"don't be so hard on him Ratch." Wheeljack murmurs. "he's just worried about his friends." Wheeljack frowns.

"I know he is Jack. I know." Ratchet mutters. Wheeljack sighs and steps back.

"alright Prime, you're all good, ready to take the sparkling and head back to your office." Wheeljack murmurs.

"Reflect can you please stay with them and let me get some work done?" Optimus asks.

"no!!! Reflect go with Opmis!" Reflect screams.

"well how about you come with me for a bit?" Ironhide offers. "we'll finish the movie from last night and I'll take you out for the race I promised you." he adds, smirking at the sparkling.

"are you Opmis?" Reflect ask.

"no, I'm Ironhide." Ironhide huffs.

"no you Ironhide!" Reflect shouts. "REFLECT STAY WITH OPMIS!" Reflect screams. Ratchet pulls back and frowns.

"Reflect please-" Optimus starts.

"nooo!!!! Reflect stay with Optimus!" Reflect cries.

"Prime you're making him cry." Ironhide frowns, watching the sparkling sob. Ratchet frowns, cuddling the sparkling gently.

"okay fine. sorry Prime but I don't want to hear him scream and I don't like to hear him cry. he wants you." Ratchet says, carrying the sparkling over to him.

"I have paperwork I can't just... don't look at me like that Reflect." Optimus frowns. the sparkling is giving him the same old 'cutesy innocent' look Bumblebee gives him sometimes, sniffling and looking utterly pitiful. "oh come on Reflect. don't give me that look." Optimus sighs.

"come on Prime. just a few days." Ratchet snorts. "he won't cling to you forever. he'll be clinging to Ironhide again in a few days." Ratchet assures. Optimus frowns at the sparkling, whose whines at him, pouting.

"okay fine. I will take you with me." Optimus sighs. "you need to stop hanging out with Bumblebee." Optimus murmurs, getting up off the berth. he takes the sparkling gently, letting Reflect cling to him. Reflect immediately shoves his fingers into his mouth, clinging to the Prime with a whine, burying his face into the Primes neck once more.

"okay alright. see you got what you wanted." Wheeljack murmurs, rubbing Reflects back gently. the sparkling sniffles and whimpers, clinging to Optimus. "he's really scared here. I haven't seen him like this since those humans attacked him." Wheeljack adds.

"its alright. he just had a pretty bad nightmare. he'll be like this for a few days. he's always like this with Ironhide." Ratchet assures gently.

"I know but I wish he would pick another bot. the Director of National Intelligence was not very happy he was in a meeting with today. Epps almost hurt her." Optimus frowns.

"I can't name a single being on this base, human or Autobot that wouldn't hurt someone being rude to Reflect, well, 'cept you Prime. you and your 'no harming humans' crap." Ironhide mutters, rolling his optics.

"we don't harm humans Ironhide, you know that." Optimus frowns.

"humans had no problem hurting him!" Ironhide snaps. Reflect whimpers.

"he's not wrong Optimus." Wheeljack frowns a little.

"he still has nightmares about it." Ratchet frowns. Optimus gets up carefully from the berth, Reflect squirms a little, looking ready to continue his nap.

"I know he is scared and that was an awful event, but that does not excuse behavior of hurting them back two wrongs do not make a right Ironhide." Optimus warns. he sighs and carries the sparkling out of the medbay and towards his office.

"hey OP." Jazz waves, sitting in front of the bigger mechs desk. "where ya been?" Jazz asks.

"in the medbay, getting my audio repaired." Optimus frowns, shifting Reflect.

"oh, Reflect still clinging to you?" Jazz smiles a little. Optimus nods, sighing slightly.

"yes. he won't let go of me." Optimus murmurs, rubbing the sparklings back gently.

"hey Reflect." Jazz smiles at the sparklings back. Reflect whines, curling up. "wanna come see uncle Jazz?" Jazz asks. Reflect whines quietly.

"Jazz not Opmis." Reflect sniffles softly. Optimus shakes his head, sitting at his desk.

"well, thats alright, what if I go see if I can find one of your toys?" Jazz ask.

"Ironhide." Reflect says quietly, hugging tighter to the Primes neck.

"alright sure. need a cube Prime?" Jazz ask.

"please Jazz." Optimus murmurs. Jazz nods and smiles, walking out of the Primes office.

Jazz comes back happily, carrying three cubes and the Ironhide toy.

