"Who's a strong little warrior? That's right, you are, you are." Starscream coos to the smiling sparkling in his arms. The little robot giggles as the seeker gently bounces it, arms reached out gleefully in response.

Chuckling out loud, Starscream's surprisingly friendly grin widens. Without any warning he sticks out his tongue and crosses his red eyes. New bouts of giggles erupt from the tiny sparkling and Starscream quickly makes another face. This time puffing out his cheeks and making his eyes look as wide as possible. Even more laughter and the Decepticon deflates his cheeks to give the impression he has a massive under-bite while narrowing his eyes upwards.

With each shrill giggle of delight, a new face would be made. Some ranging from ones he had already done while others got surprisingly creative. One of which even involved wiggling his wings. The whole time Starscream never lost that kind expression on his face nor, silly faces aside, his smile. At some point he had even gone from simply bouncing the little bot to what looked like dancing. Spinning in circles and skipping from one pede to the other as he continues his game of making the sparkling laugh.

All of that changes as soon as the sound of a throat being cleared comes from behind him. In an instant the magenta colored Deception freezes in his spot. The color in his faceplate quickly drains, almost giving it the appearance of having gone offline. That changes in seconds as the color quickly returns; more intense than ever and with a vengeance. Just as fast as he froze, Starscream jerks his head behind him, shocked, embarrassed yet angry to see a very familiar one opticed Decepticon staring at him.

"Shockwave! What's the meaning of sneaking up on me? You're meant to be spying on the Autobots, not your own kind!" He nearly shouts in his shrill voice, only stopping himself short at the reminder of the bundle in his arms.

"I was not sneaking up on you. I was merely making my way towards the bridge when I came across you, blocking the way and playing with the sparkling." The Decepticon spy responds calmly, no expression whatsoever showing on his so-called face. Grinding his denta together, Starscream tries to ignore the growth in temperature as he quickly storms past the taller bot.

"I have no idea what you are talking about! I am far too busy and important to do something as trivial as play with a mere sparkling. In fact," Starscream gently shoves the now confused sparkling towards Shockwave, who instantly takes hold of it as the seeker hurrily rushes away. "You take him. I have other duties to attend to anyways."

"Starscream-" Shockwave sighs as the Con disappears around the corner and looks down at the new addition in his arms. For a split few seconds, all is quiet as the sparkling looks back up at him. Then, with a blink, it begins to cry.

Groaning exasperatedly, Shockwave looks back up to where Starscream had disappeared to before in the direction he himself had been going to. If he brought the sparkling with him Megatron wouldn't be very happy about that. He'd need to pass it off to someone else first. Preferably before its screaming and crying gave him a massive processorach.


:P More or less written for a friend after an idea she had involving the TFA Decepticons taking care of a sparkling