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- This is definitely pre-canon lol, but as is common knowledge on Cybertron, Rodimus is a very talented and respected Prime, high in the ranks of the Elite Guard and a superb fighter with one of the fastest vehicle modes ever known.
- Megatron thinks he’s hot from the start. They end up fighting against each other a lot, running into each other whether it be one on one or with their squads, and there’s so much tension there that Autobots and Decepticons alike comment on it.
- “Struggling to keep up, Megatron?” “Oh, no, not at all... In fact, I’ve been told that I have great stamina if you care to find out, Rodimus.”
- Lots of flirting that’s just lowkey enough to not be called out but highkey enough for everyone to talk about it and question whether the two actually like each other or if there’s just some enemy-like tension there that they’re reading into too much.
- Meanwhile, Rodimus is... Confused. At first he just thinks Megatron is weird, but then he noticed how the other mech is always so gentle with him during their fights and realizes; that paired with the innuendos and borderline flirting probably means... Megatron likes him. And he wouldn’t be lying if he said he didn’t like Megatron, too.
- Decepticon status be damned, Megatron is hot, charming, and intelligent. Rodimus can’t help it and slips Megatron his comm on a piece of paper during one of their one on one fights before retreating.
- Then, they start talking.
- “Why did you give me your comm?” “Why wouldn’t I give you my comm?”
- Rodimus likes Megatron’s charm; he’s witty, great at banter, intelligent, has a lot of good opinions, eloquent, a good flirt, subtle... That and he’s willing to put effort in and put his walls down for Rodimus, which most aren’t.
- Megatron likes Rodimus’s passion; he’s passionate, loud, determined, fiery, honest, kind but ferocious, definitely a spitfire of a mech that he could just burn up in.
- It’s embarrassing. All the Decepticons are concerned about why Megatron suddenly has so many private comms that he has to attend to, and all the Autobots are concerned about why Rodimus is always walking around with this lovestruck look on his face nowadays.
- It’s nice to see them happy, though, so no one comments on it. Neither of them really care anyway, opposite faction or not, they’re simping hard for each other and no one’s gonna stop them lmao.
- They don’t have a big confession or anything like that. It just goes from them meeting and fighting to flirting and fighting to flirting some more and finally exchanging comms, then they’re talking every available hour of the day and night, and eventually, they’re in a basically committed relationship; sneaking out to spend time with each other, going on dates, and doing other more unmentionable things when the tension finally rolls over.
- Basically, enemies-but-not-really-enemies to lovers fanfiction. They probably get conjunxed/spark bond in secret.