Promise Me

Rating:

Mature

Archive Warnings:

Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories:

Gen, M/M

Fandoms:

The Transformers (IDW Generation One), Transformers - All Media Types

Relationships:

Drift | Deadlock/Ratchet, Drift | Deadlock & Ratchet

Characters:

Drift | Deadlock, Ratchet (Transformers), Tarn (Transformers), DJD, Froid (Transformers)

Additional Tags:

Hurt/Comfort, Aftermath of Torture, Torture, Whump, Angst, Canon Divergence, Mention of attempted suicide, duplicate lost light, Memory Loss, warning for djd doing djd things, hurt to comfort ratio leans more to hurt, drift is going through the horrors I'm afraid, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Major Character Injury, PTSD symptoms, Queerplatonic Relationships, well... hinted at, Medical Trauma, Horror, Suspense, Heavy Angst, Extreme hurt/whump, recorded/filmed torture

Language:

English

Series:

Part 1 of Promise Me stuff

Stats:

Published: 2025-08-03 Updated: 2026-09-08 Words: 90,539 Chapters: 32/?

Summary:

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They were going to be fine. He had the antidote. They had help just a few floors down. The DJD were most likely not even on the planet. They would be up and out of there in no time and he would personally make sure they never touched down on this frozen slag-pit planet again.

But Drift’s mind was elsewhere. Somewhere terrifying it would seem. And no assurances Ratchet could offer would help him at this point. Except one.

One he had no intention of following through.

“...Okay.”

He accepted the sword and set it down beside him.

“I promise.”

[Tags added as the fic goes along]

Notes:

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My Tumblr Master Post has extra info about this fic, as well as links to some lovely fanart drawn for it :D