(Human AU.)

he'd only agreed because his husband had asked him. their time off base was supposed to be alone time. no one one base knew they were married, except the higher ups. they never usually brought other soldiers back to the house, but here they were, with a rookie named Sam Witwicky in the back seat of their 2007 GMC Topkick, on their way to the Lennox farm.

"wow, you guys live really far out." Sam says.

"yeah, I grew up on this farm." Will smiles.

"how did you and Ironhide meet?" Sam asks curiously. Ironhide, a nickname that had stuck when he'd gotten shot several years ago in training by a stray bullet. he'd never even noticed.

"oh we go way back. we met in highschool." Will smiles.

"we're not that old Will." Ironhide grumbles. "we're only in our thirties." he adds.

"I know." Will chuckles. Will was playing with the hem of his shirt, used to being able to just hold his husbands hand, but not wanting to give away their secret.

"you should warn him." Ironhide says. Will looks over. "Prowl and Lucky." Ironhide adds. Will perks up. Sam, of course, had heard the names. Will loved to gush about his dogs, though no one was sure what kind of dogs they were, but the way Will talked about them, they were assumed to be purse dogs.

"Prowl and Lucky won't hurt you, but they are rescues. they might jump on you though, you're not scared of dogs are you?" Will ask.

"nah, I've got 2 of my own." Sam smiles.

"good." Will nods.

"who takes care of them when you guys are on base?" Sam ask.

"we've got a dog watcher." Ironhide says. Sam nods a little.

"you sure you guys are cool with this? I could've stayed at the base, my usual ride didn't get off this weekend." Sam frowns. Ironhide and Will share a look.

"well, just one thing kid." Ironhide said. Sam looks confused.

"yeah?" he asks.

"whatever happens off base, stays off base got it? whatever happens in our house, does not leave our house." Will says.

"well thats... scary. are you guys murderers or something?" Sam asks nervously. Will snorts.

"no, just promise you won't say anything to anyone about anything you see, got it?" Will ask

"I promise." Sam says. Will nods once and turns back to the front. Ironhide reaches over gently, taking Wills hand hesitantly, hiding them behind the console so Sam couldn't see it. Will smiles a little, looking out the window as they finally pull up to the house. immediately two of the biggest dogs Sam had ever seen came running out of the house. a huge tan and black dog and beautiful huge white dog. "what the fuck are those?" Sam ask shocked. Will gives him an odd look.

"Prowl and Lucky." Will said.

"they're huge! fucking horses! the way you talk about them I thought they were like... little! like tiny dogs!" Sam said, shocked. Will chuckles a little, swinging open the passenger door.

"they're not horses. Lucky is the white one, he's a Great Pyrenees, Prowl is the tan one, he's an Anatolian Shepherd. they're just big dogs." Will chuckles.

"get him settled, I'll put the truck up." Ironhide murmurs. Will nods and jumps out of the truck.

"hey guys!" Will grins, letting the dogs jump all over him. he laughs and pushes them away. "down boys! down!" Will laughs. immediately the two dogs sit. "okay now be good, go a head and get out Sam, slowly." Will says. Sam grabs his bag and slowly gets out of the truck. Prowl growls immediately. "Prowler, stop that." Will warns. the dog whines, watching the man.

"you sure they're friendly?" Sam asks, hesitantly. Will nods.

"absolutely kid." Will says as Ironhide pulls the truck into the garage. "come on boys, thats just Sam." Will chuckles, heading into the house. the dogs immediately follow him with Sam following behind. Will lets him in. "feel free to look around, you can sleep upstairs in the spare room, or on the couch, your choice." Will says, heading upstairs to change into his civies.

"I thought you guys.... only had two rooms." Sam frowns after him, but Wills up the stairs and gone before he can finish the sentence. Lucky sits, stubby tail wagging as he watches Sam. the man is hesitant, but walks around the living room, curiously. there's pictures of Will, Ironhide, and the dogs everywhere, but its not until Sam gets to the stairs that he sees it, and suddenly understands. its a marriage license with Willam Lennox and some name he'd never heard of, but assumes its Ironhides real name since there's a picture of them at the wedding beside it. everything makes since now. whatever he sees, stays in the house. he thought the two had just been roommates, but can't believe he was that stupid. he hears a creak behind him and turns. Ironhide's staring him down silently. the man was intimidating, seriously intimidating. how could he not be? the man had been military since the day he was born. he was built and covered in tattoos.

"what are you looking at punk?" Ironhide snaps.

