DON'T COUNT MISTAKES I LOST TRACK OF THEM

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( He's in trouble. He's Rodimus, the younger of Nova's two candidates for Prime, and he is absolutely in trouble. It's not his fault. He just happened to be somewhere where trouble results, although okay - that part isn't new.

And he knows exactly how he got here in the first place, it's the same as it always is.

Orion frowns at him every time he leaves the Primal Basilica dressed in a cloak - knowing full well that he's going to go to those places that Nova finds unlawful and unruly. Sure, the other Prime in training had attempted to stop him before, to no avail. That makes something twinge in Rodimus because he likes Orion, he really does.

Then again, most people like Orion 'Super Cop, Future Prime' Pax. Because apparently some people like having a career that's pointless once you know you'll carry the Matrix. He guesses that has to do with Orion having spent some of his life from out of Nova's influence - maybe that made you like police work.

Not that Rodimus would know what that's like - Nova snatched him up two days after he was forged, as if he knew exactly where to find him. Must be a 'wisdom of the Matrix' thing. Find your replacements before someone else does and what not. But it boiled down to the fact that he'd never really got to know or experience life outside the basilica walls and for every time Nova told him he shouldn't or couldn't go out - he did.

Which is how he ends up standing over someone he punched into a wall - thanks Galvatron and Cyclonus for teaching him that one - inadvertently starting a bar fight that he is determined to win. Rodimus is pretty sure that as a mysterious cloaked and hooded figure, he definitely looks awesome which negates the trouble.

Mostly. )

Comments

[rodders]

( He instantly misses the warmth of another frame against his, but isn't so easily cowed. So he rolls onto his stomach and props up his head on his hands. )

I don't like to reward people who cheat.

( But he's grinning, so he's clearly not all that upset about it. )

[thesurpriseinside]

[ Minimus gives him a look that he would actively deny is a pout. ]

I did not cheat. [ He pauses and then shifts so that Rodimus can see his body clearly, sliding his hands down himself. ] I could be more convincing?

[rodders]

( He might deny it, but Rodimus knows better. )

You did. ( His optics brighten once he gets a good look of what Minimus is doing, and he's even more tempted to remain where he is to see how far he's willing to go. ) You're cheating now.

( That's absolutely not a no, though. )

[thesurpriseinside]

[ he drags his hands down, stroking the dents on his hips and the paint transfers on the inside of his thighs. He's never really done this before, but Rodimus watching him with bright optics is encouraging. ]

I'm not cheating. I'm. Trying to be persuasive.

[rodders]

You know what they say about me, Minimus. I'm as stubborn as they come.

( And proud of it. There's a smirk lingering over his lips, however, as he rolls onto his stomach to continue watching from a position that isn't upside down. You've got his interest, Minimus, keep going. )