"he just had a cube." Optimus frowns.

"Ratchet says he probably won't finish it, but it'll get him into a nap quicker."

Jazz smiles and puts two of the cubes in his desk.

"thats alright." Jazz murmurs, opening his own cube. "hey kiddo, I got your toy." Jazz murmurs. Reflect doesn't even turn to look at him, but reaches behind him for the toy with a whimper. Jazz hands it over immediately, watching the sparkling tuck it up under Optimus' chin, hugging his neck tightly. Optimus sighs a little, but leans back to carefully drink his own cube, trying not to dribble on the sparkling.

"Reflect you want a cube?" Optimus ask. Reflect ignores him cuddling into his neck, yawning. Optimus nods, silently hopeful the sparkling will go back into stasis for a while.

he and Jazz finish their cubes while chatting quietly about their paperwork, until theres a small squeak. both immediately look confused.

"what was that?" Optimus frowns.

"no idea." Jazz shrugs. another squeak and Optimus turns his head to look down at the sparkling the best he can.

"Reflect?" Optimus ask. another squeak. "Reflect, do you have the hiccups?" Optimus asks, sounding slightly amused. Reflect whimpers quietly.

"I think he does." Jazz chuckles a little. Reflect whines at him, hiccuping. Optimus pulls the sparkling from his plating gently, cradling him in his arm.

"here, have a sip of this. it should help." Optimus murmurs, offering the smaller cube to the sparkling. Reflect grabs the cube and takes a sip, or at least he tries. he hiccups in the middle of his attempt, sputtering energon all over him and the Prime, and coughing.

"woah! easy there kiddo." Jazz frowns. Reflect makes an awful gagging sound between coughs. "he's gonna purge Prime." Jazz says.

"Ratchet, please come get the sparkling."

as if he'd been waiting for the Prime to call his creator, Reflect purges all over the Prime, himself, and the Primes desk/paperwork as soon as he calls for Ratchet.

"whats wrong?"

"he purged."

"on my way."

Reflect immediately sobbing and trying to hug his Ironhide toy to keep it safe. its took late, of course, the toy is already covered in purge and probably will end up in the trash now. the door to his office swings open with Ratchet and Wheeljack standing behind it.

"what happened?" Ratchet frowns.

"he hiccuped, took a sip of a cube, choked, and started purging." Jazz frowns. Ratchet glares at Optimus, but reaches for the sparkling.

"okay little one, come here." Ratchet murmurs, walking over. Reflect immediately reaches for him and sniffles.

"Jack, grab his toy. don't let him see it. I'll have to find a way to clean that thing."

Wheeljack says nothing, but slips around his bonded as the medic walks out of the Primes office with their sparkling, and grabs the toy.

"need Ratchet." Reflect mumbles quietly, cuddling to the medic.

"yeah I know kid, I've got you." Ratchet assures gently, rubbing his head.

"Reflect choke." Reflect mumbles.

"yeah? and you purged everywhere. it'll be alright." Ratchet murmurs.

"ruin paperwork." he whimpers.

"they'll get it all cleaned up it alright." Ratchet assures.

"Opmis hate Reflect now?" Reflect ask.

"no little one. he doesn't hate you, he understandsit was an accident little one. its alright." Ratchet assures gently. he lays the sparkling on the berth and gets to work on getting a wet rag to clean the sparkling, when Wheeljack walks up behind him.

"hey Ratchet?" Wheeljack grins.

"hmm?" Ratchet mutters turning around to clean the sparkling. Reflect whines quietly.

"I got a very interesting video of you and some powerlines." Wheeljack grins. Ratchet drops the rag and whips around, glaring at Wheeljack.

"where the fuck did you hear that!?" Ratchet snaps. Wheeljack laughs a little hesitantly, stepping back nervously.

"uh.... I don't wanna tell you." Wheeljack says hesitantly.

"where did you hear that?" Ratchet growls. Wheeljack swallows hard.

"we-well I was asking about it and I ask Ironhide-" Wheeljack starts.

"IRONHIDE! YOU SLAGGING FUCKING BIG MOUTH BITCH!" Ratchet snaps, storming out of the medbay.

"wa-wait! Ratchet stop! no!" Wheeljack shouts after.

Ironhides sitting on his berth, looking through Wills old picture book when Ratchet bursts in. the mech jumps nearly a foot in the air, he turns to look at Ratchet, the book in servo. the weapons specialist looks confused, staring at the pissed off medic in front of him.

