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These events occur a few months after Amorvëael's conception. A moment to the past before their mischievous sparkling was born. With a short slightly spicy scene in the draft.
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“I’m telling you right now, Optimus—if you paint that wall beige, I will riot.”
“It’s champagne gold,” Optimus said diplomatically, holding up the swatch. “It’s calming. Neutral. Sophisticated.”
Megatron sneered at it. “It’s boring. Our child will exit as a protoform and assume he’s been sentenced to an eternal tax office.”
Optimus looked faintly offended. “Color psychology studies suggest softer tones promote—”
“I led a rebellion, Optimus,” Megatron snapped, yanking open a box of vivid paint samples. “I’m not raising a sparkling in a nursery that looks like the inside of Ultra Magnus’ dream filing cabinet.”
Optimus opened his mouth to retort—only to pause.
Because Megatron had stopped mid-rant.
“…Megatron?” he asked warily.
The warlord stood still for a second. His optics flickered. His vents hitched.
Then he whined.
Optimus immediately tensed. “Are you alright? Is something—?”
“I need it,” Megatron said lowly, voice rough.
“…Need what?”
“You know what,” Megatron muttered, optics glowing.
His hands reached out, slow and twitchy. One went to Optimus’ waist. The other pawed at the edge of his armor plating.
Optimus blinked. “Megatron, we were discussing paint.”
Megatron leaned in and growled, deep and rumbling. “I’ll paint the walls with whatever you want, just spike me first.”
Optimus short-circuited.
“…Are you serious—?”
“I can smell you,” Megatron hissed, dragging his claws lightly over Optimus’ armor, sparking tingles down his spinal strut. “You smell good.”
Optimus took one step back. Megatron followed.
“You said you didn’t want to frag while we were working,” Optimus said, holding a swatch up like a useless shield.
“That was before I started leaking just from arguing with you.” Megatron’s voice was a low growl now. “You’re here. I’m empty. My valve is pulsing. Do the math.”
Optimus flushed. “I am trying to focus on the nursery.”
“And I’m trying not to drag you onto the paint tarp and ride your spike until I’m too full to move.”
Optimus dropped the swatch.
Megatron pounced.
The two of them slammed into the far wall of the half-decorated nursery, knocking over a box of plush sparkling safe toys. A soft rattle hit Optimus in the helm and bounced away unnoticed.
He rolled his hips forward, valve already dripping and hot, grinding against Optimus’ spike housing with desperate need. “Get it out,” he snarled. “I need it—need to feel full—”
Optimus groaned as his panels snapped open.
“You’re insatiable,” he muttered.
“I’m carrying.” Megatron’s hands clenched his shoulders. “You did this. Fix it.”
Optimus didn’t need to be told twice.
Within seconds, he had Megatron pinned against the wall, spike sliding into that drenched, needy valve with a sharp, wet thrust.
Megatron moaned, head thrown back, optics fluttering. His valve calipers clenched around Optimus' spike, greedily, shuddering like it knew exactly what it wanted—and wanted every drop.
Optimus’ grip tightened on Megatron’s hips. “Is this how you win arguments now?” he hissed through his vents.
Megatron wrapped a leg around his waist and growled, “If it gets me filled, I’ll argue about every miniscule detail in this room.”
The nursery wall creaked behind them. Plush toys were scattered across the floor.
The champagne gold swatch was crumpled under Megatron’s foot.
No one cared.
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Optimus stood at the door of the freshly painted nursery, arms crossed over his chassis as he admired their compromise.
It wasn’t perfect—but then, nothing ever was when it came to Megatron and his demands. Yet, as he gazed at the soft blue walls with the serene, subtle cloud designs, Optimus felt something like peace settle into his spark.
“Light blue, huh?” Megatron said, lounging on the floor in front of him, looking thoroughly sated. His optics flickered lazily as he traced idle circles on Optimus’ leg, the warlord's venting quiet but content.
Optimus smiles warmly. “Do you want me to finish the rest?”
Megatron’s mouth curled upward in a smirk. “I’ve been through enough wall colors today. Now, I’m enjoying the rewards of your compromise.” He yawned dramatically, stretching out like a contented predator in the sun. “You can finish the small paintings while I relax.”
Optimus shook his helm but gave in anyway, as he always did.
The walls were light blue, yes, but what made this room different were the tiny paintings Optimus had agreed to add as a compromise to Megatron’s “epic battle scenes” suggestion.
At the far side of the room, soft clouds swirled across the wall, with delicate constellations of tiny stars. But on the wall opposite, Optimus had painted a collage of himself and Megatron—not quite as dramatic as the "Bladewrath" suggestion, but still enough to make the warlord’s optics gleam with satisfaction. It was peaceful. And, of course, a tiny sparkling in the middle, holding both mechs hands, between them.
Megatron’s optics softened as he stared at the delicate details. He’d never admit it aloud, but there was a spark of something warm blooming inside him as he took in the image.
“Well,” Megatron said, his voice low and teasing as he slid into Optimus’ lap. “It’s... acceptable.”
Optimus chuckled softly, resting his hands around Megatron’s waist. “I’ll take ‘acceptable’ as a win. Especially after everything we’ve been through today.”
“Mm.” Megatron leaned back against Optimus’ chest, his servo rubbing the warmth of his abdomen, which now held their sparkling. “Just don’t ask me to paint anything. I’m done with decorating.”
Optimus smiled, his frame enveloping Megatron’s. “You know,” Optimus said, brushing his lips against the nape of Megatron’s neck, “I think we make a pretty good team when we compromise.”
Megatron’s optics glinted with quiet affection, but he didn’t look up. “Sure. But next time,” he said, voice filled with lazy mischief, “let’s just get a huge statue of me and call it ‘done.’”
Optimus laughed softly. “I’ll keep that in mind. But first…” He rubbed a hand along Megatron’s lower back, smirking. “How about a celebratory energon shake? You look like you could use something cold.”
Megatron shuddered slightly at the thought, his morning sickness protesting, but relaxed further into Optimus’ arms. “I think I’ll pass. But don’t let that stop you from finishing your other tasks. You’ve still got one more mural left.”
Optimus sighed dramatically, his optics softening. “Fine. One more mural. And then I’m taking you to bed. No more interruptions. That is a compromise.”
Megatron smirked knowingly, rubbing against Optimus with a satisfied hum. “That’s the only kind of ‘compromise’ I need right now.”
As the two settled into the warmth of the freshly painted nursery, with soft blue walls surrounding them, they were content in their love.
Megatron had not left the berth in three hours.
He lay sprawled across it dramatically, one arm slung over his optics, the other curled against a throw pillow as though it had wronged him.
“I can feel you moping,” Optimus said gently from the doorway.
“I’m not moping,” Megatron growled. “I’m brooding. There’s a difference.”
“Mmm.” Optimus walked in, setting down a warm energon cube. “So will you tell me why you're brooding, my love?”
Megatron huffed, made a noncommittal grunt, and turned away dramatically. Despite his field brightening at Optimus endearing terms.
Then came the pitter-patter of tiny peds.
Amorvëael entered the room, face covered in pink and orange finger-paint (for reasons unknown, as they had evidently not used those colors), proudly clutching a large piece of canvas.
They climbed up the berth using Megatron’s leg as leverage and plopped the painting onto his chest.
“LOOK WHAT I MADE!” they squeaked.
Megatron blinked down.
The painting was a wild, adorable mess. Two big figures—one with squarish shoulders and a red crest, the other with a cannon arm and flared helm—stood holding hands, surrounded by tiny sparkles. Next to them was a smaller blob with wings and stars for eyes.
Underneath, in messy but legible glyphs, it said:
“Carrier and Sire 4EVER.”
Megatron’s systems shorted for a moment.
Amorvëael beamed proudly. “I didn’t let anyone help me. I made it ALL myself.”
Optimus made a soft noise. “You knew he was upset?”
“He was glarey,” Amorvëael said, nodding solemnly. “So I made him smile again.”
Megatron’s voice was hoarse. “...You did, beloved treasure.”
He pulled Amorvëael into his arms and hugged them fiercely, paint and all.
Optimus kissed both of them and said, “I’ll frame it. Front and center.”
Megatron didn’t answer—just held his sparkling tighter, his spark warm with happiness and affection.
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Amorvëael Pax
Pronounced: Ah-MOR-vee-EL P-axe
Amor (Latin): Love
Vëa (from Quenya, Tolkien Elvish): Life, being, essence
-ael / -el (Hebrew/angelic suffix): Of or belonging to, often implying divine or sacred
Pax - Peace / period of peace
Meaning/idea: “The life born of our love in a time of peace” or “Most treasured existence of our love in a time of peace.”
From time to time they affectionately call their sparkling beloved treasure for short.
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Another addition explaining why Megatron was grumpy will be added later. Along with some mischief their sparkling was up too.
My friend B is helping by making a cover for my new fanfic, I haven't posted / completed chapter one yet tho 😅. But I can't figure out which one is a better version.
Idk, if anyone responds I would like to hear ur opinions.
parts of the images got cut off, idk why, but if you click on it you can see the whole picture
Title: The Wedding Files: Confidential. Do Not Read, Seriously. Stop.
Part One: Journalistic Crimes and Conjux Chaos
Elita One wasn’t snooping.
She happened to be organizing files in Optimus’ quarters—because he sure as Pit wasn’t going to do it himself—and a misplaced datapad just happened to fall into her hands. The bold red words across the front were… “TOP SECRET WEDDING PLANS – DO NOT OPEN – PRIVATE – MEGATRON DO NOT READ (unless you said yes?)”
Which immediately made her open it.
“Elita, we are not violating Prime’s privacy,” Ratchet said, wobbling in with arms full of medical logs and an expression like a mech who desperately wanted plausible deniability. “Put it back.”
“But Ratchet,” she said sweetly, flipping the datapad open, “he labeled it.”
“…With instructions not to open it.”
“Right. That’s like hanging a sign saying ‘No cookies inside, definitely don’t eat.’”
“…You would eat the cookies.”
She grinned. “And look—look at this!”
Ratchet, a medic and war veteran, had seen many horrifying things in his life. Never had he been more stunned than when Elita rotated the datapad toward him and he saw an entire file titled:
"Bridal Veil Options for Megatron (He’ll Pretend to Hate These But Secretly Love Them)"
Ratchet’s face slowly turned a tired grey. “No. Absolutely not. This is—this is romance. I’m out. I’m too old for this slag. I fought in four wars. No.”
“Oh no you don’t.” Elita grabbed his shoulder and forced him back down onto Optimus’ berth. “You’re in this now.”
Entry 17: Veil Option C - Soft white mesh, long cathedral length, attached to a silver head-plate crown (not too gaudy, subtle Decepticon sigil etched beneath). He’ll roll his optics, but I know he’ll smile later when he thinks no one’s looking. Note: ask Knockout to help design.
Entry 42: Vow Draft (Optimus to Megatron): "I once thought you were my enemy. But you are my other half—every fierce word I shouted into the void, you returned tenfold. And through the static and war, I heard you. I still hear you. Even now, I kneel, not in surrender—but in devotion. To you. My fiercest love. My hope, my endless...." It goes on for several pages.
Elita covered her mouth. “He wrote vows. He wrote Megatron wedding vows.”
Ratchet blinked. “He wrote thirty-seven versions.”
“Oh my Primus,” Elita whispered reverently. “He has a color palette for the reception.”
There was an entire spreadsheet labeled “Which shade of blue brings out his fusion cannon best?” with comments like “lavender is too romantic too soon?” and “is navy blue too ‘war criminal chic’?”
They didn’t stop reading until two hours had passed, both of them crying from silent laughter, and Elita desperately trying not to scream “HE PICKED OUT THE FLOWERS BASED ON WHAT HE THINKS WILL MATCH MEGATRON’S EYES.”
