"hey Ironhide?" Will ask quietly. Ironhide smirked at the table and pushed his stack of chips forward.

"I'm all in." he smirked. "yeah Will whats up?" Ironhide ask.

"I got a problem." Will said nervously. Ironhide frowned and straighted slightly. Sunstreaker growled.

"no cheating." he hissed.

"somethings wrong with Will." Ironhide mumbled. "whats wrong?" he ask. it was quiet a moment.

"um well... you see... I got this panel thing that just popped open and it won't close and I'm not sure what to do." Will said. Ironhide seemed confused. "its stuck. Lunar threw toy and it's jammed the panel open." Will mumbled.

"panel?" he muttered to himself. "what panel?" he ask.

"can you just come fix it please?" Will hissed. Ironhide heaved a sigh and threw his cards down. "please you can't just leave me like this, you love me right? please!" Will begged.

"alright Will. I'm on my way. relax okay? it's just a panel. I'll be here in a second." Ironhide sighed. "royal flush." Ironhide mumbled getting up. "sorry to leave so soon, but Wills being weird and having issues and he's broken something on his own body." Ironhide sighed. Sunstreaker snorted.

"nice pick of a bondmate." Sunstreaker snickered. Ironhide growled and grabbed hold of Sunstreakers head, slamming his face on the table hard. "ow!" Sunstreaker cried.

"leave my bondmate alone." Ironhide growled, walking off. he headed for his and Wills room. "okay Will whats wrong?" Ironhide ask. Will turned and faced him and Ironhide quickly shut the door. "geez Will cover up." Ironhide glared.

"I would love to but I can't get my stupid panel to go down!" Will hissed. "and whats so wrong with you?" Will glared. Ironhide raised an optic ridge.

"thats your interface circuitry." Ironhide frowned. Will had heard that term once or twice, but wasn't entirely sure what it meant.

"my what?" Will ask. Ironhide sighed.

"right." Ironhide shook his head and walked over. "if you were still human, it'd be your dick. interface circuitry is Cybertronian sexual instruments." Ironhide said. Will shifted awkwardly.

"well okay how do I fix it?" Will ask. Ironhide frowned slightly and knelt down.

"well what happened?" Ironhide ask.

"Lunar threw a toy and it hit me. it flew open and Im getting a weird notification that I recognize as the word bondmate." Will muttered. Ironhide nodded and reached forward, tugging on his panel hard. it was stuck pretty good. Ironhide frowned and pulled on it again.

"alright. c'mon now." Ironhide huffed. he pulled harder and Will stumbled forward some. he yelped bracing on Ironhide's shoulder. "man kid got this stuck pretty good." Ironhide said.

"yeah I was napping and he... it doesn't matter. can you fix it or not?" Will hissed. Ironhide pulled hard, and the panel popped free. Will relaxed as it closed. "thanks." Will muttered.

"mmhmm." Ironhide said standing up. he held up the toy and handed it to him. "try to keep your panel closed. Hotrod can practically smell when someone has their panel opened. accident or not." Ironhide grumbled. Will huffed.

"I'll rod him." Will mumbled. Ironhide smiled at him.

"where's Lunar?" he ask. Will nodded towards Lunars room.

"napping." Will said. Ironhide nodded and smiled.

"I'm going back to poker." Ironhide waved. Will nodded and laid on his and Ironhides berth. Ironhide smiled and headed to the table. he sat back down.

"ya man what happened?" Jazz ask. Ironhide rolled his eye's.

"Lunar threw a toy at him and got his panel stuck." Ironhide muttered.

"his panel?" Sunstreaker ask. Ironhide snickered.

"yeah his panel." Ironhide snickered. Sunstreaker burst into laughter.

"how stupid do you have to be to get your panel stuck?" Sunstreaker laughed.

"he didn't Lunar broke it." Ironhide rolled his eye's. "I assume while he was in recharge." Ironhide said. Lunar ran into the room and whimpered latching onto the first bot he found. Sideswipe looked down. he cried and clung to him.

"hey buddy. whats wrong?" Sideswipe ask. Lunar cried curling up. "Ironhide." Sideswipe said, lifting Lunar up. he held him over the table. Ironhide, looking shocked, took him and hugged him to his chassie.

"Lunar, hey its okay. whats wrong little one?" Ironhide ask. Lunar curled up, sniffling and clinging to him.

"carrier." Lunar whimpered. Ironhide straightened quickly and ran off with Lunar. the rest of the table got up and followed him.

"get off me!" Will shouted. Ironhide growled as he thrust Lunar into Jazz's servos and stormed in. he stomped into the room and paused. Will smacked Hotrod hard in the face with his shock rod. "I swear to god if you hurt my sparkling I'm gonna rip your throat out!" Will shouted. Hotrod groaned.

"he's okay Will." Ironhide soothed gently, motioning to Jazz. Wills head snapped up and he looked at Ironhide then Jazz, who held Lunar out. Will put his weapon away quickly and walked over scooping Lunar up.

"are you sure? Hotrod shoved him pretty hard." Will mumbled, hugging the sparkling tightly to his chest.

"you shoved my sparkling!?" Ironhide hissed, grabbing hold of Hotrod and throwing him hard, sending him through a wall.

"he's okay Hide." Will assured, looking Lunar over gently.

"what were you doing with my bondmate!?" Ironhide growled, pinning Hotrod down and pointing his cannons at the mechs head.

"get of me!" Hotrod shouted. "Prime! Prime!" Hotrod shouted. Optimus sighed walking over.

"Ironhide, what are you doing?" Optimus ask.

"do you care to tell Prime why you shoved my sparkling and were in MY room on top of my bondmate!?" Ironhide shouted, ready to shoot him.

"Ironhide calm down. everyone relax." Optimus sighed. he glared at Hotrod. "my office." Optimus hissed. Will pulled Ironhide off gently, patting his arm.

"come on Hide, get off him." Will said. Ironhide growled and backed off, Will planting Lunar into his servos. Lunar hugged his creators chest plate. Ironhide was raging, steam was huffing from his nose. he wasn't an idiot, he knew what Hotrod was doing in their room. he was going to interface with Will, even if the bot didn't agree, and he threw their sparkling out of the room to ensure it happened! Ironhide was hot! he was beyond pissed. "Ironhide stop! you're upsetting Lunar!" Will glared. Ironhide looked down, Lunar was getting upset again. he snarled at Hotrod, but cuddled the sparkling gently. they watched Hotrod get dragged off. "go Ironhide. go play your game. Lunar and I will lay down for a bit." Will said.

"no. it's fine. I'd rather stay with you guys for a bit." Ironhide mumbled. the other bots left and Ironhide closed the door. the little family laid together quietly. Ironhide holding them tightly. no one would hurt his family.