#so I went and finished new stuff that I DO like.

[in1-nutshell]

Can we please have some more IDW Ironhold? They are so angsty and I love them

Here's a bit of fluff for them before we introduce Megatron.

Hope you enjoy!

Ironhold: Slice of Life

SFW, Platonic, Cybertronian reader

MTMTE

Alternative title: Ironhold’s rounds in the ship.

Rounds they do are basically things they do around the ship if someone pings them.

Round 1: Ratchet

Reason for ping?

To help him get some crates with medical supplies safely into the medbay.

All Ironhold needed to do was get 5 crates up to the medbay… from the lower decks…

Took multiple trips, but they soon managed to get all five crates in front of the medbay.

Ratchet helped open the door and get some of the crates.

Ironhold: “You sure you want to carry this Ratchet? It’s a bit heavy.”   Ratchet: “I think I’ll be fine.” Ratchet manages to get in a few steps before having to put it back on the ground. Ironhold: “…You okay—” Ratchet: “Just get the crates in the closet.” Ironhold nods and opens a random closet. Ironhold: “Any closet good?” Ratchet: “Yeah, yeah, any is good… now where did I put that…” Ironhold: “Okay, okay—wow. You got tons of welds, masks, Drift, spare joints, laser pointers—” They stop and look back at their friend crouching in the closet, trying his best to hide behind some other large boxes. Ironhold: “…” Drift: “…” Ironhold sighs a bit before gesturing Drift out. Ironhold: “I need space to put these in. Either get out and leave or help me and I’ll forget I saw you.” Drift: “Deal.”

Things got put away much faster with Drift helping.

They would have stayed for longer, but they had gotten another ping.

Saying goodbye to Ratchet and Drift, they sought out to their next location.

Round 2: Rewind

Reason for ping?

The minibot needed help getting some seats and the new batteries for the projector to Swerve’s for the upcoming movie night.

Swerve seemed to like hosting more and more of these movie nights under the claims that it was ‘good for morale’.

Rodimus gave it the green light despite Magnus trying to pester for proper paperwork for the new activity.

They had a feeling Magnus would have green lit the activity regardless.

He seemed to be in better spirits with the minibot since their little outing to that off world bar.

This was one of their easier loads to carry, just one go and that was it.

Ironhold walks into the bar with the box of batteries, seating cushions and Rewind on their shoulders. Rewind: “Thanks again for helping me out Ironhold.” Ironhold: “No problem, now, where do I put these?” Rewind pointed to a corner near a storage closet. Rewind: “Swerve to put the stuff here.” Ironhold walks over and sets down the box. Rewind nearly falls off but Ironhold quickly steadies him. Rewind: “That was close.” Ironhold: “Comes with practice.” Rewind: “Oh? Who did you have practice with?” Ironhold has flashbacks to dealing with Frenzy and Rumble climbing up and down their frame like Earth Squirrels before using duct tape to tape Frenzy to the wall. Rumble got tapped to their back on accident. They still don’t know how that happened though… Rewind: “I’m guessing with the humans you had to work with.” Ironhold snaps out of their trance. Ironhold: “Yeah. Hey, if you don’t mind me asking, where is Chromedome? You two are rarely too far from each other.” Rewind huffs. Rewind: “Long story.” Ironhold: “I got some time left. Tell away.”

It turned out that Chromedome had been spending more time with Brainstorm lately and that was why he wasn’t here.

Ironhold let the mini rant as much as he wanted to while fixing some of the batteries into the projector.

Rewind finished ranting just as they received another ping.

They carefully set him down, wished him the best with Chromedome, said goodbye and went off.

Round 3: Tailgate

Reason for ping?

To talk.

Ironhold didn’t have to go too far for this one.

Mainly because Tailgate was in the bar.

Apparently, he wanted to hear more about the war from different sides.

Why didn’t he want to talk to Rewind about it?

He was an archivist after all and had footage of things pre, during and post war.

But no, Tailgate insisted on talking with them.

They couldn’t resist the unfiltered happiness his field was expelling.

Ironhold tells him some stories from when they were a Con, something that catches him off guard.

They try their best to keep the stories as vague as possible.

