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katetcake · 2 months ago

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I was having JazzWave thoughts and they quickly got out of hand.

JazzWave in that they're forced to work together towards a common goal. And it's the pettiest thing imaginable. JazzWave in that Soundwave's a jealous best friend and Jazz is a paranoid mofo and both of them are trying to sabotage talks between Optimus and Megatron.

AKA: They decide to "work together" as an excuse to keep an eye on each other and each other's faction to make sure there's nothing fishy going on.

B/c neither of them believe the other side is being sincere. And b/c neither of them see the obvious flirting as flirting, instead see it as some manipulation tactic the other is using (aka the jealous friend dynamic between Soundwave and Megatron. Jazz constantly doing the dirty work so he thinks OP can't see the 'blatantly dirty tactics' being used on him).

Jazz who is horrified to see Prowl going along w/ it b/c quote "Starscream is actually quite intelligent under all the screeching and narcissism. It just seems logical to start building good relations w/ him now instead of waiting until later."

Ofc Jazz is devastated. How could Prowl do this to him. Starscream of all people! And maybe he complains abt it to Soundwave who's like 'hold up, what exactly did he say?' And drops the bombshell of "you should be more worried about Shockwave." Jazz obviously thinks he's crazy, but he gives in and asks Prowl abt Shockwave. And he feels so fucking betrayed when Prowl gets all embarrassed. Like all fluttery wings and shy smile b/c "Shockwave? Shockwave?! Are you serious, Prowl?!" And Prowl just doesn't understand what the big deal is, "I mean, you've been dating Soundwave since Peace Talks ™ practically began."

So now Jazz is paying a little more attention to what's going on around him. The Autobots do seem to be more confident about talking to Decepticons when he's around. Jazz hasn't talked about what he's doing w/ Soundwave for operational security reasons, and he knows how much actions speak louder than words. And okay maybe once he took care of watching both sets of twins b/c Ravage was sick and Soundwave had to take him to a medic, but that doesn't mean anything! He just needs to gain the enemy's trust to gain access to more information! That's like Spec Ops 101.

On the other side, Soundwave is constantly hearing gossip about himself and Jazz. Some people even voicing their jealousy that Soundwave managed to snatch Jazz up before any of them even had a chance. And b/c he knows words spoken in private are often the only truthful ones, he refuses to answer any questions whenever someone asks him how things w/ Jazz are going, or if he has tips on how to woo an Autobot.

They both get really paranoid about their own words/actions whenever they're together now. They're constantly second guessing themselves and tension just keeps getting worse until they're having an argument about it. Jazz is upset b/c Soundwave's acting weird all of the sudden. He doesn't play music anymore and barely talks whenever they're together (like less than usual). Whenever he does talk, it's strictly about their work. Soundwave also accused Jazz of being weird too, he hardly plays with the cassettes anymore. He doesn't lounge around like he usually does whenever they're not working on their plan.

All in all, their argument ends on an awkward note as neither of them win. Soundwave doesn't want to talk (words in private are the truth). Jazz refuses to be responsive or take things seriously (actions speak louder than words).

Everyone thinks they broke up. Everyone is treating it like a break up. Big meetings are just a touch more tense. Starscream is always making comments about it.

Blaster starts hitting on Soundwave like right after. Jazz is immediately offended cuz like dude! They were never dating, but if they were it's rude for Blaster to immediately hit up his friend's new ex. Like come on! In Blaster's defense, he always thought Soundwave was hot, even if he hated that Soundwave made his cassettes fight in the war (he doesn't make them, he lets them choose). And somehow Jazz ends up more offended cuz that's such a low bar. Like Blaster could at least like Soundwave cuz “He's got a wicked sense of humor. He's really damn smart. He's got great taste in music! He's– you get my point! If you just want a pretty frame, there's plenty of other mechs!"

Starscream, taking any opportunity presented to him, starts immediately bullying Soundwave. Starts talking about how surprised he was that someone like Jazz would even bother with Soundwave. But considering how quickly Jazz dropped him, clearly he was just interested in figuring out how he worked. Soundwave would never confirm he and Jazz were together while Jazz was adamant they weren't together. Was Soundwave ashamed to be dating an Autobot? No that's preposterous. Everyone knows Soundwave's the actual one without emotions. Clearly it was Jazz who was ashamed to be dating Soundwave, however briefly it was.

All in all, everyone thinks they're having a messy breakup. Which is insane because both of them are clearly not over each other. Jazz is quick to anger and quicker to vanish whenever questioned. Soundwave and Starscream get into physical fights whenever the seeker starts pushing buttons.

