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Starscream let out a satisfied giggle as he set a pair of sparkly red heels on his shelf. “Ah, yes this pair makes an excellent addition to my collection!”
“Starscream!”
The bot practically jumped out of his frame. He quickly turned around doing his best to cover the new pair of heels… as well as the other various pairs of heels on the shelf. “Jetfire! What is the meaning of sneaking up on me like this?!”
The larger bot stared down at him with scrutiny. “What are you hiding Starscream?”
“Hiding? N-Nothing! I’m not hiding anything!” he tried to force his pose to be more casual while still keeping his treasures out of view, “Why would I be hiding anything?”
“... Why are you in the closet then?”
“I’m ah- I’m ah…” he looks around frantically trying to come up with an excuse.
Jetfire’s frown deepens, “Did you steal another pair of tiny human shoes again?”
“NO!” Well that wasn't convincing at all.
“...” Jetfire ran a hand down his face. “Starscream… you can’t keep doing this. If Megatron knew-”
“THIS IS NONE OF MEGATRON’S BUSINESS! I DO EVERYTHING MEGATRON ASKS OF ME, WHY SHOULDN’T I GET TO TAKE SOMETHING I WANT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE?!”
“Thats not the point Starscream, they are useless items. You can’t even use them.”
Starscream let out a loud gasp and spun around to address his collection of stolen high heels, “Don’t listen to him babies, Jetfire doesn't know what he's talking about!”
Jetfire let out an exasperated sigh. “Why do you like them anyways?” he asked, coming up behind Starscream to look at his ‘babies.’ The new pair was very Starscream he had to admit; a nice red colour and very, very, flashy.
“They are beautiful and designed to allow humans to tower over their enemies - what's not to like?”
“I’m not sure that second thing is their intended purpose,” Jetfire hummed amused. But he supposed they were beautiful.
“Of course it is! I know what I’m talking about!”
“Still I don’t think you should be taking them from the humans.”
Starscream huffed. “Well I already have so I’m not giving them back.”
“I will give them back then.”
“Nooooo!” Starscream screamed as Jetfire picked up the red jeweled shoes and lifted them well above his head. The smaller bot tried to climb him, but Jetfire easily shook him off.
“Jetfire I’m begging!! Give them back! They are rightfully mine!”
“They are not Starscream,” Jetfire said firmly, walking out of the closet and towards the door of their shared room.
“Nooo! Please reconsider! I’ll… ah, I’ll do extra shifts! Anything!”
He must really like them if he said please, Jetfire noted, but he wasn't going to give in. It wasn't right what Starscream had done. Not that Starscream could see that; it was quite a while before he stopped pursuing Jetfire - and he probably only stopped when he did because they ran into another bot in the hallways (to save face).
Starscream sulked after that.
He did his best to make a point of ignoring Jetfire. Starscream even considered going out to steal the heels back again, but it was too risky now that his actions were on the Seeker leader's radar.
It came at a surprise to Starscream when he walked into his closet to mourn his collection - at the very least Jetfire didn’t take all of them… yet. He made sure to glare over his shoulder at the bot going over scouting notes at his desk as he did so - and he discovered a large box on the shelf. It wasn't his so it had to belong to Jetfire. Which was a bit strange because Jetfire didn’t have many belongings.
Of course he had to open it… no he shouldn’t.
Things were already tense between them (his fault), did he really want it to be two sided? Technically Jetfire could put what he wanted in the closet as it was shared, but he never had before so Starscream had started thinking of it as ‘his’.
But he needed to know what was inside even if it meant he had to start talking to Jetfire again.
He lifted the box up - it had some weight to it but not as heavy as he expected. He could easily balance it in one hand. Maybe he can ‘accidently’ drop it to see the contents without asking Jetfire for permission…
In the end he decided against that plan.
He brought it out to their living space. “Whats in the box?” Straight to the point.
Jetfire looked up from his work, “It's a gift for you.”
“A gift for me?!” The last of Starscream’s anger dissipated instantly and was replaced by an elated excitement. It was about time Jetfire realized someone as special as him should be showered with gifts!
He tore the top of the box off, looked down in anticipation and was rendered speechless.
Jetfire got up to stand beside him, “Do you like them? It was a bit difficult finding someone - well multiple someones were needed, with the skills to make them so it took a while.”
“Like them…?” Starscream’s eyes couldn’t move away from the sparkly red transformer sized high heels resting in the box.
He loved them.
A long moment later he finally pulled his eyes away from them to look up at Jetfire - who had a worried look on his face; probably because this was the longest Starscream had shut up for. He had to avert his eyes as he said; “Yes, I like them…” Frack now he was starting to get emotional.
“I’m glad. I wasn't sure-”
“Now put them on me!” Starscream demanded before the other bot could pull any more silly emotions out of him. He sat in the seat Jetfire had just vacated and lifted his feet up, kicking them impatiently.
Jetfire laughed at his display. “Alright, alright hold still.”
Starscream forced himself to still as the larger bot kneeled down, and holding one of his ankles slipped a heel out of the box and over his pede and then repeated the motion with the other. Starscream took a moment to admire them on his feet - they were beautiful! Perfect fit!
“Do you need help standing up?” Jetfire asked.
“No! I can stand on my own, I’m not a sparkling!”
“Okay. I’m here if you need me.”
Starscream huffed at his concern, fluidly standing up and strutting across the room, even tipping one leg up to show he was perfectly capable of moving on his own.
He felt good in the heels, taller, more powerful - it was like having extra weapons on his feet!
Jetfire’s eyes followed him. Wow, Starscream looked stunning in the high heels, the colour was perfect on him like he knew it would be. He totally understood the appeal now.
“See I am perfectly capable of mastering- Whoa!” One of the heels caught on a seam of a floor panel pitching Starscream forward.
“Starscream! I’ve got you!”
Jetfire caught him in his large arms and through the embarrassment heating his face, Starscream noted that he was closer to the other bot’s face then before.
Yes, there were many benefits to owning high heels.