"Honey! Wake up!"

Medix stirred slightly.

"Honey! Our sparkling! They're here!"

Medix's optics shot open as he could now hear the cries of his newborn, "they are??"

Hotshot looked at his mate with love and tears in his optics, "yes!!!"

Medix got some help from his mate so he could sit up, "what's the gender?"

Hotshot was about to answer but was cut off by Blades.

"It's a femme!", Blades exclaimed as he continued to clean the crying newborn.

Hotshot and Medix immediately started crying tears of joy as they hugged each other.

Hotshot then cupped his mate's cheek and shared a sweet kiss with him as more tears fell, "a femme! We now have a little femme!"

Medix tearfully nuzzled his mate, "and we're now parents!"

"Creators", Ratchet corrected as he filled out information on a datapad.

"Parents", Medix repeated more sternly, "we're on Earth so we might as well use the Earth terms associated with parenthood."

Ratchet rolled his optics as he finished filling out the necessary information, "she's all good now Blades. Go and give her to her creators."

"Parents", Blades smirked as he picked up the crying newborn femme.

Ratchet groaned as Blades walked over to the new parents.

"Momma?", Blades sweetly said to Medix, using the Earth term for carrier, "you ready to see her?"

Medix eagerly reached for his sparkling, immediately holding her close to his spark as she continued to cry.

"Shh... shh... It's okay. You're with mommy now", Medix said softly.

Hearing his voice immediately soothed the newborn as her crying completely stopped. 

Hotshot's optics swelled with tears of love and joy as he sat next to his mate and looked fondly at their newborn daughter, "Oh my Primus..."

"Isn't she beautiful?", Medix said happily as tears fell.

Hotshot let a few tears fall as he nuzzled his mate, "she is... just like her momma."

Medix smiled and then kissed his mate sweetly as their sparkling slowly opened her optics for the first time. 

Hotshot and Medix stopped their kiss when they realized they were being watched. They both looked down at their sparkling as their optics filled with love.

"She has your optics!", Medix said joyfully to his mate.

"And thank Primus she has your features", Hotshot said to his mate.

"But she's more bulkier and even has your adorable audio fins!"

Hotshot chuckled softly as he gently caressed one of the tiny audio fins on his daughter, "she sure does. But why is she pink?"

Medix looked at his mate, "Honey.. I have white. You have red."

".....and?"

"Combine those two together."

It took Hotshot a full minute until he finally got it, "ohhhh...."

His sparkling looked up at him in confusion.

Medix giggled at her confused expression, "that's your daddy sweetie."

Hotshot smiled sweetly at their daughter as he leaned down and gently nuzzled her.

"Hey my little star", Hotshot said softly, "it's daddy."

Upon recognizing his voice, the sparkling nuzzled him back.

Hotshot's optics filled with tears as he happily rested his forehelm against his newborn's.

Medix fell in love at the sight.

Until a camera flash startled all of them, making the sparkling burst out crying.

Blades lowered the camera in embarrassment, "....oops?"

Hotshot and Medix glared at him as their sparkling continued to cry. They finally stopped glaring when Ratchet snatched the camera away from Blades, turning their attention back to their little femme.

"Shh... it's okay little one", Medix cooed to his daughter, "no need for tears..."

The sparkling calmed down slightly at her mother's calming words but couldn't stop whimpering.

Medix looked up at his mate as their sparkling continued to whimper against his chest, "she won't stop..."

"Here", Hotshot said as he held out his huge arms, "let me hold her."

Medix placed a gentle kiss on their daughter's forehelm as he carefully handed her over into his mate's strong arms.

Hotshot fell in love as he held his daughter close to his spark. He fell even harder when she immediately calmed down and nuzzled into him. 

He looked over at his mate with the sweetest smile as tears fell.

Medix cupped his mate's cheekplates as he wiped away his tears, eventually pulling him in for a gentle kiss.

"She recognizes you", Medix said as he rested his forehelm against Hotshot's, "she knows you're her daddy."

"Sire- oh forget it", Ratchet said as he ultimately gave up trying.

The new parents smirked at the old medic as he groaned in response.

Blades finally had to cut in, "hey Medix? why don't we go ahead and get you cleaned up?"

"But my family-"

"Will be here and waiting for you", Hotshot said as he kissed his mate sweetly, "I'll spend some quality time with our sparkling while you get cleaned up."

