(this is mostly just ideas and a basic framework of what I plan to do)
Abigail van der Heide (Abbie)
Abbie has been hurt and left behind by many people in her life so she isolates to cope and out of fear of more rejection. She doesn't feel like she has much of a reason to be or a purpose in life.
She's a true blue tomboy who loves rock, rap, metal, video games and camping. She's kind hearted and always willing to help out, regardless of the cost to herself. She's introverted but is ride or die when she becomes close with someone.
- starts during "Crossfire" (season 2 episode 7)
- eliminates the "Breakdowns corpse being used by MECH and Cylas" arc
- MECH instead uses their previous data collected during Breakdowns capture by them, the clone of Optimus and data from stealing Bulkheads T-Cog to create a non-transforming mock Cybertronian body for their dying leader ("The Human Factor")
- Arachnid doesn't slice up and kill Breakdown but slits his throat and leaves him for dead instead, only to be found by a young woman who lives in a small town nearby who happened to be biking by
- She runs away at first (Breakdown thinks) but returns with an welding mask, gloves and TIG torch from her bag and seals the wound in his neck
- She leads weak Breakdown to an abandoned scrap yard a few miles outside town where she happens to spend a lot of her time
- She sells still good parts online and uses the scrap to create sculptures (an homage to Dean from the Iron Giant)
- Breakdowns voice is changed due to Arachnids attack clipping his voice synthesizer (new VA: Travis Willingham?)
- Breakdown finds himself bonding with the woman and decides to contact Bulkhead and the Autobots on a discreet line and switch sides after the Decepticons have left him for dead multiple times now (in between "Nemisis Prime" and "Armada")
- the young woman ends up ironically falling for Bulkhead, much to Breakdowns chagrin (during "Toxicity" she confesses to an unconscious Bulkhead and bonds with him more in "Hurt", despite knowing he did not hear her confession). Bulkhead and Breakdown also settle their grudge during a training match. (Breakdown beats him but says something about Bulkhead still putting up a good fight despite his injuries)
- Knockout and the rest of the Decepticons believe Breakdown is dead until nearing the end of season 2
- Knockout begins his plan to defect and sabatoge Megatron's plans once he learns the truth about Breakdown and that neither Megatron nor Dreadwing cared to see if his partner had survived the encounter with Arachnid ("Hard Knocks")
- Starscream alone is responsible for "Thirst"
- Abbie is attacked by Soundwave in "Minus One" after she decides to stick around the base with Ratchet. Her injuries are near fatal, hanging on to life in "Persuasion" thanks to June.
- In "Synthesis" , Knockout convinces June to assist him in a surgery that would save Abbie's life: a cybertronian exoskeletal implant based off information gathered from the Apex Armor and C.Y.LA.S.. It is extremely risky and the long term affects are unknown, but it would save her life.
- Abbie survives surgery and though struggling with her new cybernetic abilities/parts, she insists on helping in "Deadlock".
- (Maybe?) While Breakdown and Knockout decide to remain on Earth with Ratchet and the kids, Abbie finds herself capable of surviving on Cybertron, and decides that life on Earth hasn't been fulfilling for her and she never felt like she had a purpose like she does now, so she remains with the Autobots and finally tells Bulkhead how she feels. She becomes Earth's designated liaison on Cybertron.
While that poll closes up, what are we thinking for my self inserts mech suit weapon? I've got a couple options I've been bouncing around but can't pick.
Been thinking about my tfp self insert some more and I'm once again conflicted about her so I wanna get the fandoms opinion.
Should I still do the Breakdown Redemption au (where my self insert wouldn't show up til "Crossfire") or do something like making her Miko's axe throwing coach (where she'd show up much sooner and meet the Bulkhead after a practice night when she realizes that he's not her foster parents car)?
Me about to inflict horrible near death injuries on my tfp self insert so I can replace most her bones and organs with Cybertronian technology that transforms into a sick mech suit:
a taller f/o who looks down at you, no, not because they're trying to be rude, but because you're so much shorter than them. they can't help but smirk and playfully tease you for your height.
they always have an excuse to be close to you to "help" with grabbing anything that's just ever so slightly out of reach. they could give it to you, but how could they resist seeing you pout — you always make that irresistible face that makes their chest feel warm. and it just becomes second nature to get you to look at them a thousand times.
and god forbid you want a kiss too. they love the fact you can't reach their lips, even when you're on your tippy toes. you're struggling and they're just waiting there, while the clock tick-tocks away. it's no surprise that when you start to give up....
Been thinking about my tfp self insert some more and I'm once again conflicted about her so I wanna get the fandoms opinion.
Should I still do the Breakdown Redemption au (where my self insert wouldn't show up til "Crossfire") or do something like making her Miko's axe throwing coach (where she'd show up much sooner and meet Bulkhead after a practice night when she realizes that he's not her host parents car)?
