Imagine TFA Bumblebee having a crush on you and he's sooo cringe and obvious about it, but for some reason he thinks NO ONE could POSSIBLY know abt his feelings for you, cuz he's so SECRETIVE about it.
Anyways, he tries to ask you out on a date (he imagined it going more smoothly but he ended up fumbling his words and rambling), but then Sari butts in yelling "HE LIIIIIKES YOU!!!", and steam exits his flustered frame as he yells back at her to "SHUT UP!!!!"
Hey, are you doing okay? Could you write a Transformers: Animated headcanon with Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ratchet being friends with a reader who's super unlucky? Like, they're constantly getting into accidents or being flung across the room, yet somehow they always survive? As if the universe is playing a big prank on them XD
☆ [TFA] BOTS w/ an Extremely Unlucky Reader
i am doing fine anon! thanks for asking, i had a lot of fun writing this request :3 i think a reader with comically bad luck is interesting— each bot would have a very different way on dealing with it. i couldn't stop thinking of 'Wonder Of U' from JoJolion for some reason when i saw this request. reader is a victim of calamity lmao
scenario: your crew is trying to help you despite a few of them thinking you might be cursed. reader is a lot younger than Ratchet, like the rest of the crew.
including: Optimus, Bumblebee, Ratchet
Optimus:
— Optimus isn't really sure what's up with you, or how you even manage it. You're always the first to find a Decepticon, you're the first to get attacked by the Decepticons, you're getting tail-swatted away by Grimlock half the time out of sheer bad luck because that T. Rex doesn't seem to like any of them and you get it the worst.
— Now that he's thinking about it, you get everything the worst. He can't leave you alone for ten minutes. If it's not the Decepticons coming to offline you then its your surroundings. He suspects that you might have the environmental awareness of a rock. But that changes pretty quickly when he realizes you're just that unfortunate.
— One time, you drove into a cement pit and nearly got buried alive with cement if it weren't for Bulkhead interrupting those construction workers. The other time, you wandered into a demolishing ground and almost got flattened by debris. You're like a character from that Earth film Sari watched with Bee… a ‘Final Destination’ protagonist with the way you barely survive your day-to-day life. Optimus doesn't know how a single bot can get so much bad luck, it isn't even funny to him (it is to a certain someone else though). He may or may not be concerned.
— So, Optimus being the leader that he is, puts you under his supervision all the time. You're right where he can see you and nowhere else. But it takes a downhill turn.
— He ends up getting stuck in precarious situations with you. As if your misfortune is communicable and he can tell you don't mean it with the way you're looking at him as if you might explode into tears with absolute frustration. You don't mean for any of this to happen and it makes him feel... bad in a way.
— After being in a lot of near-death situations with you, he's gotten to know you a lot more better now so Optimus is a bit more protective over you and he can tell all of these repeated almost-encounters with Primus has definitely left you paranoid with a pessimistic streak. But hey, Optimus is trying his best to make you feel better and more hopeful about the next fight. Usually with a pep-talk or a pat on your pauldron. He is a bit protective over you, mostly because you seem to have the highest chance of getting dying and he doesn't want to lose a good Autobot.
— Eventually, he decided to keep you in the base at all times because of you being, and i quote, “a walking natural disaster surviving on mere gambles” only for a Decepticon to crash the base when the rest of the crew were out on the very same solarcycle.
— Optimus did this not only because of safety concerns but also because your bad luck is unpredictable; it could either be tripping when you're trying to run or get shot at point blank with a fusion cannon (and somehow miraculously survive). He thinks it's a liability for the team. Optimus is still figuring out how to be a leader here, he's figuring things out just like you are.
— Despite everything that goes down, your wit helps you survive all of these near termination situations that you get thrown into so Optimus is kind of impressed with your quick thinking. If only you weren't cursed with such bad luck, you might’ve made a wonderful addition to the Elite Guard. Or so Optimus thinks. Your case is unfortunate.
— He is definitely hesitant about letting you near Sari way too often when Optimus isn't there to make sure that you don't trigger the end of the universe by just existing. Primus knows what chaos would ensue with you and Sari in the same room.
— Optimus feels bad for you but he isn't sure what he's going to do with you. At all. He eventually realizes that your bad luck is just inevitable and the team has to push through it, especially when you start using your bad luck against the Decepticons.
