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Optimus x reader

It was a boring day for you at the Autobot base. You had been ordered to stay behind while bulkhead, Arcee, bumble bee and smokescreen went on a mission. You glared at your left calf, cursing at the scar that was the result of a decepticon ambush. Also the reason why you had a limp and were held back from all the fun. You glanced from where you leaned on the wall to the slightly ajar door of Ratchets personal lab. He and Optimus were working on who-knows-what. You nodded at Ratchet when he stepped out to retrieve a thingamajig from his pile of thingamabobs he needed for the whatever machine he and the prime were building.

Before the medic found his desired tool, a 'boosh' sound, accompanied by a cloud of smoke, came from the lab. You and the white and orange mech shared a paranoid glance before running over to see what happened- rather, Ratchet ran and you limped rather quickly.

Before flinging open the door, ratchet ordered you to stay a couple feet away from the room, as the experiment was dangerous. You were about to exclaim something about 'why the hell is Optimus working on a dangerous piece of scrap' but Ratchet had already stepped through and disappeared into the smoke.

You waited impatiently for ratchet to return, rocking back and forth on your pedes. Soon, you could hear rushed footsteps coming toward you and with them came ratchet.

What was in his arms made your spark stop.

It was a sparkling. He was red and blue with grey accents. At first you didn't recognize him, but he then on lined his optics. The optics you knew from anywhere.

"Optimus?" You breath. The sparkling doesn't respond, he either didn't hear you, or....

"Orion?" You said experimentally. The named mech turn his head and locked his optics with yours. Even as a sparkling his orbs were alive with ideas and knowledge and layered with mystery. You didn't know what to do, so you stood there, favouring your right leg, shocked.

"Orion," ratchet said softly. "I'm going to set you down, can you stand?"

He nodded wordlessly and Ratchet set him on his feet.

"Hi." Optimus/Orion greeted. You kneel and shake his tiny servos.

"Hello, Orion. I'm (y/n)." You smiled softly. "Welcome to the Autobots."

Orion was confused for a moment, before his expression changed to one of realization. "Really?"

You laughed softly. "Yes really, you are the most deserving of the Autobot title, even if you don't think so yet."

Ratchet gave you a quizzical stare and you gave him a reassuring look. Well, your reassuring looks are never actually reassuring so, Ratchet became more apprehensive.

Optimus thinks for a moment before speaking up. "Do you know where my friend is? His name is Ratchet. I promised to be with him this solar cycle."

You didn't think the young prime could get any more adorable, but it just happened. You are about to answer, but Ratchet held up a hand.

You watch as the medic knelt and puts a hand on Optimus' shoulder.

"Orion, it's been a long time, but... It's me. Ratchet." The mech searched the sparkling's face for a reaction.

Optimus slowly smiled, which grew into a happy giggle. "You always bragged about becoming a medic, now you are!"

You stifled a laugh and looked to Ratchet, who is smiling distractedly at lost memories. "You -mr serious medic- bragged??"

Optimus nodded confirmation and giggled again. "Yeah, he told me all about his special lessons with the head medic. I don't understand much, but he sounded really happy all the time."

Ratchet's smile dipped for a moment as realization slapped him in the face. "(Y/n)... We need to get Optimus back to normal."

"Why?" You asked. "Won't he just grow up again after a day?"

"I'm not too sure about this time." Ratchet admit. "Knockout and I were working on a simple healing factor when we turned, like all medicine, it faded."

You nodded for him to go on, Optimus looked at the both of you with utmost confusion.

"Optimus and I were working on a stasis machine, as you know stasis requires a balance between time moving foreword and time moving back. We've only got the moving back part to work." Ratchet explained. "Unlike medicine, this effect might not fade on its own."

"Who's Optimus?" The sparkling spoke up. Both you and ratchet had forgot the small leader was standing beneath you.

"The leader of the Autobots." You said without missing a beat, then you turned back to ratchet to confront him about the stasis machine. Before you got a world out, however, Orion wanted to ask another question.

"Can I meet him?"

This stopped you and ratchet from bickering. You look down to see his hopeful face. The slight smile and wide optics. You knelt down once more and match his grin.

"Your not going to understand this now, but Optimus Prime isn't going to be here until you grow up." Your eyes locked with his and he thought for a moment.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"When you grow up, Optimus will lead us." You repeated. He frowned in concentration.

"Am- ...am I... Optimus?" He said, growing still.

You glanced at Ratchet. He shrugged. "He was the smartest cybertronian I'd ever met."

You looked back down to Optimus and nodded slowly. He held a confused expression.

"Why?" He asked, overwhelmed.

"Orion, you are a great leader. Ratchet thinks so, I think so. Primus is the one who is going to make you a leader." You opened your arms and he hugged you tightly.

"Can I tell you a secret?" He whispered in your audio receptor. You nodded gently. "I don't think I'm ready to be a leader."

You chuckled softly and patted his back. "You are ready to do anything, little one. You are the best, most noble mech I've ever met,"

He hugged you tighter. "Okay."

You motioned to Ratchet to get the stasis machine working before standing and carrying and walking around the base, murmuring sweet nothings to the sparkling in your arms.

Eventually you and the sparkling Optimus had toured the whole base, seen all the relics, decoded three lines of code and cleaned almost everything.

That should be enough time for Ratchet to fix the stasis machine.

You had found that Orion was full of knowledge. He talked of places on cybertron you'd never known existed. When you asked where he knew this from, his response was always the same, his mentor.

You were left wondering who this mentor was.

Soon, you looped back to where Ratchet was working. You smirked when you heard his laugh of triumph.

"Did you get it working?" You called out.

Ratchet stepped out of the room with a huge grin. "He should be back to normal in no time."

You smiled at the thought of your leader back. As a sparkling he was cute, but your sweetspark ha been gone too long this time.

You exchanged a grin with small Optimus before leading him into the lab. He looked around with wide optics before staring at the finished stasis machine.

"Woah." Was all he said.

You pick him up, spin him around -to which he laughs cheerily- and set him down on the machine. He smiled up at you, optics shining.

While Ratchet was in the background, fiddling with controls, you take the chance to say goodbye to the sparkling Optimus.

"Are you ready to be a leader, Orion?" You asked.

He thought for a moment. "Are you going to be there?"

Your smile flickered in confusion. "I- yes. Why?"

"Because I don't want to lead without you. You make it seem less scary." He explained, looking at his feet. Your smile returned and you pay his helm.

"Leading a team isn't as scary as you think." You assured him. "If your team trusts you, it'll be easy."

He nodded and you stepped back, signalling to Ratchet to start the device. He flipped a switch and a light enveloped the sparkling. The last thing you saw before the light was too much was his panicked optics.

When the light was bearable and you lowered your arm from your face, a full-grown Optimus was standing there, servo to his helm in confusion.

"What- what happened?" He asked. You smiled and ran over, hugging him tightly. He looked down in surprise. "(Y/n)? Did I miss something?"

"Yes- no... Yes, but now it's okay and your okay and I love you." You spilled out, before covering your mouth with a servo.

Optimus chuckled. "Don't be ashamed, (y/n). I have feelings for you as well."

You looked up at him an upon seeing his genuine smile, you grinned and pressed your lips to his.

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"Okay, thats cute. But I have things to do. Take that out of my lab." Ratchet ordered.

"When did he get here?" Optimus inquired.

"Boy do I have a story to tell you,"