"Wheeljack how many times must I tell you and to stop taking Miko on scouting missions!" Ratchet and you both yelled at him.

Wheeljack sighed as he gave a light hearted chuckle. "Cmon Docbot, Sunshine, it was deathly silent in here with you two working, of course I wouldn't blame the kid for being bored to death." He said giving a shrug.

"That's no excuse!" You and Ratchet both said as you shoed Miko into the medbay.

Ever since you found out about the autobots and decepticons, Ratchet took an instant liking to your knowledge on Earth chemicals and anatomy, considering that you were a major in college on Bionuclear engineering and the fact that you both tended to mirror each other.

Although, when Wheeljack came into the picture, for some reason he always seemed to bug you in the strangest ways. The way he and Bulkhead would play their games dangerous enough for you humans to get squished, when he would constantly disobey orders from the others, how his back struts are positioned perfectly between each other as they overlapped, or how he would endanger Miko and the others.

You would never admit it (mainly cause you didn't even know yourself) but you were unnoticeably attracted to the large mech.

Maybe it was they way he was always calling you Sunshine? Maybe because he was always courageous enough to take the fall for the rest of the autobots? Maybe even just because he was your opposite, and according to a lot of humans, opposites attract?

But one thing was for sure, he would always try to bug you the most when he had the time to switch on his holoavatar. Just like now.

"Hey sunshine!" Wheeljack said from behind you as you sighed.

"Wheeljack how many times must I tell you not to call me that?" You asked as you turned around, crossing your arm as you turned away to hide your embarrassment.

"Oh cmon sunshine, you're hanging out with Docbot too much." He said as he placed an arm over your shoulders and you stiffened at the contact.

"Ratchet is a perfectly fine influence." You said as you were led away by his holoavatar.

"Yeah-right, ok but why don't you come with me on one of my scouting missions, Sunshine? It gets real boring with no one there." He said as you approached his alt-mode.

"Wheeljack I have homework to do, I'm in college and I can't waste a single chance not to study." You objected but far too late.

Before you knew it, you were already in his alt-mode and he buckled you in before revving his engine and rushing down the driveway of the autobot base, heading out onto the dusty Nevada roads.

"Damn it Wheejack!" You said before he let out a haughty laugh, one that would've made you stutter or your legs to fail, had you not been sitting in his cab.

"Don't worry sunshine! What's the worst that could happen?" He asked as you bit you lip, the worst? You could come up with a lot.

"Oh cmon, I know that look." Wheeljack said, snapping you out of your thoughts, "Loosen up sunshine." He said before he started playing music on the radio.

🎶"I used to wanna be
Living like there's only me
And now I spend my time
Thinking 'bout a way to get you off my mind (yeah you!)
I used to be so tough
Never really gave enough
And then you caught my eye
Giving me the feeling of a lightning strike (Yeah you!)Look at me now, I'm falling
I can't even talk, still stuttering
This ground of mine keeps shaking
Oh oh oh, now!All I wanna be, yeah all I ever wanna be, yeah, yeah
Is somebody to you
All I wanna be, yeah all I ever wanna be, yeah, yeah
Is somebody to you" 🎶

You smiled at the lyrics, hearing Wheeljack unconsciously humming along as you leaned back into your seat, thinking about how you felt towards the ex-wrecker.

Of course the first thing that came to mind was that you were annoyed by him, but then another thought came to mind, you had always looked forward to him coming around the base, he always seemed to be quite the comic relief and for some reason he made you feel at ease, like all the stress from school would slowly dissolve with the time you spent with him.

Was that natural? Well, even if you were a Bionuclear engineering major in college, you sure as hell never dealt with something like this. Academy smarts, not street smarts...

Wheeljack noticed your silence and lowered the music slightly. Though he didn't want to break you out of your trance yet, he still needed a way to confess to you, the had been practicing for the last 4 cycles, with the help of Miko and Bulkhead. Although for some reason he couldn't come up with everything right now.

You were both broken out of your thoughts as soon as you were both shot at and Wheeljack skidded to the side, leaving drift marks as you looked in his rear view mirror to see a few seekers above you.

"Scrap." Wheeljack said before he revved his engines angrily and sped down the dirt roads, trying to shake the deception off, only to see more appear in front of them, and a familiar pair of wings came into sight.

Soundwave.

You panicked, yup! This was one of the MANY things on your list of what could've gone wrong with going on a scouting mission with Wheeljack.

"I know what you're gonna say - and just don't." Wheeljack said before he revved his engines again and transformed, you flew out of his cab and into his hand as he subtly shoed you away to go hide.

You hid behind two large boulders as you heard combat noises, gunshots and metal on metal filled your ears.

You but your lip and pulled your knees into you chest. This kind of thing what just what you feared of happening! But you knew Wheeljack wouldn't let you get hurt... right? Of course...?

You head filled with doubts, what if he couldn't save you in time? What if Soundwave took you? What if-... what if they got Wheeljack? What if they killed him?

Your thoughts were put to an end when Wheeljack revved his engine and drove up next to you, scratched and energon leaking from him as you gasped.

"Get in." He said in a firm tone, not even letting you begin your sentence before you heard Soundwave getting up and you dove into his leather seats.

"Hey Docbot can we get an emergency ground bridge?" Wheeljack asked through his com before you heard Ratchet yell at him and a familiar blue-green glow formed in front of both of you.

By the time both of you got through, Ratchet was about ready to pop. He gave Wheeljack quite the ear full and Wheeljack left the scolding with a few dents from wrenches as well.

"Oh and don't even think that you're off the hook!" Ratchet said pointing at you accusingly.

He gave you just as bad a scolding before sending you off as soon as he finished repairing Wheeljack, both of you headed up to the top of the autobots base.

There was an awkward but comforting silence between you two when you both got up there. Neither of you knew what to say at the moment but Wheeljack let out a sigh.

"Sorry Sunshine... I shouldn't have put you in danger like that." He said as he looked out to the sunset in front of both of you.

"It's Alright Wheeljack, in the end you still protected me when the time came." You said, a blush creeping it's way onto your face.

"You know (Y/n)... I never really- I guess I-" he sighed, he couldn't even speak correctly around you. Then he got an idea.

🎶"I used to wanna be
Living like there's only me
And now I spend my time
Thinking 'bout a way to get you off my mind (yeah you!)
I used to be so tough
Never really gave enough
And then you caught my eye
Giving me the feeling of a lightning strike (Yeah you!)Look at me now, I'm falling
I can't even talk, still stuttering
This ground of mine keeps shaking
Oh oh oh, now!All I wanna be, yeah all I ever wanna be, yeah, yeah
Is somebody to you
All I wanna be, yeah all I ever wanna be, yeah, yeah
Is somebody to you
Everybody's trying to be a billionaire,
But every time I look at you I just don't care."🎶

Your eyes widened as he played the song from before and looked down at you. He chuckled at your surprised expression before he gently rubbed your back with one of his digits

"(Y/n), know this, I love you, and I promise nothing will hurt you, ever again. I promise." He said before you hugged one of his digits.

"I love you too Wheeljack. Thank you."