Prompt 09-Months
AN: Some hints of twincest in this one. Lambo cuddling and the like.
"It just hurts so much..." Sideswipe mumbled into a bright yellow chest plate.
"I know," Sunstreaker replied staring at the mech curled up at his side on the berth. He was all too familiar with the painful sensation that tugged at his brother's spark. He felt it every time he was away from Sideswipe for a long period of time. He knew the queasy feeling that resided at the bottom of his fuel tank. He knew that time itself seemed to stand still. He knew there was only one thing that kept his brother going, the pulse of the other half's spark. It was the only thing that let him know his bond mate was all right.
"He's never been gone this long," the red twin sighed. Mirage's function as a spy often kept him away from Sideswipe for long periods of time. He'd been gone for nearly twenty stellar cycles. Only a small lapse of time to most Cybertronians, but for a separated pair of bond mates it felt like eternity.
"He probably feels the same way when you're out on the front lines." Sunstreaker caressed his twin's dermal plating with a gentleness few mechs would ever know he possessed. With his other hand he massaged the cables in his brother's neck. "Or when you're in the med bay, or right now."
Sideswipe wrapped an arm around his twin and pulled him closer. Then he draped his leg over his brother's. Each touch reaffirmed the bond they shared. Each caress reaffirmed that their lovers would return.
"At least you share a bond with him," Sunstreaker said with a tinge of jealousy in his voice.
"Yeah." Through their bond Sideswipe would always know if Mirage was content, in pain, or afraid. These emotions were intensified through the bond they shared, and Sideswipe would always know whether or not his lover was alive. It was something that Sunstreaker shared with Sideswipe, but he did not share with Bluestreak. "If you bonded with Blue you'd always know..."
A surge of pain coursed through Sideswipe's spark. Mirage felt his pain, he felt Mirage's pain, and it was only amplified through their bond in painful surges. He bit his lip plates and held onto Sunstreaker.
Sunstreaker held onto his brother and shuddered. He too could feel his brother's pain. "Hurting when I'm away from you. Hurting when I'm away from Blue. I couldn't..." he kissed his quivering brother's helm. "If I turned into a huddling pile of scrap every time Blue was away, who'd take care of you?"