Prompt: Character A tilting Character B’s chin up to get a better look at their face and the evidence of the fight. A delicately thumbs away the streak of blood by B’s mouth, saying nothing as they examine it. After a brief pause, B’s heart skips a nervous beat as A looks them dead in the eyes. Their voice is quiet and tense, their anger barely restrained.
“Who did this to you?”
Ship: Megawave
‘Verse: Transformers Prime (vaguely lol)
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It wasn’t often that Soundwave returned from a match injured, or marked.
In fact, in living history - it had only happened once.
Once out of hundreds of matches was a track record worth remembering. Worth being proud of. Worth fearing.
So, it stood to reason, that in the time since their orns in the pits, Megatron had grown accustomed to a certain level of consistency in regards to his third in command. Soundwave went into the field. Soundwave returned to base unharmed.
Soundwave performed some of the most high-risk missions that the Decepticons had to offer. And yet, inexplicably, he had always come back in perfect condition, and often times with more success than some other members of the Decepticon ranks that came to mind.
It was one of the things Megatron could always rely on, in the oft uncertain vorns of endless war. It was a steadying, subtle kind of comfort. Much like Soundwave himself. There was no need for meaningless chatter or blatant attempts to impress or appease him. Soundwave always knew Megatron’s mind - as well as how to ease it.
The problem with growing complacent, Megatron would soon be reminded, for that was what he had become -
Was that it made you soft, and weak, and -
No.
For Megatron, it just made him angry.
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“Report.”
Megatron’s voice could barely be considered words. In honesty, it was really more of a growl.
The Vehicon in front of him did their very best to keep their paneling from rattling where they stood.
“No sign, Lord Megatron.”
Megatron slammed a clenched fist onto the arm of his throne.
”Then KEEP SEARCHING!”
Megatron leaned back into his chair with the same dangerous kind of slow, controlled movement of a predator stalking prey. The Vehicon was already gone, having fled the moment the order left his Lord’s mouth.
He would be complacent no longer.
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Knockout, while a good actor, couldn’t hide the flutter of nervousness that wove it’s way through his EM field. But, surely - Megatron was far too…preoccupied to notice.
At least, that’s what he told himself.
“Surely, Lord Megatron, these - operations have become an - an unnecessary strain on our resources?”
We hardly have enough energy to keep the Vehicons functioning as it is, and-“
“Are you saying that our efforts have been a waste of time, Knockout?
Megatron’s optics narrowed dangerously, and the red medic began backtracking immediately. His expression and EM field held more promise than threat.
“N-No! Of course not, Lord Megatron! Why, I would never throw dispersions on one of such excellent judgement as yourself!”
Megatron stood up, slowly, and approached Knockout with a serene calmness that only served to make every mech on the bridge tense.
For every step Knockout took back, the Warlord took two forward. Either Knockout would run out of floor or Megatron would run out of patience. Whichever came first.
“If I have to tear up every last inch,” Megatron growled, still stalking forwards with that same, uncanny calm, “of this worthless, mudball planet, Knockout, then I will.”
Knockout nodded frantically, fear bright in his optics.
“Of course! Lord, Megatron, of course! We will continue the search until he is found! As you command, my liege!”
He swept into an awkward, rushed bow, and at no further comment from Megatron but a harsh exvent, quickly fled the room.
Megatron returned to his throne.
He felt tired.
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It had already been a vorn.
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In the end, things did not turn out the way Megatron had ever imagined.
Despite searching tirelessly, accusing and interrogating Autobots and humans alike at every turn, Megatron never found his missing third in command.
Rather, Soundwave found him.
Megatron, leaking and coated in layers of his own energon, with a damaged optic and an ill-functioning leg, knelt on the same dirt he had sworn to upturn in search of his… friend.
Even now, his spark tapped out an accusatory beat in response to the thought. The pain he felt was more than that of merely a lost friend.
His breathing was ragged as his frame attempted to cool overworked systems, and his auto-repair attempted to provide what aid they could.
He almost wanted to laugh, again, at how the Prime had ever so thoughtfully honored his request.
At least he was alone.
He knew he was alone, and that the slow, familiar trod of footsteps heading towards him was nothing more than the last delusion of his mind, the last feeble hope that, once shattered, would finally bring him to his knees. He was halfway there already.
Megatron admitted to himself that it was a cowards refuge, when he could not make himself lift his helm to look.
He didn’t fully process it when the slow, familiar steps that haunted his every waking moment, made more obvious by their lack at his side, suddenly picked up in speed.
He was crazy, then. Soundwave didn’t run.
This time, Megatron did bark out a laugh, destabilizing the delicate balance of his servo on one knee in the process. He nearly tipped himself over, except -
except -
someone caught him.
He found himself incapable of dragging his optics away from the familiar, delicate servos now gripping his chassis. It was impossible, after all. One final, cruel trick of the mind before it sent him hurtling off into oblivion.
But then there was the feeling of something near-forgotten - gentle digits that carefully brushed away the energon bleeding from his lip. The servo lifted his chin in time with the light swish of a visor being retracted.
