Stories for a winter's night

Title: Plague of Need
Author: Wyntir_Knight

Rating: R
Series: G1 - Marvel comics with a hint of cartoon
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Megatron/Ratchet (also with several other Cons and a few Bots in supporting roles)

Summary: An accident years ago left them bonded to each other in a way that no transformer could possibly understand. They thought the bond was forever and defined who and what they were, but it was so much more than that. Fifteen years later they will be faced with what they have become to themselves and to each other.

Warnings: Remembered rape, Stockholm Syndrome, general angst, cross-faction.

Author's Note: This is based off the events that took place is issues 7-8, 240-251, and 306-328 of the Marvel comics, with some influence from FunPub's Games of Decption and At Fight's End. I've taken some liberties with the various canons (really, who doesn't?). Also, a very special thanks to eloquencelost for helping me and betaing this monster.

Disclaimer: Transformers belong to Hasbro and Takara, and are licensed to IDW and Dreamworks. My original characters are my own and any similarity between them and any existing characters from canon or fandom is purely coincidental. I claim no ownership by writing this work.

( Plague of Need )