"nothing!" Sam yelps, running up the stairs with his bags. Ironhide huffs out his nose, but heads up the stairs to change into some more casual clothing. he almost bumps into Will, who smiles at him immediately and walks around him to go get a snack from the kitchen. his ring is already on his hand again and the bigger man chuckles softly, before heading to their room.

"hello babies." Will chuckles as the dogs follow him to the kitchen. "don't worry guys, I promise, I'll share my snack. I always do." Will murmurs. Lucky barks, sitting happily. Prowl watches him with a whine.

"hey Will...?" Sam asks, hesitantly walking into the kitchen. Will looks up from his sandwich, that he was cutting so both dogs could have a peice.

"oh hey, hungry? you can help yourself to the kitchen." Will smiles.

"no actually, uh, I had a question." Sam says. Will looks confused.

"sure kid whats up?" Will ask.

"how come no one on base knows you and Ironhide, or whatever his name is, are married?" Sam ask. Will, shocked and not paying attention, sliced his hand with the knife.

"FUCK! Hide!" Will shouts, clutching his hand.

"shit are you okay!?" Sam ask, shocked. Sam can hear Ironhide come running from the bedroom, not even bothering the stairs, just jumping over the railing.

"Will?" Ironhide ask, running over. Lucky and Prowl are going nuts at his feet. Will looks up at him, wincing, there's already blood everywhere. "what happened idiot?" Ironhide frowns, grabbing him and pushing him towards the sink.

"the knife slipped." Will hisses. the man huffed, turning the sink on, he pries Wills hand away from his chest and holds it under the water.

"Sam, upstairs master bathroom, there's a first aid kit under the sink, go grab it." Ironhide orders. Sam nods and takes off up the stairs. "what the hell happened here?" he glares at Will.

"he distracted me... he ask about us being married, I didn't pay attention." Will mumbles.

"you're damn lucky you didn't take your fingers off. not sure you're not going to need stitches." Ironhide mumbles.

"I didn't do it on purpose and neither did he." Will huffs. the bigger doesn't answer, simply shutting the water off and wrapping Wills hand tightly in a towel.

"Sam! hurry up!" Ironhide snaps. Sam stumbles down the stairs and runs over to them.

"sorry!" he flushes, thrusting the first aid kit at Ironhide quickly. Ironhide snatches it from him and opens it on the counter, letting go of Will to go through the kit. Will gives a hesitant laugh.

"first time we ever have a guest and I'm gonna end up with stitches from it." Will jokes. Ironhide shoots him a nasty look.

"shut it David." Ironhide glares. Will scoffs.

"keep telling people my middle name and I'm going to tell the whole base your real name Liam." Will warns. Sam raises an eye brow.

"Ironhide, your name is Liam?" Sam ask. Ironhide shoots Will a dirty look then looks back down at his hand.

"yeah, why the hell do you think I'd rather go by Ironhide? Liam is the only part of my name thats English." Ironhide mutters, rolling his eyes. he steps back from Wills hand. "alright come on. that should hold while I get you to the clinic." Ironhide mutters, heading for the door. WIll nods, watching the blood soak through the bandages, before looking at Sam.

"we've already relieved the dogsitter. you stay here and keep them out of trouble, we'll be back shortly, the 'clinic' is just a friends house about 30 minutes away." Will says, following Ironhide out the door. Sam stares silently after them, before looking over at Lucky and Prowl. Prowl doesn't seem impressed with Sam, but true to Wills words, he doesn't attack him. he immediately runs out the door after Will and Ironhide.

"Lucky sit, I've gotta get Prowl." Sam frowns, grabbing a leash from the wall and running after the dog. Prowl reached the end of the drive way and stopped, watching the truck go, barking after them. "Prowl, come on buddy. we have to go back inside." Sam murmurs, hooking the leash to him. it takes a few minutes but he does eventually get the dog in the house.

its an hour later when the two return. Wills hand is wrapped better than before and the two immediately head to get changed, as their clothes are bloody.

"uh... you guys okay...?" Sam asks hesitantly.

"oh yeah we're good. my hands fine, only needed like 5 stitches." Will snorts, heading upstairs. Ironhide glares Sam down. "be nice." Will frowns. Ironhide huffs out his nose and follows him up the stairs to change.

Wills the first to come back down.

"hey, sorry about that, I didn't mean to like... I didn't mean for anything like that to happen." Sam says softly.

"its okay." Will assures gently.