And there he was. Standing before him, unharmed, untouched - pristine and as whole as the day he vanished.
“Soundwave.”
The sound of Megatron’s vocalizer was harsh, and his words laced with static. The damage wasn’t enough to disguise the thick layers of emotions piled into his third’s name.
Soundwave’s optics never strayed from his. There was an anger there that Megatron wasn’t used to seeing. His spark seemed to ache in his chassis, and his EM field responded in kind.
It’s the greatest relief when Soundwave’s is finally there to answer the wordless request, and entwine itself with his.
“Inquiry: Who did this to you?”
Megatron couldn’t manage to hold back a strangled laugh.
He reached up with one servo and gently traced the side of Soundwave’s face, some part of him still not quite convinced he wasn't seeing a dream.
“I’m afraid I’ve done it to myself, my friend. In search of you.”
Soundwave’s optics softened. From his perspective, he had only been in the shadow dimension for one Earth month. It quickly became clear to him that the same was not true for Megatron.
“You were right, Soundwave, as always. I’ve lost my way without you. I-“
Soundwave didn’t bother to let him finish. Instead, he leaned forward and pressed Megatron into a kiss. One that was gentle, and breathless, and felt like coming home.
When Soundwave pulled away, Megatron realized that perhaps, that was exactly what it was.
Soundwave smiled at him.
“No more searching. I’m home.”
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your works have me curious, what else do ya headcanon for our boy victor? :o
(and other chars too! i'm just esp interested in how you filled out his blank slate)
Ohh this is a good one. Since I only played Sword for the first time starting in January, I'm still very much in my formative phase for headcanons and stuff. For most of the characters I can't even say I consciously headcanoned yet, even with all my thinking about everyone and saying "the whole of swsh is my blorbo" (admittedly with most of my focus on Victor and Hop because they're my number one favourites and OTP lol so there are definitely also ship headcanons in here, hope you don't mind! ^^"). I'll put it under a readmore since it kinda got a bit long ^^"
So here's my personal "fixed"/"core" headcanons for Victor when it comes to my own stuff:
he's transmasc and gay (this one was probably obvious since I've made on-text trans references in all but like, two fanfics haha)
he's the one who becomes Champion and is chosen by Zacian
Corviknight, Sylveon, Obstagoon and Toxtricity (evolved from the babby Toxel you get as a gift at the daycare) on the team
Fairy type association
He and Hop won the inaugural Galarian Star Tournament together and are the dream team everyone wants to battle but knows will be tough to beat (Hop calling them "Postwick dream team" is a canon thing, so!)
a short king
Now for personality and other random things? I'm open for so many things lol I did start out (even before I played) with the timid/soft-spoken/shy headcanon and I'm still so very fond of him being timid initially (and that's why Sobble as a starter + the Isle of Armor Kubfu are a perfect fit lol) — whether it's only when he's younger or still at the start of the game but growing confident once he gets his starter from Leon and finds he's pretty good at battling (the fact that he got it as a gift from Leon aka the Champion he admires + big bro of his best friend when Leon met him for the first time combined with Leon just being such a sweet and encouraging dude probably helped with that)
But yeah I'm open for many other headcanons/portrayals in that regard lol cool and confident? bless all the fanart. Easily flustered? sweet. On the oblivious side? heck yes. Sunshine boy? Absolutely, he is a whole sunshine boy 10000000000000%! Just give me all the positive Victor content and I'll probably soak it up happily and cry and have it fuel me lmao thank you for my life.
As for his starter, god I simply cannot decide. I picked Grookey in my game (I really wanted Sobble but joked I was obligated to pick Scorbunny because I like football and then GMax Rillaboom came and said "hi" lol) but as mentioned above I'm so fond of Victor with Sobble. But Scorbunny is also a perfect fit so I've just been rotating around for a bit between my fics (though I think I've yet to actually write him with Scorbunny???). Maybe one of these days I can make up my mind for both him and Hop which starter they choose ^^" in any case: I also live for the whole "they gift each other eggs of their starters and some of their 'mons are partners" thing so there's that (in fact it might've been easy to guess that in my world of things their Corviknight are a partners for sure)
Speaking of Hop, it's my headcanon that Victor has a crush on him pretty much since they're kids/since they first met, and is very much aware of it being a crush that just never leaves and his feelings grow stronger as they grow up. Meanwhile Hop also has a crush all along but is a bit oblivious about how to interpret his own feelings until along on the main story (Leon, meanwhile, guesses pretty easily that his little bro has a giant crush on that friend he keeps talking about all the time and lightly teases him for it, cue denial lol). So much potential for both fluff and a dash of angst... mmmm. By the post-credits story lines Hop definitely had that "Oh." moment and then is even more loud about his crush.
