randomplaces | deadBee 'verse. The well of All Sparks. Forgiveness

Bumblebee stood in the well of Allsparks, staring up at Starscream with a stern look as the tall Decepticon stared back at her bemusedly. She could feel him wondering if he was going to get theoretically pwnt again.

"Look." She shook her head. "I don't like what you did. I wish it had never happened. But it did, and we're part of each other now. So stop being so... what's the term... EMO... alright?"

Starscream frowned slightly, his confusion and impatience plain to her through their spark bond.

"I mean it," said Bumblebee firmly. "I forgive you. Now quit."

He could feel her bright little being, could feel her compassion and honesty, her fierce loyalty... and it creeped him out.

Bumblebee reinstated the stern look as his stare continued, but then faltered when she felt his sudden confusion. "What's wrong?"

"...What does one do when one is forgiven? What does that mean?" he asked, frowning.

Bumblebee gave him a look of shock. "You don't know... wow. Uh... it means I'm not going to be mad at you for doing... what you did. I choose not to be. I'm going to live in peace with you to the best of my ability."

Starscream felt a quick flash of scorn and rejection of the idea, but then he paused and frowned more deeply as he felt her reaction.

"There's nothing weak about it." The little femme stood tall, her arms folded.

Starscream pondered what she was feeling, then nodded once, echoing with confusion and some emotion he didn't recognize.

Bumblebee stepped forward and put a hand on his leg as he started to turn away. "You're welcome."

He looked down at her with a quizzical frown, impatient to be away from her and the strange feelings that she emoted... and that he'd never be able to escape, now.

Bumblebee gave him a last dose of the stern look, accompanying it with the feel of forgiveness.

Starscream's face was like stone as he faded away into the song.