Do you remember that ‘Tfp — eyes go red/blue’?
I know that’s not exactly a thing for Mtmte, or at least the colour changes are far more consciously intentional, butttt what if, in rare circumstances, it is possible that one’s optic colour changes by their emotion? (Hence I don’t Know red being so popular for the cons cuz- hatred blah blah blah) sooo…….
Mtmte megatron seeing his s/os eyes go red?
OMG MAYBE ITS THE GLADIATOR S/O!!! Remember them lol? I’ve… made so many requests help lol! 😆 still love you’re writing!
Megatron woke with a jolt, his dormant battle protocols quickly booting up as his optics sweep his quarters. His lover was no longer curled against him in bed, but hunched in a far corner. Their servos clutched their favorite dagger tight to their chest, and they shifted slightly, lifting their helm and looking like a predator about to pounce. Their optics locked onto Megatron and all of the air in him escaped in a whoosh, hot on his lips. All this time, and he had never seen their optics turn such a fiery, troubling red. Not even in the old archival footage of his love in the gladiatorial Pits of Kaon.
Megatron didn’t move a muscle, too horrifically concerned to do much else than whisper their name. They launched forward, and Megatron barely had time to throw his servos up and deflect the knife. Which had been aimed at his spark. As the two grappled, Megatron heard them hissing words at him.
“You’ll never touch me again!” and “I’ll rip your spark out, you sick fragger!”
It broke Megatron’s spark. They had always been cagey about their past and what exactly they’d endured in the Pits, but Megatron was no fool. He used his weight for leverage and rolled their frames over, hauling them both up so he was sitting with his back against the wall and their back pressed against his chassis, his arms keeping them pinned to him.
“Shh, my love,” he rumbled.
He gently pried the knife from their shaking servo as they cursed him vehemently. It crossed his mind that, if not for being handicapped by the dream world, they could have easily offlined him. He wrapped his longer legs around theirs when they started to thrash.
“It’s only a dream,” he said gently, lips right next to their audial. “You are safe, darling. I won’t let anyone else touch you for as long as I am functioning.”
Their frame was still riddled with tension but they’d stopped thrashing. He could still see the red glow cast from their optics reflecting off his arms crossing their chest.
“That’s it,” he coaxed, “Focus on my voice. Feel my arms surrounding you, protecting you. No one can get to you here, my love.”
They sniffed and dropped their helm back onto Megatron’s shoulder, their optics shuttered. He loosened his hold on them and gently rubbed their arms, hoping to chase away the last of the memory fueled nightmare.
“Good. Focus on that and breathe deep for me.”
They did as he said for a moment, and why their opened their optics they were —to Megatron’s great relief— once again crystalline blue.
“I feel you,” they whisper. “I feel you all around me, Megatron. Thank you.”
He smiles fondly and kisses their temple. “You do not need to thank me for loving you.”