The song at the end is Insomniac by Timeflies.
Steeljaw looks over at the femme lying next to him completely knocked out, disappointment fills him knowing that it's not Strongarm lying next to him. He thinks back to when he was fragging this femme in the aft, pounding her into the berth, he kept thinking about Strongarm. Her face and aft flashing through his processor a few times and he found himself wishing that it was her he was fragging. He even came close to saying her name a couple of times.
He releases a low growl as he gets up off the berth, he puts his armor back on before stepping out onto the balcony that's outside his room. He looks out over the city as he wonders why he can't get that femme out of his processor. He grabs the rails that surround the balcony as he growls, no femme has ever plagued him this much. It's supposed to be just fun and games, he toys with them then moves on. Why is this femme affecting him like this?
When that mech touched her earlier Steeljaw felt his Energon boil as anger filled his body, he suddenly got a sense of possessiveness over her. He wants her and he doesn't like the thought of another mech touching her. But why? What makes her different from the other femmes?
He goes back into the room and he wakes up the femme that's in his bed, he tells her to get her armor back on and leave. He needed some time to himself.
Strongarm walks through the marketplace with Topper as they look for stuff to add to the apartment, "Strongarm, look at this!" Topper says as he picks up a ceiling light, it has a purplish tint to it but you can make it any color you want and there's a button that you can press to make stars shine through to make any room look like the universe. Topper has been wanting to get a new ceiling light for the lobby, "Isn't it pretty?"
Strongarm smiles as she looks at it, "It's beautiful. It would look really nice in the lobby."
"I agree." Topper says before he pays for it.
"Strongarm."
Strongarm freezes at the sound of the familiar voice, not him. Strongarm turns to face the Wolf-Con, "What do you want Steeljaw?"
"Why so hostile? I just wanted to say hi." Steeljaw looks over at Topper, just noticing his presence, "Sir."
"Hello, Steeljaw." Topper says with a smile, he always tries to be nice to any bot he greets, even a bot from the mob.
Steeljaw looks back at Strongarm, "I assume you're gonna be at the party your boss is hosting tonight."
"Of course, I have to work."
"Yeah, well, I hope you'll -"
"Steeljaw, there you are!" A light blue femme shouts as she runs over them.
He sure moves fast. Strongarm thinks as Steeljaw growls lowly at the interruption.
"Strongarm, Topper. How are you both?" The femme greets the two upon noticing them.
"Hi, Aquatica." Strongarm greets back with a smile, "We're doing fine?"
"Hello, Aquatica." Topper greets with his usual smile, "How are you?"
"I'm great! Really looking forward to the party tonight!" Aquatica responds with excitement, "I know you need to raise your credits Strongarm, but I hope you will join in on the party at some point. You deserve to have more fun and not work all the time!" Strongarm opens her mouth to answer but Aquatica keeps talking, "How is it going with the credits? Are you close to having enough to leave the city yet?"
Steeljaw's interest in the conversation is piqued. Strongarm is working on moving out of the city?
Strongarm was hesitant to answer, this isn't something she wants to discuss in front of Steeljaw. But she figures there's no harm, "Almost there. I hope to be out of the city soon."
"Awesome!" Aquatica grabs Steeljaw's arm to pull him away, "We better get going! Steeljaw's taking me out on a date before we go to the party tonight! See you later, Strongarm!"
"See you later, Aquatica!" Strongarm says as she waves at them, Please be careful with him.
"Hope Aquatica knows what she's getting herself into by dating that mob leader." Topper says with concern for the young femme.
"Me too. I hope she'll be careful so she doesn't get hurt."
"Come on, let's get back to the apartment." Topper says as he puts an arm around her shoulders and they head back to the apartment building.
"I can't believe I'm going on a date with a mob leader!" Aquatica says excitedly.
Steeljaw wasn't really paying attention, he was thinking about Strongarm, "Strongarm is saving up credits to leave the city?"
Aquatica looks at him, "Hm? Oh, yeah she's been doing it for as long as I've known her. She hates being here with all the mobs."
"I gathered that. Why was she so close to Jawsplitter and his gang if she hates them so much?"
"Jawsplitter raised her from a sparkling. The word around the city is that Jawsplitter killed her parents and he was gonna kill her as well but even as a sparkling she was a feisty one. So Jawsplitter saw the fight in her and he decided to raise her and train her, he hoped she would join his gang when she got older but she despised him too much."
Steeljaw understands now why Strongarm hates mobsters so much, but she had to be associated with Jawsplitter and his gang because they raised her. His processor keeps going back to the fact that she's saving up to leave the city, he's not sure why it bothers him so much but it does. He has to figure out how to stop her from leaving the city.
"Enough about Strongarm, we should be focusing on each other!" Aquatica says bringing Steeljaw out of his thoughts. This femme is really starting to annoy him.
When night fell the bar was alive with music and bots drinking and laughing and having a good time. Strongarm worked hard serving the drinks and Steeljaw danced with different femmes, but there's one femme he really wants to dance with more than the others.
Steeljaw walks over to Strongarm who is helping her boss with the drinks, "May I have the next dance?" He asks as he holds out a servo.
Strongarm looks at him in surprise, "Uh, no. I need to-"
"Go on Strongarm." Her boss interrupts her as he nudges her towards Steeljaw, "I have this. Besides, need to keep them happy. Remember?"
Strongarm clenches her dentures as she takes Steeljaw's servo, he pulls her close as the next song begins to play. With great reluctance, Strongarm starts dancing with Steeljaw as the music picks up...
My racing, sleep chasing
These flashing lights and they gone
Steeljaw pulls Strongarm closer and looks into her optics as he starts singing with a soft growl…
Keep testing my patience
I always get what I want
Strongarm's spark races as she starts feeling uneasy as Steeljaw continues…
We wrestle dusk until dawn
No question, I'm waiting, let's keep this gone
Once you close your eyes, eyes
Running down your thighs, thighs
Steeljaw runs a servo down her body to her thigh while holding her close and singing in her audio receptor. Strongarm looks over at the other femmes who seem to envy her that she's that close to him.
"He didn't hold me that close when he was dancing with me." One of them says with disappointment making Strongarm shake her helm, he's really got them hooked. She sees Aquatica looking sad that Steeljaw is dancing with other femmes, she must have really thought that she was gonna be the only one dancing with him. Strongarm felt bad for her, but then Blacknight went over to ask her for a dance which really lifted her spirits and Strongarm smiled slightly at that.
Her smile vanishes as she pushes back away from Steeljaw to walk away from him, "That's enough. I need to get back to work."
She turns to walk away but she couldn't get too far, when she passes by the bar counter to go to the back Steeljaw places a servo on the counter to stop her, trapping her between him and the counter, "I think it would be in your best interest to keep dancing with me. I can easily make you lose your job. How are you gonna get you credits then to get out of the city?"
Strongarm glares at him as she grinds her dentures, "There are other femmes here that would be more than happy to dance with you…" She hisses at him.
"I don't want to dance with them, I want to dance with you. Unless you want to lose your job."
She can't stand this mech, to use blackmail and manipulation to get her to dance with him is just absurd. The sooner she can move away from him the better. She goes on and dances with him again hoping that this will be the last time, but unfortunately for her Steeljaw makes her dance with him for the rest of the night.