it takes a few weeks for Will and Ironhide to finally start feeling better after the run in with Sams ex, though Sam and Bumblebee hardly notice. ever since Ironhides little nudge, they'd been spending a lot of time together, generally out of the house, leaving the two older men happily alone with their husband.

Ironhide and Will don't even seem to care, enjoying their time together. they're so lost in one another, they aren't expecting Sam or Bumblebee to be home soon, so they're on the couch in the living room. Ironhides laying on his back, letting Will straddle his lap. they're both still fully clothed, but look moments away from screwing right on the couch, when the front door swings open. Will grumbles, burying his face in his neck. Ironhide glances over at the door, but his hands don't leave Wills ass. Bees face flushes bright red immediately.

"oh my god. Sam don't look!" Bumblebee cries, shutting the door quickly. Will snorts and looks over at the door, but doesn't pull his face from Ironhides neck.

"hey we still have clothes on, come on in." Will calls. Bumblebee hesitantly pushes the door open, stepping slowly. Sam shuffles in behind him, looking unsure.

"no exposed dicks?" Bee asks.

"Michael." Ironhide frowns.

"oh yeah cause old man dick is so much worse than me walking in on you two." WIll frowns.

"that has never happened!" Sam flushes.

"I have slept on that couch." Bumblebee mutters.

"guess what, you've slept in the bed of that truck too." Ironhide smirks.

"and in the backseat." Will adds, sitting up to smirk at them.

"oh my god. I need bleach." Bumblebee mutters, heading upstairs. Sam follows him quickly, flushing.

"sorry..." Sam mumbles. Will chuckles, leaning down to kiss his husband.

"told you the bed was a better idea." Will mutters.

"why so they could barge into our bedroom?" Ironhide huffs. they both look back up when the two come back down the stairs.

"leaving already?" Will asks.

"well, actually... I'm looking at a house here...." Bumblebee says. "like 3 miles away..." Bumblebee frowns.

"huh?" Ironhide asks, pushing Will up, so he can sit up and actually see the other two coming down the stairs.

"you're what?" Ironhide asks.

"um.. I got kicked out... I forgot to pay rent. my dads totally offered to get me and my stuff to let me move back in, but I decided I'd rather stay down here. I found some other bee keepers down here and their bees are doing so much better than mine." Bumblebee explains.

"oh thats great! congrats! are you having your stuff sent here?" Will asks.

"I have professionals moving my bees but my dads are coming down with my stuff... do you mind if I store it here until I get a house? they offered to get me a storage unit for a bit if its gonna be a problem." Bumblebee assures.

"no thats fine. we'll park the truck in the driveway and put your stuff in the garage." Ironhide assures.

"you guys need us to come look?" Will ask.

"no actually, my dad came down." Bumblebee says. "y'know pop is helping pack up the bees and my stuff, dads down to look at the house." Bumblebee murmurs.

"like dad, dad?" Ironhide ask. Bumblebee looks confused.

"uh, dad Rafael, not papa Jack." Bumblebee says, raising an eye brow.

"yes! up!" Ironhide cheers, smacking Wills thighs hard.

"no, what are you doing?" Will pouts.

"I'm going to see Raf. its been forever." Ironhide says, smacking his thigh again.

"Liam." Will pouts.

"up!" Ironhide says. Will grumbles getting up and shooting Bee the absolute downright nastiest look he can. the younger man steps back, half hiding behind Sam.

"he and uncle Orion are coming to look at the house." Bumblebee says looking confused.

"haven't seen those two since before Will and I got deployed." Ironhide says heading upstairs. Will stares after him, before glaring the younger two down.

"I hate all of you." he snaps, storming upstairs.

"maybe you should've kept it to yourself." Sam frowns. Bee shrugs a little, looking confused.

Will flops onto the bed and pouts.

"what are you doing? get dressed, come on." Ironhide frowns, looking over at his husband.

"no. Rafael doesn't like Prowl or Lucky and I'm not leaving him here alone." Will huffs. Ironhide rolls his eyes.

"I know you were always more of Jacks friend than Rafs, but come on. you haven't seen them in almost two years." Ironhide frowns. Will huffs. "oh come on, don't be pouty." Ironhide says.

"screw off." Will mumbles.

"temper temper." Ironhide chuckles, walking over to the bed. Will glares up at him. Ironhide snorts, grabbing hold of the smallers ankles and dragging him down the bed. "don't be pouty. come on." he murmurs. Will glares at him and he chuckles, rolling his eyes again. "the quicker we go and see our friends, the faster we can come home and I can fuck you into our mattress." he smirks. this time is Will who rolls his eyes.

