Retroburst07 - Boy Howdy

Human Buddy doing Cybertronian first aid

SFW, Platonic, Mention of injuries', Human reader

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Buddy was just a bit curious about the first aid class Ratchet was going to be holding.

They didn’t expect them to actually be invested in this.

Or did they think about talking to the resident medics about the subject.

And definitely not trying to find which flashcards match the terms of the diagram of a servo.

Buddy is lying on First Aid’s lap. Buddy: “How do you do all of this?” First Aid: “Believe me I don’t know how either.” Velocity: “Its going to be a bit hard, but you’ll get it.” Buddy groans as they flop back down on First Aid’s lap. Buddy: “I can’t do anything!” First Aid and Velocity have flashbacks to studying for their medical exams.

Good news they did get a certification for official bot aid.

Bad news was that as soon as they got certified, all of their friends started getting injured.

At first it wasn’t that bad.

Tailgate has a small mesh wound on his knee?

A bit of precise welding, some buffing and its good as new!

Now, comparing that to someone gushing out energon… Buddy was near frantic.

They’re small!

There is only so much they can do while running around on their tiny legs!

Brainstorm was on the floor wincing at the slightly shaky welding job Buddy was doing with the Cybertronian equivalent of a small lighter. Brainstorm: “Would you- ouch! Would it hurt for you to be a bit steadier—hey!” Buddy, who is tired of holding the lighter above their head while wadding through some energon squints their eyes. Buddy: “I’ll be steadier when I can feel my arms again. Now quite squirming!”

After the 5th accident of Buddy having to do emergency aid, Ratchet gave them a com line that would go directly to the med bay.

That way any free medic would go and find them.

Buddy treats this line like a national treasure.

But the worst cases of emergency aid they had to do was out on the battlefield.

At least most of the time they had their suit with them, so most of the heavier items was lessened.

Buddy uses their jet pack on Cyclonus’s pede to try and weld the wound shut. Buddy: “How in the world did you get stabbed in the pede!? You fight in the sky!” Cyclonus grunts a bit in pain. Buddy is just trying to keep everything together. They reach for the com line. Buddy: “Any medic—Woah stay still!—I’m with Cyclonus—I swear to Primus if you try to transform here I will wield you in your sleep!—behind the rock formation that looks like a giant ant!” First Aid: “What’s an ant?”

Did you know that you could do CPR on a bot?

Neither did Buddy.

They didn’t even know that was a possibility!

Yet here they were, jumping up and down near Whirl’s fuel pump.

Buddy is jumping furiously on Whirl’s frame. Buddy: “What *bounce* made you *bounce* think that *bounce* drinking an entire *bounce* case of Nightmare fuel *bounce* was a good idea!? *bounce* *bounce*. Thankfully Velocity got their call and was running towards them. Buddy: “I swear Whirl *bounce* if you leave us like this *bounce* I Will go to *bounce* whatever afterlife you have *bounce* and drag you back to throttle you myself!”

Buddy is so tired and exhausted.

They start thinking that they have some sort of cosmic bad luck because of all the close calls they’ve had.

Their sleep schedule is messed up from waiting in the med bay for their friends to have the okay from Ratchet.

Their limbs are sore from holding heavy objects and running around.

And they still have to get their usual workload done!

Buddy is so close to tears when Magnus starts to point out some grammatical errors.

He had to stop mid-way because Buddy looked like they were going to burn the desk while sobbing.

They just need some sleep…

Buddy wakes up groggily and starts to get ready. They open the door to find a data pad and a Rodimus star. They brought it in and started reading it. It had multiple thank you notes from everyone they helped. Buddy can’t help a smile creeping up to their face. Buddy: “Softies…” There was a video attachment which they played. Every bot they helped: “Thanks Buddy!” Magnus pipes up: “You have the rest of the day to collect yourself.” Rodimus next to him: “He means you have a free day! Enjoy it!” The video ends. Buddy has some happy tears. They looked at the Rodimus star. It read, ‘For being the best human medic on the ship.’