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Part Two: Two Years Later (and One Toddler)
“—and then the handsome, wise hero raised his sword,” Megatron said, seated beside their young sparkling who sat in a soft, reinforced berth, swaddled comfortably, “and he struck down the evil warlord with one mighty swoop—”
“Carierrrr,” the sparkling (named Amorvëael Pax, because “Warcry” was vetoed by Optimus. Aaaand maybe also because Megatron was intensely partial to the name Optimus suggested, not that Megatron would admit), said, squinting up at him. “But what happened to the warlord?”
Megatron grinned—teeth, fangs, and menaces. “Oh, he exploded, obviously.”
“Megatron,” came a low voice from the doorway. “You know the warlord wasn’t evil.”
Megatron groaned, leaning his helm back against the armchair. “Optimus, I am telling a bedtime story. This is a dramatic tale for developmental benefit.”
Optimus stepped into the room like he hadn’t just been doing peace negotiations all day, still looking like every romantic ideal Megatron would never admit he had. He bent over, kissed Megatron’s cheek, then his mouth, and murmured, “The warlord was a victim of their circumstance, of their society’s broken system of repression, and also very pretty.”
The sparkling blinked. “Carrier, were you the warlord?”
Megatron stared. “No.”
Optimus grinned. “Yes.”
Megatron side-eyed him, scowling. “That’s false information. Your sire has no idea what he is talking about.”
Optimus kissed him again, this time longer, and added softly, to both his Conjux and sparkling “Also, I loved him very much. Still do.”
Their sparkling giggled and groaned. “Ew.”
“Someday,” Optimus said cheerfully, ruffling Amorvëael's helm, “you’ll be grateful your parent's are romantic.”
“Someday,” Megatron grunted, dragging Optimus down to sit beside him, then shifting to sit atop the Prime’s lap, “you’ll learn how to properly villainize your spouse for bedtime entertainment purposes.”
Optimus leaned in closer, letting his hands slide to Megatron’s waist. His voice dropped to a mumur, a whisper. “Do you know what I was thinking about all through that meeting?”
Megatron narrowed his optics, suspicious. “…What?”
“You, wearing that wedding gift I picked.” Optimus’ hands squeezed just slightly. “On our first night together. You remember what we did after you took it off?”
Megatron made a small, choked noise that sounded like pure denial and deeply repressed enthusiasm.
“Because I do,” Optimus continued, lips brushing against the tip of Megatron’s audio receptor. “I remember how soft you were. How vocal. And how many hinges we broke off that berth.”
Megatron growled—growled—low in his throat. “We are in front of the sparkling.”
“Hmm.” Optimus grinned, completely unapologetic. “Then you’d better save it for tonight. Besides, they can't hear us, sweetspark.”
The sparkling blinked up at them innocently. “Why is carrier’s face red?”
Optimus stood, lifting Megatron in one arm like it was nothing, and turned toward the hall. “Because we’re going to talk about love and its many expressions, Amorvëael. Bedtime for you.”
"Don't sneak out and eat cookies in the night again! It's bad for your health!” Megatron chastised over his shoulder as he was carried bridal-style down the corridor. He then turned to falsely argue with the Prime. “I am a warlord! I had a feared name! Put me down!”
“You’re my beloved warlord,” Optimus said, lovingly, “and you’re very cuddly when flustered.”
Later that night, Megatron did wear the gift again. Luckily they had long invested in soundproofing.
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Meanwhile, in their quarters—hidden in the deepest drawer—was a datapad still carefully preserved with labels like:
“Bouquet arrangements for a very stubborn, secretly romantic tyrant.” “Megatron Vows – Final Draft (don’t cry reading these again, idiot).” “Honeymoon suggestions (some of these are just excuses to see him blush).” “Intimate gift plans – do not open until date night (Megatron Edition).”
And at the very bottom: “Wedding File – Complete. Conjux Endurae status: Happily ever after, and then some.”
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I definitely put way more than necessary thought into their sparkling's name.