"I already told you I'm not going." Will frowns. Ironhide huffs leaning over him, hands slamming against the bed firmly on either side of the smallers head.

"yes you are." he frowns.

"you cannot sexually intimidate me into cooperation." Will huffs. Ironhide balks, pulling back slightly.

"I'm not... you're into that?" Ironhide snorts, smirking at him. Will glares.

"not when you're tying to use it to get me to do what you want." Will huffs. Ironhide shrugs, leaning down to kiss him. he smiles at Will gently.

"come on. whens the next time they're gonna come 12 hours our way?" Ironhide ask. Will huffs.

"whatever." he grumbles. its the best Ironhide is going to get to a yes, so he smirks and stands up. he pulls Will further down the bed, then picks him up and throws him over his shoulder, smirking. "put me down!" Will shouts.

"I will baby, but only once we get to the truck." Ironhide smirks.

"Liam Christopher Gabriel Emiliano Benjamín Alexander Dominquez-Lennox!!" Will glares.

"oof, my entire name. wow." Ironhide grumbles. he snorts. "William David Dominquez-Lennox." he retorts.

"put me down!" Will glares.

"I will, in the truck." Ironhide smirks.

"Liam!" Will growls. Prowl gets in front of Ironhide, growling in warning. he looks confused though. he wants to protect Will, but Ironhide is also someone he loves.

"move buddy, its alright. Wills not being hurt, he's just pouting that I'm not having sex with him." Ironhide snorts.

"do not talk to my baby like that! he's innocent!" Will glares.

"he dominates Lucky on an almost daily basis. innocent it not how I would describe that dog." Ironhide chuckles. he reaches up and smacks Wills ass as hard as he can from the angle he's got. "knock off the squirming before I drop you." Ironhide grumbles, carrying him down the stairs.

"this is kidnap!" Will snaps.

"no its not." Ironhide snorts, walking past Sam and Michael.

"kidnap!" Will shouts.

"no." Ironhide chuckles. "and before you shout it, its not rape either. I'm just putting you in the truck." Ironhide adds.

"against my will!" Will snaps.

"impossible. you're my Will. you don't have a Will." Ironhide grins.

"I hate you!" Will growls.

"you're just grumpy because you've been up since 2AM." Ironhide chuckles, throwing him into the truck. Will glares at him, pouting, arms cross over his chest.

"don't give me ugly looks. you're face is gonna get stuck like that." Ironhide chuckles, buckling him in. he turns to Sam and Bee. "come on, I don't know where I'm going." Ironhide says. Bee and Sam share a worried look before climbing into the backseat.

Ironhide drives them to the house Bumblebee is interested in. its only 30 minutes from their own. Wills pouting the whole time, but Bumblebee immediately perks up seeing his fathers Ford Mustang GT.

"wheres your Camaro?" Sam asks. Bumblebee shrugs a little.

"dad said he was gonna have Uncle Orion drive it down so I could have my car instead of stealing Uncle Liams all the time..." Bumblebee says.

"don't mind you borrowing the truck squirt." Ironhide assures, parking the truck. Bumblebee immediately jumps out, pulling Sam out with him. Ironhide snorts and reaches over, smacking Wills thigh. "twenty minutes." Ironhide murmurs.

"liar." Will mumbles.

"at least pretend to be happy. you know Orion is gonna squeeze the life out of you if he sees you're not happy." Ironhide murmurs, getting out. Will pouts for a moment more before climbing out.

"kidnapped me and left my babies at home alone." Will mumbles, glaring at him. Ironhide rolls his eyes, before setting his eyes on his oldest friend.

"well, well, well, if it ain't Ratchet the Hatchet." Ironhide grins. Rafael turns around.

"Liam?" Rafael ask. he smiles and immediately moves to hug the man. "been so long since I've seen you, I'm gonna let that stupid old nickname slide." he grins.

"oh come on Ratchet. you're never gonna get over that." Ironhide grins. "I mean, you did knock out your professor with Jacks ratchet because he said fags were gross." Ironhide snorts.

"forgot he was British. turns out he meant cigarettes." Ratchet mutters. Ironhide laughs. he smiles at Will. "Will." Ratchet murmurs. Will looks annoyed, but reaches to shake his hand.

"don't mind him. he's tired." Ironhide snorts.

