WARNING: There's masturbating in this chapter. I'll put up the same stuff as before so anyone can skip it if it makes anyone uncomfortable.

Arcee pushed Steeljaw and Wheeljack out of the room, "What do you mean by jerk yourself off?" Steeljaw asked the older mech.

"When you feel turned on you bring out your spike and start pumping it with your servo, helps if you think about someone like your mate, in your case Strongarm."

"You can do that? It seems kind of simple," he said as they walked away.

"It is but there's only so much relief it can give you sadly, but it's something to hold yourself off until Strongarm's better."

"Did you ever have to do that when you weren't around Arcee?"

"Yes, a couple of times when we were separated for missions, my heat cycle came in all of a sudden and I had to masturbate until I saw Arcee again."

"Can femmes masturbate as well?" He asked, wondering if Strongarm had ever done something like that.

"Yes, they can."

Steeljaw suddenly got a picture in his mind of Strongarm, her digits on her port thrusting them in and out. That alone was getting him turned on and it caused him to drool a little.

Wheeljack notices it, "You're imagining Strongarm doing it, aren't you?"

"No," he replied a little too quickly.

"You answered a bit too quickly, I know that's what you're thinking about."

"When would you masturbate?" He asked trying to keep his mind off of his mate for the moment.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, when would it be the best time to masturbate?" He asked with a little hesitation, "Besides during a heat cycle."

"Whenever I'm turned on and can't do it with Arcee."

Steeljaw pondered on the new information, he doubted that he could do this in front of others. Transforming he drove away from the scrapyard in search of someplace quiet, and far enough so no one would hear him. His mind kept wandering to his mate, he kept seeing her without her armor. Mentally shaking his helm clear he drove on.

xxxxxx

After a good drive out he stops and figures he's far enough out so no one can see or hear him. Transforming to his bot mode he leaned against a tree panting heavily, maybe he was wrong about his heat cycle starting the next day or so. His body was beginning to feel hot and he couldn't get the image of his mate in her bare protoform out of his mind. He removes his panel and his spike pops out, it was already hard, and he starts running his servo over it.

Slowly trailing over it he thought of Strongarm stroking the hardened member as she kissed him. Closing his optics he allowed himself to fall into the fantasy. He could feel her light touches going up his arm. He starts pumping really hard as he imagines his spike going into her wet port, before long he found himself saying her name as he moaned with pleasure with each pump of his hardened spike. He could hear her beautiful moans as he "thrust" deeper into her.

His body started to shake with anticipation as he slid down the tree's trunk and sat on the ground, "Ahh Strongarm! Strongarm!" He moaned as his claws tightened around his spike as if he could feel her tight wet port around him. His other claws dug into the ground when he felt his climax slowly coming. He could feel her arms wrapping around his neck as his pace started to quicken. He sent so much love and passion through their bond as he thought of his mate. Before long he hit his climax and discharged all over the ground by his feet, screaming out his mate's name as he did so.

xxxxxx

Moaning from the aftermath of his overload his body shook. His cooling system kicked in to cool him down as he looked to the sky still thinking of his mate, and he was never going to have sex with another femme, he was sure of it. He was worried about how he was going to act with this being his first legit heat cycle. He hoped to Primus that he could refrain from ever forcing himself on Strongarm, but if he does end up doing it then hopefully she can forgive him.

He now understood what Wheeljack meant by there was only so much relief masturbating could give him. While he was satisfied it wasn't the same when he could actually feel his mate's warm touch. He sits there for a few minutes before getting up, putting his panel back on he transforms and heads back. After a good drive, he arrived back at the scrapyard and headed to Strongarm's room.

Arcee stands up when he walks in, "Good news Steeljaw her temperature is going down, she should be completely back to normal by tomorrow."

"Thank Primus. How is she right now?"

"Other than hurting from her wound, she's doing fine."

"Is she still awake?"

"Yes, I'm awake," Strongarm speaks up.

