Title: Upside Down
Rating: K+
Continuity: G1-ish
Characters: Skyfire, Starscream
Disclaimer: Still don't own.
Prompt: 1. Awkward romance
Notes: Also inspired by this bunny: 16. The Decepticon symbols on the Seekers' wings are inverted. On Earth, when something is inverted, it occasionally means the opposite of what it usually would.
March 2, 2013
They met in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by trees and grass and rocks and dirt. The nearest human settlement was miles away. The only life forms in the area were the two Cybertronians and a multitude of non-sentient organics.
Skyfire landed first, huge pedes churning up grass and dirt. He stood, silent, watching the sky, after he had set down.
Starscream arrived a few breems after the shuttle. He set down more delicately, smaller pedes settling to the ground lightly
"Starscream," Skyfire greeted, turning to face the Seeker. "Why did you call me here?"
The flier shifted nervously. "I... I don't know. It's been so long, but..."
Skyfire shook his helm, spark twisting uncomfortably in its chamber. "Starscream, I was willing to give you the benefit of doubt and come here, but please tell me what you wanted to say. I don't want to waste my time."
The Seeker shifted again. "I... Frag, this is hard. I still... care... Skyfire."
The shuttle raised an optical ridge. "Why did you shoot me?"
Starscream huffed and sat down, curling his legs underneath him. Skyfire remained standing. "To protect you, you big aft. You wouldn't... You'd never survive as a Decepticon."
It was Skyfire's turn to shift awkwardly. "You still shot me."
"Primus! They say I hold grudges!"
A deep laugh filled the clearing. "Starscream..." Skyfire rumbled, sitting next to the Seeker.
Starscream smiled. "Yeah. Um. I've been thinking, and... well... I'd like to... continue... what we had before the war. I... When you crashed, I... I kinda lost it. That's why I joined up with the 'Cons. Megatron... he was strong. He reminded me of you, in a sort of twisted way, way back then. Before he went insane..."
Skyfire raised an optical ridge. "Megatron reminded you of me? I think I'm offended."
"No, no! That was way back when the war was just starting... He was more sane then, more... We started fighting for equality. For rights. It's changed. You... finding you helped me see that."
"Well... You're welcome?"
Starscream chuckled, then trailed off with a heavy vent. "You know... I never stopped loving you."
Skyfire reached out and settled his large hand on the Seeker's shoulder. Starscream leaned into the touch, tucking himself neatly under Skyfire's wing.
"I didn't either. Even when you shot me."
Starscream grinned up at his long-lost, and now found, love. "Well, then. This will be fun."
"And incredibly awkward. I am, after all, an Autobot. You are a Decepticon."
Starscream vented yet again, closing his optics and pressing into Skyfire's touch. Then he reched up and traced the purple decals on his wings. "There... It's not as... awkward as you think. You... what does it mean, when something it placed upside down?"
Skyfire glanced at the tricolor Seeker. "That it's upside down?"
The Decepticon snorted. "No, stupid. It's a very old... belief? I don't know what to call it. But when something is placed upside down, it usually means the opposite."
The Autobot glanced down at the Seeker, then at the decals. The upside down decals.
"You mean..."
Starscream just smirked.