Showman

Chapter 0: MegatronXStarscream Human

"Break on Though" - "The Greatest Showman"

~ Original Song Written by: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

~ Original Song Preformed by: Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron

I do not own the song, or the characters.

Megaton sat next Starscream, having picked up the smaller male from the opera house, taking him to a bar in hopes to get the red head to agree to his terms.

The bartender slid a set of shot glasses to the two, Megatron and Starscream picked up the glasses, taking in the liquid, setting them down, setting up a small beat,

"Right here, right now, I put the offer out. I don't want to chase you down," Megatron ran his fingers across the table "I know you see it, You run with me" he pointed to Starscream then himself "And I can cut you free" he made a scissor like motion with his fingers as he continued "Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in"

Megatron tapped the counter flicking a coin to the bartender and he slid them two more drinks. "So trade that typical for something colorful" Megatron flipped Starscream's black tie "And if it's crazy, live a little crazy. You can play it sensible, a king of conventional! Or you can risk it all and see"

Megatron stood up from the stool and walked toward the empty main lounge of the tavern and slid around the floor, dancing to the beat he and Starscream started.

"Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play. 'Cause I got what you need" he climbed up onto a chair and jumped onto the table next to him "So come with me and take the ride. It'll take you to the other side" he held out his hand to the still sitting Starscream. "'Cause you can do like you do. Or you can do like me" he retracted his arm and pulled at his vest, popping the soft cotton material off his chest. "Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key! Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly. It'll take you to the other side" Megatron jumped from the table and held out his hand back out to Starscream.

Starscream eyed the hand, fingers twitching at his side wanting to take it, but that was stupid. His voice played to the beat Megatron had started singing in.

"Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in. Well I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen" Starscream slapped the hand away as he stood up, red eyes carefully watching the silver haired man before him. "So thanks, but no. I think I'm good to go" Starscream walked to the coat rack at the front of the tavern. but he stopped halfway there "'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in" he looked back to Megatron, "Now I admire you, and that whole show you do" He pointed to the silver haired male and waved his hand in a circle patteren, walking back toward him "You're onto something, really it's something" he returned to next to Megatron and looked at the bar. "But I live among the swells, and we don't pick up peanut shells" Starscream brushed the shells of the counter top "I'll have to leave that up to you" Starscream jabbed Megatron in the chest and spun around on his heel with a smirk.

Starscream found himself mimicking the larger male and jumped onto a chair next next to a table "Don't you know that I'm okay with this uptown part I get to play. 'Cause I got what I need and I don't want to take the ride" He slid onto the table top, his high heels clicked as he tapped it against the hard tabletop. "I don't need to see the other side. So go and do like you do" he shook his hand at Megatron, shooing him before his long fingers flicked to the side "I'm good to do like me" he popped his vest just as Megatron had done before "Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key! Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine" he jumped from the table and walked back toward Megatron "I don't need to see the other side"

Starscream arm raised as he walked by, as if saying goodbye without looking back. Megatron grasped Starscream wrist, preventing him from leaving, his large hand covering up most of the thin males forearm.

"Now is this really how you like to spend your days? Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays?" He asked, letting the wrist free.

Starscream grasped the spot Megatron touched him, shaking off his blush, turning to Megatron in a mild anger "If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town" Spite was laced in his words, "Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns" he shoved Megatron's chest, not enough force to move the large male, but enough to hopefully get Megatron to realize he was serious about not joining him.

Megatron looked down at Starscream, a hand moving to rest on Starscreams hip. "But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little" Megatron smile softly down at the red head, watching the red eyes before him starting to widen. "Just let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll wake you up and cure your aching" He leaned down a little, hand sliding behind Starscream's hips, resting against the small of his back, hearing Starscream gulp loudly and his face flush made Megatron smirk, showing off his fangs. "Take your walls and start 'em breaking" he leaned down more, lips coming to hover over the red heads "Now that's a deal that seems worth takin'"

Before he could seal it Starscream shoved him back "But I guess I'll leave that up to you" he said a sad look in his eyes as Starscream looked ready to bolt.

Starscream bit his lower lip before taking a deep breath looking up at Megatron, composure regained.

"Well it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly. So what percentage of the show would I be taking?" Starscream took a step back and looked up at the other.

Megatron looked a little shocked but chuckled "Well. Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action. I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen" Holding out his hand

Starscream looked insulted and laughed "I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine"

Megatron let out a loud laugh "Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime?"

Starscream's lips flattened "Fifteen"

Megatron smirked "I'd do eight"

Starscream glared, jaw clenching "Twelve"

Megatron shrugged with a smug look "Maybe nine"

Starscream looked away from Megatron and held out his hand "Ten!"

Starscream made a silent cry as Megatron took his hand and pulled him close, twisting him around his back hitting against Megatron's chest, both smiling at one another.

Both starting to sing with another, voices harmonizing rather perfectly "Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play. 'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride to the other side"

Starscream let Megatron hold him close, "So if you do like I do. So if you do like me!" Both gesturing the same way, the back of Starscream's hips grinding a little against Megatron "Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key" Starscream pulled away from Megatron, his hand getting caught, fingers interlocking "Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly! We're going to the other side" Starscream let himself smile happily as he looked up at Megatron as he was spun around again, as they danced to the beat they created.

"So if you do like I do" Starscream said taking off his tie

"To the other side" Megatron watched the fabric fly and smirked

"So if you do like me" Starscream smiled

"We're going to the other side" Megatron took a step forward, grabbing Starscream once more, pulling him close. "'Cause if we do we're going to the other side! We're going to the other side"

They both stopped limbs tangled around one another, lips moments from locking.

End Chapter 0: Pre-View

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