Transformers-'Verse. Nellis AFB. Early in the morning, I wake to the boom.....

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((Morning after the Ratchet fixing.))

It's dark and still in Ratchet and Endeavour's room. All is calm, all is quiet....

Till something blows up massively in the front courtyard.

Ratchet goes from soundly offline to sitting up and ready to roar at Ironhide, only to stop short as he remembers that such vocal exertions might startle a certain unborn spark and cause her mother discomfort. Instead he listens to Jazz scolding and looks down at his sparkmate to see how she reacted to the explosion.

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[jeimu.livejournal.com]

No, he hasn't.

She's just standing there flat-footed, realizing that she just witnessed the birth of a baby giant robot.

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He studies her for a moment, then stoops and gently lifts her, setting her on the other side of Endeavour from Columbia.

That's more than a baby giant robot, Jeimu, that's your granddaughter.

[jeimu.livejournal.com]

Jeimu just lifts a hand to her face, looking very much like she's about to cry.

And then she does.

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Ratchet's aware of this peripherally, but he's focused once more on Columbia, once more crooning to her softly and giving her reassuring touches to her head and hands. Endeavour too is touched gently as his optics shine.

[go-endeavour.livejournal.com]

A soft gasp cuts across the cacophony of Jeimu's tears of awe and Ratchet's parental crooning.

Endeavour's optics unshutter and dilate a few times, and then she smiles, becoming aware of the fact that there's someone new in the room.

"Hi," she says, her vocalizations almost inaudible.

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"Dev." He leans over to look at her. "I don't think she's online yet." Then he reaches and gently adjusts her so that she can see Columbia without straining herself. "She looks like you."

[go-endeavour.livejournal.com]

Her smile grows wider. "Only in the face," she says with a chuckle. "The rest of her is ... you."

She's so lethargic that she can't really do much yet except lay there and look at her daughter.

"Wow."

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"Don't strain yourself." He kisses her gently and takes her hand, his own optics going back to Columbia. "(She's beautiful.)"

[go-endeavour.livejournal.com]

"(Yes, she is.)" Another lazy smile and Endeavour's optics fall half-shuttered again. "(Jeimu's here too, isn't she?)"

The ex-astronaut perched on the edge of the table, sitting with her knees at her chest, watching. She hadn't made physical or eye contact with anyone but Columbia for the past few minutes.

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"(Yes, she's here.)" He gently strokes her head, then kisses her again. "(We created something beautiful, you and I.)"

There's awe in his voice as he says it. He can hardly believe it yet.

[go-endeavour.livejournal.com]

She chuckles slightly. "(Yeah. We did.)"

Her other hand moves slowly and reaches up to touch his face.

"(Well done.)"

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"(As soon as I'm sure Columbia's functioning properly I'll get Ironhide to help me bring the two of you to bed.)" He smiles at her, the expression immeasurably proud and a little shaky. "(I love you.)"

[go-endeavour.livejournal.com]

She blinks a few more times, her smile never faltering. "(I love you too.)" Then she manages to turn over to look at Jeimu.

"What's wrong with you?" She grins at her friend, whose wide brown eyes are causing Endeavour worry.

"Nothing," Jeimu replies, hiccuping, her eyes red and puffy. "Nothing at all."

Endeavour chuckles. "Liar."