Pairing: TFA Megatron/Blitzwing

Rating: General

Details/Themes: Triple-changer support/appreciation, mutual admiration, non-slash

Requested by GunMetal2017

In a way, Blitzwing was almost like a son to him, a very unpredictable son who could well murder someone in their sleep but a son nonetheless. Megatron found that they were very similar to one another in certain ways but one fact remained that Blitzwing was more than able to overthrow him if he truly wanted to. A trait no other Decepticon seemed to possess thus far ironically. It raised questions sure but there was a slight fault on Megatron's part for those suspicions to rise to the level they were currently at.

He had mentored Blitzwing, finding the triple-changer so unique and an invaluable member to his cause that he could be his successor if anything were to happen to him. He taught him gladiatorial techniques during resting periods between battles, fought him on more than one occasion to test reflexes, and even helped fix any flaws in his own techniques to better prefect Blitzwing's style. There always was a proud moment between them when a lesson was completed. He praised the harmony of the personas during training while the triple-changer admired him for being a true leader to him. Both of them, of course, never showed their appreciation in public but Blitzwing knew what he saw in him, a mutual understanding that also had the smaller mech looking up to him in return.

Blitzwing was by no means a freak in his optics. The bot had a few screws loose definitely but that was the price for a rare power. Megatron admitted he loved his dependent's courage to have gone through with such a risky procedure that could have left him in a coma or even damaged his transformation cog beyond repair. Even Megatron himself was a bit fearful of such changes but he had to credit Blitzwing with making the impossible become reality.

The three personas that dominated his brave soldier were interesting to say the least. The icy, blue-faced one was charming, completely dignified and the brains of all three while quite the professional conversationalist if Megatron did say so. Hothead was the brash and brawn of Blitzwing, making the mech very deadly with anger issues that not even the mighty Decepticon Leader would verse. Then there was the most random one and also the most flirtatious at times whose brass scared…everybody. Each one was a highly anticipated force in their own right which Megatron respected.

The only downside was the occasional dip in his mental state which caused rash actions and often insubordination that no one other than Blitzwing was allowed to carry out. Megatron put up with it mostly because there wasn't any way to control those outbursts. He did find it endearing every once in a while though.

Megatron watched as the anger of the triple-changer got the better of the mech as the face of undefeated rage appeared. A lofty punch to Lugnut's jaw made the bomber go flying and not in the usual way. Growling, Blitzwing used every bit of muscle in him to lift the larger bot above him roaring up a storm before hurling the brute into the cavern walls causing a small cave-in. The triple-changer sneered with his missing denta plate while Megatron winced slightly from seeing the raw power of the hotheaded persona. It was scary indeed how truly dominant he was now, just like his mentor.

Every moment among Blitzwing made Megatron realize that their relationship was no longer just master and subordinate, they were family. They needed each other, and Megatron needed him because he never had anyone to fully trust before. He never had any children of his own, no one to help him throughout his life since his creation but something about Blitzwing right before his transformation into a triple-changer altered that. It was like looking into a mirror, a broken mirror of the past but this time he could make things right and gave Blitzwing what he could not have. Also just like him, Blitzwing was an orphan so the parallels between them were not coincidental at this point.

They were a family as dysfunctional and damaged as one could be. In the end, Megatron was proud of his counterpart. At least they had each other through all the pain and corruption that came with it.

AN: Very short but very powerful. I feel like Blitzwing should've had a mentor (not Lugnut!) to help him control his personalities and work with him to unite them, a therapist almost. It would've made his situation a bit more understandable and encouraging but considering it is a cartoon show, there's nothing we can do so...