[FIN / PART 1] - Bumblebee x Optimus Prime ( + Short Stories).

Not Seeing Eye-To-Eye // Revived.

NOTES:

This chapter for some reason took a lot out of me, and it does have a slow start when it comes to OP x BB-related stuff.

TRIGGER WARNING/S before we begin.
This story may/may not include:

Optimus Prime x Bumblebee. Ratchet x Wheeljack.

Brother-related angst; verbal fighting. Angst as a whole.

Mentions and/or implications of big age gaps. Mentions of injury and/or death.

Fluff; nothing 18+

Before we begin properly, please keep in mind: this is an AU. It is not canon to the actual show, or to the series as a whole.

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Story:

It was a chillingly cold day in Jasper Nevada with rain falling heavily. The Autobot scout is driving quite quickly, although, he's not in a hurry. He doesn't even realise he's speeding.

Rafael is sitting in the back, watching as the rain falls. He then turns to Bee's dash and exclaims, "Bee, shouldn't you slow down? It's dangerous to be driving this speed with heavy rain. You could lose control and spin-out."

Bee, thinking about the information given to him, reduces his speed slowly, coming down from 102kph to 79kph; just under 80kph, which is the speed-limit. The scout apologies for the speeding and tries to blame it on distractions. Raf isn't buying any of it.

"Bee, what's really  wrong?" Raf paused, looking outside to the rain, "You don't normally speed unless it's something urgent."

" . . . "

"Bee?.."

"Alright, alright. I'll tell." Bee finally broke. "It's Ratchet and Ultra Magnus. They've been up both mine and Optimus's aft since they found out about us." he'd beep, "They won't leave us for more than an hour at a time unless we're on a mission."

" . . . "

"Ratchet is more understanding than Ultra Magnus, and by that I mean he's gentler with the tone he uses. I get Ultra Magnus is concerned and worried about the relationship failing given our mass-difference with age and maturity, and that he's the brother of Optimus, but still... he could be a little more... respectful about it?" Bee rambled on.

" . . . "

"Optimus and I are trying to sort things out with the both of them; Ratchet wasn't "easy" to calm down, but he still calmed. Ultra Magnus is still on-the-fence whether he should stop us or not. He mentioned it might cause "problems" in the near future, and I don't blame him for his judgement. Again, he's Optimus's brother, but seriously, problems?! " Bee paused, noticing he's been ranting for 2 minutes now with no break.

" . . . " Rafael sat there, trying to take it all in. "Are.. you finished?" he'd ask hesitantly.

"Yes." Bee would reply, defeat in his tone.

The car ride continued, albeit, awkwardly. Bee cranked the stereo up, playing music to try to drown out his circling thoughts. As they approached the nearing intersection, Bee took notice of a driver with their phone out, presumably using it to play a game or even text. Bee would stop at the intersection as the light is red, and the driver that was on their phone looked up at the scout. Before Bee's light could turn green, the driver proceeded to snap a photo of Bumblebee driverless with a kid in the back.