Bumblebee:
— At first, this mech had absolutely no hesitation about laughing his aft off at every single one of your misfortunes as if there was a reality TV show unfurling in front of him. Bumblebee was borderline insufferable.
— But then, it slowly gets more concerning. Especially after the whole Allspark incident. He still gets a laugh every now and then, don't get him wrong but he may or may not be a teensy bit concerned now.
— Watching you getting flattened after Bulkhead tripped and fell right on top of you was pretty damn funny but at the same time, you being nearly made into molten metal by Blitzwing wasn't exactly something to laugh at. Or the fact that Megatron grabbed you and almost crushed you into bits with a single servo. That was painful to watch.
— Bumblebee feels genuinely sorry for you when Optimus basically grounds you saying that its for your safety and everyone else's safety. Sure you got a lot of bad luck but it can't be that bad!
— So Bee went against the big bot and helps you sneak out of base with Sari. You're not supposed to be around the human but Bumblebee thinks thats scrap!
— Bee pretty much stands up for you when Optimus decides to beach you and you seem clearly upset with it. He may be an aft sometimes but that doesn't mean he is one all the time. Bumblebee just likes cracking way too many jokes than he should.
— Has nominated you, without your consent to be bait to lure in Decepticons. You're a trouble magnet. Bee is pretty sure that if you were kept tied to a post, all the Decepticons in the vicinity would instantly be drawn out to the area. He clarified it was a joke.
— Bumblebee & Sari theorizes that your bad luck might just be your ability. Optimus Prime has his grapples and foam, Ratchet has his EMP burst, Prowl has his ninja skills, Bee has his stinger and Bulk has his ridiculous strength. You don't really seem to have any particularly special abilities.
— At some point, even some of the Decepticons (Blitzwing) notices how particularly unlucky you are and mocks you mid battle because you're stuck under a boulder that seemed to have come from absolutely nowhere. Bee stands up for you and says something like, “HEY, THREE FACE! I’m the only one who gets to make fun of ‘em!”.
— He goes from consistently making fun of your mishaps to "hey, dont take it too hard" after getting closer and closer with you. When he helps you sneak out, the two of you have gotten into a lot of mishaps together and almost died but Optimus doesn't need to know that part.
— Bee is more of a “We can work through your unfortunate circumstances together because I care about you!” type mech than a “I care about you as well as everyone else on the team so I'm going to set you aside so no one gets hurt." like Optimus is initially. So he doesn't really think you should avoid doing something just because you're basically cursed by Primus.
Ratchet:
— Out of all of them all, he probably pities your misfortune the most because he's the one repairing you afterwards.
— You and Ratchet are really close because of your repeated visits to the medbay back when you guys were just a usual Space-Bridge repair crew. You somehow managed to get yourself hurt even in that.
— The fact that you're alive is a medical mystery with the sheer amount of damages your endoskeleton has suffered. He remembers the first time he looked into your internals and his optics practically widened into bulbs. Theres cracks nearly everywhere and it took nearly forever for him to fix them all.
— To make sure he never has to spend cycles soldering and rewiring your frame, Ratchet makes regular check ups on you after a battle. Just to make sure you haven't sustained any damage trigged by your mythical levels of misfortune.
— You're capable, he can clearly see that. Ratchet also makes sure to teach you some basic repairs so that in the situation that you're on the battlefield and your stupid luck nearly gets you offline again, you can pick yourself back up.
— Ratchet can see how disheartened you are when something goes awry during a mission involving you and he isn't the best at comforting you so he just goes "it'll go better next time.". Implying that there will be a next time because you're practically a tenant in his medbay with how often you get injured.
— He's also pretty strict about you resting after a battle because you've sustained the most damage almost all the time. Ratchet wants you to be fully recovered before you go off to have another near-Primus-meeting incident again. But Bee sometimes sneaks you out regardless because you need to have fun! Despite what Ratchet says.
— He's very concerned but hes not really saying a word. Just raising his optical ridge, questioning Bumblebee when he says that you should come along to do something he perceives as reckless. Then he says something real snarky which makes Bee shut up near immediately and regret even suggesting that.
— He's your supportive yet very concerned grouchy grandpa. You're probably the only one who actually listens to some of his stories he talks about while repairing because when you're in the medbay, its usually for a longer time considering the amount of damages you sustain. So you really have nothing better to do.
