(Y/N) had been trying to escape all the bounty hunters that were after her. She was the only daughter of the one and only Optimus Prime and Phoenix Prime.

She tried to lay low but she wasn't expecting to be found as fast as she was.

"(Y/N) Pax, surrender now," a familiar voice echoed through her cave and she sat up straight.

"What?! How did you find me, Drift?" (Y/N) sounded more annoyed than panicked.

"I planted a tracker on you last week," Drift said as he kept his blaster pointed at her.

"Ugh! Can a femme just live in peace? I literally did nothing wrong but everyone is after me!"

"Well you're the daughter of the last two Primes to live," Drift cuffed her and she grumbled.

"And that's my fault how? It's not like I asked for my creators to be Primes. Plus, no one has seen my creators in years. Even I don't know where they are," (Y/N) snapped as she was taken from her cave that she called home.

"Well you can tell that to the council," Drift said and (Y/N) hummed.

"But I do know where BumbleBee is. I can take you to him and then you'll have both of us," (Y/N) offered and Drift thought about it.

"Alright, but I'm not letting you roam free."

"Too late," (Y/N) said as she walked around and Drift raised an optic ridge.

"Watch the servos," (Y/N) did jazz hands and dangled the cuffs in her left servo.

"You gi-"

"Eh, you want my help, I stay out of the cuffs," she grinned at him.

"Fine. But you better not try anything," Drift glared at her and she hummed.

"Alright," she shrugged.

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After weeks of travel, they entered the Earth's solar system.

Drift looked at (Y/N) and smiled a bit as he watched her work on tracking Bee's exact location.

He couldn't stop think about what would happen if he didn't take her in. Spending weeks with her, it made him realize that he enjoyed her company. Even Slipstream and Jetstorm took a liking to her.

"We'll be landing within about an hour and a half. Earth time," (Y/N) said and Drift snapped out of his thoughts.

"Hmm? Oh, understood," he said as he straightened his stance, having noticed he wasn't standing completely straight anymore.

"Are you alright, Drift? You seem off," (Y/N) pointed out.

"I'm perfectly fine," Drift brushed it off and walked over to the monitor.

"I got the coordinates of the base," (Y/N) informed and he hummed.

"Good," Drift said simply before walking away.

When they landed, (Y/N) ran out of the ship and Drift went to run after her but when he left the ship, he found she hadn't gone far.

She ran over to the black and yellow Autobot, hugging him tightly.

"(Y/N)! Long time no see!" Bee chuckled and hugged her back.

Drift felt jealousy swell in his spark but just cleared his throat.

"(Y/N), can we talk for a moment?" Drift looked at her and she nodded, walking over to her.

He took her to the side and sighed.

"How would you like to stay here on Earth?" He asked gently.

"W-what? Don't you have to take Bee and I back?"

"I don't have to... look... I... want you to be happy... your smile is quite beautiful and it would be nice to know that you are smiling..."

"But the bounty on our helms..."

"Your happiness is my true bounty," Drift said softly.

"Would you stay too?" (Y/N) frowned and he shook his head.

"No... I won't tell anyone that you are here... stay safe," Drift said and (Y/N) smiled brightly but something made her spark ache.

She hugged him tightly and thanked him before he walked back to his ship and left.

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A couple of months passed and (Y/N) missed Drift so much. She didn't want to miss him but she did.

"Any transmissions, Fix-It?"

She asked every day, hoping to see something from Drift.

She knew that she had feelings for him.

"No, not today," Bee answered before Fix-It.

There actually was but Bee wanted (Y/N) to be surprised because he knew that she missed Drift so much.

"Okay..." (Y/N) walked away and hugged herself. She sat on her berth and sniffed.

"He's never coming back for me... he probably forgot about me..." she cried a little, her spark aching as she thought about Drift.

She cherished the memories she had with him on the ship. She hadn't realized she fell in love until Drift had left her on Earth...

"He's probably back home with another femme... why didn't I tell him to stay? Why did I have to fall for him?"

She was spark broken at the thought of Drift holding another femme. She wanted him to hold her and tell her everything was going to be okay.

(Y/N) just wanted Drift back... that's all she wanted.

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Almost a week later, Drift landed in the scrapyard. He came out to see BumbleBee.

"Where is she?" Drift looked around quickly.

"In her room. I'll show you the way," Bee smiled and took him to (Y/N)'s room.

She was drawing a picture on her datapad of her and Drift, something she did often.

"I wish I could be with Drift... I'm probably too late..." she cried softly.

"Not only are you not too late, but your wish is about to come true," Drift walked over to her and she turned quickly.

"Drift! You came back!" She sprang up and hugged him.

"I missed you too. It was so quiet and boring without you. The ship feels empty without you. I want to stay here with you. If you would want that," Drift said and (Y/N) nodded.

"Of course! I love you so much!"

Drift froze but smiled and looked into her optics. "I love you too."

He kissed her gently and she immediately returned the gentle kiss.

"My students missed you as well," Drift murmured after he pulled away from the kiss.

"Can we go see them? I missed all three of you so much," (Y/N) said excitedly and Drift chuckled a little.

"Of course, come on."

They walked out hand and hand, happy to be together again.