Megatron and Optimus start having more private meetings. Sometimes they'll even abruptly change meeting times so that neither Soundwave or Jazz will be present. Overall acting extra suspicious.

Despite whatever mess is going on between them, they can work together for their initial goal. And whatever these extra, super secret, meetings are, there's more of a risk of Optimus or Megatron using it's secrecy to attack the other.

Except when they finally find out about one of these 'private meetings' in time to spy on it, they're not prepared. Over half of it is just Megatron lamenting that Soundwave doesn't talk to him like he used to. That the war has gone on so long and has changed them all so much that Soundwave no longer trusts Megatron enough to tell him he was dating Jazz. Megatron didn't believe it at first because Soundwave never told him, but now he's not so sure b/c Soundwave's been more depressed than usual.

Even Optimus expresses his own regrets. Cuz while he and Jazz don't have the same history that Megatron and Soundwave do, Jazz has always gone out of his way to treat Optimus like another person and not an infallible leader. They were friends and he hates to have failed his friend so entirely like this.

Jazz and Soundwave are left with the realization that there was no ulterior motive from either side during the Peace Talk™ negotiations. Soundwave thinks back to all the times Megatron commended Optimus. All the times he praised the mech's intelligence. The times he outright waxed poetic about Optimus to Soundwave. And Soundwave realizes that somewhere along the line he stopped listening. Jazz sees all of Optimus' actions in a whole new light now. Every time he thought Optimus had been annoyed into silence, he realizes that Optimus was flustered. That Optimus was taking better care of his appearance to show off to Megatron. Jazz realized that despite being head of spec ops for his observational prowess, he was completely blinded by his inherent mistrust of other.

And now Jazz and Soundwave are left with the very uncomfortable truth that they almost ruined everyone's future for petty reasons. That they almost sabotaged the very real prospect of Peace. And all they have left is to have a long overdue awkward Talk.

And Soundwave has to admit the reason he and Starscream keep fighting is b/c Starscream keeps saying he might try courting Jazz just to see what all the hype is about and Soundwave was jealous. That the reason he never said anything when people questioned him was b/c to play along would be to lie and he doesn't like lying, but he also didn't want to admit it wasn't real.

Jazz is absolutely floored. But now that he thinks about it, the signs were all there. Not just from Soundwave either. Jazz liked listening to Soundwave's playlists. He enjoyed Soundwave's dry humor. He liked spending time with the twins. He liked idly cleaning and straightening out the plates on Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's wings. Jazz even got cosmetic work to redistribute his weight to more effectively hold and catch the cassettes whenever they wanted to be held. Though at the time he kept telling himself it would be useful for whenever the war started back up.

They try to give dating a genuine shot and both of them end up dying of embarrassment b/c almost nothing changed and they're both absolute idiots. Though they're loving the perks of actually dating.

Soundwave loves the fact that he gets to touch now. He loves holding Jazz' hand. He loves sitting on the couch or the floor with Jazz pressed to his side or sitting on his lap. He loves that Jazz' tactile nature doesn't disappear when they're in public. He loves being able to kiss Jazz.

Jazz loves listening to Soundwave talk about his day. He loves making Soundwave laugh, how his frame starts shaking before the laughter bubbles up quietly. He loves that Soundwave doesn't mind his tactile nature. He loves going out with Soundwave and the cassettes and doing inane group activities together. Jazz absolutely loves being able to kiss Soundwave now too.

No one believes them when they say they only started dating recently. It's not until they admit to working together to keep an eye on the other side in case of danger/sabotage during Peace Talks™. And that's when their friends/colleagues actually start believing that they weren't actually dating before.

Idk I just want an absurd and hilarious JazzWave comedy. They're smart and capable at their jobs. Unfortunately they're also dumbasses.

Edit: Oh, and every plan they try to implement (whether separately or together) fails in increasingly absurd fashions. Like Mr Bean absurd coincidences that causes them to continuously fail. Milo Murphy's Law cartoon level of absurdity. Believable but stupid

#I'm not even that big on megop that just seemed like the easiest excuse for the rest of this to happen #like it could just as easily (if not easier) work w/ starop #but SW strikes me as believably being the “jealous friend” type. the one that gets annoyed any time the homie dates cuz thats HIS homie #that and SW being the jealous friend is too funny of an idea to pass up #tho w/ a starop scenario they could be on friendlier terms when they start working together against the perceived starscream threat.#it would make the 'no we are not actually dating' and the 'cant break up if we were never together' -#-angst actually angsty instead of absurdly hilarious #transformers #jazzwave #soundwave #jazz #autobot jazz

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