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[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

Maybe in the sense that you haven't practiced it in so long, but I can hardly blame you.  I promise I'll help as much as I can, but I know that alone I can't get you back to your skill level.  After all.. I studied medicine, not engineering.  The fact I was able to make a working ground bridge was a miracle.

    To:  Wheeljack

Oh, alright.  Yes, there can be this 'hot and steamy' thing as you put it.  I.. can honestly say that's probably a first coming from me in a very long time, but now you have me interested.

    To:  Wheeljack

Ha..  You can be rather sweet, you know?  I like that a lot.  Just don't be telling everyone I said that.

If you ever need me, it's alright if you wake me from recharge too.  I might not be the most pleasant of people to talk to, but just know that's the grogginess talking and not me.

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   To: Ratchet

aww, stopit sunshine, ur gonna make me blush

you shouldn't sell yourself so short though. you got a spacebridge to work usin nothin but human scraps and what little cybertronian tech you could make compatible. that takes some brains and ingenuity. you're amazing, you know that, right?

   To: Ratchet

i'm glad i have you interested. i like it when you say hot and steamy! im gonna have a hard time rechargin tonight just imaginin how hot and steamy it's gonna get, with all that ceiling staring we're gonna be doing ;D

   To: Ratchet

nah, i wont tell anyone if you wont. nobody'd believe you, for starters. and you arent so bad yourself, even when you're actin like a cranky old sharkticon with a sore tooth

you really do need to recharge more. you'd probably feel a lot better if you did

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

What and you don't make me blush?  Pfft

You don't know how much that means to me for you to say something like that.  I don't hear enough of that, and I'm not saying that to make it sound like I'm full of myself.

    To:  Wheeljack

You're getting a kick out of this aren't you?

Just try not to stay awake too late daydreaming about how 'hot and steamy' this ceiling staring is going to be.  Who's to say that we would be staring at the ceiling, anyway?  I'd much rather stare into those optics of yours.

    To:  Wheeljack

I promise I won't tell, though that doesn't chance the fact that I think it's true.

As for recharging.. I try.  Unlike my fueling issue we discussed, lack of recharge isn't something I willingly do.  Honestly, I recharge better at my own desk than I do on my berth.  I just have a hard time sleeping through the night if at all, and I can only imagine that's the war's doing.

    To:  Wheeljack

Although.. I have noticed something.  I think that it's possible that I actually recharge better when someone's with me.  When I stayed with you on your ship when you were recovering, I had no trouble recharging at all.  I want to test this when you come.. to see if that had been a stroke of luck or not.

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   To: Ratchet

you mean team prime hasnt been strokin ur ego and given u some well-deserved praise for that stroke of engineering genius??? Doc, i have half a mind to come and spirit u away now, cuz at least then your brain will be appreciated



(of course, everything else will be appreciated as well - and all that that might imply ;DDDD)

   To: Ratchet

Im absolutely gettin a kick outta this, are u kidding? :DD



Ooh, smoopy romance, starin ino each others optics. Should we have some candles and soft music playin in the background for the occasion? Make some nice ambience? (honestly, this is more fun than daydreaming about steamy ceiling-staring)

   To: Ratchet

If you recharge better with others around, dang right ill help u test it. And i aint sayin this cuz of steamy ceiling staring aspirations as well - i honestly kinda worry bout you and how tired you are. Between not getting enough fuel and not gettin enough recharge, you could drive yourself into the ground, and i aint gonna let that happen. If it means i camp in ur berth with u every night, so be it



Have u considered a sleep aid? Might be somethin to keep in mind, specially now you’ve got other medics on-base. You dont need to be ‘on call’ all the time now, you can do shifts with them

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

I'm sure it's not intentional.  Everyone is just.. busy.  We all are, but I deeply appreciate your compliments.  It's flattering.

    To:  Wheeljack

That's quite alright.  I'm enjoying this myself.

If that's what you want, I suppose I would be willing to try it out.  I do have some relaxing music that I've looked up while on this planet.  Perhaps that would work?  I just don't have the candles you mentioned.  Regardless, I look forward to our time together.

    To:  Wheeljack

I appreciate the help, and I very much appreciate your concern.  Trust me, I would love to get the recharge.  I suppose I could try your sleeping aid idea if this doesn't work, but at the same time if it does I don't want to feel like I'm trapping you at the base.  I know you like to get out, and I promise I'll be okay.  Maybe sometimes.. I could go with you and 'camp out' on your berth?

