Code words that aren't the usual:
F/f: favourite food
F/j: favourite job

The sweet salty air filled your body in a refreshing way as you approached the ferry. You were finally going home, or at least what was your home at one point. So much has changed, but after a turn of events, you called your uncle asking to stay with him a while. Now, you leave the mainland knowing you will have a place to stay, and a surprise awaiting you. Your Uncle Charlie didn't tell you what it was, but you were convinced it was f/f.

You awoke on your motorbike(yes, you're badass) as the horn honked to announce your arrival. As soon as you fully awakened, excitement overcame your tiredness. Once you were off the ferry, you stopped next to a very shiny, very new looking police car. You turned your bike off and propped it on it's kickstand, getting off to give your uncle a hug.

"Y/n! It's so good to see you. How've you been?" He asked, his demeanour ever cheerful.

"It's been ok Uncle Charles. How have you been?"

"Great, we got new equipment, which makes rescue work much easier" he responded, a chuckle that suggested something was hidden behind it. Brushing it off, your conversation quickly ended, mounting your bike to follow Charlie to the firehouse.

When you pulled in, it was shockingly clean in your opinion, which you figured didn't mean much with your low cleanliness standards. 3 other shiny vehicles sat in the garage, but your glance was short as your family gained your attention.

"Y/n! It's been way too long!" Cody shouted, leaping into your arms. Before you left Griffin Rock, you had a particularly close connection with him after the Burn's lost their Mrs.

"It sure has Code, how much have you grown? A foot? Foot and a half? You'll be taller than me soon" you commented with a chuckle, ruffling his hair. He laughed and before your conversation could continue, Dani hugged you tightly.

"D-Dani- you're stronger than ya think" you choked out, patting her back frantically. She pulled away before responding.

"Well that's what you get for leaving for so long! What happened anyways??" She scolded then questioned angrily.

"Um... stuff happened I guess..." was the best you had, sheepishly rubbing the back of your neck.

"That's it?? Stuff happened?!" Graham exclaimed, pulling you in for a hug of his own, this time not a death grip, "you practically cut contact after being gone for a few weeks!" He nearly yelled, only when you flinched did your uncle intervene.

"Both of you, that's enough. Y/n doesn't seem to want to talk about it. Let it be, we have something important to tell her anyways" he said, diverting the topic. Until now, Kade had stayed silent.

"Really Dad?? Do we have to tell her? Just because Uncle Woodrow knows now doesn't mean she has to," he practically spat.

"But Kade, she's family too. It's only fair that she knows." Cody shot back, the snappiness in his tone surprised you. You were glad he learned to stand his ground against the most annoying of the family.

"Code, you know she isn't really, and even so, that doesn't mean she has to know," he scoffed, rolling his eyes at the whole ordeal.

Chief stopped the argument before it got more heated, asking supposedly people behind you to transform and introduce themselves. When you turned to see where he was looking, you saw the vehicles changing into... robots? If that wasn't enough, the orange and white onesie visor slid up, revealing excited and kind... eyes? The rest retracted their visors, the bulldozers' eyes simply changing colour. The orange one who first showed his eyes was the first to speak.

"Hi! I'm Blades. I'm so happy to meet you, Dani hasn't stopped talking about you for a week!" He exclaimed, crouching to lend you his finger for a handshake.

You stood in awe, looking amongst the four, Blades, and the 3 who seemed to be waiting for your first introduction to finish. Not wanting to be rude, you shook his hand, or rather, his finger, assuming this was a he. The next to move towards you was the police bot, Blades backing off when he stepped forward.

"Hello, I am Chase. I have been proud to work alongside your Uncle, and will be glad to get to know you as well. Perhaps we could engage in what humans call icebreaker games." He introduced, a kind smile adorning his features. Damn. Gentleman, polite, polished finish, gentle and engaged eyes, a smile that could light up the night after dark, and initiative. You knew you said you wanted to see a vehicle sexier than your bike, but you were joking.

At your lack of response, he crouched down, pressing a finger to your forehead tenderly, "it appears you have a fever, may I assist you in any way?" He asked, that voice.

"No, I'm alright, just... shocked, I guess." You excused, a shy smile brought creases to the corners of your eyes, which stared into his. You could hear Dani snickering in the background, peeling your eyes away from the kind officer to shoot her a glare that could kill.

The next to step forward was the bulldozer, Chase moving back to give him the space in front of you. Quite the attention you were getting. This one seemed overly eager to meet you.

"Hi! I'm Boulder, it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm excited to learn more about you, and hopefully you can learn about us too" he spoke enthusiastically, reaching his finger out for you to shake as the other two previously had. After shaking his finger, you looked up to the last sentient robot, the firetruck. He just looked at you and scoffed, rolling his eyes.