Can I request romantic headcanons of TFA!Bumblebee x Cybertronian!Reader that has similarities with Frilled Jellyfish Cookie from Crk? :D
TFA! Bumblebee x Cybertronian! FJC! Reader (Headcannons)
You weren't born on Cybertron, you came alive from a shard of the Allspark
You were once a moon jellyfish animatronic for an aquarium, and a big one to be frank
When you gained a consciousness, you were confused. Where are you? Who are you? What are you? Why are there little flesh creatures screaming as you float around to explore your environment?
You were minding your own business in the night when you ran into a small human with a tall, yellow bot; perhaps they can tell you what's going on?
In both Sari and Bumblebee's pov, they were terrified because they thought a weird ghostly jellyfish was approaching them and ran
It was only when they and the rest of the group were sent to capture you, they realized that, for one, you aren't a ghost, and secondly, you weren't a threat, just confused.
So, to make sure you don't cause a public disturbance, they took you to the plant and made you an unofficial member
First thing that happened when you joined, teaching you how to transform, with Bee as your teacher since he and Sari were to first to interact with you
It took a while, but when you finally did it, Bee was starstruck
You were... pretty cute to be honest- gorgeous even
If you were to ask who fell first and who fell harder, it would all be Bee
From your sweet, calming voice that spoke sweet, encouraging words when he was down, enveloping both his servos in his own as you tell him that he's got this and many other words to help raise his spirits
You weren't really a fighter, so you contribute by tidying up the place, which later Bee helps you with or takes over to help lighten the load
The group notices that Bumblebee seems to flush and stammer when he's around you, and cleaning? It was quite easy to put two and two together, little Bee has a crush- the first to find out was Sari, then Bulkhead, the Optimus, then Prowl, and then Ratchet
But the last person to find out was Bee himself
He was just lying awake one night when the brick of love smacked him in the face hard
When he does finally realize, he becomes even more jittery, but tries to hide by trying to be chill and failing at the same time
Sari and Bulkhead's teasing only got worse because of that
Sari loves hanging around with you because you are sooooo sweet and gentle that she sees you kinda like a loving aunt, and is Bumblebee's wingman- or, well, wingwoman
I mean the kind of wingman that will play Careless Whisper in the background anytime she sees you and Bee conversing with one another- such results caused Bee to chase her around the plant with heavy blushing on his cheek plates
When you see this, you couldn't help but giggle at the display; it's quite comical
I really want to give TFA Bee the strap, and leave his valve a wet mess, but also I fear for my poor ears, because I know that mech is loud, and I don't mean in the sense of him being a screamer, but also that I'm sure that, every time he overloads, all of his alt mode's alarms and sirens turn on at once, and I don't want to end up deaf before I'm middle-aged just because I was on the epicenter of all that noise...
lmaoooo even if you gag him, you'll still get your eardrums destroyed
I can only advise you wear a pair noise-cancelling headphones - the ones construction workers use.
These bad boys may not cancel out everything, but anything is better than nothing
cuddling bee isn't enough, we need to smooch his horns. like how could we not they're smol n adorable! plus i like to think he gets flustered when being asked to touch them cuz he basically turns into a purring cat when they're massaged, silly bug melts in our hands essentially lol. i just love bee's horns, it's what makes him him in my opinion 💛🖤
A/N: MAN. OMG. I love this. tysm. I completely agree, his horns are iconic. I’ve always been so disappointed that TFP Bee didn’t have them honestly. We got the emotive wings there instead, hahah. When drawing him I also make his horns emote like cat ears, I’m compelled to. Also, talk of Bee’s horns actually comes up in chapter five of IKYS so this has me even more excited for it, and it may have changed some things… eheheh.
Note: Romantic!! fem!Reader, established best friends, crushing on each other, the works.
Warnings: None!
Bumblebee had a flaming crush on you. He always thought he was being smooth about it (and you found that adorable), but you knew exactly how to get him to falter.
The first time your hands brushed against the horns on the top of his helm, you were perched on his shoulder and grabbed onto one of them for support. He jumped at the contact.
Sensitive, clearly.
It didn’t take long for him to turn to complete putty however, and he was really not hiding it well.
When you figured this out, you couldn’t help the knowing smile that slowly spread across your face—and the sight of it nearly made him explode on the spot.
“…Why are you smiling like that?”
“No, reason.” And a giggle.
He knew why. He was just flustered and desperately needed to break the silence.
You chose not to tease him over it really, because it was very obviously sensitive and you didn’t want to embarrass him constantly. But the first time you asked to touch them, it took him by surprise.