Camp out on your berth and partake in some steamy ceiling staring if you really want to.

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   To: Ratchet

So i dont have candles but i do have some spare ignitors around im sure i can fiddle around with and make em into something that flickers like a candle. Shouldnt be too hard and yes, before you ask, the ignitors aint attached to things that explode

   To: Ratchet

coupled with this cosleepin plan this sounds like a good date setup!

   To: Ratchet

You wont be trappin me at the base, dont worry. We can definitely sleep in the same berth and hopefully you can get some good shut eye in - and even when i aint around, we can work something out. You might be the kind of bot that just needs someone in the room

And you better count on comin with me and campin out with me occasionally. Now i can actually have a good excuse to kidnap you for a bit. I mean, who am i to deprive you of regularly scheduled steamy ceiling staring?

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

I was about to ask you that.  You know me well.  I have the music, and you have the alternative to candles.. I think the only thing missing now is you.

    To:  Wheeljack

I think it will be.  Start with some movies.. moving to steamy ceiling staring.  Even if we don't leave my quarters, let alone the base, I look forward to spending what is shaping up to be an amazing night with you.

    To:  Wheeljack

I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that.  I'm sure we will figure out a solution for when you are gone if I really am one of those bots.  Perhaps I could try that sleep aid suggestion of yours, though I don't want to rely on that method.  It isn't healthy.

Regularly scheduled, huh?  I can tell you're really enjoying the thought of this.  I can honestly say that.. I am too.  I wasn't sure if I was at first, but the more we talk about it the more I want to.

    To:  Wheeljack

Wheeljack..

You are the best thing that has happened to me in a very long time.  I want you to know that.

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   To: Ratchet

honestly, any time with you is time i look forward too and time i enjoy. never thought id willingly stay in the presence of other bots after everything thats happened to me, but... you make me wanna stay. and primus i have fun with you

   To: Ratchet

usin sleep aids long term aint healthy but goin without recharge is even worse. take it one step at a time - and remember that sleep aids are sometimes necessary and there aint any shame in usin em at all, especially knowin what you've been thru

   To: Ratchet

anyways, doctor's orders - you gotta have regularly scheduled ceiling staring. trust me i read it on a padd once so that totally makes up for the years of med school i otherwise didnt do ;

   To: Ratchet

honestly sunshine, youre the best thing to happen to me, too. if any good came outta this pit-damned war, it was meetin you

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

I'm flattered that I'm the one that got you to change your mind about wanting to leave.  I never imagined that I would have that effect on anyone.  I have a lot of fun with you too.  More fun than I've had in a very long time.  To say that I needed that is the largest understatement.  I'm certain that you needed it as much as I did.

    To:  Wheeljack

I promise I will be careful whenever there comes a time that I need to use it.  I know better than that, but I'm sure you have your skepticisms with me already not fueling properly.  That's a level even I wouldn't stoop to.  You have my word on that.

    To:  Wheeljack

Doctor's orders!?

...Alright, I admit that I laughed.

I can't say how accurate that is, but who knows?  I suppose we'll find out for ourselves when you get here.

    To:  Wheeljack

I couldn't agree more.  I wonder.. if we would have met had this ridiculous war not started in the first place.  But I'm happy that it did if only for the reason that.. it lead me to meeting you, Jack.

When this is all over.. I want to stay with you.  If.. you want me to that is.

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   To: Ratchet

honestly, i aint gonna judge a bot for how they choose to cope with things. but theres a different between usin it for medical things and usin it for other things, and i know you know the difference and you’re gonna use it for it’s intended purpose



and theres no shame in usin it for its intended purpose, yknow that, right?

   To: Ratchet

im the doctor of loooove, baby, you can trust my prescriptions ;DD



(okay, that one was bad and ill admit it, even i winced at myself)

   To: Ratchet

it really does no good to wonder bout the what ifs, in the long run, cuz there are more important things to worry bout than what mighta been. still, im glad we met, cuz i doubt we would’ve had things all stayed the way they were

   To: Ratchet

when this is all over, i want you to stay with me too. i dunno what we’ll do or where we’d go, but i know i wanna be with you (i mean, i could make a good decoration for ur medical clinic you'd probably open. or like. a bouncer. clinics need bouncers, right?)

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

Did you just..  Ha!

Honestly I think that particular one was so bad that it was good.  You really are good at making others laugh, and you're quickly learning how to make me laugh as well.  Right now I greatly appreciate it.

