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Chitin walked with Stingray towards their room on Devisplex, the future less uncertain. Blackjack had asked questions until a tech delivered energon for their sparkling. The sparkling sucked it down easily, looking much better than hoped for.
Stingray's arm warmed him as they entered their room.
"Is he alright beyond the armor and the specialized energon?" Stingray asked as they sat down.
"I don't know if there is more beyond that and his first word is 'hurt'. It broke my spark to hear him say that. I knew Ratchet would never do anything, but the sparkling looked at him like Megatron."
"We'll work with him and Ratchet," Stingray nuzzled Chitin, "Whatever comes, we'll stand together."
"I just wish this was the end. I want him to have a good future. A solid family. I don't want him to have another bad moment," Chitin stroked tiny finials with a smile, "I want him to bond and have sparklings of his own."
It reminded him of earlier where he feared his sparkling wouldn't bond or transform.
"We should name him," Stingray stated, "So we can officially adopt him."
"I...I don't want to jinx this."
"He isn't Heltron," the jagged pain in his spark softened his voice, "This sparkling survived two orns alone, armorless, defenseless. He made a noise to attract you," he kissed Chitin on the cheek, "He will live because we are faster, stronger and wiser. We may be the worst genitors when he hits his youngling phase. You are a police officer and I'm a former crook. Hard to rebel when we know all the tricks."
Chitin looked into his optics, smiled, "I was thinking I would have to put my pede down with the mechs that are going to come around. He's going to break sparks."
"You could do what my Atar did to the mechs dating me. He sharpened a blade nearly as tall as him. He swung it like it weighed a datapad instead of a ton," Stingray then whispered, "You do know this means we can't 'face for a while."
Chitin snorted, "You weren't stopped by the Crackdown, I don't see how a sparkling is going to."
"It was fun doing it in the back of the squad car," Stingray nibbled the underside of Chitin's chin, "Your commanding officer was oblivious to how hot you were running."
Chitin squirmed, "You were lucky I hadn't been assigned to someone more strict. They'd have found you out."
"That's half the fun," he moved over to Chitin's mouth, "Plus he didn't notice me stroking your leg."
Wail.
Stingray leapt into the air, startled by the sparkling.
Chitin laughed, shaking, "Caught. He should have been in charge of my unit."
Stingray scowled, "He has a criminal's sense of timing."
The sparkling cried, his fists waving.
Chitin stood and moved to the washroom, "What goes in, Only One."
"Ha ha," Stingray sat, muttering, "I'm upping my game."
He listened to Chitin emptying the sparkling's tanks, talking gently.
His own Atar, Boredown, would have loved sparkling-sitting for them. That was one of many things his Grandatar did for his Atar and Ada. That's how he'd learned those nifty tricks he'd used to get Devisplex back into space.
The memory of his Ada had faded over the vorns, except his laughter and name. Pointbreak. He'd supported the family until a mine collapsed on his team. No high caste mech cared his family had been torn apart. Boredown worked twice as hard to keep them afloat.
His sparkling wouldn't have that happen. His sparkling would be happy.
Then he had a lapful of sniffling sparkling.
"I'm on duty," Chitin smirked as Stingray gathered the sparkling up, cradling him, "You think you two can handle a few joors without any schemes?"
"Yes, officer, sir," Stingray smiled, "Go catch some bad mechs."
Watching Chitin's aft as it swung out of sight, he grinned.
Looking down at the sparkling, he whispered, "We have to pull off something, my sparkling."
"I heard that," Chitin's voice rolled back to them.
