Quiet ride

Ironhide decided his favorite thing ever, was Will sleeping in his back seat. he loved his little human, but he'd never tell anyone other than Will that. Will was currently laying in the backseat, shoe's off, and talking casually as Ironhide drove around quietly. Will talked about absolutely nothing, but Ironhide listened, teasing him all the while. turning up the radio to play music and make Will pout because he was being ignored was his favorite. Ironhide would laugh and shut the radio off. rinse and repeat, until Will got quiet. Ironhide scanned the man, he was still awake.

"Will? are you okay?" Ironhide ask.

"hmm?" Will ask.

"are you okay?" Ironhide repeated.

"yeah. I'm fine." Will said. it got quiet again. Will shifted and cuddled into the seat.

"are you tired?" Ironhide ask.

"a little." Will smiled. Ironhide rolled his windows down some and rides happily. Will nuzzled his seat, curled up on his side happily.

"you always seem so happy in my backseat." Ironhide said.

"well I'd rather be back here than up front, unless I have to. I like laying back here and talking to you." Will murmured, rubbing his hand gently over the seat. he felt a small shudder go through the truck and smiled. he nuzzled his face against the seat, smooshing his face against it. Ironhide gave a disgusted grumble, but Will knew he didn't mean it. he sighed happily, kissing the seat.

"can you stop with all the touching and the rubbing?" Ironhide grumbled. Will pouted slightly.

"fffiiiiinnnneeee" Will mumbled, sitting up.

"what are you doing?" Ironhide ask.

"climbing back up front. you want me to stop and I do that stuff in the back." Will mumbled. Ironhide gave a quick jerk and set Will back into the backseat. the soldier yelped and groaned lowly. "hey! jerk." Will glared.

"I ask you not to rub my seat. that does not mean climb all over me like a jungle gym." Ironhide said.

"Ironhide, let me up." Will whined as the seatbelts strapped him down.

"no." Ironhide replied. Will struggled trying to get free. "Will stop sqiurming." Ironhide mumbled.

"no you're being mean let go." Will huffed struggling more. he felt a shiver run through the truck and stopped, huffing quietly. he'd never even stop to think, simply calling Ironhide a jerk. he'd completely forgotten that Ratchet had updated everyone's sensors and hadn't even thought about the fact he was probably overloading the weapon speacialists sensor net and overwhelming him. Will sighed. "fine. sorry." Will mumbled. the truck let the seatbelts off and stopped, opening the door and tossing Will out. Will yelped tumbling across the ground as Ironhide slammed the door shut and sped off. Will slowly sat up and watched Ironhide drive off. "Ironhide!" Will shouted. he sighed slightly, getting up off the ground and wincing. had he freaked the mech out? or... turned him on? "can they even get turned on?" Will muttered to himself looking around. he wasn't entirely sure he could get himself home, but maybe he could get himself back to the town he'd seen a few miles back. Will winced rubbing his side and started walking.

Will hoped eventually he'd seen the town, but as he continued walking, he started losing hope. his cell phone was still in Ironhide. Will sighed softly and kept walking, eventually he had to find something.... right? so he kept walking and walking and walking, until he could see the sun peaking over the horizon.

"great." Will huffed. he sighed. he was tired, his feet were hurting, and he thought he was going to pass out. how could Ironhide not come back for him? had he really pissed the weapons specialist off the much. Will sighed, sitting down. "I should've just waited for him." Will groaned, flopping backwards onto the ground. Will simply stared at the sky for a while. he wasn't worried, just annoyed, he knew he could figure out some way back to town, even if it took a few days. he watched the sun rise and thought about his house. the sun was rising from the wrong side, or so he decided, and he got up heading in the opposite direction. he looked at the watch on his wrist, 4 hours since Ironhide had dumped him onto the ground and drove off. "great three more hours wondering in a random direction in the middle of no where." Will scoffed. he paused seeing a set of headlights coming towards him. an ambulance? with flashing lights and sirens? Will moved quickly, but the ambulance stopped. Will relaxed, it was Ratchet. he laughed. "hey shit Ratchet! boy am I glad to see you." Will laughed. Ratchets holoform got out and looked him over.

