The one optic-ed con just stared down at the little one lying on the lab berth, not for experiments of course. Despite having only one red optic as his entire face, it doesn't take a genius to know how purely unamused he is.

The little one on the other servo, was smiling, giggling away as she finds everything around her engrossing, including just the blank air of the laboratory.

Shockwave just let out a tiny sigh of...irritance? "Due to Starscream's incompetence with this little one, I am left with this...term known as babysitting..."

Megatron wanted to punish Starscream by babysitting. But knowing the Seeker, he couldn't care less till he almost kicked the little one away. Thankfully the Decepticon second in command for science aka Shockwave spotted it, which Megatron gave Starscream another punishment and leaving Shockwave to babysit the sparkling while he works.

However, the squeals and giggles from the little bundle of life just kept him distracted from his scientific endeavours. His antennas continuously twitched in curiosity the minute he turns to his work, only to hear giggle after giggle till he just had to turn all his attention to the little one.

"Why couldn't Lord Megatron ask someone else to babysit?" Shockwave asked to himself staring down at the culprit of his distraction.

The little one cocked her helm for a brief moment, before going back to letting out adorable squeals and squirming happily at her spot.

Shockwave's antennas twitched again in curiosity. "Why are you so happy?" He asked with a sigh of curiosity taking over him.

The sparkling widened her glowing big optics before bursting into another fit of squeals and giggles. Her tiny servos gripped the air just for the sake of her own amusement.

"What do you find so amusing?" Shockwave asked with some irritance of curiosity, twitching an antenna. He placed his servos at the edge of the lab berth where the little one was lying on.

The little one just busted out an adorable laugh and began rolling around the berth, with wide optics. Her servos still stretched out and gripping the air as she beamed brightly.

At this point, Shockwave felt a...warmth in his spark seeing the little one so full of energy, from Decepticon origin no less. Perhaps this was actually what he needed in he midst of his busy projects as a form of distraction which provides...energy in the form of just witnessing the little one's happiness.

Instinct took over the one optic-ed Con as he knelt down and picked the bundle of life, and held her at arms length. The little one squealed in delight as she was held in the warm arms of the Decepticon scientist as he sat down on the lab berth.

Shockwave used his digit of his non cannon servo and gently stroked the little one's cheek making her squeal in comfort of the affection. "You are certainly an illogical one, what are you so amused about?" He blurted out a remark out of the warmth that his spark is feeling.

The little one then seemed to silent herself and her optics displayed...concentration? Something is on her processor, Shockwave remained still as the little one reached for the side of his one optic-ed helm with her tiny servos.

Shockwave held back a tiny gasp, something not like him as he felt the little one.

"Well...you are very endearing yourself," Shockwave admitted hiding the red tinge from the sides of his helm.

The little one concentrated more, her wide optics stared at his single red one and her mouth in an adorable O shape. It is odd how she isn't afraid of Shockwave's one optic that seemed to be staring into her spark the entire time considering the remarks of others.

"Sh...Shock...wave...." she managed but trailed off softly.

Shockwave's antennas twitched when he heard that, "Say that again?"

"Shocwae! Shocwae!" The little one giggled excitedly and laughed heartily. Her tiny servos still reached out gripping the air in the arms of the Decepticon scientist.

Shockwave's antennas drooped in...delight. His spark warmed up in his chassis at the sight of the little bundle of happiness before him.

"I'm honoured that you learned my designation before the others, sort of..." Shockwave remarked as he recalled Megatron and the others saying the little one hasn't spoken their designations yet.

He looked up for a moment as he also recalled no one has given a designation for herself yet, either too busy or not even bothered.

"Perhaps you should have a name yourself?" Shockwave's antennas twitched as he thought for a moment, as a scientist he isn't an expert in this but he'll give it a shot

He looked back down at the little femme's wide optics of innocence and happiness. "I think Y/N would suit you best?"

The sparkling let out a laugh, "Shocwae! Shocwae!"

Shockwave sighed and shook his helm, if she's laughing she obviously couldn't get his designation right unlike the first time. But he'll let this one slide, his spark just warmed at the little bundle of energy before him.

"Would you like to be a scientist?" Shockwaved asked engaging the little femme.

The sparkling just let out an adorable squeal of happiness and laughed heartily.

END