"uhhh....?" Ironhide ask, optic ridge raised. "Ratchet what are you-?" Ironhide starts.

"YOU TOLD WHEELJACK!" Ratchet snaps, charging him. Ironhide puts the book down quickly, getting up to step away, as if needing to protect himself. he could, and would, hurt the medic if it came down to it, but Ratchet was his friend and he was honestly too confused to fight back.

"I told him what? I ain't told no one shit! I been here minding my own damn business." Ironhide snaps, motioning to the photo album.

"you sent Wheeljack the footage of me with the powerlines!!" Ratchet snaps. Ironhide looks confused.

"I did not! the only bots I've sent that file too is Prime, Bumblebee, and Jazz! and I sent that to them back then!" Ironhide frown.

"you sent it to Wheeljack you idiot! don't fucking lie to me! you didn't think he'd turn around and tell me!?" Ratchet glares.

"I didn't send it to Wheeljack! if I was gonna do that I would've done it months ago when Reflect shocked the fuck out of himself and shut the damn power off!" Ironhide frowns.

"you sent it to him! he just told me!" Ratchet snaps.

"I didn't send it to him! now get out of my fucking room!" Ironhide snaps, cannons spinning. he wasn't afraid to fight the medic, but it certainly wasn't his first choice. "get back!" Ironhide snaps.

"admit it! admit you told Wheeljack!" Ratchet growls.

"I didn't do it!" Ironhide snaps. Ratchet frowns looking around. he points his blaster at the book of memories on Ironhides berth. the bigger black mech immediately prickles with anger.

"admit it, or I'll do it Ironhide." Ratchet warns.

"you wouldn't fucking dare!" Ironhide snaps.

"I can and I will!" Ratchet snaps, blaster firing up.

"get out of my room or I'm calling Prime!" Ironhide snaps.

"you can't do that! I'll leave when you admit you told Wheeljack!" Ratchet snaps back.

"I DIDN'T TELL WHEELJACK ANYTHING!" Ironhide snaps, grabbing at the book in a desperate attempt to keep his precious item safe. Ratchets faster, grabbing it and pulling it away from Ironhide. the temperature in the room immediately drops. Ironhide hadn't wanted to hurt Ratchet, but now he had Wills book of pictures and Ironhide wasn't afraid to hurt, or kill, the medic in order to get it back. "GIVE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW!" Ironhide growls in warning.

"tell me the truth!" Ratchet snaps.

"I AM!" Ironhide snaps. "I DIDN'T TELL WHEELJACK!" Ironhide snaps, attempting to reach around the medic and grab the book. Ratchet puts his other arm out immediately, shoving at Ironhids chestpaltes. "GIVE THAT BACK! YOU LEAVE WILL OUT OF THIS! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU! I DIDN'T TELL JACK AND WILL CERTAINLY DIDN'T SINCE HE's FUCKING DEAD!" Ironhide shouts, trying to grab the book again. "give that back! give me that book back Ratchet!" Ironhide shouts.

"tell me the truth! you told Wheeljack!" Ratchet snaps.

"I did not!" Ironhide snaps. "give me the book or so help me Primus!" Ironhide shouts, wrapping his servo tightly around the wrist pushing on his chest plates. Ratchet going to regret this, Ironhide was going to make sure of it. "GIVE ME MY FUCKING BOOK! THIS ISN'T FUNNY! I DID NOT TELL WHEELJACK ANYTHING! GIVE ME THE BOOK!" Ironhide shouts/

"admit you told Wheeljack!" Ratchet snaps.

"I SAID GIVE ME THAT BOOK!" Ironhide growls, head butting the medic hard. he snatches the book back angrily, backing away from the medic, who stumbles. he glares at Ironhide, who glares back. theres a fire in the mechs optics that the medics never see before, along with a hurt. "I don't know what sick joke you're playing at, but Will is fucking dead! you don't just threaten to distroy his things! you don't just get to storm into my fucking room, accuse me of something I didn't do, and threaten to destroy the items of my FUCKING DEAD BONDED!" Ironhide snaps, pulling back and punching the medic as hard as he can. Ratchet yelps and stumbles out of the room, landing on his back as Ironhide slams the door hard.