"you're okay?" Ratchet ask.

"a little lost and tired, but I'm fine." Will replied. he nodded slightly. "Ironhide just left me out here." Will said. Ratchet frowned.

"Ironhide is.... having issues. when he was finally in his right mind he told me he just threw you out. I looked where he said, but you weren't there." Ratchet said.

"yeah I went in the wrong direction. I'm tired give me a break. I was trying to get back to town and call for a ride." Will said. Ratchet nodded.

"I can give you a ride and you can climb in the back to sleep while I take you back to the base if you want." Ratchet said.

"oh dear got please. thank you." Will said. Ratchet nodded and let him get in. the doors closed and Ratchet sped off. Ratchet dropped Will off at home, scanning the man as he dropped onto the couch and curled up, snoring. the Autobot medic raced off. Will snored softly crashed on the couch.

*later*

Will woke up and was surprised to find his cell phone on the table. in a moment of excitedment he checks the garage, but doesn't find Ironhide. instead he finds Bumblebee in his driveway.

"uh.... hey Bee..." Will waved. the scout beeped at him. "Sam here?" Will ask.

"yeah. he's inside sleeping in the guest room." Bumblebee said.

"is Ironhide okay?" Will ask.

"yeah something about Ratchet crossing his pain receptors and sensors and he's basically in a lot of pain. Ratchet put him in forced stasis." Bumblebee said. Will looked extremely guilty.

"oh... it's my fault..." Will said.

"no Will, accidents happen." Bumblebee said. "please go inside it's going to get cold tonight." Bumblebee added.

"let me open the garage." Will said. Bumblebee perked up a bit and happily rolled in, watching Will close the doors behind him.

"thanks." Bumblebee said.

"you're a bit smaller than Ironhide, but if he can transform in here so can you. Ironhide says it keeps pretty warm, so just relax." Will smiled slightly, but Bumblebee knew he was worried and upset.

"thank you Will. Ironhide will be back in a few days. don't worry. Ratchet always fixes him up." Bumblebee smiled. Will nodded and smiled, heading inside. Will sat on the couch.

"hey Will." Sam yawned, walking downstairs. "hope you don't mind if Bee and I stick around for a few days." Sam added.

"of course not. my house is always opened to you two." Will mumbled. Sam frowned slightly.

"you okay?" he ask.

"would you be okay knowing you hurt your guardian?" Will ask. Sam frowned.

"well... no if I hurt Bumblebee I'd probably cry." Sam admitted.

"I wouldn't go that far, but I'm pretty upset. I can't believe I actually hurt him." Will said.

"it wasn't your fault. Ratchets the one who messed up." Sam said. Will shook his head.

"I'd rather not talk about this." Will mumbled. Sam nodded slightly.

"hungry?" Sam ask.

"not really." Will mumbles. Sam frowned slightly and nodded, heading to make something anyway. Will headed upstairs and mumbled. Bumblebee's holoform appeared and walked over to Sam.

"any word on Ironhide?" Sam ask.

"he's not doing so hot." Bumblebee said. "Ratchet had to knock him out because doing anything is apparently agony." Bumblebee sighed. Sam nodded.

"how did this happen?" Sam ask.

"Ratchet isn't sure how it happened but he's working on it." Bumblebee said. "it could be a few days." Bumblebee added.

"Will's really upset." Sam said quietly.

"of course he is. I would be upset if you were hurt, you would be upset if I was hurt, Ironhide would be pissed but he'd still be upset if Will was hurt." Bumblebee said. Sam nodded slightly and cuddled him.

*a few days later*

nearing on a week, Bumblebee and Sam were still staying at Wills house. Will wasn't doing so hot. he wasn't really eating and he spent most the time in his room. he was doing an awful lot of sleeping. Sam and Bumblebee were getting extremely worried, but Ratchet assured them both he was just feeling guilty.

"Will, Bee and I are going out!" Sam called. he got no answer, but he didn't expect one. he and Bumblebee left. Will got up and headed down stairs.

"what are you so moody for?" Ironhide ask, holoform on the couch.

