"Can any of you tell me what the proper procedure is for evacuating an injured human off the side of a mountain?"

"I can, Professor Medix!"

"I bet you can, Cosima! But you've already answered- ow, Starlight, quit it. Mommy's trying to teach..."

The team of recruits giggled as Starlight continued to whack her mother's faceplates as she was strapped in her baby carrier.

Medix sighed heavily as he looked down at his 2-month-old, "Really? This is how we're going to act today?"

Starlight giggled loudly as she blew a raspberry up at her mother.

"Why isn't Coach Hotshot taking care of her?", Blue Screen asked.

"He's working with another team at the moment."

"And? So are y-"

"-Outside."

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It was pouring rain outside as Hotshot stood out there with the team of recruits.

"Rescue Bots must be ready for any weather condition! I need you all to do another 10 laps around the track! Let's move!!", Hotshot ordered.

"But Coach Hotshot", a femme recruit whined, "it's freezing!!"

"Just keep running, Snowdrop!", Hotshot encouraged, "It'll warm you up!"

A mech recruit came up beside the cold little femme and started laughing, "Strange how you have the audacity to be named Snow- drop when you can barely take on the rain!"

"FASTWHEEL!", Hotshot called out to the heckler, "You DO NOT make fun of anyone on your team! Do you understand."

"Yes sir!", Fastwheel said as he kept running.

"Good. Now give me 5 more laps!", Hotshot yelled.

Fastwheel groaned as he picked up speed.

When the other members of the team finished, they all were instructed to go inside and warm up in the lounge. Hotshot, on the other hand, remained outside as he watched his student finish his 5 extra laps.

When Fastwheel was finished, the rain started to turn into freezing rain.

"Oh good. You finished just in time", Hotshot said as he walked with the young recruit back inside the Academy, "now go join the rest of your team. I better not hear you making fun of them, understand?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever dad", Fastwheel said as he walked away.

As soon as the young mech disappeared into the lounge, Hotshot released a heavy sigh. He had spent the last hour and a half working with that particular group of recruits. He hadn't initially intended for his students to run some laps in the rain, but their behavior definitely earned him the right to do so.

Hotshot walked into his office to sort out some papers that were scattered all over his desk.

He ended up stopping halfway through and reached for his phone, powering it on to check the time.

After powering it off, he had to power it back on because he forgot to actually look at what the time was.

"Hmm... fifteen till... Better go and check up on Medix and Starlight!"

Hotshot zoomed out of his office immediately after. If there was anything that would put him in a good mood, it would be seeing his family.

And messing with his mate.

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Medix wanted to facepalm, but since Starlight is in the way he used her forehelm to rest his own forehelm to clearly show his disappointment.

"What's Ligma?", Hollow asked.

"Who's Joe?", Scarlet Moon asked.

"What does 'OMWTFYB' stand for?", Cosima innocently asked.

"Is it delivery?", Iron Bolt asked.

"Is it Digiorno?", Blue Screen said with a straight face.

Hotshot just sat there, staring smugly at his mate with a look of pure mischief.

Medix only stared back, wondering to himself why he thought it was a good idea to marry that moron.

One soft whack from Starlight definitely gave him the answer.

Hotshot never broke optic contact from his mate as he spoke up, "Do you all really want to know?"

"Yes!!", Medix's class yelled in unison.

"NO, THEY DON'T", Medix immediately snapped back.

Hotshot told them anyway.

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"YOU'RE SO FRAGGING DEAD!!!"

Hotshot almost slammed into the floor from laughing so hard as he ran throughout the entire bunker of the firehouse, "They needed to understand human culture, baby!!"

"They're too young!!", Medix yelled as he continued to chase Hotshot, "AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT IN FRONT OF OUR STARLIGHT!!"

Hotshot wheezed as he continued to out-run his mate, "She's not gonna remember any of that! I mean look at her! Does she look scarred??"

Hotshot passed by his little femme as she was happily playing with her toys and with her Aunt Whirl.

Medix began slowing down as his stamina started wearing out, "That! Huff- Doesn't! Huff- Make it! Huff- Right!!"

Medix then proceeded to collapse onto the floor, completely out of breath.

"Medic down!", Whirl said as Hotshot sprinted over to his mate.

Hotshot lifted his mate into his lap the second he sat down, holding him close as he spoke softly, "Wow... being sparked must've taken a lot out of you."

"It... did...", Medix said between breaths.

"You used to have so much energy too. This must be rough."

"Believe me, it is", Medix said as he sat up in Hotshot's lap, "All of it was rough."

"Well you have my respect, baby. I mean, you're #supermom. You're awesome!"

Medix rolled his optics playfully as he gave his mate a sweet kiss, "Thanks sweetspark."

"You're welcome, baby", Hotshot said sweetly as he gazed into his mate's gorgeous aqua optics.

It goes into a comfortable silence for a minute.

Until the moron spoke up.

"So... I'm guessing this means that we're not gonna try for another sparkling?", Hotshot asked.

That earned him a hardy slap to the faceplates.

".....I guess not."

A/N: Fastwheel was a name created by CrazyLinx68. Cosima, Scarlet Moon, Hollow, Blue Screen, and Iron Bolt are names created by Jia-Ling. Snowdrop was a name created by @FallRiver-Prime