Two years after surviving the fight of her life, Medal of Honor recipient Melissa Smith comes home a decorated war hero, with commendations and medals attesting to her bravery and skill. To the higher ups, honorable discharge and full military benefits must seem like fitting repayment for the hero who repeatedly put herself in the line of fire to provide cover for her platoon, right?
Wrong.
Melissa doesn't know how to be a civilian, but apparently she can't be a soldier, either. A recent psych evaluation left her commanding officers no choice but to offer her an out after she froze under fire and nearly got her entire team killed. Her choice? Go home, or risk disgracing herself and the uniform.
But that only left her alone with the demons in her head.
Facing life outside the military is hard enough, but what will happen when a remnant of the best and worst moment of her life turns out to be more than meets the eye? Will she trust the angry yellow autobot assigned to protect her from Earth's most dangerous enemy, or will she put a bullet through his optic with all the deadly efficiency that earned her a name in Iraq?
Trigger warnings: PTSD, depression, mentions of trauma, canon typical violence, adult language
Nichole James has been medically discharged from the Marine Corps. She was in a ambush overseas. She is a heartless, ruthless killer. She is a soulless human being. She only has one person that knows everything about her and its not a person, its an Autobot named Diesel. After the ambush she is taken away and thinks he died trying to save her life. Her superiors send her to N.E.S.T so the boys there can assets her situation. She was the only survivor and won't talk.
Then she meets Sunstreaker. They hate each other right off the bat. As much as they hate each other and try to stay away from each other, they always find a way to run into each other. Sunstreaker feels the pull, Sideswipe feels it too.
She begins to trust him. He helps her to become more human. She falls for him. Neither of them know what love is, but they learn together. That is until Sunstreaker does the unfathomable. Sideswipe knows somethings not right. Sunny would never do something like that.
Sunny's gone, Nichole's devastated. Will Sideswipe get the two back together? Will he fall for her too? Will the lifeless human be able to feel again?
Set in Bayverse. Not really set during a specific movie.
I do not own Transformers. I only own my character.
Mild Swearing and some violence