"why don't you fuck off?" Will hissed. Ironhide sat amused, waiting for Will to realize. he didn't get a moments warning before Will came at him. he tackled him onto the couch. "you're back!" Will shouted. Ironhide laughed and hugged him tightly.

"of course I'm back." Ironhide said, holding him. "you didn't think I would be?" Ironhide ask.

"well I mean.... the way you threw me out I thought you were mad and weren't going to return." Will said. Ironhide frowned.

"I could've handled it better yes. I am sorry I threw you out. I was having issues with my sensors." Ironhide said.

"yeah Ratchet said he crossed some wires or something and everything hurt." Will said. Ironhide nodded. "but you're okay now right?" Will ask. Ironhide nodded.

"yes Will I'm fine." Ironhide said. he frowned, running his thumbs under Wills baggy eye's. "you have not been sleeping well." Ironhide frowned.

"no I haven't. I'm fine though." Will assured.

"my scanners show you haven't eaten in a few days." Ironhide frowned. "Bumblebee didn't care for you while I was away?" Ironhide glared.

"he tried. I didn't make it easy. I just kinda locked myself up in my room. I didn't really feel too good." Will said. Ironhide watched him a moment.

"Bumblebee didn't report any fever or anything." Ironhide said. Will chuckled slightly.

"not that kind of sick." Will replied. Ironhide looked confused a moment but nodded.

"alright. I will take you to get something to eat." Ironhide said.

"what? no. absolutely not." Will said. Ironhide looked confused and slightly worried. "I mean, I have food here." Will corrected, getting up. Ironhide sat up confused and watched him. after making sure he ate, he tried to convince Will to go for a drive, hoping the soldier would fall asleep in his backseat. Will absolutely refused, as though he were afraid of something.

"Will, lets just go for a quick ride." Ironhide said.

"no I'm fine. I don't want to." Will mumbled.

"Will, are you afraid I'm going to throw you out again?" Ironhide ask. Will looked away.

"no. I know you wouldn't if you didn't have to." Will said.

"then what?" Ironhide ask. Will stayed quiet a moment and it seemed to dawn on Ironhide. he chuckled softly. "I see. you can't hurt me Will." Ironhide said.

"clearly I can!" Will cried. Ironhide smiled slightly, kissing his forehead. he scooped Will up gently. "put me down Ironhide. I don't want to." Will whined. Ironhide ignored him and carried him to his alt form. he laid Will in his backseat and backed out of the drive way quickly. "kidnap! hey! let me out!" Will said. he was afraid to move, or kick at the seats. he didn't want to do anything, he was afraid to hurt Ironhide. "Ironhide let me out!" Will shouted.

"no." Ironhide replied.

"this is kidnap! let me go!" Will hissed. the holoform appeared kneeling over him.

"make me." he said. Will still refused to move, terrified he was going to hurt his guardian. "you can't hurt me Will. trust me if you could I wouldn't be back here yet. we ran tests with my sensors. I'm fine Will." Ironhide said. Will moved some, trying to push he holoform off.

"get off me." Will glared, trying to shove him. Ironhide shook his head and smirked.

"no." Ironhide said. "just shut up, lay down, and enjoy the ride." Ironhide said. Will glared slightly, stuggling with him.

"let me up! Ironhide! let go!" Will huffed, trying to shove the holoform off. he knew it was useless. Ironhide chuckled and watched, amused.

"if you calm down I'll get off." Ironhide said. Will glared at him but got still. Ironhides holoform laid beside him, holding him. "just ride with me a bit." Ironhide murmured. Will frowned but nodded, cuddling to the holoform. Will laid with him angrily. "see, you haven't hurt me." Ironhide said, holding him tightly. Will relaxed slightly and nodded, cuddling him.

"okay. you were right." WIll grumbled. Ironhide chuckled and kissed his cheek.

"I told you it's okay. it will be okay." Ironhide said. Will mumbled, curling up with him. Ironhide held him, aimlessly driving around. Will eventually dozed off and the weapons speacialist relaxed, sinking down on his tires some as he drove. this was his FAVORITE thing on the planet. quiet rides with Will passed out in the backseat. there was no one he was going to let one bad experience or any person, even Will, stop him from experiencing it.