"Ironhide you slagging glitch! admit you told Wheeljack right now!" Ratchet shouts, getting up and slamming himself against the door as hard as he can. "tell me right now or I'm taking your privilage to see the sparkling away!" Ratchet snaps.

"fuck off you fucking bastard! go away!" Ironhide snaps. "I swear to Primus I'll fucking kill you!" Ironhide snaps.

"what is going on?" Optimus frowns. Ratchet growls and storms off, stomping down the hallway. Optimus sighs and shakes his head, turning to knock on Ironhides door.

"FUCK OFF I'LL KILL YOU!" Ironhide snaps. Optimus frowns and knocks again.

"Ironhide-" Optimus starts.

"FUCK. OFF." Ironhide growls.

Optimus frowns and heads down to the medbay after Ratchet.

Ratchet storms into the medbay, Wheeljack is sitting silently, cuddling their sparkling.

"I... I didn't mean to... I really didn't mean to make you get upset at Ironhide." Wheeljack murmurs.

"I can't believe he shared that with you." Ratchet snaps.

"I can't believe someone else has to share it with me. how come you didn't?" Wheeljack ask.

"because!" Ratchet snaps.

"Ironhide didn't send it to me." Wheeljack murmurs.

"what?" Ratchet snaps, turning around to face him.

"Ironhide didn't send me that clip." Wheeljack frowns.

"you told me he fucking did." Ratchet glares.

"no, I said I ask him about it. he wouldn't share it with me because he said you asked him not to!" Wheeljack glares.

"oh yeah!? who the fuck else would have?" Ratchet snaps.

"I did." Optimus frowns, walking in. he crosses his arms over his chestplates. "he ask about it and I sent it to him." Optimus shrugs. Ratchet stares at him horrified a moment.

"you... you sent that to Wheeljack?" Ratchet frowns, trying to make sure he's heard him correctly.

"yes. I sent it to Wheeljack. he really wanted to know, so I sent it to him. he kept bringing up how strange it was that the electricity didn't hurt Reflect and I sent him the file to prove it didn't hurt you." Optimus frowns.

"are you fragging kidding me? I just yelled at Ironhide thinking he did it! damn it Prime I almost... oh shit." Ratchet groans.

"why is it so important Wheeljack doesn't see this Ratchet?" Optimus ask.

"because it was stupid. an accident. you guys laughed about that for a week." he growls lowly.

"being embarrassed is no reason to go be angry at Ironhide. what the hell did you do to him?" Wheeljack glares. Reflect whines quietly, reaching for Optimus. the Prime frowns and takes the sparkling gently.

"come here little one." Optimus murmurs gently, watching the sparkling immediately cover his audio receptors.

"I was not-" Ratchet starts.

"you were in the wrong Ratchet! you yelled at him over something stupid!" Wheeljack snaps. Optimus frowns, covering the sparklings servo gently with his own, pressing the sparklings head against his chestplates gently.

"come on little one, I having a feeling Ironhide may need you." Optimus murmurs softly, leaving the medbay quietly. the two angry and arguing bots don't even react.

"Ironhide okay?" Reflect asks.

"I'm not sure little one, but that is what you're going to find out alright? you're going to make sure he's okay. he really needs some love and care okay?" Optimus ask.

"okay Opmis." Reflect murmurs. the Prime knocks hard on Ironhides door.

"I said to fuck off!" Ironhide snaps.

"I have Reflect, he would like to see you." Optimus says. Reflect whines quietly and the Prime can hear Ironhides annoyed sigh. his door slams open and he glares at the Prime, until his optics land on the shaken sparkling. "they were yelling when I got into the medbay, he almost begged to leave." Optimus murmrus. Ironhide sighs a little and reaches for the sparkling, who immediately jumps at him.

"Ironhide!" Reflect whimpers. Ironhide holds him gently, letting the sparkling hug his neck.

"thanks I guess." Ironhide mutters, letting his door slam shut behind him.

"Hide okay?" Reflect asks.

"why wouldn't I be?" Ironhide grumbles.

"Ratchet say yell at Ironhide. Opmis say Ironhide need hug." Reflect says, looking up at him. Ironihde frowns a little.

"yeah I'm fine. I'm angry, but I guess I can get over that for you." Ironhide mutters, walking over to his berth and sitting down. Reflect settles into his lap quietly. Ironhide leans back and picks the book up. "Ratchet did something stupid sparkling." Ironihde murmurs. Refelct looks confused.

