Title: Smile

Rating: K

Continuity: Movie'verse

Characters: Elita-One, Optimus Prime

Disclaimer: Don't own.

Prompt: 3. "Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars." Violet Parra

Elita-One smiled softly at her bondmate, delicate hand resting against his cheekplate. "You'll be back, Love. And I'll be here. Don't worry about me. Just find the AllSpark."

Optimus smiled back, one hand barely touching the one she held on his cheekplate, the other resting easily around her waist. "Of course, my Elita. I will miss you, though."

Her smile turned slightly sad. "I know. I will miss you. But do not despair, Optimus. Smile. Live, for there is much worth living for."

He smiled mischievously, moving the hand not on her waist and tapping her gently on the nasal ridge. "Now, Elita, it is I who has the Matrix and all its infinite wisdom, not you. Yet you speak these words of wisdom."

She rolled her optics. "Right. But I am bonded to the spark that is bonded to the Matrix, and some stuff leaks through."

There was a moment of comfortable silence, where they simply stared into each other's optics and reached across their sparkbond. Then, they nodded to each other and pulled away. Optimus Prime walked to the launching platform, where he and many others would be launched into space so they could track the AllSpark, and Elita-One back to base, where she would remain until the Cube and her Prime came back to Cybertron.