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Complicated
Blitzwing was laughing at him again. Starscream inwardly felt himself begin to seethe, his hands tightening on the controls before. Laughing wasn't helping the situation. Laughing wasn't making it any easier to concentrate.
At least Lugnut saw fit to deck the grinning moron when he muttered something that was most certainly unsavory.
"Starscream," growled Megatron against his audio receptor. "The angle is skewed."
Oh, very astute, Megatron. The angle is 'skewed'. No suggestions, no insight on how to make it NOT skewed. Just, it's 'skewed'. Never mind that Starscream never parked, never mind that it should be Arachnia or Blitzwing doing this. WHY Megatron had put him at the helm when they needed to park was beyond him. If the Nemesis crashed, he was not going to be held accountable!
Starscream forced himself to smile. "Yes," he said, trying to sound a little less furious than he actually was. "The angle is skewed. Thank you, oh Mighty Megatron, I would have never realized-"
"Shut up."
Starscream obediently fell silent. He felt Megatron's hands on his arms, and he was suddenly aware that Megatron was far too close for his liking, and suddenly the ability to control his body was severely jeopardized. He jerked the controls, the Nemesis giving an unsteady jolt. He heard Blitzwing chortling and out of the corner of his eye, Black Arachnia was smirking. Smirking. At his expense!
"Lord Megatron-" protested Starscream, but he lost his ability to speak when he felt Megatron's hands close over the top of his own. Megatron was clearly trying to humiliate him - instead, he was making Starscream's spark skip entire pulses. It was distracting. And embarrassing. Most alarmingly, Black Arachnia could tell - figured that she would, since she had Blitzwing's psychotic face constantly attempting to paw at her.
Starscream made a small, pitiful sound when Megatron began to ease the controls beneath Starscream's grasp. Anyone who knew Starscream knew this was his version of a cry for help, but there was no Skyfire to rescue him this time. Just a smirking femme and a chortling pile of scrap.
Oh, this was just becoming embarrassing.
Megatron's voice lowered to a tone that was likely inappropriate for this particular situation. "Ease the throttle forward," he almost purred, sounding very pleased with himself. "Slowly."
Oh Primus, Megatron wasn't even pretending anymore. Starscream made another choked sound, but he managed to manage a shaky 'Yes, Lord Megatron'.
Megatron gave Starscream full reign of the controls. Clearly, Megatron had no idea when he was doing. Skyfire would have never done this, Skyfire knew better, but no, Megatron was still just a fool. A fool who did not seem to grasp that this was well beyond Starscream's capabilities.
He could not park.
At the very least, Megatron's hands withdrew. Perhaps now he could at least try to concentrate.
However, Megatron was clearly not done. The hands slid up Starscream's arm, one casually positioning itself against the base of Starscream's wing. The other, quite blatantly, curled over Starscream's chest. Over his spark. This was alarming, but not nearly as alarming as Megatron leaning closer to press his own chest against Starscream.
Close enough to feel Megatron's spark.
Which was humming and vibrating quite noticeably.
Starscream balked, his finger slipping onto the accelerator as if making the ship fly faster could somehow put some sort of distance between himself and his aggressor. This was followed by a very loud crash, the deafening screech of metal on metal, and Starscream was thrown from his seat. He slammed back into Megatron, sending them both tumbling backwards through the Nemesis until they came to a stop against the far console.
The ship finally slowed, finally parked, but he was very aware that he had, indeed, just crashed.
"Starscream," growled Megatron, his claws tightening on his subordinates wings painfully.
Starscream huffed. "I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PARK!" he shrieked. Finally regaining himself, he commenced his usual regiment of sucking up. "...Oh wise and... glorious leader."
On the far side of the room, Blitzwing emitted another howl of laughter. Lugnut dutifully silenced him with another hefty punch to the face.