Curate, connect, and discover
Newly minted Optimus going through Dee's stuff and finding his personal datapad where he stores his writing. No matter how Orion pestered him, Dee always guarded it jealously, promising he could see "when it's done". And, well... OP tries, he does, but the longing mixed with curiosity gets the best of him and within like. 2 hours max he's opened it up. Just a peak, a quick one, he promises himself. And what should he find but poetry and confession letters by the hundreds, D-16 pouring his spark out in the most flowery, beautiful prose Optimus has ever had the pleasure of reading.
They're all directed at him, and his already fractured spark just. Shatters. Especially when he gets to the last entry. The last thing D-16 added to his journal was a hastily scrawled entry. He doesnt even know when Dee had time to scribble it down, but it's a messy recollection of the race. Apparently, Dee... really thought he was going to do something else for the Iacon 5000.
I really fragging thought it was gonna happen, I was about to tell him, but NO. Of course not! It's always the same with Pax, every time I try or think he's set something up he surprises me in the worst way.
He thought Orion taking him up to that special spot during the race meant something. He thought... well. He thought it was the perfect moment, that surely Orion wouldn't do this for him unless Dee was special to him, and-
Well. It's not like it matters anymore.