[challenge] Backstory Challenge

[ajremix]

So it's JUST slow enough for me to put this up. It'll be the first of my (hopefully) monthly 24-hour challenges. If I can recall to do this on a monthly basis it'll be (idealy) on the first or within the first week of the month.

So this month's challenge is going to be backstory. Pick a character- whatever character you know (or think) I'm familiar with and I'll write a short drabble depicting their past however I see it. Because I probably won't be able to get to these as quickly as my previous challenges, you're free to pick three characters at a time. After I've finished all three of your challenges, you may pick another three. If someone else has picked a character you wanted to see a story of, you can still ask for them and I'll just do a different scene.

CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED BECAUSE GOOD GOD I HAVE SO MANY PROMPTS I SHOULD'VE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH MORE^^;;

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[splendidshadows.livejournal.com]

Hot Rod, Springer, and Arcee. Together or apart. :D

HR/S/A

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

Hot Rod bounced on the front of his peds, suddenly far more nervous now than he'd ever been in similar situations before. He wasn't certain what exactly changed (well, he kind of knew, but he didn't really understand why) and he didn't really know how to feel about this new change. He didn't think he liked it.

A small hand hooked around his arm, pulling at him until Arcee was pressed against his arm. "Calm down," she said, even as it was obvious she was just as anxious, "they'll be docking soon."

He tried. He really did. But the only thing he could think of was the communique that said that the Wreckers were returning from a mission with a couple of them severely injured. The lack of detail had his processors coming up with so many scenarios, each worse than the other.

"How can you deal with this?" Hot Rod blurted out. If being in love with Springer meant having to fear his death every time he went out, Hot Rod didn't know how long he'd last- didn't know how Arcee managed for so long on her own.

She hugged tightly at his arm. Hot Rod was suddenly glad he was there, feeling this, so she wouldn't be alone. "Usually by hating myself for hoping it was one of the others. Then I beat him for worrying me if he isn't hurt."

"And if he is?"

Her fingers tightened so hard she almost left grooves and the smile on her lips was almost believable. "Then I wait until he's better and beat him for being so reckless."

Hot Rod pulled his arm from Arcee's and wrapped it around her shoulders as the Wreckers' shuttle came in. "At least I have something to look forward to." He said, smile just as believably false.

Re: HR/S/A

[splendidshadows.livejournal.com]

Beatings all around though being reckless is probably one of Springer's charms! Thanks for this! :D