"I cleaned up the kitchen and fed the dogs though. I also ordered some food to be delivered just down the road, I'm going to go get it once they say they're on the way." Sam says. Will looks shocked.

"uh thanks... no one delivers this far though Sam." Will says.

"I know. I'm meeting them at the closest spot." Sam assures. Will nods slightly, sitting on the couch. Prowl immediately jumps up in his lap. Will snorts a little, turning his head away a little. Lucky follows him, but climbs up onto the couch beside him. its quiet between Will and Sam for a few minutes. "so... they're rescues?" Sam asks. Will immediately nods.

"yup. Prowl was recused from a hoarder house when he was about 10 weeks old. he's been with us ever since." Will says.

"and Lucky?" Sam ask. Will smiles reaching over to pet Lucky.

"he was a gift, but still a rescue and he's Hides baby." Will says. "remember a few years ago when we got all that snow?" Will ask.

"yeah. it was everywhere." Sam says. Will nods.

"well, I was sick, Hide went out to get some stuff, dangerous and stupid, but y'know Hide." Will snorts.

"hard headed, but smart." Sam mumbles. Will nods, chuckling.

"well, he slid off the road, wrecked the truck. he got out to wave down some help and heard Lucky. whimpering. he was hypothermic and frostbitten, and in a bag with four other pups, he was the only one that lived. believe it or not, hardened soldier and all, he's got a soft spot. he grabbed Lucky and walked four miles to the nearest vets office. while they're working on Lucky, he's calling a tow truck to let them know whats happening. well the doctors come out and the only thing he says is, my god this dog was so lucky you found him." Will says, scratching Luckys head gently. "Hide eventually makes his way home, won't tell me anything and obviously I didn't know the truck was missing." Will snorts.

"you were too sick to get up?" Sam asks curiously.

"yeah, I was pretty bad, I couldn't get up and I guess he didn't want to worry me." Will shrugs. "well anyway. he leaves a few days later, eventually telling me he'd had a wreck and the tow company was coming to pick him up and take him to the truck. I was furious. I was sicker than anything, losing my voice, and I lashed out at him. I remember Prowl even bit him." Will laughs. "he leaves, leave me home with Prowl, stewing in my anger and returns about three hours later. by that time I was calmer and actually worried he'd wrecked again, but he waltzed in and lets me know he's back and that the trucks fine." Will adds.

"he still hadn't told you about Lucky?" Sam ask. Will shakes his head.

"no, not until he walks in the bedroom, holding this little fluffy ball and just casually, oh hey this is Lucky and just lays him on the bed. poor dog looked worse than me and had to have most of his tail removed along with two toes from two different paws and part of his ear. he's shivering. he's still so cold. I don't even get a word out and Prowls up. he walks over, looks at Lucky, decides Lucky is his and just curls up with him, and boom. second dog. took me forever to get the story from him." Will chuckles. Sam smiles and reaches over, patting Prowls head.

"wow. thats-" Sam starts.

"telling my secrets?" Ironhide huffs, walking over behind the couch. Will tilts his head back, grinning.

"you know it." Will grins. the bigger rolls his eyes, but there's an amused smile on his face.

"holy shit you can smile?" Sam ask, staring up at Ironhide. Will immediately laughs and Ironhide settles Sam with a glare. he grabs a beer from the fridge and plops beside Will, popping the can open.

"bite me." he growls, before sipping his beer.

"that sounds like Wills job." Sam mumbles. immediately beer goes flying from Ironhides mouth and he sputters while WIll laughs.

"Sam!" Will shouts.

"you didn't deny it!" Sam says pointing at them. Ironhide growls at him, shaking the beer off his hand. Will snorts and leans against Ironhide, dropping his head on the mans shoulder. "you never answered my question earlier though, how come no one knows?" Sam asks, curiously. its quiet a moment.

"the people who need to know, know. other than that, we keep everything separate." Will assures. Ironhide nods in agreement. Sam nods, looking as though he has another question, but he doubts he'd get an answer for it. he tries not to pay any attention to the two beside him, but its hard not to. he envys them. Will nuzzles up to his partner and yawns,

"oh hey, I'll be back, in a bit." Sam says, getting up. Will nods, watching him leave the hosue.

"be nice to him." Will mumbles.

"I don't like him being here in our space." he mutters.

"just for two days." Will yawns, cuddling closer. "it'll be alright." Will adds. Ironhide rolls his eyes, but holds Will tightly.

"just hush and sleep." Ironhide mutters. he's sure that he'll eventually warm up to Sam, but he doesn't like the boy in their space right now.