[He doesn't even reply immediately, rather waiting until Starscream starts to relax before he quietly murmurs against the back of Starscream's helm. Now that he doesn't have to hold Starscream in place to make sure he doesn't flee, it's even more easy to keep up the slow, even strokes and he'll just ignore the flare of relief when Starscream actually relaxes enough to slip into recharge.
He'll carefully just pick through the surface level input and he might not be able to do anything about the effects on himself, but with Starscream's being so localised and the cranked-up threat assessment and response easily visible even now... Well, he'll just work to keep that isolated.
At least for a while, allowing Starscream more recharge than he probably would've gotten otherwise.
Slowly, Jetfire sits back against the wall more properly and rearranges Starscream just slightly, now that the Seeker isn't fighting against him. Like this, he can almost pretend it's normal... either way, Starscream will be out for a while, but that's certainly okay. It's what he wanted, after all.]
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[He doesn't even reply immediately, rather waiting until Starscream starts to relax before he quietly murmurs against the back of Starscream's helm. Now that he doesn't have to hold Starscream in place to make sure he doesn't flee, it's even more easy to keep up the slow, even strokes and he'll just ignore the flare of relief when Starscream actually relaxes enough to slip into recharge.
He'll carefully just pick through the surface level input and he might not be able to do anything about the effects on himself, but with Starscream's being so localised and the cranked-up threat assessment and response easily visible even now... Well, he'll just work to keep that isolated.
At least for a while, allowing Starscream more recharge than he probably would've gotten otherwise.
Slowly, Jetfire sits back against the wall more properly and rearranges Starscream just slightly, now that the Seeker isn't fighting against him. Like this, he can almost pretend it's normal... either way, Starscream will be out for a while, but that's certainly okay. It's what he wanted, after all.]