Steeljaw walked over and sat beside her gently caressing her cheek with one of his claws. Arcee left the two to give them some privacy.

"Where did you go? What were you doing? I could feel you send a lot of love and passion through the bond."

"I needed some time to myself for a while, and I was just thinking of you," he whispered as he kissed her forehead. He wasn't sure if he could talk about what he was doing, given her reaction from earlier she would probably have the same one if he told her.

"Ok. Do you think you can hold off until I'm better?"

"I think I can," he replied with a loving smile.

"You better," she says with a chuckle.

"And if not I could always go for a little drive," he whispered teasingly as he slowly trailed his claws up her arm, "For some alone time."

She looks at him suspiciously, "Oh? And what will you do on this "drive"?"

"That's for me to know," he replied as he held her, his tail draping over her waist. He sent a wave of love through their bond once again as he placed a careful kiss on her lips, "Maybe when you're better I could show you," he then added.

"You masturbated, didn't you?"

"What do you think?" He asked seductively.

"I know you did, you still got traces of your discharge on your claws."

Steeljaw stiffened as he looked at his servos, sure enough, he still had traces left on his claws. He should have cleaned himself off before coming back. He hoped Arcee didn't see it. Strongarm starts giggling at his reaction.

"Sorry."

"Better than you going off and having sex with another femme."

"Strongarm, I would never go off to mate with another femme. I love you too much."

She smiles at him, "I know," she pulls him into a hug.

Steeljaw returned the hug, "I should clean myself off, I'll be right back," he whispered as he got up to leave.

"Alright. Can you bring me back an Energon cube?"

"Of course," he says as he leaves. After cleaning himself he made his way back to Strongarm's quarters with an Energon cube in hand.

He walks over to her with the cube and she tries to sit up, "Hold on, I'm not sure if you should be moving quite yet," he told her as he rushed to her side.

"Well, I can't really lay down and drink."

"Try this way," he gently pulled her upper body on his lap, "Better?"

"Yeah," she felt his tail wrap firmly around her waist. She takes the Energon cube and starts drinking it. Steeljaw sat in silence as he watched her with a smile. She then leaned over to look for something.

"What are you looking for?"

She saw the box with the painkillers and tried to get it, she quickly pulled back when she felt a sharp pain going across her stomach to her side, she leaned back and grabbed at the area, "Ah, that was a bad idea."

Reaching over for the painkillers Steeljaw kept his optics on her, "If you need something just tell me. Are you alright?" He scolded gently as he handed her the box.

"I will be," she says through clenched dentures before taking a couple of the painkillers and drinking some more of the Energon, "Sorry, I just like doing stuff myself, never really saw myself as the type to rely on another to do stuff for me or take care of me."

"As did I, but if you need anything just let me know."

"I will. So what were you thinking about while you were masturbating?"

Steeljaw nearly choked on the Energon as he took a sip, "I was thinking of you. Are you sure you want to talk about this?" He asked feeling his face heating up.

"Of me? Yes, I'm sure unless you got something to hide."

"No, I have nothing to hide, it's just I didn't think you would want to talk about it since you looked embarrassed when Wheeljack was talking about it earlier."

"I was just asking what you were thinking about," she says throwing her servos up and giving an innocent look.

"I was thinking of making love to you."

She starts blushing, "You were?"

"Yes," he replied with his own blush.

"That must be what caused you to send out a lot of love and passion through the bond while you were gone. I was wondering what you were doing when I felt it."

"Yeah, I'm sure it would have been the same for me if you were masturbating."

Strongarm was just taking a sip of the Energon and she spits it back out and started coughing and choking when she heard him say that.

"You ok?" He asked with a chuckle. She nods as she puts a thumb up, "So, what would you be thinking of?" He then asked.

"Wow that came out of nowhere," she says as she tries to clear her throat.

"So did your question," he countered with a smile.

"Touché."

"What would you be thinking about?" He gently asked.

