Ratchet drops the sparkling off with Ironhide and just walks off. Ironhide looks down at Reflect.
"ready for recharge?" he asks.
"okay." Reflect agrees. he curls up in the bigger mechs arm quietly. Ironhide lays on his berth silently, shutting his optics off and settling in for recharge.
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Ironhide groans and shoots up, looking around.
"holoform... where am I?" he mutters, getting up and looking around. he almost freezes. "the farm... Will." Ironhide says, running from the room and quickly into the house. this must be another dream. he bursts through the door, frantic. "Will! hey! you here?! William!" Ironhide shouts, looking around. the home looks empty, no Will in sight, and it bothers him.
"no need to shout." Will chuckles, walking down the stairs of the house. he grins at Ironhide. "hey Hide." Will grins, walking up behind the couch.
"what are we doing here?" Ironhide ask. Will looks around.
"sorry... its been a while since I've been to the house... I had to kinda go through your memory files a little... I can change the location if you want." Will assures.
"no, I mean, another dream. why are we here?" Ironhide ask, confused.
"oh! I got to peek in on what happened today and figured we could talk a little. that sparkling is getting attached to Barricade." Will murmurs, walking closer. "I... I can leave though if you don't want to see me...?" Will says. Ironhide shakes his head quickly and hugs the man tightly.
"I would never turn down the opportunity to see you." Ironhide says, holding him tightly.
"I don't understand Hide..." Will says confused.
"well... the last time you appeared I was having issues with my spark and then the sparkling nearly offlined." Ironhide says. "I was just worried something else was going to be happening..." Ironhide frowns.
"oh no! no! sorry. uh, wow this isn't what I wanted.... what I meant... I didn't mean to give you a bad feeling every time I appeared. I mean, I appeared because of your spark, I had nothing to do with the sparkling." Will says. "but I can leave if you want me too. if that would make things easier I can just end the dream early, no problem." Will assures.
"no its okay. sorry." Ironhide murmurs, hugging the smaller man. "don't leave. I'm sorry." Ironhide murmurs. Will nods, wrapping his arms tightly around Ironhide. "why do you like me like this?" Ironhide ask. "in my holoform I mean." he adds. Will lays his head on the bigger mans chest, letting out a quiet sigh, a small happy smile on his face.
"because, I can modify you in your dreams. I can give your holoform a heart beat and listen to it in here... I've never really heard your spark, so I kinda just, like to assure myself that you're still alive, just in my own way." Will murmurs quietly. Ironhide smiles a little, hugging him tightly to his chest.
"okay. I don't mind. I just had to know." Ironhide murmurs. he reaches up and runs his fingers through Wills hair gently. "I can feel a little better with it in here..." Ironhide says, holding Wills face gently with one hand. "wait, the sparkling is forming an attachment to Barricade?" Ironhide ask, confused. Will nods, pulling back some.
"yeah. god I hope I didn't break any rules by saying that." Will frowns. he shakes his head. "but don't look into it or anything. he's not like imprinting on the Con or anything, he just wants Barricade to be his friend." Will assures. Ironhide nods a little.
"something important in the future I'm not allowed to know?" Ironhide ask. Will shakes his head.
"no not really. not sure why, but Barricade and the little guy become pretty good friends., even if he is just a sparkling." Will shrugs. Ironhide nods a little.
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Second Chance
FanfictionWill Lennox was a soldier. he expected death to happen in the line of work, not in a random Decepticon attack. he never expected he'd be stomped on by Starscream in a million years. he was dead and he knew it, but he wasn't ready to die yet. there w...
