StrongSwipe sparkling h/cs
- Sideswipe is 100% a #girldad. You will find him covered in magnets and vinyl stickers from playing with her and he's proud of it.
- Absolutely cried when he held her for the first time. Strongarm couldn't even make fun of him for it bc she did too (and then promptly took a several hour nap, which, deserved).
- Smokescreen and Bumblebee, and Ultra Magnus were the first ones to meet the little one after she was born. While UM and Strongarm may not have the same parental relationship that Sideswipe has w/ Bee and Smokeacreen, he is very important to her.
- Bee and Smokescreen did NOT know they were having a sparkling, so were quite worried when Sideswipe called them up one day asked to meet at the hospital. They were very shocked when he revealed the sparkling.
Smokescreen: how long have you had a sparkling??
Sideswipe, checking the time: uhhh, a few hours?
He says it's payback for not knowing about Artemis till she was born :p
They can't even be mad, they're just impressed that the pair managed to keep it a secret from them the whole time.
- Smokescreen and Bee are quite excited bc new sparkling! But also, this makes them grandparents, but grandparents are old! They're not old! Not that old, grandparent is Ratchet's thing! How are they grandparents??? Ratchet just laughs at them when he finds out.
- Even tho the little one usually goes to work with Strongarm in the early days (once she's sleeping thru the night/doesn't need to be fed every 2 hours), sometimes she goes over to the Rescue Bot HQ for a few hours with Sideswipe and everyone adores her. Sideswipe loves to show her off.
- She is like a tiny mimic, copying her parents all the time. Strongarm sitting her office working, looking very focused. Baby beside her making the same face (except she's just focused on chewing on a teething ring or something). Once she is mobile she starts copying Sideswipe when he's working and shit. It's adorable and silly.
- Despite having a sparkling of his own being something Sideswipe had wanted, the one who actually brought the idea up was Strongarm. Bc Sideswipe was too chicken shit to bring it up himself. He knows that she likes her job, and was afraid either she would give it up for this or think that's what he wanted her to do. She had to convince him that neither fact was true and that she did want this too. Her job isn't physically demanding like his so she can work while carrying and, even bring the kid to work if need be.