Bumblebee’s fans kicked on and he looked like a deer in headlights, completely unsure of how to react or what to say.
Here’s this girl who his whole spark belongs to—whether she knows it or not—and she wants to touch his horns. Innocent and intimate. So close to his faceplate and so close to his optics. He almost didn’t want to admit how the thought made him feel because he didn’t know if he would survive that conversation. He was cripplingly nervous.
But you cuddled quite a lot. You’d slept through the night atop his chassis so many times already. You two were very close. What was the real harm in it? He trusts you completely.
During that cuddling session, he let you do it.
Your nails running along the surface of them sent shivers through his circuits. The calming effect it had washed every other feeling within him away and he melted into your touch. His helm dropped it’s full weight into your lap and he exvented, optics going offline in complete and total bliss and relaxation.
As your eyesight traced the edges of his plating in the dark, you found that you were grateful for the chance to see him so vulnerable. The ‘Bot was always so energetic, loud, brash—but now he was silent, venting in a smooth and quiet rhythm that told you that he was very much enjoying this.
The sound of a low vibration started slowly, and though it was still pretty quiet in volume, it grew to be very noticeable.
“Are you… are you purring?” You whispered.
Turns out, he didn’t exactly have the ability to purr. But his spark itself did, and it made it known.
The low thrumming sound relaxed you too, and your own heart fluttered. A pure, intimate moment, no chaos, no danger—you were both safe.
Planting a hesitant kiss on the horn that was closer to you brought a huge smile to your face when he shuddered, and you imagined his faceplate as hot to the touch.
(It was. He was so glad you couldn’t see it.)
It didn’t take long for him to fall into stasis, and you followed not long after.
In retrospect, you’d created a monster.
Bee figured out how to get you to cave whenever he wanted you to graze your nails against his horns. All he had to do was give you the puppy eyes, beg and beg and beg, and you were defeated.
It wasn’t like you were ever actually opposed to it, though. It was just so fun to watch him beg you for something so sweet.
He’d do anything for you, but now? You’re set for life.
Hello! If it's ok with you, I'd LOVEEEE it if you could please do Bumblebee x Reader prompt??
(I love Transformers, so... yee <3)
Sorry to disturb you, if I am.. 👍💓
Sure! Also you're not disturbing me, you're fine!
Imma do Bumbleebee from Transformers: Animated (2007) since that's the Transformers i'm most familiar with!
TFA! BUMBLEBEE X READER HCs
Bumblebee acts super charismatic and flirtatious but if you turn that on him, he will become an incredibly flustered mess
He will take you anywhere you want to go
^ He will 100% get distracted and start racing someone
He has a lot of energy and will jump from topic to topic, so reader is a good listener!
Despite him acting nonchalant and comedic, he really does worry for your safety
You get along with the other autobots fairly easy
Reader and Bumblebee tease each other A LOT
^ y'all need to stop flirting during battles ngl
His nickname for you is probably some kind of flower and you call him 'honeybee'
You two like playing video games together
If you said you liked a certain topic or hobby that he isn't familiar with, he would try to learn about that hobby or topic for you!
^ Although he might wind up learning about something completely unrelated, leading to the reader having to teach him about the topic or hobby
^ Bonus points if its a hands-on hobby, a topic about something imaginative, or some sort of adventurous or unique hobby, he would 100% want to learn and participate
He likes racing w the reader (He lets you win. Sometimes.)
Reader and Sari are good friends as well
He will calm down and stop being incredibly energetic if you're having a bad day. If you need quiet, he'll quiet down as well and make sure everyone else is quiet.
He likes adventuring w the reader
Bumblebee LOVES cuddles (he is very careful since you're considerably smaller than him)
He likes any gift you get him, especially handmade gifts!
He finds it cute when the reader falls asleep against him
If anything ever happened to you during or after a battle he would be incredibly stressed and constantly bother Ratchet with questions (if Ratchet tries to lock Bee out of the med room he WILL find a way to break in)
He is VERY touchy (if you have boundaries with touch he would try his best to follow them (and sometimes fail))
He likes watching cartoons w the reader
If you ever got kidnapped by the decepticons, he would be angrier than he ever has been in his life, even lashing out at those he's friends with (to which he apologizes for)
^ He will only stop being angry towards everyone around him when he knows you're alive and well
^ He would be incredibly clingy, on edge, and paranoid for a few days after he and the autobots get you back
