This is gorgeous. We both know how cliche it can be, the idea of stardust and death. But it's still true, and your story resonates powerfully. I've lost grandparents, of course, and all four of them at that. But I handled it better because they were in their 80s and their quality of life was gone. The same cannot be said of all loses, and the one that hurt me the most found me sitting in the bathroom floor, holding his Bible and trying to see the universe as God would, vast and full of beauty. I came to the same answer: stardust. For months afterward, I watched a lot of Discovery shows on space.

Thank you. It's a beautiful piece.

GOWD! What a tearpuller... /angry I probably should've changed my mucis or something. I swear they were conspiricing to make me cry. gdm... *grabs another tissue* Awesome story though, very well written. Loved it to bits! ^^

Wonderful story! You actually made me tear up (not an easy thing to do), although it was only at the end with the ring. It took me until chapter 2 to come out of shock, and then all I could say was "You killed Bee." Thanks for a lovely story.

Oh wow. I really got choked up reading this. I mean...wow.

You did such a wonderful job! There are so many fics out there, but this is the first one with Bumblebee's death that I've read. It's a nice change to really see that there was such a deep connection between them, even if it was rather brief or simply because the two were thrown together.

Again, you did such a great job. I was really impressed with Ironhide, actually. He tried to help in his own gruff way and that just makes all the more touching.

The fic was beautiful. Now I just have to stop crying!

it was sad, but I enjoyed reading it

I didn't cry when I read this, but I was definitely in tears. More than Sam grieving, more than Mikaela and Ratchet and even Ironhide all pitching in to try to help him move on, what I appreciate the most in this fic is that, while the Autobots are super advanced robots from another planet with intelligence and technology and weaponry the likes of which we cannot imagine, they are not immortal. While it is much harder for them, they can still die, same as humans. I've read so many fics about Bumblebee's life after Sam or Bumblebee contemplating Sam's mortality, but I've never really read a fic about Sam's life after Bumblebee. You handled it so well, not only Sam's emotions, but everyone else's, too. His grief and his healing. The shooting star at the end was just... so fitting. Truly.

Shooting star at the end was fitting with the title. Darn you...

Such a beautiful fic..
Please don't stop!
Its so emotional

This story is pretty good, I enjoyed that.

Getting over it is always the hard part...

I will admit I am bawling here.

Aww... sniff... poor Bumblebee! I've now read two stories in a row where he dies. Its new ground definitely, and you've done quite well with it.

I hope you bring him back though. -sniffles- Poor Bee!! -waits for more-

It makes sense that the 'Bots would 'recycle' their dead. Anyway, great story. It was short but I didn't feel you were rushing at all.

Strange how certain deaths can affect people so much...