"Ratchet do stupid? do what stupid?" Reflect ask. Ironhide shakes his head, sighing at the book.

"he almost destroyed something important to me." Ironhide murmurs. Reflect frowns and looks at the book.

"but Ratchet not right?" Reflect ask.

"no I got it back before he could." the mech grumbles.

"Ironhide forgive?" Reflect asks.

"no." Ironhide murmurs. "no I can't forgive him..." Ironhide sighs.

"ever?" Reflect asks, quietly. "Ironhide never forgive?" Refelct ask. Ironhide frowns.

"ever is a long time squirt. I might be able to forgive him, but it won't be any time soon." Ironhide murmurs.

"long long long time?" Reflect ask. Ironhide smiles slightly, nodding.

"yeah. long long long time." Ironhide murmurs. Reflect nods, hugging the mech chestplate tightly.

"but Ironhide not made at Reflect right?" Reflect ask.

"no I'm not made at Reflect. its okay." Ironhide murmurs.

"Ironhide okay?" Reflect asks.

"yeah. I'm okay. I'm just angry Reflect." Ironhide murmurs. "I don't even know what he was doing." Ironhide sighs. Reflect whines softly, leaning against him.

"Ironhide and Reflect color?" Reflect ask. Ironhide frowns a little.

"yeah squirt, I guess." he sighs, getting up. Reflect perks up happily, grinning at the bigger mech.

"lets go!" Reflect squeals, getting up and jumping off the mechs berth. Ironhide has a brief flash of panic, but the tough little sparkling lands on his feet and runs to Ironhides door. it makes him smile a little.

"okay come on." Ironhide murmurs, getting up.

Ironhide and the sparkling head to the rec room, the bigger mech pulling the sparklings drawing stuff down. he sits one the floor with Reflect, watching him draw.

"Ironhide draw too!" Reflect squeals, holding a marker out to Ironhide, smiling at him. Ironhide looks somewher between angry and upset, so no one wants to mess with the mech, afraid of what he'll do. "Ironhide look scary." Reflect says, frowning up at the mech.

"what?" Ironhide asks. Reflect points at th mechs face.

"Ironhide look scary. look mean." Reflect frowns.

"I always look angry." Ironhide grumbles.

"Ironhide draw." Reflect says, waving the maker at him. Ironhide rolls his optics and takes the marker.

"draw what?" Ironhide asks.

"happy!" Reflect squeals.

"you can't 'draw happy' Reflect. happy is an emotion. not a drawing." Ironhide mutters. Reflect huffs at him, rolling his optics, and crosses his arms over his his chest. it gives Ironhide memories of Will and brings a small smile to his face.

"of course can draw happy, Ironhide." Reflect huffs. "Reflect draw happy all the time!" he adds.

"well, I don't draw happy. I'm not happy." Ironhide mutters. Reflect frowns and smacks the bigger bot with his own marker, leaving a bright white streak down the mechs leg. "hey now, watch it." Ironhide warns.

"Ironhide lie! say not happy. be happy!" Reflect glares.

"you remind me so much of him its not funny kid." Ironhide sighs a little, shoulders drooping a little.

"of Ratchet?" Reflect ask. Ironhide tenses a little. he couldn't tell the sparkling he meant Will.

"yeah sure kid, Ratchet." Ironhide murmurs, activating his holoform to draw with the sparkling.

"Ironhide?" Reflect ask.

"yeah?" he mumbles.

"story?" Reflect ask. Ironhide goes quiet, before shaking his head.

"no Reflect. not story I don't want to talk about Will today." Ironhide mutters. Reflect looks up confused.

"no story?" he ask. Ironhide shakes his head, not looking up from his paper. his mind is else where so he doesn't realize the sparkling has activated his own holoform, until he's hugging him as tight as his little holoform arms can.

"Reflect, what are you-" Ironhide start.

"Ironhide never say no story. must be sad, need more hug." Reflect says, face buried into Ironhides holoforms neck. Ironhide sets his marker down and wraps his own arms around the sparkling tightly, silently. he holds the hug as long as the sparkling does, both just sitting there quietly. like he and Will used to do in the privacy of the mans home. "did hug work?" Reflect asks softly after a few minutes. Ironhide chuckles softly, squeezing the little sparkling gently.

"yup, sure did. feeling better already." Ironhide murmurs. Reflect grins and shuts his holoform off, going back to his drawing.