"yeah and horny." Bumblebee mutters walking past them.

"gross." Sam mumbles.

"oh yeah, have you met Bee's new boyfriend?" Ironhide grins.

"that silly little nickname stuck?" Ratchet asks.

"Wills nicknames always stick." Ironhide snorts. Ratchet huffs and turns to look Sam over. Sam leans over to Bumblebee.

"this is the one you said wouldn't like me right?" Sam ask softly. Bee grins and nods a little.

"don't take it personal. I don't like anyone who dates my kid." Ratchet snaps, glaring. Sams face turns bright red and he half steps behind Bumblebee.

"its true. he's run off three boyfriends." Bumblebee shrugs. "but papa Jack will love you." Bumblebee assures, smiling.

"papa Jack likes everyone." Ratchet glares, looking Sam over. "hey isn't this that kid you said was staying with you?" he asks, looking over at Will and Ironhide.

"yup. the very same." Ironhide smirks.

"guess I can't threaten you, you'd probably cry." Ratchet grumbles. Sam gives an awkward look.

"don't be mean to him." Bumblebee glares. "I'm older than you were when you started dating papa Jack." he huffs.

"he's not wrong. you and Jack were getting it on at 15." Ironhide snorts.

"gross." Bumblebee frowns. "I'm... gonna take Sam and check out the house now." Bumblebee mutters awkwardly taking Sams hand and pulling him towards the house.

"don't pick on him. Liam will beat your ass. thats his kid." Will smirks. Ironhide glares at him while Ratchet snorts.

"whens Jack coming down?" Ironhide ask.

"he'll be here after the down payment on the house goes through." Ratchet assures.

"down payment? I thought he was just looking?" Will frowns.

"for the first time. yeah. Jack and I were looking at this house for a while, we were gonna buy it and move down, but he decided he didn't want to. figured it'd be a good house for the kid though." Ratchet shrugs. "happy 21st birthday I guess." Ratchet snorts.

"you guys are moving?" Ironhide asks.

"we will be. but Jack wants a house with room for a horse and I quote 'this house isn't big enough for two horses'." Ratchet grumbles. "more like he wants a house with a basement so he can bring work home with him." Ratchet huffs.

"sounds about right." Ironhide snorts.

"what happened to his shed?" Will frowns.

"straight winds took it down." Ratchet frowns. "and of course idiot had left something on, burned up the whole backyard." Ratchet growls.

"damn. I liked your yard." Ironhide frowns.

"so did I." Ratchet glares, looking annoyed.

"weren't Michaels bee's in the backyard?" Ironhide ask. Ratchet winces.

"I haven't told him yet, but he lost a hive." Ratchet frowns.

"another one? he just lost one last year. that brings him down to what, three?" Will asks.

"yeah, unfortunately." Ratchet frowns.

"thats fine. he can have that one in the old barn, he'll just have to move it." Ironhide says, looking at Will.

"there's two in there. he can have them both. less for me to bug you about dealing with." Will glares.

"eh, I told you I'd find something to do with them." Ironhide shrugs. Will glares at him and Ratchet snorts.

"so once we get him moved in, Jack and I will be looking for another house down here." Ratchet says.

"not that I don't like you guys, but why move down here?" Will asks confused.

"everyones down here. y'know Orion moved a few years ago and Jaspers always been down here. the twins are looking at moving down here. its like everyones getting back together, Jack really really wants to move and says it'll be like old times." Ratchet shrugs. "and honestly, whatever it takes to make him happy. I can put in a transfer request and be an EMT down here." Ratchet shrugs.

"EMT? when did you quit being a doctor?" Ironhide ask.

"I had an issue with the hospital admin, so I semi retired. no longer a doctor, I'm just an EMT. I work with the fire department in search and rescue." Ratchet shrugs. "but if we move down here I'll pick it back up. I was a top surgeon." Ratchet adds.

"I remember. you fixed Ironhides broken nose when he fell off that skateboard." Will grins. Ironhide huffs, rolling his eyes with a grumble. Bee runs back out, Sam following behind happily, and hugs Ratchets side, grinning.

"are you sure you and papa don't want this house? its pretty big for just me and my bees." Bumblebee murmurs.

"yup. we're sure. its not big enough for papa Jacks stupid horses." Ratchet huffs, rolling his eyes. Bumblebee laughs. "besides, have you seen the garage? its perfect for the Camaro." Ratchet adds.

"I know! its huge! it could fit the ambulance in it." Bee grins.

