Though the disappointment remained, the initial trepidation wore off as the days passed.

Eventually, though even that remained on their thoughts : It was something that one couldn't discern from either of them. Only a few close friends knew about what had happened. They had respectfully remained quiet about the entire ordeal. For that, both Laurelin and Optimus were thankful.

Sipping at the chilled Energon she had poured for herself : Laurelin glanced up at Prime.

He appeared to be in the middle of trying to fix one of the maps that had stopped showing the correct coordinates. According to the map : There were some unfortunate inhabitants of two planets living dangerously close to a large sun in one quadrant of the map. As in, directly on it.

« Any luck ? » She asked, tilting her helm to the side. She couldn't help but smirk faintly as Optimus had bits of grease and oil smeared on his hands, forearms and face. Laurelin had to give it to her mate : When he set his mind to a project, he was focused like few others.

« Almost. I've at least managed to get one planet back to where it should be. »

« I'm going to take an educated guess and say that it's not in the middle of an ancient sun, right ? »

« You-yes… You would be right about that. » Optimus chuckled, never taking his gaze off the map. As he worked with the fragile dials and circuitry that controlled the holographs on the map : the Prime hummed quietly to himself in thought.

Laurelin watched out of both admiration and curiosity, as the entire task required concentration and a knowledge of a technology she had yet to learn.

For a few minutes : It appeared that the repairs were working, as Prime was able to carefully adjust the dial so that the holograph of the second unfortunate planet was moved out of the sun and back into its proper orbit. Both watched the small translucent planet begin to circle slowly along their correct path until a sudden spark from the tiny control panel made Prime wince away, removing the tools promptly so that they wouldn't be damaged. Both holographs of the planets shot back into the sun.

Laurelin made a slight face, as the smaller planets were engulfed by the sun.

Sighing, Optimus watched the sun continue on its orbit while keeping both of the planets prisoner in its fiery grasp.

« Well… They were safe for a little while, at least. » Optimus commented.

« Hm… Well… I'm sure you'll get it fixed. Can't have those poor inhabitants of those planets stuck in that sun forever. »

« No. I'm somewhat familiar with those planets. None of the inhabitants or creatures on either of those planets deserve to be stuck inside a sun forever. » The Prime chuckled. « May need to get a replacement part, but I'm pretty sure that Wheeljack would know of a place or two that has them. Knowing him, he might even have one of the spare parts himself. »

Smiling, Laurelin set the Energon aside and walked over to her mate. She set a hand on his shoulder, while her other hand stroked the top of his helm.

Optimus glanced up at her, setting the map aside for the time being.

Laurelin leaned down to kiss his forehelm.

He tugged lightly on her arm, guiding her to sit on his lap.

The femme wordlessly obliged, resting her hands on Optimus's shoulders as she straddled him. « I wouldn't have pegged Wheeljack for one who keeps parts for holographic maps. » She commented, tilting her helm to the side at the thought.

« I didn't either for a while. But then, he made a good point that : If he was out in the middle of nowhere and the map he was using stopped working, he was pretty sure that there wouldn't be a spare parts store out in said middle of nowhere. »

« Well… That sounds about right for him. » Laurelin agreed with a giggle. « At least, he was thinking ahead in regards to the whole thing. »

« Hm… » Prime's gaze glanced down. He seemed to drift off into his own thoughts for a moment.

« Hey... » Laurelin said, her playful smile still on her features as she kissed Optimus's jawline. « Don't you go drifting off into the proverbial space of your thoughts without me. You might get caught up in a sun. »

That was enough to garner a chuckle from Optimus. He looked back up at Laurelin, cerulean optics glowing faintly as he studied her features.

Her own optics returned the gaze. Laurelin made another, quieter giggle as she leaned forward a little. « What ? What's going on in those thoughts of yours ? » She teased.

« Well… I was... going… to offer… » Optimus started slowly.

« You were going to offer... What ? »

« That… perhaps... we… could... try again... »

Though she paused and her smile momentarily seemed to fade : It promptly returned with a much softer edge to it. She nuzzled her face against Optimus's.

The Prime made a quiet content sigh. His hand reached up to stroke the side of Laurelin's face, his thumb digit briefly brushing against her bottom lip.

Laurelin kissed the tip of his digit quickly, her smile for her mate never faltering. « I think that… » She started slowly before kissing Prime : « We can do just that… »