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[ Oh look! It's Drift, your neighborhood giant robot. He looks pretty banged up, plating scraped and paint chipped in spots. More over, he doesn't look like his usual aggressively serene self. He glowers at the screen, downright dour, optics glowing coldly from under his helm. ]

I'm back.

Sorry to anyone I've been tutoring on swordplay.

Lessons are cancelled until further notice.

I'll be working on my house if anyone needs me.

[ His mouth draw into a tight line before he switches the video off. ]

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[ He doesn't say anything. He won't argue with Wing, but as Drift is Drift, he's going to probably torment himself over it for some time to come.

Fow now, he just returns the hug, perhaps a bit too tightly. ]

[And Wing will do his best to soften the blows Drift will aim at himself.]

[But he knows when to drop a subject: he's learned that much at least.]

....I missed you.

I missed you too.

Never thought I'd be homesick for this place but...

[ Wing being here, and his friends maken it so. That's the unfinished thought anyways. ]

So um. Do. You like the place so far?

It is a hard place to feel entirely comfortable in, yes. But you have friends here, Drift.

[Not just Wing, but other friends who cared about him, who knew him as he was.]

[Wing smiles, curling his hand under Drift's chin playfully.]

I like it better with you.

[Even like this.]

Yes, it really is. But I'm starting to prefer it.

[ Maybe that's just the bitterness talking.

As he's forced to look right at Wing when the hands move under his chin, he looks moderately bewildered and probably a bit flustered. ]

I-

Well. Thank you. I like it better with you, too.

[ He still feels that heavy guilt crouching on his back, but Wing does help. ]

[The shadows in the backs of the blue eyes distress Wing, and he resolves to do what he can to allay them. But right now, prying doesn't seem right. Drift has already told him enough.]

We should go on another mission together. Or explore outside the city.

[Something, he thinks, that Drift can feel is helping others. That might be a step toward restoring him. Drift never had been good at seeing the good in his own spark, though.]

I think I'd like that.

[ Something to do that's useful and productive would help. He'd just drive himself crazy otherwise. ]

Can we sit... for a while?

I'd like that: to fight alongside you again.

[But better this time.]

[He gives a fond smile, tugging Drift towards a seat.]

Of course. When was the last time you fueled?

Me too. But less with the... uhm.

[ Dying. No dying for you, Wing.

He gladly sits next to him, leaning over to rest his head against one of Wing's shoulders. ]

I can't remember.

Drift.

[He thinks he can guess what's behind the hesitation. And it hurts to be reminded of the pain he'd caused Drift. He'd known he was going to die: that was a given when he'd volunteered. He hadn't known how much it would affect Drift. ]

When we fight together, we're unbeatable.

[He reaches a hand to stroke over Drift's helm as the other nestles against him.]

We should take care of that, too, then.

[Energon, and rest. Those wouldn't fix anything, but they could help give Drift strength.]

[ Ahh okay. Being pet is... very, very nice. Drift notably relaxes, flopping against him a bit more loosely. Wing gets a soft hum in agreement, the former Autobot not entirely inclined to argue much. ]

Okay... I'm not terribly hungry but okay. Can we just sit for a while longer, though?

[He does notice the loosening, so he keeps up the long gentle strokes over Drift's helm, his shoulder. If Drift fell into recharge right here, Wing would be entirely content.]

Of course. Whenever you're ready.

[ The way it's looking that is a very real possibility. He didn't think about how exhausted he was until he sat. Carefully, he sneaks one arm around Wing. ]

[Drift doesn't have to sneak and arm around: it's a sign of affection and trust that sends a little chirr from Wing's vocalizer, and he shifts, carefully, closer. ]

_{We could lie back...?} [A whispered suggestion, quiet, in case Drift's already, well, drifted off.]

Yeah... please.

[ Drift's eyes have long since started to dim. He's all too happy to lean back with Wing and lay down. A nap sounds really great at this point. ]

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