    To:  Wheeljack

I am especially thankful that we met, and.. you may be right.  I cherish the good memories from the past that sometimes I wish that things were still the way they were.  But now that I have you..?  Now all I want to think about is the future.

    To:  Wheeljack

Then that settles that.  Once the war is all over, I will more than happily stay with you.. and then we can live a much happier life.  I can't say that I've ever heard of a bouncer at a small clinic before, much less a large medical facility, but I would not be opposed to the idea of letting you be head of security.. maybe secretary if that's what you really want.

Either way, as long as we're together I will be happy.  Even if you decide you want to work elsewhere, I'll still love you.

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   To: Ratchet

nothin makes me happier than knowin im makin you smile, sunshine. if it takes tellin bad jokes to make you laugh, ill tell em till im grey in the face and dead from embarrassment (cuz honestly that last one was bad, but ive got no regrets)

   To: Ratchet

idk if medical facilities even have bouncers but we can be trendsetters! and heh, never saw myself as the type to sit behind a desk, but if you want me to be your pretty little secretary, i might be open to the suggestion ;DD

   To: Ratchet

… never thought id actually consider settlin down, you know. never envisioned myself as stayin in one spot, but with you? i can see it. i wanna be where you are.

   To: Ratchet

home feels like you.

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

But Wheeljack..

...Your face is already grey.

I'm sorry if that wasn't funny.  I at least tried.

    To:  Wheeljack

Now I just can't get that image out of my processor.  Trust me, it isn't exactly a bad image, either.

But medical facilities do have some level of security in them, but I'm not entirely sure that 'bouncers' would be the accurate term.  Oh, why not.  Let's give it a try.  Maybe it'll catch on, like you said.

    To:  Wheeljack

I've never imagined it myself, either.  I've never once stopped to think how things would go for me after the war reaches an end, but never in a million stellar cycles would I have imagined sharing it with someone as amazing and wonderful as you.  Knowing that we'll be together.. it's a wonderful feeling, and one I never want to be rid of.  Even if we just live the simplest of lives, I'll be happy just having you by my side. 

    To:  Wheeljack

That.. is perhaps the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.  I feel like I'm home when I'm with you as well.  With you, I get to do things I haven't been able to do since my days studying on Messatine, and you're giving me the chance to enjoy new things at the very same time.  When I'm with you.. all my worries fade away.

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   To: Ratchet

i mean if you want me to dress up as your secretary we can do that ;DD

well someones gotta make sure you’re safe and sound while ur elbow deep in someone’s circuitry and there aint no other one i trust but me with that job

   To: Ratchet

i mean i know ive waxed on poetic by now bout how i never thought things would turn out this way. in all honesty i never really thought about what came after. i never thought id make it this far cuz i thought id get snuffed before now… but now i got something to look forward to. everytime we meet its like a sunrise, a dawn that brings light to darkness

   To: Ratchet

when im with you, the world feels.. renewed. like it aint stale and dull and monochrome anymore. i wanna make your worries disappear completely. i wanna make it so you’re never unhappy again

primus this sounds like a cheesy romance novel. soon im gonna be carvin our initials into stuff and doodling nonsense like some lovesick youngling. cant believe you do this to me

   To: Ratchet

these late night talks always get maudlin, you notice that? i mean i aint complainin. but. how do you manage to get me talkin all sappy and plannin our future life so easy?? i feel like we're gonna start namin future kids now

[Ratchet]

    To:  @wheeljack

I never expected to make it this long in the war, either.. and not for a lack of trying.  I'm happy that the both of us were wrong.

I really am your 'sunshine', aren't I?  Now it all makes sense why you call me that, though I'm certain that was never your initial reason.  It's poetic, but even I can see it holds quite a deep meaning now.

    To:  Wheeljack

Wheeljack..  As much as I love your dedication, even I know that such a life isn't possible.  We are going to have times of sadness and other such negative feelings.  It's just how life is, but I know we can pull through it all together.

Believe me, I'm not sure how I do it.  Then again I'm not sure how you do these things to me either.. but I don't want you to stop.  I want it to keep going.

    To:  Wheeljack

I have too, but I'm glad to know that I somehow manage to stir these emotions in you.  I.. really like it when we talk like this.  It takes my processor away from everything going around us, and..

Future children..?  You mean.. you want to.. have sparklings with me one day?

Oh Wheeljack.