"I don't get to bring that home anymore you know that." Ratchet frowns.

"hey, where is my car?" Bumblebee ask.

"oh Orion stopped for gas. he has no idea how to drive a sports car." Ratchet snorts.

"great so you let him destroy my mileage?" Bumblebee pouts.

"I wasn't gonna let him drive my Ford. he hates Ford." Ratchet grumbles. they all look up when a bright yellow, but dusty, camaro with two black stripes down the center of the whole car.

"oh wow." Sam murmurs.

"aw man!" Bumblebee pouts. "daaaaadddd he made my car diiiirrrtttttyyyy." Bumblebee pouts, looking at the grime covering the car.

"don't whine you're too old for that. take it to a car wash." Ratchet frowns.

"don't worry Bee, we can totally grab my speaker and blast some music while cleaning it." Sam assures.

"you can borrow the stuff Ironhide has for his truck." Will says.

"William? Liam?" Orion asks, getting out. he grins at them.

"hey, Orion!" Ironhide smiles, walking over to hug him.

"Orion? don't you mean Optimus?" Will grins, snorting. Orion huffs good naturedly, and hugs Liam.

"Optimus?" Sam asks, curiously.

"you mess up saying 'optimist' one time and it becomes a nickname." Orion snorts, shooting Will a look. Will grins at him.

"well, my nicknames are apparently famous." Will grins.

"oh yeah, it hasn't been forgotten, my name take still says Optimus Prime." Optimus mutters, snorting.

"he accidentally said 'why am I the Prime of Optimus' instead of 'optimism', and boom, Will starts calling him Optimus Prime." Ironhide explains to Sam, chuckling. Sam nods watching the taller man hug both Will and Michael, before smiling at him.

"and you are?" Optimus ask. Sam waves awkwardly.

"a little homeless boy we captured." Ironhide says.

"more like another rescue for Liams list." Will teases. Optimus looks confused. "he's a kid we took in after Ironhide rescued him from an abusive relationship." Will explains.

"ah, I see. another rescue." Optimus says. he smiles and reaches to shake Sams hand. the awkward man shakes his, looking uncomfortable. "so, this is the house." Optimus says looking around.

"yup. what do you think kid?" Ratchet asks, looking at him.

"I like it. you and pops are gonna stay with me while you look for another house right?" Bee grins.

"probably. Jacks packing our stuff now." Ratchet says.

"well, seems as though we'll all be in nearby areas." Optimus smiles.

"oh yeah? how'd you end up driving the Camaro down?" Ironhide ask.

"I was driving the semi through the area. I ask for a few days off. the semi is parked in Rafaels driveway. Jack is putting everyones things into the trailer. when it gets packed, I'll be bringing it all down. all but your bees Michael." Optimus says.

"yeah, you're allergic to bees. I hired a team to bring them down." Bumblebee smiles. "this place is perfect! there's plenty of room in the back yard for all four of my hives!" Bumblebee grins.

"three." Ratchet winces. Bumblebee looks horrified.

"what?" he ask.

"you lost another hive." Ratchet sighs.

"oh..." Bumblebee sighs a little.

"but thats okay because Ironhide and I have an infestation that will get you like two more hives, four if you split them up. they're freaking huge, but you have to move them. I don't do bee, not since that bee got trapped in my armor and stung me like 12 times." Will shutters.

"well, I know a couple people down here that could get me a couple queens." Bumblebee says, tapping his chin in thought. he turns to Sam. "you get to meet my bees!" Bumblebee grins.

"oh, lovely.... uh.. what kind?" Sam asks, hesitantly.

"bumblebees and honeybees. I just love bees." he grins happily.

"fun." Sam mumbles.

"alright kid, so you're happy with it?" Ratchet ask.

"yeah. I like it." Bumblebee smiles, turning to look at the house. "needs a coat of paint, but yeah! its good." Bumblebee adds.

"good because we already put a down payment on it before your dad decided he didn't want it." Ratchet frowns, shaking his head. Bumblebee grins and turns back to Ratchet.

"really? like no joke, I'm getting a house?" Bumblebee ask. Ratchet nods and Bumblebee grins. "well, guess I get to move out of your living room." Bumblebee grins at Will and Ironhide.

"and out of our spare bedroom." Will smirks. Sam flushes bright red, looking away.

"well, this is nice, drinks and cookout at our house?" Ironhide ask, looking around.

"we really should get back, Jacks gonna be-" Ratchet starts.

