#also megatron makes a couple of cameos in this fic - or at least he's mentioned a few times

[cosmics-beings]

little snippet of a bitter sweet knockout/breakdown story ft a sparkling and starscream as the godparent to be lol. i am trying to re-ignite my breakdown/knockout spark.

“I kept him in a safe place in my home here, just be with him. I wanted him to be with me….even if he wasn’t alive. But one day, he was just gone, as if someone stole him. I was worried, and I wanted to call you but it was midnight. I was distraught, and I searched for him for about a week and then…I found him on the outskirts of Cybertron. He had a spark, his body was completely healed and he was just sleeping like this…so I brought him back.”

Starscream clapped. “This is a good thing! I know you and your Conjunx had a terrible time on Nemesis - now is a time to rekindle when he wakes-”

“That's not all, Starscream.” Knockout frowned. “There’s something else I want to tell you. When I found him, his body was mostly intact - no Silas, no creepy pests except for one thing.” There was a change in the air, as if the room suddenly grew tight. Starscream didn’t know what to expect, so he gazed at Knockout in confusion. 

“He is Sparked.” He motioned toward him. “And it’s mine.” Starscream’s jaw dropped in confusion, then he looked at Knockout with a look of devastation then back at a sleeping Breakdown. “Did you..um…when he was–”

“NO!” It was one of the few times Knockout yelled, causing Starscream to jump. “I’m sorry it’s just…no…he’s been Sparked for a while, he just put the Sparkling into stasis…years ago. We interfaced on Nemesis once or twice before he was captured by Silas, and I think he knew before them he probably paused the Sparkling cycle so he could hide it from Silas and then, he just never told me.” He approached Breakdown, placing his hand on the sleeping Mech’s abdomen.  “If his body was revived completely, for some reason…then our Sparkling would be as well.”

Starscream stood, eye wide and gave a small little clap. “C…congrats!”

It should have been a moment for Congrats, but Knockout looked away, walking up to Breakdown’s face and caressing his cheek. “I failed him so many times.” He whispered, quietly. “The fact he couldn’t tell me his own Sire about our child. I terrified him into silence…I turned my back on him when we were on the Nemesis after Silas. Before then, we were also falling apart.”

Starscream frowned, and approached his friend, gently touching his shoulder. “Nemesis was hell for all of us.”