The price of freedom [MegOP, TFA, G]

zombieheroine:

A/N: Post-series, under Sentinel Magnus’
rule, the former alignments don’t seem to matter.

Worcount: 1883

//edit: repost since tumblr put spaces after cursive.

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It was not easy to
function under such close surveillance as the current central power practiced,
Optimus found soon. He had thought that returning to Cybertron would be a
relief, and after the newly risen Decepticon rebels had been either
deactivated, imprisoned or otherwise dealt with, peace should have come
naturally.

It did, but not the kind of peace that was a good thing. Everything was quiet,
everything was in order and the everyday life went on as it had before, but
under the surface it was hard and suffocating, like life in a vacuum-sealed
package.

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