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1. Orpheus' Lyre by Ghost_in_the_Gallery

   Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Drift | Deadlock/Ratchet
   • Optimus Prime/Starscream
   • Ratchet (Transformers)
   • Drift | Deadlock
   • Optimus Prime
   • Starscream (Transformers)
   • Jazz (Transformers)
   • Prowl (Transformers)
   • Jetfire | Skyfire (Transformers)
   • Megatron (Transformers)
   • Other Character Tags to Be Added
   • Post-Cybertronian Civil War
   • Prophetic Visions
   • Developing Relationship
   • Slow Burn
   • Politics
   • Ratchet is So Done (Transformers)
   • Ratchet is Bad at Feelings (Transformers)
   • drift is also bad at feelings
   • optimus is too good for this world
   • maybe literally
   • Plug and Play Sexual Interfacing (Transformers)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   As Cybertron rebuilds after its civil war, Ratchet feels like he's losing his touch. But what does it matter when his friends are moving on, his planet is healing, and Optimus is there to keep Chancellor Starscream from violating too many of their people's civil rights. At the end of the day, everything is fine.

   Until a mech from Ratchet's past comes to him with a dire warning: Optimus is going to die, and only the two of them can stop it.

    

   (sequel to Struck by an Arrow, see notes for more info)

   Series

   • Part 2 of Struck by an Arrow

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,403

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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