(A/N: love talk)
Chase and Chief Burns were on patrol on February tenth.
"Chief Burns, I have a question," Chase said.
"Fire away," Chief said.
"I want to give Chroma roses on Valentine's Day, can you get them?"
"I'll think about it."
"Thank you."
"How many do you want?"
"144."
"That is way too many. How about 12?"
"12 dozen?"
"No. How are you going to give them to her?"
"Well, on the date and in private."
"The date? Where are you going?"
"One of the closed forest parks."
"Like Blossom Vale?"
"Yes. And another bouquet before intimacy."
"Too much information, Chase!"
"I know! It just came out!"
"You're going to use protection, right?"
"Protection? What do you mean?"
Chief hit the brakes a little too early at the stoplight. Luckily, they were the only ones on the road.
"You know, contraceptives, birth control, condoms," Chief said, "so there's no unplanned babies."
"You mean interface one?" Chief asked.
"Which is?"
"Spark bonding. Very few sparklings are conceived that way."
"What's a spark bond?"
"Well, our sparks contain our spirits and memories. When two bots bond, they open their spark chambers, one lies down, the other gets on top, and puts their spark into their mate's spark chamber. Both sparks temporarily fuse together and they share each other's memories. "It's literally 'two hearts beat as one'. Interface two is less pleasant. It's like humans interfacing."
"Interfacing means sex, right?"
Chase almost gagged. "Yes, and I dislike the 's' word."
"Sorry. How can you guys conceive from a spark bond?"
"Bonding too long or something going wrong ending the bond. Do you have anymore questions?"
"No. How about I get those flowers?" Chief pulled Chase to the curbside.
The flower shop had a really good deal on roses.
xxx
Heatwave walked into First Aid's room and saw said mech packing a bag.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Optimus asked if I could do some medical work while my dad works on decoding synthetic energon. They got most of it already," First Aid said.
"Are you sure you want to go? Your dad wasn't too happy when you came out, and he kind of doesn't like the idea of us being together."
"We're on a break," First Aid closed the bag. "I'll be back in a week, anyways."
Heatwave turned First Aid to face him and pulled him close. "I-I know we're on a break... but can I have a good-bye kiss?"
First Aid moved his hands to Heatwave's latches. "How about several?"
Heatwave's face turned a bright blue as First Aid undid his latches. "Remember, this isn't a hook up!"
xxx
Chroma was helping Cody make paper flowers for the hospital's Valentine's Day party.
"I don't understand why the hospital's throwing a party," she said.
"The lady said it was to try something new," Cody said.
"Speaking of hospitals, I heard that Hayley was in a car accident last night," K-9 said.
"So that's where Kade went," Chroma said.
"I hope she's okay," Cody added.
First Aid walked into the bunker and put down his bag.
"Are you leaving now?" Cody asked.
"No not yet," First Aid walked back to the Sigma.
"I wonder what he's up to."
"You don't need hormones for this one, dude," K-9 said.
"He and Heatwave are gonna- Didn't they break up?"
"They're on a break," Chroma said. "They aren't broken up, just taking a break. That, and I doubt they'll be... you know, for a while."
xxx
Heatwave was in his room, curled up on his bed.
"Want some more good bye kisses?" First Aid said as he lied down next to him.
Heatwave put his arm around First Aid's shoulders. "Ever heard of 'love bites'?"
"No. What are they?"
"Next level kisses, which I'm an expert on," Heatwave moved his hands to First Aid's chest latches.
First Aid put his arms around Heatwave's neck. "Do they hurt?"
Heatwave removed First Aid's chest plate. "Only if you have a sensitive protoform."
xxx
First Aid woke up after his recharge and discovered the side effects of love bites. Mouth shaped bruises.
Heatwave woke up when First Aid yelped. "Something wrong?"
"The love bites left marks!"
"That's what they do. And why I left them on your chest. Uh, oh! I put one on your jaw!"
"What?!" First Aid ran to the mirror in Heatwave's bathroom. "I bet I can hide it with my mask."
xxx
Chase put the small bouquets in the energon cooler, making sure they were hidden.
xxx
Grahams body was shaking a lot.
Lindsy said she was going to show him more of her, and he was very nervous.
"Graham, you ready?" she asked.
"I think," he said.
Lindsy walked out of her bathroom in a tank top and shorts.
Graham's jaw dropped.
Lindsy was wearing human clothes, but she had her natural Pretender skin.
"What the heck?!" Graham exclaimed.