Medix sighed, "okay sweetspark... Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone."

Hotshot waited for his mate to enter the washracks with Blades as he finally spoke up, "no promises!"

Medix stuck his helm out the door and gave him the widely known "deadly mom glare".

Hotshot's optics widened in horror as he shouted, "I was kidding!"

Medix gave him a short "hmph" as he went inside the washracks and shut the door. From within, Blades could be heard laughing his aft off.

Hotshot remained stunned as he loosely cradled his daughter.

Ratchet snorted softly, "he's not going to kill you. Now get off the berth and go sit in that chair. I need to clean these sheets!"

Hotshot got up as he remained horrified, "he's never made that look before... and I'm not usually scared of him!"

Ratchet gave him a look.

"...Okay maybe I am a little scared of him... but what was that look?!"

"That's called the "deadly mom glare", as humans like to call it", Ratchet said humorously, "it only appears when a carrier- sorry, "mother" -has their first sparkling. Then that look is stuck with them for the rest of their lives. Now hold your sparkling correctly before I take her from you!"

"Oh!", Hotshot exclaimed as he held his sparkling correctly, turning back to the subject at hand, "how can I avoid that glare??"

Ratchet gathered all the dirty sheets after he put some fresh ones on the berth and started walking out, smirking evilly as he responds, "simple. Don't piss him off."

And with that, Hotshot was all alone with his daughter.

Hotshot had to shake off his horrified expression as his daughter looked up at him with her gorgeous electric blue optics. He looked down at her, smiling sweetly as he giggled at her.

"You look so much like your beautiful mommy", he said as he gently nuzzled his daughter, "and you have my physical features. I'd say that makes you extremely beautiful!"

The sparkling cooed happily as her daddy kissed her forehelm. She then began giggling as he kept giving her lots of gentle kisses all over her faceplates.

Eventually, she reached up toward his face with her tiny servo.

Hotshot's faceplates softened as he smiled at his newborn, letting her place her tiny servo on his cheekplate.

The sparkling giggled as her daddy gave her the goofiest smile and then carefully took her servo into his giant servo, placing a sweet kiss on it. She then grabbed one of his large digits and held onto it. 

Hotshot was enamored at the sight of his daughter's servos, "my goodness. Even your servos are beautiful!"

Hotshot lovingly nuzzled his daughter, "you have your mommy's servos. And they're the same color as mine!"

The sparkling giggled more as she still held onto her daddy's large digit, smiling sweetly as her daddy placed more gentle kisses on her faceplates.

Hotshot finally sat down and continued to cradle his sparkling with one strong arm as the other let her continue to grasp onto his digit.

"Gosh you're so beautiful...", Hotshot said softly as his daughter looked up at him with her gorgeous optics, "I can't believe you're finally here... Now you've made me and your mommy into a family."

Hotshot then placed a gentle kiss on his daughter's forehelm, eventually resting his own forehelm gently against hers, "I love you... so much."

"Are you trying to make me cry?"

Hotshot jumped slightly at the sound of his mate's voice, his sudden jolt making his sparkling burst out crying.

"Honey! Gosh darnit. Don't scare me like that!", Hotshot said as he looked over at his mate who just came out of the washracks, "we were having a moment!"

Medix relaxed when Hotshot changed his tone, slowly making his way over to the berth as he spoke, "sorry sweetspark. I didn't mean to startle you."

Hotshot jokingly sighed, "apology not accepted. You should be punished!"

Medix snorted as he climbed into the berth and got himself comfortable, "oh? A punishment? Dare I ask what punishment I shall receive?"

Hotshot stood up from his chair and approached his mate with a devious smirk as their daughter continued to cry, "as punishment, you shall take this beautiful angel, calm her down, and bond with her!"

Medix gasped dramatically, "oh the horror! Please! Spare me from this torture!"

They both couldn't hold it in anymore as they burst out laughing, all while their sparkling continued to cry.

The parents finally stopped laughing when their daughter's cries became louder due to all the noise.

Medix's mommy instincts kicked in real quick, "okay enough fooling around. Hand her to me."

Hotshot carefully handed her over to his mate, sitting down next to him in worry.

Medix gently laid their daughter on his chest as he increased his internal temperature to help soothe her.

It worked. The warmth and comfort of her mother, along with hearing her mother's steady sparkbeat, helped calm her down.

