Prompt: Fireflies
Rating: K
Pairing: RatchetxArcee
Synopsis: As Ratchet and Arcee sit out on the shores of Lake Erie, they make a few new friends.


You would not believe your eyes...

Cerulean optics stared up to the deep navy blanket of the night sky. Stars twinkled brightly, creating a glittering effect in the skies over Lake Erie. Arcee lay on her back, arms behind her head, gazing in awe at one of the many wonders of Earth.

"Ratch?"

"Mhm?"

"It's..." she paused. "Beautiful..."

Ratchet smiled and rolled over to look over at the pink and white femme laying next to him. His spark warmed at the sight of her face.

A cool breeze, calm and peaceful as a whisper, ran and swirled through the air, rustling the trees and running through the grass, swaying it back and forth like the waves on the shores.

Ratchet put a single servo up to his love's faceplate.

"So are you, Arcee."

She slowly turned her head back to the night sky, a smile on her faceplate. She stared longingly at the stars...so beautiful...

Suddenly she sat up, seeing something moving among the stars...something that definitely wasn't a star. They moved and danced among the stars, and she then realized they were all around them as well.

"Fireflies..." Ratchet whispered. There were so many that Arcee didn't even bother trying to count them all. Her optics locked onto them as the little lights flashed and fluttered around them.

Ratchet sat up alongside Arcee, and they both gazed on and on at the small bugs. The femme looked past and continued to stare into the night above the beautiful and peaceful water that completed the perfect, calm setting that they had somehow managed to find themselves in.

The medic scooted over closer to Arcee, and wrapped his arms around her waist, and she smiled as he tenderly kissed her faceplate.

They sat there; him holding her in his arms, bathing in the wonder of the night sky and all of the beauty around them.

"I love you, Arcee."

"Love you, too, Ratchet."

And they both drifted off into a soft recharge, the small lights continuing to dance around them.

...If ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep...


Something short, and something sweet. R&R please! :)