(Please see all previous disclaimers)

A few days later and in a specific berthroom, Lancex softly groaned as he woke from recharge. It took a minute before he was online enough to recognize where he was. After a sigh and being unable to move much, Lancex realized he was pinned down, with Grimlock curled against him on his left and Optimus snuggled close on the other side, holding onto Lancex like an earth child held a teddy bear. And while part of him enjoyed this, another part of him wondered why he so often found them like this. It didn't make much sense to him, but didn't argue as it did feel good to wake up to this.

And while he was trying to figure a way out of this, Ratchet burst into the air, smirking as he observed what exactly was going on. Lancex at least had the decency to blush at that. Ratchet smiled then and carefully explained to Lancex that it seemed that Optimus and Grimlock both seemed to have at least a crush on Lancex, if not something more. Lancex was stunned to hear that. First off, he had never really been looking for mates, and secondly, he couldn't believe that these two extremely powerful and respected bots wanted him, a relative nobody or so he thought of himself. Lancex mentioned to Ratchet that these two could probably do so much better than him.

Ratchet shook his head and explained to Lancex about how much better Optimus was about things now that Lancex was around and how Grimlock even showed moments of not being a mindless stomping dinobit around the bot. Lancex wasn't sure he believed the medic, but Ratchet reassured Lancex that what Ratchet had explained was everything Ratchet had observed with his own optics. Ratchet then stated that all the bots should tell each other the truth about their feelings before they go any further and at that time, Ratchet decided to leave.

Lancex watched as the medic left, and then finally made his way out the the embrace he had been trapped in. He carefully maneuvered his frame, grabbed his precious sword and headed out. He had lots to think about and this did and didn't help. He wasn't sure he was ready for all of this either, and so, wanting to escape this for now, he headed out of the base. He just needed to be somewhere else for the time being to process what had been revealed to him.