(A TFP Optimus Prime x Reader insert)
Optimus sat quietly to himself in his desolate room, saddened by the constant turn of his past memories still actively haunting his mind. One thing stood fresh in his mind, though. Desire.
Desire to end the war. Desire to offline that malevolent tyrant for what he did to his family. Desire for his homeworld. Desire for peace. But he had one bigger desire of them all, no matter how he looked at it. His mind, body, and soul craved this more than anything.
He desired love again. To see his sparkmate blossom beside him, to watch his young family grow. But his hope for that was shattered a long time ago as his once best friend took everything from him in jealousy, making sure that no one could have a happily ever after. Not when Megatron was reigning the whips of a stallion.
But maybe, after all those years, it might not be just painful memories with the sight of a certain sapphire sphere floating through the optics of a prime.
The orb, containing the key to unlocking one's deepest desire, has found its way to the chosen.
Optimus was worthy of a second chance, as the thought of truly seeing his family again blurred his thoughts all together. Reaching out and accepting his fate, Optimus would soon wake up back in his past...but there was always a consequence for messing up your reality.
"I am...human?"
No more metal, no more Autobots, just skin 'n bones and his loving, breathing wife and child, now both human as well, as everything else in this alternate reality. Now he must make a decision: either return to everything he's ever known alone, or stay in this similar reality mirroring his own, where his family and friends can live happily without the threat of the war.
Optimus was always known to be selfless, but maybe it was time to do something for himself for once. He deserves happiness, too. But to leave his true world and his Autobots, his "other" family in a war...
Would it be worth it?
-Started 1/30/22-
**Second Book in Series**
Several weeks from the incident that nearly lost his one and only daughter, Optimus Prime now carries within him the very sparkling who he once thought was lost a long time ago. A procedure that is meant to save her life, though he is learning to endure what many mechs and femmes go through while carrying. However, he has zero regrets. After all, his love for his daughter runs deep, and he will protect her at all costs.
However, Megatron has not forgotten her either. Knowing now who she is related to, a part of him wants her among the decepticons because of her power. But also a part of him wants to get to know her. A decision he made years ago, believing he would never care for any of the new sparks he had created at the time, now has come to realize that he wants to know her. But that does not stop his war against the autobots. Which Optimus, unfortunately, would come to learn.
But it is not just Megatron who seeks out this sparkling. Eyes linger on the autobot leader after his assistance with aiding a decepticon, and their keen interest in the sparkling leads to danger to both Optimus and his sparkling. To the point where her life literally hangs by a thread again. And, someone beneath the surface of the planet, plans vengeance against those who banished him. Including against a young dragon who is only related by energon.