#can i just say. HGJHASJkkdjhKJHDHHkl 👍. if that makes sense

[mychlapci]

Hi again! All the megaratch tonight had me thinking about early/mid war megalock where they rope in ratchet:

Ratchet getting snatched up by Megatron's forces and he's sure it's gonna be him getting tortured for potential weaknesses in the autobot high command. He wasn't at ALL expecting Megatron to instead have captured him because none of the deception medics he even vaguely trusts are capable of caring for an expecting carrier.

Bc it turns out autobot intelligence hadn't managed to catch on that the favoured assassin, Deadlock, was more than just Megatron's killer of choice - he's carrying Megatron's sparklings.

And Ratchet knows he should probably refuse because the last thing the world needs is Megatron having heirs... but, fuck, he remembers Deadlock when he was in the Deadend and having him on the operating table to save his life. Doesn't help Deadlock admits that he specifically asked for Ratchet.

Which leads to this awkward period of Megatron hovering over every inspection and checkup, whilst Ratchet tries to subtly tell Deadlock he can do BETTER and it's not too late, and Deadlock not having a straight answer on what his relationship with Megatron even is.

But Ratchet starts to pick up the little things that changes his view. What he interpreted as Megatron being territorial and only caring about the sparklings, Ratchet soon realises he's actually pretty careful and concerned about Deadlock (possibly there's some lingering complications in his frame from his time in Deadend). And Deadlock cares in turn, he's just kinda feral and guarded now and on edge with his impending creatorhood during wartime.

Ratchet slowly warming up to Megatron because damn, he didn't expect the warlord to be a good sire, and something happens where Megatron is called away for a long while and someone has gotta keep Deadlock topped up on transfluid. Ratchet gets outright told before Megatron leaves he won't mind and Deadlock is more than happy. Cue Ratchet realising a pregnancy kink that he's kind of embarrassed took him THIS long to realise (or maybe it's just because it looks so good on Deadlock)

And then of course Megatron probably comes back wounded so Ratchet just HAS to tend to him too and they get close that way too. And probably have an ill-advised threesome with Megatron still wounded and Deadlock heavily carrying.

By the time Ratchet is "rescued" he's carrying too, of course, and his lips are sealed about the little sparkling Deadlock has hidden away

oh god YES. Ratchet captured by Megatron to tend to a carrying Deadlock is literally perfect. i need to read that fanfic. i am going to dedicate at least three to four days of daydreaming to this.

Ratchet constantly dropping subtle hints to Deadlock that he can do better, that he can change, that he doesn’t need to be bearing this maniac’s offspring. Obviously he’s gravely misunderstanding their situation which culminates with Deadlock almost clawing his eye out, assuming he’s being told to get rid of the sparkling. I think that this protectiveness, and also Megatron catching Deadlock’s hand before he could strike Ratchet, really puts things a little more into perspective. 

Ratchet slowly starting to notice how Megatron minds his strength when interacting with Deadlock, how when he thinks no one is looking, he'll put a hand on the growing baby bump and just keep it there. Him getting angry when Deadlock has complications is seen less as Megatron being a crazy maniac and more as a sire scared for the safety of his carrier and offspring. Ratchet slowly warming up to them both during his “capture” and ending up with some complicated feelings, which is not made better by Megatron sitting him down and telling him that he wants Ratchet to take care of Deadlock while he’s gone…

And if we imagine that transfluid carries coding through to the gestation tank, that means that this is, indeed, a big thing to ask of Ratchet. This will make him the sire of Deadlock’s sparkling as well. It probably shouldn’t get his engine revving, but he can’t help it. He probably tries to keep it clinical and respectful, but he and Deadlock just end up getting too close to each other for their own good, and what was supposed to be a simple transfluid delievry turns into real passion...

god. The three of them having an awkward, but very intense threesome once Megatron comes back… Megatron is still grunting in pain because of his injury and Deadlock is too pregnant to really move as fluidly as he would like to, so now Ratchet has to take care of them both. Maybe as they all sink into each other, Megatron takes Ratchet’s hand and puts it on Deadlock’s pregnant belly, helping him rub circles across it while Deadlock just looks at them both with glassy, overwhelmed optics, rocking faster on Ratchet's spike. Just thinkin’ about Ratchet sandwiched between two killing machines and not feeling afraid….. hghhhhh... Deadlock having the sparkling that very same night, waking up in the tangle of warm limbs and quickly shaking both Megatron and Ratchet awake… 

also, yes to Ratchet coming back to the autobots also carrying Megatron’s sparkling, and refusing to tell anyone what happened to him, insisting he has no insider information whatsoever. Everyone now pities him since, well, he's returned from decepticon capture carrying a sparkling, and that’s… not good. Or, they assume it isn’t. Ratchet obviously can’t tell them he ended up carrying after a very passionate threesome with two decepticons that he might or not actually be in love with now, not without being accused of treason. Now i wonder who’s going to keep Ratchet topped up on transfluid, since neither Megatron nor Deadlock are around…