Been thinking about my tfp self insert some more and I'm once again conflicted about her so I wanna get the fandoms opinion.
Should I still do the Breakdown Redemption au (where my self insert wouldn't show up til "Crossfire") or do something like making her Miko's axe throwing coach (where she'd show up much sooner and meet the Bulkhead after a practice night when she realizes that he's not her host parents car)?
I think if I do the axe throwing coach, I'd make her Wheeljacks charge (sort of)
She'd stick with him whenever he's on earth and make sure he doesn't do anything too reckless for the sake of the Autobots secrecy. (He's definitely taken her off planet too, providing she stays in the ship, but don't tell Prime)
Been thinking about my tfp self insert some more and I'm once again conflicted about her so I wanna get the fandoms opinion.
Should I still do the Breakdown Redemption au (where my self insert wouldn't show up til "Crossfire") or do something like making her Miko's axe throwing coach (where she'd show up much sooner and meet the Bulkhead after a practice night when she realizes that he's not her host parents car)?
I think if I do the axe throwing coach, I'd make her Wheeljacks charge (sort of)
She'd stick with him whenever he's on earth and make sure he doesn't do anything too reckless for the sake of the Autobots secrecy. (He's definitely taken her off planet too, providing she stays in the ship, but don't tell Prime)
Hey there! Not sure if you write for him, totally cool if not, but could I request some tfp Bulkhead x tomboy reader fluff? Maybe with her being kind of a mother figure to Miko? Idk whatever you come up with works!
Again all good if you don't wanna write this or don't write for Bulkhead though!
Hello lovely anon!
Thank you so much for being the first Bulkhead request!! I don't mind writing him at all!! I hope I did him justices for you, they're just so sickly sweet.
“Steel and Soft Hands.”
Pairings -> Bulkhead x Tomboy!Y/N
Warnings -> n/a
Genre/Theme -> fluff, teasing, bantering, comedy and mutual pining.
Note -> n/a
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The first sign that tonight was going to be one of those nights was the sound of a guitar string snapping.
You winced, instinctively jerking away from the noise even though you were not the one holding the instrument. Across from you, Miko groaned dramatically, holding her battered guitar like it had just lost a leg in battle.
“Noooo! My baby!” she wailed, shaking it in the air before glaring at you like you had personally hexed it.
You raised your hands in defense. “Hey, don’t look at me. That is what happens when you think tuning is a competitive sport.”
She narrowed her eyes. “You just don’t understand my genius.”
You tilted your head. “Mmhm. Genius doesn’t usually sound like a cat choking on a kazoo.”
That earned you a scandalized gasp and a half-hearted swat to the arm. You caught her wrist mid-swing and held it there with ease, smirking. It was not hard to play the “annoying older sibling” role with her, though you knew you would shift into mom-mode soon enough once she really started testing limits. The girl had energy to burn, but zero interest in taking care of herself, and somebody had to balance her out before Ratchet’s vents started hissing.
Miko groaned again, this time flopping backward onto the couch in the Autobot base with the kind of boneless collapse only a teenager could manage. Her guitar clattered beside her, still buzzing faintly from the broken string.
“Face it, you killed it,” you said, scooping up the guitar carefully. “But lucky for you, I know how to resurrect the dead.”
“You can fix it?” she perked up instantly, dark eyes wide with hope.
You grinned. “What do you take me for? Of course I can. Tomboy survival skill number three: patching up instruments after band practice disasters.”
Miko blinked at you. “What were numbers one and two?”
“Changing tires and punching jerks who make fun of your sneakers,” you said without missing a beat.
That got you a laugh. Not the quiet kind, either. Full-blown, head-thrown-back Miko cackling. The sound filled the base like sunlight cracking through steel walls.
You were grinning too, shaking your head as you dug around the little stash of supplies you kept here. Spare strings, duct tape, random odds and ends you had learned were lifesavers when hanging around Autobots who did not quite understand how fragile human stuff was.
“You are ridiculous,” you muttered fondly, crouching to restring the guitar.
From across the room, someone let out a low, amused rumble.
You did not need to look up to know who it was. That voice, deep and gravelly and steady, was stamped into your brain as surely as Miko’s laugh.
Bulkhead.
The massive green bot leaned against the far wall of the base, arms crossed, watching the whole scene like it was the best show in town. His optic ridges were lifted in that barely-there smirk he only ever showed when Miko was being especially Miko.
“What?” you asked, glancing up at him with mock suspicion. “You have got that look.”
“The one that says ‘ha, the human’s trying to herd cats again.’” You raised a brow. “You know you could back me up here.”
Bulkhead chuckled, low and warm. “Nah. You have got it handled.”
You narrowed your eyes at him, though your lips betrayed you with a twitch of a smile. Easy for him to say. He was perfectly content to watch you play mediator while leaning against steel plating like it was a bar stool.
