Title: Sunset
Warnings: gen, dark, drabble-ish
Continuity: G1 (part of ultharkitty's Dysfunction AU, pre-Earth)
Characters: Blast Off
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Sadly, nothing is mine.
Summary: And then there was no place anymore where he could return to…
Beta: ultharkitty
Note: Written for a prompt on tf_speedwriting which was this picture.
Sunset
There were moments in which Blast Off began to care. He resisted heaving a sigh through his vents, because the air was too warm. The heat from the blazing city radiated even to him hovering miles away in the air.
Altihex burned.
The metal buildings of the city melted and fell apart. The soil hills behind it glowed brightly, and it conveyed the image of a sun setting. A sun Cybertron didn't have anymore.
And Blast Off felt… what? Melancholy? Nostalgia? He couldn't describe it, but it caused him to question the purpose of this war.
Everything was different when it became personal.
And even though he hadn't been in Altihex for vorns, Blast Off had considered it his home. The place he could return to. A place not truly needed when he possessed an alt-mode that allowed him to go wherever he wanted, but it was reassuring to know it existed.
It had existed.
Metal burnt away with great heat, and the fire wouldn't be over as soon as a sunset.
Blast Off clenched his jaw, and turned.
There was no reason to stay.