#ewmembering past truamic experiance

[autobot2001]

Whumpril 2023 Snippet 1

@whumpril Day 1; Red Alert, Panic Attack Day 19; muffled sobs, “I’m worried about you.” Description: Red Alert finds Drift in the hallway, which is concerning at 2 A.M. Warnings: None 

Red Alert walks down the hall, not expecting to find Drift on the floor. While strange, he assumed it was nothing until he studied how Drift sat on the floor. It’s two in the morning. What is Drift doing? Red Alert questions. “Drift? Hey, what’s going on?” Red Alert asks before realizing Drift is terrified of something. Fear on Drift’s face as he struggles to get air in.

“Crosshairs?” Red whispers, shaking the sleeping mech. Crosshairs is not pleased, but seeing the one who woke him is Red Alert worries him, “it’s Drift. I don’t know if I should’ve gotten Ratchet or not.” “Scrap,” Crosshairs mumbles as he gets out of bed and runs out of the room. Red Alert follows, worried he should have gotten Ratchet.

“Drift?” Crosshairs tries to get his friend’s attention, “hey, look at me,” he makes Drift look at him, hating the fear he’s seeing. Damn it, not again. It’s worse this time. What the frag was Drift’s nightmare this time? Crosshairs wasn’t expecting to feel Drift trembling as he hugs the mech. Red Alert knows Crosshairs forgot he was around but doesn’t care. He’s more worried about Drift and how Crosshairs seems used to this. He gets his answer why as Crosshairs talks about Jamie. Now it makes sense. The damn nightmare situation. How often does this happen? Does Crosshairs have nightmares that result in him panicking like this? Red sits on the floor, hating that he can’t help. Crosshairs hates how Drift deals with nightmares that frighten him. Happy both don’t deal with them often. The twenty minutes always feels like hours. He knows Drift shouldn’t be in the room with Jamie even if she’s asleep. Red Alert watches Crosshairs and Drift ho back into their room. Watching Crosshairs get Drift back in bed. Even in this situation, the security officer admires the friendship the two mechs have.

“.... she’s ok,” he hears Crosshairs, but he can’t see what the mech is doing in the dark room. Red didn’t think Crosshairs would walk out of the room.

“How often does that happen?” Red Alert asks. “Rarely, maybe three times a year. Ratchet and Rung know.” *And you?" “What are you doing walking down the hall anyway?” “You know my room is down this hall past this room.” Red Alert says nothing more, not pleased. Crosshairs ignored his question and went to his room. Worried about what the two mechs deal with, even if it’s rare.

Crosshairs is worried about Drift appearing shaken up from the nightmare he had. Relieved, Lightning took Jamie downstairs. He watches Drift lie on his stomach, his face on his pillow. Did he forget I’m here? Crosshairs questions. Crosshairs: try to keep Jamie occipital. I’ll tell you later. Lightning; scrap, ok. Crosshairs approaches the beds, hearing muffled sobs. Drift quickly looks to see who’s touching him as Crosshairs puts a hand on Drift’s shoulder, but he can’t hide that he is crying. “I’m worried about you,” Crosshairs says, “you’re never like this after a nightmare.” Crosshairs wasn’t expecting Drift to tell him what the nightmare was about when they watched Jamie in critical condition. That was seven years ago. There’s no guaranteeing Jadin won’t be back, but there are more Autobots who’ll protect Jamie. “... I think Lennox will also have the soldiers help in the fight if she ever returns.” There’s not much Crosshairs can say. Knowing Jamie can be in critical condition without Jadin attacking like she did before. He has Drift sit up so he can hug him.   Do I tell him I am also worried about when Jadin returns? Crosshairs wonders but decides not to say anything else.   A little time passes, and Drift takes a shower while Crosshairs lets Lightning know she can bring Jamie back into the room. Not looking forward to telling Lightning the situation.