Hotshot was in awe, "wow..."

Medix looked up at his mate as their sparkling snuggled into him, "wow, what?"

"Just... wow... you calmed her down so fast! Super mom much?"

Medix giggled, "you calmed her down as quickly as I did-"

"Yeah, when she was barely crying. She was almost sobbing up until you took her!", Hotshot said as he rested the side of his helm against Medix's, "gosh you're amazing babe."

Medix blushed slightly as he adorably looked away, "no I'm not."

"Oh no you don't", Hotshot said as he gently cupped his mate's cheekplate and turned his helm carefully so that they can look at each other, "don't hide your beautiful blushy face from me."

Hotshot then rested their forehelms together, smiling widely at the fact that he can still make his beautiful mate blush, "you're amazing baby. Stop denying it."

Medix smiled lovingly at his mate as he went in for a sweet kiss. They both wanted the kiss to last longer but had to break away when their daughter started whimpering while "pawing" at her mother's chest.

Both parents looked at her in confusion.

After a minute, Hotshot finally spoke up.

"What is she doing?"

"She's wanting to be fed", Ratchet said from seemingly out of nowhere.

"Oh!", Medix exclaimed, quickly sitting up in a better position as he cradled his fussy newborn.

Hotshot watched in fascination as his mate opened up his chest plates to reveal two feeding tubes that would dispense filtered energon once the sparkling latches on.

And, expectedly, their little femme latched on immediately and began drinking.

Medix shivered slightly at the tingling sensation, chuckling softly as his mate stifled a laugh, "well... I was not expecting that."

"You okay?", Hotshot asked with a small chuckle.

"It feels weird."

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it", Blades said as he exited out of the washracks.

"And how would you know?", Medix questioned.

"You and Heatwave have a sparkling or something?", Hotshot joked.

Blades smirked as he turned around to do paperwork, "speaking of sparkling-"

"WAIT DO YOU AND HEATWAVE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPARKLING?!", Medix and Hotshot exclaimed as their own sparkling kept peacefully drinking.

Blades smirked again as he faced them, "so have you two finally come up with a name for your sparkling?"

"NUH-UH, ANSWER OUR QUESTION FIRST!", Hotshot argued.

"Quit yelling", Ratchet sternly ordered, "your sparkling's audios are still new and are not fully developed. So she'll be sensitive to any loud noises."

Hotshot immediately lowered his voice as he looked over at Blades, "this isn't over!"

Blades smiled as he had the birth certificate ready, "need a name~!"

Medix froze as Hotshot looked at him, "scrap..."

"Hey watch your language", Ratchet nagged.

Hotshot gave a smug look to his mate, "see? Even Ratchet agrees that you need to watch your mouth."

Medix gave his mate the glare again.

Hotshot immediately felt small, "I'm sorry."

"Enough fooling around", Ratchet said, "what's the name?"

"Well you're kind of putting us on the sp-"

"Starlight", Hotshot said immediately.

Medix looked at his mate, "what?"

"Let's name her Starlight", Hotshot said seriously.

"Why?"

Hotshot pointed at his daughter's upper left cheekplate, "look."

Medix immediately checked his daughter's cheekplate, being mindful not to disturb her from her feeding. 

Upon finding what his mate was pointing at, his optics widened in surprise.

On her cheekplate was a birthmark.

But this was no ordinary birthmark.

This birthmark was shaped like a small perfect star.

A ruby red star birthmark.

Medix looked back at his mate in shock, "I've never noticed that..."

"Me either", Hotshot said as he smiled at his mate, "it's adorable."

Medix softened as he looked at their daughter again, "it really is."

Hotshot then gently nudged his mate, "so....? What do you think?"

Medix smiled at his mate as their daughter finally finished drinking, "I love it."

Blades beamed as he handed the birth certificate to Hotshot so that he and Medix could fill it out.

"So, what's the name you two came up with?", Blades asked sweetly.

Hotshot and Medix gave each other a sweet smile as they both placed a gentle kiss on their daughter's helm, looking up at the orange helicopter as their daughter giggled sweetly.

"Starlight."

A/N: And here we are everyone! Their sparkling is a femme! And her name is Starlight! (It's very unique, I know. I'm so proud of myself :p) Anyway, I wish I could draw her but I lack the creativity needed to actually draw it out >.<, so I hope the little tidbits of her features that I mentioned in this chapter helps!