"Interesting, right?" Lindsy turned around, light reflecting off her silver-grey, muscle-like flesh. "Pretenders can change their skin from metallic to organic," she did that. "We're teschno-organic."
"Like Trex?" Graham asked when he calmed down.
"And K-9 and Jackie. Well, maybe not her. You know those 'humans' on Broadside? They're Pretenders, too."
"I heard the Autobots have built in weapons. Do you have any?"
Lindsy transformed her left arm into a blaster and her right into a secondary weapon that looked like Arcee's.
"It's a lot to take in," Lindsy said as her tail flicked.
"You have a tail?!"
"It's prehensile," she picked up her cell phone with her tail.
xxx
First Aid walked into the bunker and saw his father holding his bag.
"What is taking you?" Ratchet asked.
"Uh- I w-was saying good bye to Heatwave," First Aid said.
"According to that hickey, I'd say it was more than that," Ratchet crossed his arms.
"'Hickey'? What's that?"
"Your jaw."
First Aid's eyes widened. He forgot his mask.
"Copper will fix it up," Ratchet said.
"Can I-"
"No, let's go," Ratchet called for a groundbridge.
First Aid sighed. "Yes, sir."
xxx
February 11.
Chroma picked up an outfit from a box she had.
The outfit was for a femme of her size. It had warm colors: reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, and even some purple stitching. It consisted of a red, as humans would say, bikini, a loose, transparent set of orange shirt and pants, a yellow, transparent mask, like the kind you would see in a retelling of an Arabian Knights tale, and a semi-transparent set of crop top and loin cloth, which was pink, and to be put between the bikini and shirt and pants.
It was a conjunx ceremony gift, given to her mother. Her mother never wore it.
"I hope Chase likes it," Chroma put it away.
xxx
Chase couldn't believe it. He tried to make Cody cereal, but when he poured in the milk over the cereal, it caught fire.
"I think I'll just have Pop Tarts," Cody said as Boulder put out the flames.
"This food item was defective!" Chase said.
Everyone rolled their eyes.
"No!" someone screamed.
"That sounds like Heatwave!" Blades said.
"Cody, go upstairs," Boulder said.
"And be ready to contact Razor!" Chase added before the bots ran to the Sigma.
When they got to Heatwave's room, Heatwave was half-armored, sweating, breathing hard, and crying. His bed was a mess, sheets, and pillows all around.
Chroma was trying to calm him down.
"What happened?" Chase asked.
"I don't know. I was in my room when I heard him screaming about someone to stop hurting him, and when I ran in, I found him curled up in a ball," Chroma said.
Chase walked over and put a hand on Heatwave's shoulder. "Are you-"
Heatwave punched Chase in the throat.
Chase collapsed to his hands and knees, holding his throat.
"Oh, Primus!" Chroma looked Chase in the optics. "Are you okay?"
"Sedate him!" Chase choked.
Blades got the sedatives and injected them with Boulder's helped while Chroma commed Razor.
Boulder wrapped Heatwave in a fresh, clean blanket before picking him up. "We're going to see Razor, okay?"
Heatwave nodded before he passed out.
xxx
Heatwave woke up in a medbay. All his armor was gone and he had patient clothes on. As he became more aware of his surrounding, he realized he was in Razor's medbay. He noticed he was also tied to the bed he was on.
"Well, somebot's up!" a female country accent said.
Heatwave turned his head and saw a green femme with a leg cast and crutches in his doorway.
"Wh-who are you?" he asked.
"Emerald. And I know you're Heatwave. I should be joining you and your team once my legs all better."
"Can you loosen the restraints? I'm a bit uncomfortable."
"Razor said not to. We heard you punched a teammate during a panic attack. What in the pit happened?"
"I-I was raped, I think."
xxx
"Heatwave is suffering a rare form of PTSD," Razor explained. "You know how after a spark bond, you can feel your partner's spark for a little while, or sometimes see them? Something similar is happening to Heatwave, but later than most cases start."
"So, you mean he's seeing..." Blades trailed off.
"Yes. It's extremely hard to live with, even when the visions stop. Did you bring his journal?"
"Journal?" Chroma asked. "I don't think he has a journal."
"I thought I saw him writing a few weeks ago," Boulder said. "I thought he was taking note for Optimus."
"Well, someone get his journal!" Razor said. "It may have important information in it about his attacks!"
xxx
"What does a Cybertronian journal look like, K-9?" Cody asked.