Miko sat up just long enough to point dramatically at him. “See? Bulk gets it! He does not nag me about stuff. He is cool.”
You snorted, tying off the new string. “Yeah, Bulk is so cool he nearly had a meltdown last week when you tried to skateboard down the base stairs.”
“That was not a meltdown,” Bulkhead protested. “That was… concern.”
You arched a brow at him. “Pretty loud concern.”
Miko clapped her hands, delighted. “See? He cares!”
You gave Bulkhead a sidelong glance as you plucked the new string, testing its sound. “We all care. Difference is I am not about to let you faceplant and call it bonding time.”
Bulkhead’s vents gave a soft huff. Not quite a sigh, not quite a laugh. Something in between. You did not realize until a beat later that he had not looked away once since this whole back-and-forth started.
You looked down quickly, pretending to focus on the guitar.
~
The evening wore on in its usual rhythm. Miko bouncing from one idea to the next like a human pinball, you wrangling her with half patience and half sarcasm, Bulkhead hovering nearby with that steady presence you had come to rely on more than you would admit.
At one point, you managed to get Miko to sit at the console with her homework spread out. It was not easy. She complained, groaned, and tried to negotiate snack breaks every five minutes, but eventually she was scribbling math problems with dramatic sighs. You leaned over her shoulder occasionally, pointing out mistakes or nudging her back on track when her attention drifted.
Somewhere behind you, Bulkhead shifted. The sound of his plating moving was unmistakable, a heavy scrape softened by hydraulics. You did not need to turn to know he was still watching.
When Miko finally slammed her pencil down and declared herself done forever, you confiscated the half-finished worksheet and gave her a look. “Nice try. Finish problem twelve or I am telling Ratchet you used the med-bay scissors to cut guitar picks.”
Her gasp was audible across the base. “You would not.”
You grinned wickedly. “Oh, I would.”
That was enough to get her hunched over her paper again, muttering about betrayal.
“You are good with her,” Bulkhead said quietly.
You blinked, glancing up. His tone was not the usual joking rumble. This was softer, almost thoughtful.
“Good?” you repeated.
He shifted his weight, optics steady on you. “Yeah. You know how to keep her grounded. I try, but half the time I feel like I am just running behind her with a catch net.”
The image made you chuckle, though your chest felt warmer than it should. “You are not wrong about the net part.”
Bulkhead’s mouth plates curved faintly. “But she listens to you.”
You tilted your head, smirking. “Oh, so you are jealous.”
Bulkhead made a sound somewhere between a scoff and a laugh. “Jealous of you trying to wrangle Miko? Not a chance.”
“Uh-huh.” You leaned back in your chair, crossing your arms. “Sure sounded like it.”
He did not rise to the bait this time. Instead, he just looked at you. Really looked, in that way that made the air feel heavier. His optics were too bright, too steady, and you found yourself looking away first, fiddling with Miko’s worksheet like it was suddenly fascinating.
~
By the time Miko finally crashed, curled up on the couch with her guitar like it was a stuffed animal, the base had gone quiet. Even the hum of the consoles seemed softer, as if respecting the rare peace.
You tugged a blanket over her, smoothing it out automatically. She mumbled something incoherent but did not stir.
When you straightened, Bulkhead was still there. Still watching.
“You did not have to stick around all night,” you said softly, stepping closer.
He shrugged, massive shoulders rolling. “Did not feel right leaving.”
You swallowed, suddenly very aware of how small you looked next to him. “She will be fine. You know that, right?”
“I know,” he said. His voice was quiet, steady. “I just feel better when you are here too.”
The words hit harder than they should have. You blinked up at him, caught between warmth and something dangerously close to fluster.
“You are gonna make me blush, big guy,” you tried to joke, but your voice did not quite carry the tease.
Bulkhead’s optics softened. He did not press, did not tease back. He just looked at you with that steady, unshakable presence. The same way he always looked at Miko, but now with something else threaded through. Something that made your stomach flip.
Been thinking about my tfp self insert some more and I'm once again conflicted about her so I wanna get the fandoms opinion.
Should I still do the Breakdown Redemption au (where my self insert wouldn't show up til "Crossfire") or do something like making her Miko's axe throwing coach (where she'd show up much sooner and meet Bulkhead after a practice night when she realizes that he's not her host parents car)?
Would anyone be down to hear some long winded and very disorganized incomplete ramblings for my tfp self insert + Breakdowns Redemption au? I need opinions on things so I can work out logistics better lol. Mostly on the Exosuit idea
If you're interested you can always send me an ask or a message! I don't wanna clog the tags too much with my yapping, especially for people who don't care for self inserts
Would anyone be down to hear some long winded and very disorganized incomplete ramblings for my tfp self insert + Breakdowns Redemption au? I need opinions on things so I can work out logistics better lol. Mostly on the Exosuit idea
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