Based on me associating Victor with the fairy type, I have the silly little headcanon that at first he just thinks Bede is kinda funny, then it gets personal when Bede very largely contributes to Hop's mid-story crisis, and then Opal rejects him as a successor candidate only to later scout/adopt Bede in front of him. Cue him solo-ing battles against him with just his Corviknight (ok I admit this last part is also based on how it goes in my game lmao Bede is far too easy to beat... both as an opponent and if I team up with him)
Recently I've really been into the idea that Victor is asked to take over the Flying type Gym a couple of years after becoming Champion and then he's both Champion and also becomes strongest ranked Gym Leader (this is me guessing that since Gym Leaders can win the Championship, it's possible to be a parallel thing/Champions in general have a side thing they're doing rather than just being fulltime Champ, idk lol also, he totally beats Mustard's record for a reigning streak). His ace as a Gym Leader is Corviknight! (because what else would you expect from me, I adore Corviknight hahaha)
Now for "where's his family from" I am not sure if I have a "proper" headcanon yet. I've seen the headcanon that the protagonist's family is from Sinnoh and I like that hc, so I adopted that for the meet-cute drabble I wrote earlier this week but with a spin where I kinda combined it with some inspo from Elio|Selene (i.e. Dad's still working in Sinnoh/often away for work + combined with the headcanon I've seen for Elio|Selene's mom that she does have an Alolan background. unrelated sidenote, I'm really fond of the Alola protags' mom lol she's sweet). So basically like with all these other things I'm just having fun playing around with different possibilities at this point!
I'm also so very fond of flower boi Victor and it's one of my headcanons that he loves exploring and really loved the Crown Tundra adventures (and didn't mind that Sonia asked him to do all the work finding the Swords of Justice + was happy about the praise). He really enjoys tagging along with Hop and/or Sonia for fieldwork, and the two make it a habit to invite him along since they value his input and also want to make sure he gets breaks to destress from everything that comes along with being the reigning Champion, especially as the one who caught Eternatus + gained the title when he beat Leon. Especially Hop invites him along since that also doubles as more time together when they're both often busy with their career paths. Also on that note, Leon and Sonia being Victor and Hop's mentor figures just makes me so soft 🥺 the Leon being Victor's mentor doubly so with the headcanon that Leon is transmasc too (which unlike transmasc Victor I can't say is a "fixed" hc yet but I'm very fond of the idea)
(also, while I'm now all on the "Victor is a total career Champ/Gym Leader and thriving" train at this point, I still live for the type of angst where he gets a little bit of selfdoubt crisis — in the early years somewhat more subtle and like a case of stagefright like in my drabble "Believe", then a bit more into the future it's like "oh god what do I even do when I inevitably lose the Championship, can I even continue as a Gym Leader if I lose my title, this is kind of all I have going for me what do I do" but he gets through it since he has such a supportive network of loved ones and friends. Also another tangent here, I also love the idea of Victor as a (part-time) model so lol he definitely has a lot more than just a fulltime battle career)
He likes hanging out in Spikemuth with Marnie, Piers, and Team Yell, and especially Obstagoon and Toxtricity really have fun when they do. On a related note, I like the idea that Team Yell kind of become Victor stans too because Marnie thinks highly of him, so they cheer for him together with her (whenever she's not the one battling him in a match, obviously lol)
I've already rambled so much about various aspects I could think of ahaha so now since I've already talked about Hop + this is a trainshipping zone, I'll add some of my "core" headcanons for him!
is gay (or not clearly labeled but definitely likes boys. this is coming from someone who's very "???" about labels re: my own orientation but definitely is a boy-liker lol so please excuse the bit of vaguess here despite listing it in my core hcs hahaha)
chosen by Zamazenta (easy to guess when Vic is chosen by Zacian)
he's so supportive of Victor's transition, regardless of whether or not Leon is also trans, but it's a bonus when he already grew up with a trans big bro and then his best friend/crush is trans too and that's his two most favourite people in the world so of course he'll do anything to be supportive
fighting type association
he grows tall like Leon
He'd often ramble to Victor about what he's studying and Victor is always happy to listen and loves when he's so excited, so it basically turns into Victor helping him study. Also, they both make sure the other gets enough rest and destresses, already through their teens but especially when they're both grown up and Victor is still Champion (+ a Gym Leader) while Hop is now a fully fledged Professor. Even way into the future it remains a Thing that Hop excitedly rambles about his research or rants when he's stuck on something, and Victor is happy to listen and try to help him get unstuck (and Hop gives him a big smooch in thanks even if all Vic did was just listen and ask questions to hear more).
Most random thing but I so love the idea of either (or both) of them having freckles and same for glasses... bless all the fanarts with glasses for either of them. And while I also love fanart of Prof Hop wearing a more formal look, it's my wholehearted believe that he'll still wear the signature trackies look just with a labcoat now (and — you guessed it — Vic hogs his jackets. Nevermind that he has all the hoodies and fancy jackets and everything, the boyfriend jacket is so much comfier than anything else).
And I'm going to end this looooong ramble to mention that I've been developing fankids for them too! I already talked about them over on twitter and I'll probably talk about them here eventually too haha
Thank you so much for sending this ask, I was "!!!" when I saw it last night and couldn't help myself from rambling on forever lol. I kept the focus exclusively on Victor featuring Hop & them as a couple since they're my main focus so I have a lot more concrete thoughts about them than for any of the other characters (or ships bc I don't quite actively have side ships). But maybe I'll talk a little about others at another opportunity haha.
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