Amorvëael Pax
Pronounced: Ah-MOR-vee-EL P-axe
Amor (Latin): Love
Vëa (from Quenya, Tolkien Elvish): Life, being, essence
-ael / -el (Hebrew/angelic suffix): Of or belonging to, often implying divine or sacred
Pax - Peace / period of peace
Meaning/idea: “The life born of our love in a time of peace” or “Most treasured existence of our love in a time of peace.”
From time to time they affectionately call their sparkling beloved treasure for short.
I didn't burn a simple dish I was attempting. But while I was waiting for it to bake a funny conversation arrived in my mind.
Optimus and Megatron marry Post War. The following occurs after misunderstanding after misunderstanding. A resolution to their foolish angst and false assumptions.
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Optimus: “I thought you didn’t like me.”
Megatron: “What?! I’ve been leaving you energon! I made you tea!”
Optimus: “You made it black with no sweetener!”
Megatron: “I thought you liked bitter things! You MARRIED ME!”
They stared at each other.
Optimus whispered, “Do you want to hug me?”
Megatron: “…Yes.”
They awkwardly leaned toward each other, paused, leaned back, then both reached again and collided with a painful clank.
But once arms were around waists, frames pressed together, they didn’t let go.
Megatron buried his helm in Optimus’s neck.
Megatron: “I thought you hated me.”
Optimus: “I thought I was too needy.”
Megatron: “…You are needy.”
Optimus: “You hissed when I touched your shoulder once.”
Megatron: “I was startled! What did you expect!”
Optimus chuckled, rough and joyful. “We’re very stupid.”
Megatron: “Yes. Hug me tighter.”
Chapter Three: Unexpected Quarters (Draft of something I'm currently working on)
Which was why Optimus had specifically—firmly—requested separate quarters at the neutral Iaconian outpost. And why Megatron, of course, had very charmingly and deliberately talked the diplomat into giving them one.
“For trust-building,” Megatron had said smoothly, slinging an arm over Optimus’s shoulder. “After all, there’s no greater symbol of peace than two once-rival leaders sharing recharge space.”
Now they were in a single, sleek guest suite, with one berth, one wash station, and one Megatron already sprawled across 80% of the sleeping surface.
“This is ridiculous,” Optimus muttered, arms folded as he surveyed the lack of personal space. “I am not sharing a berth with you.”
Megatron reclined lazily, optics half-lidded in victory. “Why not? It’s not as if you didn’t already fold me in half the last time.”
Optimus paused mid-step. “Megatron—”
“I was gutturally moaning,” Megatron continued smoothly, voice rich with smug satisfaction. “You pinned me to the berth, fragged me so deep my spinal relays misfired. I believe your exact words were, ‘I’m going to break you open until you forget your own name.’”
“Megatron!”
Megatron didn’t even blink. “You did. I walked funny for a cycle and a half. I had to bite a pillow to stop screaming your designation, remember?”
Optimus covered his face with one hand and groaned. “This is a diplomatic summit.”
“Which you’ll be attending after sleeping beside the mech you wrecked last week,” Megatron purred, scooting over with zero shame. “Now come to bed, Prime.”
“You’re insufferable.”
Megatron smirked, “You like that.”
Optimus inhaled sharply through his vents… and finally sat beside him, grumbling as Megatron made room.
“…You’re impossible.”
“You’re the one who made me scream like a corrupted comm file. I’m still recovering.” Megatron falsely pouted.
Optimus rolled his optics, grumbled softly, and pressed closer—mostly to shut him up.
But Megatron didn’t smirk this time. Not entirely.
Instead, his hand found Optimus’s in the dark. Their fingers entwined slowly.
“…I like this,” Megatron murmured, voice softer than before. “Lying here beside you. You’re warm.”
Optimus exhaled slowly and rested his helm back against the berth’s edge, his grip tightening on Megatron’s. “You’re still an aft.”
“I know.”
“But I like this too.”
The silence that followed was quiet. Warm. Something for them and them alone to share.
Peace, for once, wrapped around them like a cloak.
And if Megatron leaned in closer during recharge, if Optimus didn’t pull away—well.
The diplomatic crisis could wait until morning.
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Shy Optimus x Confident Megatron never fails to make me laugh.