"you're not driving back this late in the day." Will frowns. "by the time you get back it'll be early AM." he adds.

"we can take turns-" Optimus tries.

"nope. come on." Ironhide says, heading for his truck. Bumblebee grins and grabs Sams hand.

"come on, I promised you this thing can go 0-60 like its nothing!" Bee grins.

"BE CAREFUL!" Ratchet snaps, heading for his Mustang. Optimus follows him, shaking his head.

Will and Ironhide get back first, Will heading inside quickly to let the dogs out into the back yard. its not fenced, but the dogs know to stay out back when they've been let out back there.

"I'll start up the grill." Ironhide says, walking out onto the back porch.

"there's meat in the freezer out in the garage. go pick something nice out." Will says. Prowl immediately perks up, barking and peeking around the corner of the house. "its okay buddy. its alright. we're having friends over." Will assures, patting his head. Sam and Bee come out the house, carefully. they don't want the dogs to come after them.

"hey buddy. just us." Bumblebee smiles, reaching out to pet Lucky. Prowl barks growling.

"Rafael must be here too." Ironhide mutters.

"yup, he sure hates him." Will snorts. Ratchet and Optimus come around the house carefully.

"easy boys." Ironhide warms. Lucky whines quietly, running to hide behind Will.

"its okay Lucky." Will assures, patting his head gently. Prowl whines, running over to Will. "you two act right." Will frowns.

"I haven't met these two. I've heard about them." Optimus chuckles softly, crouching down. Prowl growls, backing Lucky behind them. "I'm not that bad, I promise." Optimus assures.

"don't touch Lucky, Prowl will tear into you so fast." Will warns. Optimus stands back up quickly.

"can I get a dog?" Bumblebee asks, looking over at his father.

"fuck if I care. its your house." he grumbles. Bee grins at turns to Sam, whose chuckling to himself. Will chuckles softly and sits on their back porch swing. immediately Lucky and Prowl jump up and join him. Will chuckles softly, petting them gently.

"take it easy guys its okay. its just Orion and Rafael." Will assures. Prowl barks, growling at the taller man.

"I promise you I'm not that scary." Optimus assures gently. Lucky whines in disagreement.

"don't worry, when we start eating they won't care who you are, feed them and they'll love you." Will chuckles. Orion snorts.

"good thing Jacks not here, love the guy, but he always wants to be the one on the grill and he always burns everything." Ironhide grumbles.

"yeah its not just on the grill." Bee frowns.

"and its not always food." Ratchet frowns. Ironhide snorts and flips the burgers carefully.

they move inside to watch tv while eating, then settle for bed as its getting late. Orion takes the couch, Rafael takes the blow up mattress in the living room floor, the boys lay in Sams bed upstairs, while Ironhide and Will retreat to their room.

Will lays on the bed quietly, looking at the ceiling. Ironhide watches tv beside him.

"damn it Buck get off the bike." Ironhide grumbles. Will sits up and looks at the tv, before frowning and getting up. "where are you going?" Ironhide asks immediately.

"I wanna go for a drive." Will murmurs. Ironhide shrugs, getting up.

"take the truck and the extra air mattress from the garage. grab the blanket off the bed. the pillows, go to the look out and spend the night. like we used to." Ironhide murmurs. Will grins at him.

"yeah, sounds good." Will murmurs.

"and we can pick up what we started earlier." Ironhide smirks. Will snorts.

"only in your dreams. I want to look at the stars, not you." Will smirks.

"thats fine. you can still look at the stars." Ironhide smirks back. Will rolls his eyes.

"alright whatever, but if better be fun." Will murmurs, grabbing their blanket and folding it. Ironhide snorts and heads downstairs to get the truck and air mattress. Will follows him down happily.

"Will, are you two okay?" Optimus asks, sitting up on the couch.

"yup, I just remembered its supposed to be a full moon tonight. we're gonna go check it out and watch the stars." Will smiles.

"you two still do that once a month?" Ratchet snorts.

"hey just because your love life isn't still romantic, doesn't mean ours is." WIll snorts, shutting the front door. he and Ironhide had been going to the out look to watch the stars ever since their first date, where that was literally all they did. Will couldn't wait to curl up under the blanket, star up at the stares, and cuddle against his husband, it was his favorite night of the month, one of his favorite things to do with his husband. maybe one night, all their friends could get together out there once more, like in their youth. Will smiles at the thought and jumps in the truck. maybe one day.