"Like a data pad," the Maximal said.
"Well, that helps a lot!" Dani sarcastically as she waved her hand to the vast amount of data pads in Heatwave's room.
"I think Jackie should help us," Graham said. "She's always reading the bots' stuff."
"Yeah, she's like a ninja cat," K-9 said. "She might have it right now."
"I'll call and check with her," Chief said.
xxx
February 12.
Heatwave took one of the pills Razor prescribed him to help him sleep at one a.m.
Can't believe I'm taking it this late at night! he thought to himself as he laid down on his bed.
He slowly fell asleep.
xxx
"I hope the medicine Razor gave Heatwave works," Blades said as he cleaned out the energon processer.
"Yeah, it's a bit hard to control him when he's having a panic attack," Boulder added as he studied Graham's science book.
Chase nodded in agreement. Razor medically paralyzed his voice box while it recovered.
"Man, there is a LOT of snow outside!" Chroma exclaimed as she wrapped a blanked around herself.
Chase wrapped his arms around her middle and nuzzled her neck.
"Ally and I had to stop a firecracker snowball fight. Don't ask," Chroma said.
"That's just a recipe for disaster," Blades said.
"It almost was. It's gonna be on the news tonight."
"I'm going to check on Heatwave," Blades put the energon processor back together before he left.
Blades slowly opened the door to Heatwave's room and saw the red mech lying on his belly, snoring. Blades quickly did a vital scan to make sure Heatwave was okay. He was.
Blades walked up to Heatwave to tuck him in and saw that he was sucking his thumb.
Aw! Blades thought as he tucked him in.
xxx
"Chase, it was very polite of you to walk me to my room," Chroma said. "Would my Cyberknight in shining armor like a kiss?"
Chase pulled her close and nuzzled her neck. One of his hands went over one of her latches.
"Oh! You want to warm me up?"
Chase nodded.
Chroma pulled him onto her bed so he would be on top.
They began to make out and remove armor.
A few minutes in, Chase gasped.
Chroma was cold... down there.
Chase put his armor back on and left.
xxx
Cody knocked on the door of Lindsy and Jackie's house.
"Hey, Cody," Lindsy opened the door.
"Hi, is Jackie here?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, she just wants to be alone right now because of the weather."
"Oh. I was just wondering because I haven't seen her in a while."
"Well, she's fine. She just hates the cold."
"She'll get used to it."
xxx
February 14.
"We're watching cheesy rom-coms?" Jackie asked Heatwave.
"Well, you can't stay at your place all winter and its Valentine's Day," Heatwave said. "That and we have nothing better to do."
"Fine," Jackie pulled out her Gameboy.
"First up, Twilight!" Blades held up the DVD.
Jackie agsabered the disk in half.
"Or we could watch Tangled?" Blades asked.
xxx
"Chase do you think Boulder planned on doing more than a date with Emerald?" Chroma asked as they walked through Blossom Vale.
"I am unsure. Flowers?" Chase handed her the bouquet.
"Aw!" Chroma kissed him. "You're so sweet!"
They continued their walk and came across a small lake.
"Would you like to ice skate with me?" Chase asked.
"The ice doesn't look too thick... but I like a good risk."
The two began to skate, holding onto one another.
"I love you," Chase said as he pulled her close so they would be chest to chest.
"I know," Chroma pulled him into a kiss.
Chase was feeling a bit odd in his chest when they heard a big crack.
"Oh, no!" Chroma began to run to the shore when the ice gave in and they fell into the lake. She swam as quickly to some ice and got a good grip on it. "Chase! Are you okay?" she asked.
No answer.
She tried again with her comm.
Same result.
She turned around and saw big bubbles and some energon.
xxx
Blades and Heatwave pulled Chase out of the water.
Razor started the water pump when they put him on the stretcher.
"Let's get him to my medbay!" she said.
"Come on, Chroma. Let's get you back to the firehouse and warmed up," Ally said.
"O-okay. I-I hope Ch-Chase makes it," Chroma said.
xxx
"Heatwave, this is NOT funny!" Chroma shouted as the mech carried her tied and blindfolded.
"Okay, I'm putting you down, now," Heatwave put her in a chair and untied her. "Keep the blindfold on."
"Jerk!"
Two minutes passed before she heard Chase's voice.
She took off the blindfold. "Chase! What happened?" she ran to his bedside.
"My spark chamber opened just before the ice broke," he held her hand, "I'm fine now."
They kissed and their lips got stuck.