𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄 || Optimus Prime x Reader || ROTB

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 entirely as Noah grabbed your arm and walked to the edge trying to find his way off which he eventually did find.

He hoisted himself down first which failed may you add and alerted their attention to him.

You sighed once again as all of them went into a defensive position until they realized it was just him while you effortlessly while they were looking to your dismay, climbed down and hung to the end of the pole swinging yourself to the bottom shelf and you slid your way down from there dusting your pants off and as a moment of silence crossed you could tell an idea popped up into Mirages head.

"Ooo, how bout them!" He said which got shut down by Optimus' immediate "no."

"What? Cmon man! They can slip into one of their little doors, grab the key, leave a nice IOU, and peace out! They're perfect." Mirage said arguing back.

It was a great idea when you thought about it but you didn't want to be involved longer than you had to be.

"What?" You heard Noah say.

"No. It is a bad idea." Optimus spoke again denying Mirages request and or idea.

"Look! I agree with big man, so it's been real y'all but..." he was cut off immediately by Mirage calling a time out.

You tuned them out once again as you tried backing up toward the garage door until you heard something about Noah saying "what about the big man."

Your steps faltered as you stared at him in pure disbelief, but every one had their own motives so whatever Mirage said to him. You couldn't blame him for it but personally you were out.

"And you!" Mirage said turning around to face you to your dismay when you were halfway out of the garage.

"How about this? I can get you a new car and a way to get your job back on track when you come back." Mirage offered and your eyebrows lifted before knitting, not believing him one bit.

"And how exactly are you going to do that?" You questioned.

You already knew your boss was going to give you hell and maybe even fire you, he was just that type of strict and it pissed you off.

"I have my ways." Mirage grinned and you didn't doubt it.

"So we cool?" Mirage asked and both of your silence was enough answer for him.

"Ahh! Got em'!" Mirage said excitedly jumping up from his crouched position.

"They're in baby! Woo!" He added in excitement.

You couldn't believe you agreed to this.

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To your dismay again, while Noah rode with Mirage you got paired with Optimus.

Of course you did.

It was a silent ride and kind of awkward to you since you hated silence.

Especially the type of deathly silence.

"Alright team, heads up there's security overhead." Arcee's voice poured out from the radio, to your relief, almost like she could read your thoughts.

"Human..." Optimus suddenly spoke which made you jump at first.

"Yes?" You questioned curiously.

"What happened with Mirage? I only heard that he caused you an accident but I'd like to know the full story." He said formally so you explained to him what happened.

The call you got, how you were rushing to the hospital for a woman named Julissa to deliver her baby and how you were speeding, and how because of Mirages reckless driving and the cops that you crashed into a light post.

After you finished, he hummed, signaling that he had listened the whole time.

"I see..." Optimus spoke casually.

"So what about you, how'd you end up here?" You asked.

You swore you could feel him tense even in his truck form.

"Our planet was destroyed because of a war that raged on and we had to evacuate because of it." He paused. "My goal is to go back home, if it's not already destroyed to restore it." He finished.

You thought for a moment before speaking.

"Don't take this to any offense but it sounds like you blame yourself for what happened." You said which caused a thick silence to fall between the two of you.

You hummed.

'So I am right.' You thought to yourself.

You sighed.

"Look Optimus, I may not know you and I know this may sound weird coming from me because of your obvious hate for humans but it's not your fault." You spoke patting the dashboard with your hand comfortingly which caused what sounded like a loud pur to come from his engine.

"How about I share something with you hm?" You asked trying to lighten the mood.

There was a silence once again before he spoke.

"I'm listening." He responded.

"The first time I set out to be what I am now, a doctor that delivers people's children, I was on call and I was alone this time. I swore to myself I had done everything perfectly but the woman had a miscarriage." You paused bathing in a feeling of pure sorrow. "She lost the baby and I thought it was my fault, the whole thing, but even though her crying and the tears she told me that it wasn't my fault but I still feel guilty about it every single day." You finished.

"I'm sorry that happened." He said with neutral tone in his voice but there was an hint of something that you had grown to hate in his voice, pity.

"Don't do that." You spoke up immediately.

"Don't do what?" He questioned.

"Pity me, I hate being pitied." You responded.

A thick silence fell over the air until you heard something so quiet that if you weren't really listening you would've missed it.

"Sorry." He muttered.

"It's okay, don't worry about it." You said, a slight smile gracing your lips.

From then on the chatter was light between you two and you were glad the conversation that you had with him had loosened the mood a bit.

"You need to get your wounds checked out before they get infected." Optimus spoke and you sighed at the thought.

"I know but unless one of you is a doctor, I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon." You shrugged out casually.

Optimus hummed for a quick moment as if debating what he was going to say.

"Well, as the leader, I took up the role to also study the medical field in case someone got hurt so I think I could help with that." He finally spoke.

Your eyebrows shot up in surprise and that shock quickly turned into a smile.

"Awhhh." You cooed which caused another pur to emit from his engine.

You still didn't know what caused that but you were damn sure determined to find out.

"You'd really do that for me?" You teased.

He went silent which made you laugh until he spoke again.

"Yes, it's my nature to help people that need it even if I do not like that as much." He said which made your jaw drop and you held your heart as if you'd been shot.

"Way to put salt over the wound." You joked.

"But..." he spoke again pausing. "I can tolerate you."