"Kade. Someone supersized Kade," You said simply, nearly glaring at him, "I swear if you start bullying Cody-"

"What?! No! Never, and don't compare me to Kade!" He nearly snapped at you, you nearly chuckled at the reaction he gave.

"Anger issuesssss" you teased, quickly backing away when he growled at you, choosing to go to Chase for protection(😉) as you kept an eye on who you chose to call Giant Kade. That'll serve him for not introducing himself.

"Say, how are they people-y anyways??" You asked, looking to your Uncle for an answer, only for Boulder to answer.

"We're Cybertronians, aliens from another planet, Cybertron to be exact. Our planet was destroyed, so those of us left are now on earth. We were trained to be Rescue Bots, and are here to function as such, no need to be frightened" he explained, clearly eager to talk about this to someone new, who didn't already know this information. Relatable.

"Oh?" You asked, your family looking at you nervously, almost second guessing their faith in you. "Cool, I guess. Cyberwhatians again?" You asked, trying to show engagement. Your heart fluttered when Chase stepped in to answer.

"Cybertronians. You seem... interested. Your heart rate and body language suggest so as well." He stated, making you self conscious. Frick, he'll figure you out way too quickly.

"Um... yeah, of course I am, I came home to find 4 aliens in my family's home." You stated simply, cringing at how cold that sounded.

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It has been a month since you've been home. You have gotten a new job here in f/j(if it requires training that's what you left to the mainland for, and simply found a job in that area here) Cody was impressed by your motorcycle, and Dani really wanted to take it out for a ride, although when you tried to let her, Chase scolded the both of you, as she did not have her license for it. If he wasn't so cute you would've cussed his head off, but alas, you will have a hard time explaining to your friend on the mainland that you actually found a vehicle sexier than your bike, especially without explaining the situation. You stayed in the spare room, struggling to keep it tidy, because as said earlier, your cleanliness standards aren't very high.(especially with how dirty y'all are on this app) needless to say that Heatwave got upset about your nickname for him pretty quickly, telling you his name in an attempt to make you stop. Too late.

Chase almost seemed... jealous? At this? You were probably reading him wrong. He was giving you a lot of mixed signals after all. Dani kept teasing you, but she stopped when she noticed your distress over the situation. You were spending loads of time with him, but it was impossible to figure his feelings out. And with him being an alien, and you a human, there was no way he would like you.

Just when you were about to force yourself to drop your feelings for him, that serotonin in your life, he asked you to go for a drive with him. Being the lovesick idiot you are(at least, that's what you thought of your reaction at first) you eagerly agreed and were very happy to have one-on-one time with him.

After hoping in, the seatbelt slid across you slowly, or maybe that was just your mind playing tricks on you. Chase began to drive off, the seat growing warmer with each passing second. It was an awkward silence, until he pulled up to a forest and opened your door. Once you climbed out, he transformed, bending down to lend you his servo, to which you stepped onto it. He carefully lifted you up, but you still grabbed onto his thumb digit(in the past month you learned they were digits, not fingers) as he brought you to his level, and started for the thicker area within the trees. As he walked along, he began to explain himself.

"There is... something I'd like to tell you. According to the human novels I have read, this should be the correct way to convey what I have to tell you, in a way which I can do so with our circumstance." He stated, before reaching a clearing and setting you down. You turned around to face him, and he sat down criss-cross applesauce, before pulling out a sheet of paper and clearing his throat.

"Y/n, my y/n, you mean so much to me
Y/n, my y/n, your eyes shine so gleefully
Your beauty a better sight than sunset at the sea
Your loving heart more than what I would ever plead
Y/n, my y/n, how I wish to call you mine
But y/n, my y/n, my forbidden love, is for nothing but rhymes" as he finished, he looked you in the eyes.

Your face held pure shock, which gave poor Chase the wrong impression. He was about to apologize when you approached him, hugging his pede, as it was all you could reach.

"I love you too Chase" you said softly, looking him in the optic. Now it was his turn to be shocked, picking you up and holding you to his faceplates.

"Y-you do..."

"Yes Chase, I love you. I fell for you the moment I saw those eyes"

1876 words babyyyy! Lemme know if I should do a part 2, I set up the beginning to have a lot more plot within readers personal life, and a tad bit of trauma(k maybe not a tad-) as my inspo for this was actually "putting to much trust in someone or something" listed under "fun ways for a character to be wrong" in a prompts list, so reader has a tad of background, I was thinking an abusive person close to them, or maybe they were adopted by Woodrow in a spontaneous decision, or maybe a cousin on Mrs. Burns side, and her death lead to her drifting from that side of her family, but either way a part 2 would come with trigger warnings, so there is that to keep in mind.