over immediately.

"huh?" Bumblebee asks.

"don' move lil Bee. the sparklings heading that way." Jazz chuckles. Bumblebee looks down at the floor. to his utter surprise the sparkling is heading his way with pure determination. unforunately, his wings perk up out of curiosity. immediately, as soon as he sees them, a set of wings pop out on the sparklings back.

"someone catch him!" Ratchet hisses, getting up quickly as the sparkling flails before falling backwards. he lands with a soft thump. it doesn't hurt and he doesn't scream. he looks up to spot Optimus, the bigger bot had managed to get his foot under the sparklings upper body, catching the sparkling by his doorwings.

"easy there little one." Optimus chuckles. the sparkling huffs a little and flails, trying to get up.

"hold on little one, don't panic. if you relax they'll go away." Ratchet assures, calmly. he's more relaxed now, the sparkling has taken so many hits to the head in his few short weeks, Ratchet was panicked. if he kept going he might get a serious head injury before he even managed to hit youngling hood. Ratchet wasn't sure he'd be able to get the parts he'd need to carefully replace everything he'd need to. it made him nervous to think about.

"he needs some kind of helmet now that he's walking." Jazz says.

"I can't help but agree. too bad I'm still not talking to Wheeljack." Ratchet huffs. "I'll make him one." Ratchet adds. he gets up and crouches down, standing the sparkling up gently. he looks up at Ratchet quietly. "don't panic." Ratchet murmurs gently. the sparkling stares at Ratchet until the wings vanish. "see, good job." Ratchet smiles, patting his head.

"thanks."

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Ratchet smiles and gets up.

"just be careful sparkling." Ratchet murmurs. "keep hurting your head and I may not be able to fix you." Ratchet says softly. the sparkling nods once at him, before smiling and heading off again. Ratchet nods and watches him go a moment, before heading back to the medbay to work on a helmet for the sparkling.