Hello and welcome to Object of Affection, a Knockout x Soundwave story.
Its written in Prime verse, post TFP season 3 & Predacon Rising.
Summary: Soundwave always watched his object of affection and obsession from afar, but now that he's stuck in the shadow zone he can get a lot closer. So close that he could see the changes that Knockout goes through. He can see how every day the medic get worse and worse. Could he be in time to escape the shadow zone and save Knockout from himself?
Rated: T+
Warning: This is yaoi/slash, don't forget and simply don't read if you don't want to.
Extra warning for a (bit) angst, also forms of depression and unconscious planning on suicide.
Pairing: Knockout x Soundwave, slight Bumblebee x Smokescreen
Characters: Knockout, Soundwave, Laserbeak, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Arcee.
Useful info:
Servo = hand
Helm = head
Pedes =feet/foot
Glossa = tongue
Talons/digits = fingers
Optics = eyes
Processor = mind/brain/head
Dentae = teeth
Also, English is not my mother languages so I apologize for weird sentences and grammar in advance.
I hope you enjoy.
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Soundwave had always watched his object of obsession and affection from afar. He always had an extra optic out for the cherry red medic, the camera in the medbay always on screen. He even refused to send a groundbridge for wounded Eradicons and Vehicons if he saw that the medic was busy enough already. He let them die for Knockout's sake.
It does sound a little morbid, but he'd do it again. The only time he let his guard down was around his lord or if he was alone in the medbay with the gorgeous medic. Soundwave always felt so at ease that he almost started to talk to the medic. Can you imagine? Actually using his voice. And atop of that, he had to stop himself from removing his facemask. Sadly, them alone was a very rare moment.
Only after a battle would he need a check-up and he didn't always participate in the fighting. Soundwave was aware of the swirl his spark did whenever Knockout looked at him. He knew the feelings he had. He was no stranger to love, although everybody seemed to think otherwise. He had his fair share of lovers. But this time it was different.
Knockout made him feel shy, that hardly ever happens. That's the reason why he never actually told Knockout about his feelings. He just watched him closely from a distance, kept silent and facemask in place. Not that it mattered now… Those human kids had put him in the shadow zone, so nobody could see or hear him.
Right before the moment the wreckers came barging in, he had been listening to Knockout talk. He didn't know why the medic loved talking to him so much, maybe he just was a good listener, but he would not complain. The medic had been talking over the Autobot medic, he didn't agree with the way Ratchet was treated. He also complained a bunch about Shockwave.
The next moment, the comm. had cut short and the wreckers were in. He knew that he was trapped in the shadow zone as soon as his talons went right through the children. At first he'd been afraid, second he instantly went to search for Knockout. As he witnessed the medic surrender and change sides, he let out a sigh of relief, instead of feeling betrayed as he thought he would be.
The medic loved his finish too much to get beaten up, but he was also smart enough to know the battle had been lost. Soundwave was happy to know no harm came to his crush, although that wrenched wrecker kid had hit him, he would get her back for that. He witnessed the death of his leader, which he grieved, the leave of Shockwave and Starscream and the victorious Autobots taking Knockout to the brig.
He stayed close, yet this time not from a distance. He was there when Megatron rose again with Unicron in control of his body and when the dead Predacons came back to life. He saw how Knockout showed that he was really on the Autobots side by hitting Starscream. He witnessed the defeat of Unicron, the leave of his master and the sacrifice of the Prime.
His spark whirled happily as he saw how Knockout got taken in with the Autobots and how he earned his place in the medbay. Mostly thanks to the scout that killed his former master. He was not sure whether to be thankful or not. He was certain that, once everything was settled, the gorgeous cherry red mech would be fine.
Soundwave never knew he could be that wrong.