So I made these pretty late yesterday so i didnt get to post them so im gonna post them here.

Quick backstory: so in my mind, Optimus prime has the same birthday as Peter Cullen because the two are so intertwined in culture that they’re essentially the same thing ( at least in my eyes Peter Cullen = Optimus Prime). So Optimus has the same birthday as mr. Cullen too.

Now, I ALSO have a head cannon that the tfp kids make a spinning wheel or a hat draw for random days of the year, and whatever day the pick becomes one of the autobots “birthdays” because they want a special occasion for the autobots but they don’t actually have birthdays to celebrate. The random day that Optimus gets is June 28th, so the kids get him a little gift and pit it in his room when he’s busy. When Optimus gets back, he sees the gift and gets confused, reads the tag, and almost immediately starts crying bc the poor guy hasn’t gotten any true forms of affection in like thousands of years. He doesn’t actually open the present (ever), instead just keeping it in his subspace and taking it out whenever he needs some motivation or comfort ( the poor mech cries over the present for like 15 minutes too)

Fun fact: irl, Optimus Prime is now 38 years old. So happy 38th birthday sad boi