#Jack's Other heritage will allow him to bypass security and containment measures so he's still a spooky fae birb

[witchofthesouls]

What would spooky birb child Jack first flight be like with Optimus? If Jack got too overwhelmed with the new sensation of the sky would he return to Optimus? Randomly thinking of the Lennox seeker fanfiction and how he had to be somewhat dragged out the sky. I wondered if it be somewhat similar with Jack first taste of flight

Optimus doesn't have wings, nor does he have the Seekerkin-coding to understand the core-deep need to be in an environment he was meant for.

But Jack is still very young and is, thankfully, for Optimus' nerves and sanity, unable to access an alt-mode. He did worry over Jack's habits of climbing the highest points to look at the sky, but that turned out to be Jack tracing unknown (to him) constellations and watching the skyline to distant hubs and cities they can't access.

Jack, however, is far closer to his Other side, reaching out with non-delicate nor gossamer wings to catch the words (signs. the unspoken, subtle signs.) of the wind, shadow, and birdsong, and when he skips, he hovers for a moment before setting back down to the ground.

Optimus does take Jack on supervised 'flights' when the planetoid has enough space and gravity or when a space station has a wide track, then he lets Jack scurry to a great highpoint to jump down to his arms or allows Jack to ride on top of the cab of his alt-mode. It helps exercise Jack's wingspan, get used to falling down, and help navigate different kinds of environmental data through his extrasensory limbs.

But when Jack figures out how to access his anti-gravs and thrusters, then Optimus will feel another Age had passed over the course of a single week.