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1. Burning Gray by Smatterbrained

   Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Megatron/Optimus Prime
   • Megatron (Transformers)
   • Optimus Prime
   • Starscream (Transformers)
   • Ratchet (Transformers)
   • Soundwave (Transformers)
   • Prowl (Transformers)
   • Jazz (Transformers)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • everyone is dysfunctional
   • Angst
   • Abuse
   • PTSD
   • continuity soup
   • Temporary Death
   • Redemption Arcs
   • slowburn
   • enemies to coworkers to it's complicated to friends to lovers
   • More Starscream than expected

   Summary

   The war ends exactly how everyone expects: with a death– only, Megatron doesn’t stay dead.
   Enlightened by his brush with Primus, Megatron considers peace. Optimus contends with his complicated feelings on the matter. Both must confront the age of War, and the unimaginable losses between them.

   Series

   • Part 4 of SCU: Smatter Cinematic Universe (Transformers)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,576

   Chapters:

   5/?

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   54

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