"Most likely you."

"What would I be doing to you?"

"I'd say I would think about how you put your fingers in my port than probably imagine your tongue going in slowly eating it out and then your spike going in," she says in a seductive tone. Steeljaw shuddered at her tone, he was getting turned on again, "Are you trying to get me turned on?" Strongarm asks as she narrows her optics.

"Not intentionally," he replied.

"Well, it's working." Damn! She replies starting to squirm a bit.

"Sorry. Do you want me to leave?" He asked when he saw her squirming.

"No, I'll be good."

"Maybe we should talk about something else," he tried to think of something for them to talk about.

"Like what?"

"I'm not sure. What do you do in your spare time?"

"Usually I am training and improving my fighting skills."

"Is there anything else? I know that you were in the Academy."

"Going over the rules and regulations, keeping up with the laws, that kind of stuff."

"I see," he replied as he nuzzled her helm.

"What about you?"

"I never did much other than gathering Decepticons for an army or running out for supplies for the Alchemore."

"I can't help but wonder if things would be different if your heat cycle came sooner."

"How so?"

"I mean if your heat cycle came before we got together, you would most likely have mated with a different femme, probably one of the femmes you used to flirt with. If your heat cycle came while you were flirting and messing around with them you would have taken one of them as your mate, or even if it was here on earth you probably would have taken either Metalsound or even Glowstrike and we would have never gotten together or mated. You would be with another femme."

"I would never have taken Glowstrike as my mate, nor Metalsound. Metalsound's more like a sister to me. But you're right, if my heat cycle came before we were together I would have done it with whoever was available. But I didn't, in the past, I never had a heat cycle," he explained as he tried to figure out why he never did have a heat cycle while growing up.

"Even if you didn't love that femme?"

"I think the pain during the heat cycle would be unbearable to withstand. I mean right now I just want to take you but I don't want to and will not hurt you while in your current condition."

"Then I guess I better brace myself for when we do have sex when I'm better," she says with a giggle.

"Yes you should," he kissed her with passion and she kissed him back. She felt his servo slide down her body to her port. She pulls back breaking the kiss, "Steeljaw, don't," as much as she wants him to touch her like this she knows they shouldn't in her condition.

Opening his optics he drew his servo back, "I'm sorry," he shuddered as he moved away from her, gently placing her back on the berth.

"It's alright Steeljaw."

"I don't think it is a good idea for me to be around you right now," he says as he tries to control himself.

"Why? What's wrong?"

"I think my heat cycle is starting a lot sooner than I thought."

"Oh. Well, that doesn't mean you have to stay away from me," she grabs his servo and pulls him down into a hug, "You'll get through this, we'll get through it together."

Steeljaw looked at his mate in awe, "Thank you Strongarm, if I try to do something that you don't want me to and I don't stop, feel free to punch me."

"Oh better be sure I will."

"I hope you're not trying to seduce her Steeljaw," they both look and see Fixit standing there.

"No. How long have you been standing there?" He asked the Mini-Con.

"Not long. Don't forget Steeljaw, no sex until she's recovered."

"I know," he growled softly. It was going to be hard to keep his mind off it if the Mini-Con keep reminding him.

"Fixit, let's not mention that," Strongarm suggested.

"I was just reminding him," the small bot replied until he noticed something, "Unless there's something I need to know. When was your last heat cycle Steeljaw?"

Steeljaw growls a bit, "I'm just now having my first one, just started today."

"Oh. Just be careful when you're around Strongarm please."

"Why should he have to be careful around Strongarm?" Magnus asks as he and Bumblebee walk into the room, they had just gotten back from a patrol.

"Steeljaw's in his first seat-meat-heat cycle," Fixit replied simply.

Magnus and Bumblebee both had a look of shock and concern on their faces, "Oh no."

Steeljaw growled from embarrassment, "Steeljaw, outside," Magnus says in a firm tone as he walks out with Bumblebee behind him.