Warning: cute things ahead, read at the risk of your teeth falling out at the sweetness O_o
Features: Ravage being responsible, Frenzy being a cutie, and SoundwaveXStarscream.
Enjoy!
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Ravage purred softly as he nuzzled deeper into the velvet cushion he'd claimed as his berth. His long, black tail drifted over his muzzle gently, twitching whenever a sudden movement made itself apparent in his dream world.
When he heard something out of place.
His triangular optics creaked open and rolled around the room. It was dark but that was nothing to the feline Decepticon. He could see their master was not in his berth, most likely working late for Megatron or talking with Starscream, as he liked to do.
There it was again.
It was a tiny, pitiful whimper. A sob almost. Ravage pricked his ears in the direction of the sound; the twins' bunk bed. Ravage paused for a moment, listening.
"Daddy..." Ravage carefully crawled off his berth, not wanting to wake Ratbat who always slept hanging up side down above him. He crouched beside the bunk bed for a nanosecond, trying to determine which twin was making the sound. Another sob, "Daddy...? Rumble...?" That answered that.
Frenzy slept on the bottom bunk, making it easier for Ravage to reach him. The giant panther rested his chin on the side of Frenzy's berth, nuzzling a limp hand with his wet nose. Frenzy squeaked in surprise, looking down at where the ruby red optics glowed at him.
::What's wrong Frenzy?:: The bond between cassettes was useful when you wanted to be stealthy.
"I... had a bad dream..." Frenzy admitted sheepishly. He hugged his knees to his chest in embarrassment.
::... Is it... the same one as the last few nights?:: Frenzy's optics widened in surprise. Ravage knew?
He nodded shyly. "Uh huh... we're all running down the hall way... Rumble is holding my hand... Daddy keeps telling us to keep running... the Daddy disappears... then so does Ratbat and then Laserbeak, then Buzzsaw... and then the floor cracks open... and you and Rumble fall through... but I keep on running and... and..." The black and red cassette suddenly broke down, whimpering into his sheets.
Ravage froze for a minute, pondering whether he should go find Soundwave or wake Rumble. He decided against both, not wanting to leave Frenzy on his own in this state, and a Rumble being woken up by anyone other than Soundwave is a very unpleasant Rumble.
Instead, the panther climbed onto the berth and clambered around behind Frenzy's back, resting on his black pillow. He leaned over to lick away Frenzy's tears, making the youngest cassette look back at him.
::Don't worry... I won't let any nasty dreams upset you anymore...!:: He purred through their link. Frenzy stared at the feline for a moment, then grinned wide at him thankfully. He gently leaned back, using the panther for a pillow and even went so far as to nuzzle into the side of Ravage's head and quickly went to sleep.
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When Soundwave next came into his room, Starscream following close behind intending to say good night to the telepath and all his cassettes, they were both met by a cavity inducing sight; Frenzy and Ravage all curled up and cuddling each other, Ravage half consciously licking the smaller cassette once or twice.
"Aww, that's adorable!" Starscream whispered, nudging Soundwave. The communications officer nodded.
"Do you wish to follow their lead?"