Tailgate: “You’re really good friends with the captain.” Ironhold: “He was the first friend I made when I ended up defecting.” Tailgate: “How did you defect?” Iornhold: “… I was shot and left for dead and Optimus sought to fit to help me instead of ending me.” Tailgate: “Do you know who it was? Are they your arch nemesis? I know I heard Skids saying something about mortal enemies, was that dirty Con your enemy?” Ironhold stays silent for a minute. Tailgate deflates a bit. Tailgate: “I’m sorry. If you don’t want to talk about it I—” Ironhold: “No. No its okay. I just… It’s a bit hard to talk about the Con who left me for dead Tailgate. I’m honestly surprised that no one has told you about my story.” Tailgate: “I tried asking Cyclonus but he slammed to door in my face, probably having a bad day.” Ironhold scowls a bit. Ironhold: “If Cyclonus gives you any trouble, call me.”

Tailgate asks more lighthearted questions about themselves until the next ping.

Ironhold thanks Tailgate for the talk, once again telling him that if Cylocnus was giving him trouble to let them know.

Tailgate waved goodbye as they went to go to their next location… or should they say locations…

Round 4: Whirl

Reason for ping?

To get him a list of tools that would be needed to make a jail break.

They had a feeling where they would find the Ex-Wrecker and made a quick stop to their habsuite before going down to the brig.

Sure enough, Whirl was sitting in his cell waiting patiently.

Ironhold sighed as he demanded the tools.

They passed him some of them.

Whirl: “Hey what gives? Give me the rest!” Ironhold: “Whirl do you think I don’t know what these tools can do? Especially with some bot in a cell? You’re trying to escape.” Whirl mockingly bows. Whirl: “Guilty as charged. Now about the rest—” Ironhold: “You know I can’t just let you out, right?” Whirl: “Oh c’mon—” Ironhold: “But… maybe after you do something for me.” Whirl’s optic squints. Ironhold slips an old clock through the bars. Ironhold: “I understand you were a clock smith before the war. I’ve been trying to get this old thing to work for a couple months, and I think I might have made things worse.” Whirl carefully inspects the clock while giving them a suspicious look. Ironhold: “If you can fix it, I can make a call to Magnus about letting you off on good behavior.” They wait patiently for Whirl’s answer. Whirl: “…what have you put this thing through? A meatgrinder? Looks like some of your Con work is still showing.”

Whirl makes quips about their inaficancy of cleaning out things in the clock and twisting some of the metal.

Ironhold ignores it and just watches Whirl work, occasionally asking questions here and there.

As promised, they let Magnus know about Whirl’s early release based on good behavior.

Something they know they are going to hear from him later, but that was a future Ironhold problem.

Whirl gives them the clock and marches off, just in time for the next ping.

Final round: Rodimus

Reason for ping?

No instructions, but a hurried message to get to Swerve’s.

Ironhold nearly breaks down the door when Rodimus comes out.

They look over him for any injuries, there are none.

Before they can properly ask any questions, the mech drags them into the bar by their servo.

…He had called them to movie night…

Ironhold sighs in relief and frustration. Ironhold: “Rodimus you can’t call in an emergency for something that isn’t an emergency.” Rodimus: “But it was. You would have been late if I hadn’t got you here sooner. Now sit!” Rodimus pushes them back into a seat. Before they could get up, Rodimus already had his helm on their lap. Ironhold: “What makes you think I can’t just push you off?” Rodimus flashes a mischievous smile. Rodimus: “You won’t, you like me too much.” Ironhold grumbles before readjusting their seat to be more comfortable as more bots start sitting down nearby. They spot Rewind and Chromedome sitting together at one table, not to far from Cyclonus, Tailgate and Whirl. Drift and most of the medical staff entered in with Magnus a few minutes before the movie started. Rodimus stretched a bit more on their lap, occasionally tapping their leg. Ironhold let an arm drape over his chassis. Ironhold: “I can still push you off.” Rodimus without looking from the screen: “No you wouldn’t. No shh! Its starting.” Ironhold let a ghost of a smile form on their face as they turned their attention to the screen. It was a good day today.

[forcedhesitation]

*wheeze* slowly, but surely, working on art of them all

[disposal-blueeee]

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