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• Loyalty Before Grief - Rewrite by Chipper_Chip

  Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  07 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Ratchet/Soundwave (Transformers)
  • Jazz/Prowl (Transformers)
  • Megatron/Orion Pax
  • Eventually - Relationship
  • Soundwave (Transformers)
  • Ratchet (Transformers)
  • Megatron (Transformers)
  • Orion Pax
  • Starscream (Transformers)
  • Thundercracker (Transformers)
  • Skywarp (Transformers)
  • Prowl (Transformers)
  • Jazz (Transformers)
  • Slow Burn
  • Like the slowest burn to ever have burned
  • I'm 50000 words in and the main haven't even met yet
  • Soundwave-centric (Transformers)
  • Sad Soundwave
  • Starscream Being a Friend
  • Not exactly a good one
  • But a friend nonetheless
  • Betrayal
  • But only a little
  • Prepare to cry a little
  • Author thinks he's funny
  • He's not
  • Tags Are Hard
  • Tags Are Also A Mess
  • rewrite of old fic
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Tags May Change
  • Updates weekly on Fridays

  Summary

  After the war, everyone seems to be moving on. Cybertron is moving on and rebuilding. Decepticons and Autobots alike are moving on.

  However, Soundwave is untethered, floating around in a cruel society that looks down on him for what and who he is. With his old master having let him go, Soundwave is left behind, feeling betrayed and lost.

  A message that interrupts his monotony suddenly changes everything, and eventually, he finds purpose again in this new, war-free world.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  19,247

  Chapters:

  5/?

  Comments:

  15

  Kudos:

  73

  Bookmarks:

  13

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