(Fic) Partner (5/9)
Title: Partner (5/9)
Verse: G1 AU
Rating: PG
Warnings: Angst
Characters/pairing: Prowl, Sierra (Human OC)
Prowl waited quietly in front of Sierra's apartment. He knew she would not be expecting him, but he needed to do this. He had learned much of his partner over the past year, and there was no logical reason for her to spend this entire day alone like she had so many times before.
"You don't have to do this."
"I know." Prowl pulled into the same small parking lot of the same shelter where he had found her the year before. He waited as she climbed out and retrieved the bag, then transformed. Kelly paused, looking up at him.
"Why don't you transform any other time?"
Prowl looked up at the sky as his systems adjusted to the shift again. "There has been no need for me to transform into my root form while working with you. The belief that I am a police vehicle and nothing more has served us well in multiple situations."
"You know you are driving the chief nuts with that, refusing to do public appearances."
Prowl flicked his doorwings dismissively, momentarily capturing the humans complete attention as she studied the appendages. "He agreed to my terms when he accepted my services, and I have no desire to serve in any other capacity."
Kelly shook her head, making her way to the large rock at the edge of the clearing. It had been raining non-stop for over a week, and the large Transformers feet left deep impressions in the soggy earth as he followed. Someone was going to have a field day.
"Why did you choose here?"
Prowl considered his answer, knowing where the question sprang from. He was working a small, relatively backwater district, at a small station. If his goal was really to serve he could do so on a much broader scale in a larger district. In a bigger city. Prowl was sure that governments would be all over themselves to have his services at their disposal.
And the truth was, his answer was a selfish one. "I was tired."
Sierra nodded but didn't push any harder as she opened the bag and lined up the candles one by one. Prowl stood behind her, watching and counting quietly to himself.
Two white ones- one for each of her parents. A red one for her brother, Thomas. A blue one, for Melinda. Matches to light them all. The human studied the assembled candles. "Do you have a lighter?"
Prowl looked at the matches. His audios had picked up the sound of matchsticks inside. "I have something that will suffice…" He froze as a she pulled another candle from the bag and placed it with the others, this one black and white.
She said nothing else as she opened the matches and lit first candle, bowing her head in prayer before moving on to the next one. Prowl watched, as she prayed for the souls of those who were gone. She paused when she reached the end, looking at the last unlit candle.
Slowly Prowl reached out, the candle springing to life. For a moment he studied the flame, then bowed his head, offering his own soft prayer to Primus for the spark of the mech he'd loved.
Verse: G1 AU
Rating: PG
Warnings: Angst
Characters/pairing: Prowl, Sierra (Human OC)
Prowl waited quietly in front of Sierra's apartment. He knew she would not be expecting him, but he needed to do this. He had learned much of his partner over the past year, and there was no logical reason for her to spend this entire day alone like she had so many times before.
"You don't have to do this."
"I know." Prowl pulled into the same small parking lot of the same shelter where he had found her the year before. He waited as she climbed out and retrieved the bag, then transformed. Kelly paused, looking up at him.
"Why don't you transform any other time?"
Prowl looked up at the sky as his systems adjusted to the shift again. "There has been no need for me to transform into my root form while working with you. The belief that I am a police vehicle and nothing more has served us well in multiple situations."
"You know you are driving the chief nuts with that, refusing to do public appearances."
Prowl flicked his doorwings dismissively, momentarily capturing the humans complete attention as she studied the appendages. "He agreed to my terms when he accepted my services, and I have no desire to serve in any other capacity."
Kelly shook her head, making her way to the large rock at the edge of the clearing. It had been raining non-stop for over a week, and the large Transformers feet left deep impressions in the soggy earth as he followed. Someone was going to have a field day.
"Why did you choose here?"
Prowl considered his answer, knowing where the question sprang from. He was working a small, relatively backwater district, at a small station. If his goal was really to serve he could do so on a much broader scale in a larger district. In a bigger city. Prowl was sure that governments would be all over themselves to have his services at their disposal.
And the truth was, his answer was a selfish one. "I was tired."
Sierra nodded but didn't push any harder as she opened the bag and lined up the candles one by one. Prowl stood behind her, watching and counting quietly to himself.
Two white ones- one for each of her parents. A red one for her brother, Thomas. A blue one, for Melinda. Matches to light them all. The human studied the assembled candles. "Do you have a lighter?"
Prowl looked at the matches. His audios had picked up the sound of matchsticks inside. "I have something that will suffice…" He froze as a she pulled another candle from the bag and placed it with the others, this one black and white.
She said nothing else as she opened the matches and lit first candle, bowing her head in prayer before moving on to the next one. Prowl watched, as she prayed for the souls of those who were gone. She paused when she reached the end, looking at the last unlit candle.
Slowly Prowl reached out, the candle springing to life. For a moment he studied the flame, then bowed his head, offering his own soft prayer to Primus for the spark of the mech he'd loved.