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1. Public Bookmark 8

   etched in my history by optiratchlover

   Fandoms: Transformers: Prime, Transformers - All Media Types  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   05 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Optimus Prime/Ratchet
   • Optimus Prime
   • Ratchet (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee (Transformers)
   • Optiratch
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Poetry
   • Bad Poetry
   • Pre-Slash
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Predacons Rising (Prime Movie)
   • RID15 Never Happened and I'm Not Sorry
   • no decepticons they don’t need to be here
   • Optimus Prime is a philosopher and a poet and anyone who disagrees is dead wrong
   • Spoilers
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • POV First Person
   • no beta we die like cliffjumper

   Summary

   He couldn’t tell you when it started, but Optimus Prime was an archivist at spark. In his line of work, history must be recorded. Ratchet was his history.
   Or, Ratchet receives one final message from his Prime after his death.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,022

   Chapters:

   25/25

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   54

   Bookmarks:

   8

   Hits:

   445

   Bookmarked by Izzy_the_fool

   16 May 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   OH MY GOD IM SOBBING THIS WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOD.