been thinkin' a lot about op getting to actually relax. like haha primus won't let him retire but. a lot of the work optimus has on his plate he gives to himself, even as he sheds placed-upon roles of leadership, tired of being a leader but unable to fully relinquish charge, too tunnel-visioned, too idealistic, too perfectionist. him existing in little pockets of not-work is so important to me. doing stuff that's not necessarily work-related ; people-watching, going for a drive, remaintenancing his weapons for the hundredth time that week not because he needs to but because the process of disassembling & reassembling a gun is a meditative kind of routine that keeps his hands busy & lets his more complicated routine processors idle for a change, reading history not because he's searching for an answer to the present but because something caught his attention & the rabbit hole was enticing enough.