Finished all of RiD2015 and, while I do like Steelbee, it’s at its best to me when their dynamic is a parallel of TFP Megop
Aka Steeljaw being incredibly down bad for Bee and really wanting him to switch sides so he can suck his dick they can rule over Earth together meanwhile Bee is so fucking tired of him and his desperate attempts at getting together with him
Bonus points if, when Optimus sees them interacting, he gets flashbacks to him and Megatron is just like “my former scout, do not fuck him, it’s not worth it”
Bumblebee lightly hugginged Ratchet from behind: Ratchet, I love you
Ratchet frowned: Let's get right to the point. What in the name of Primus has already happened?!
Bumblebee innocently looking into the optics of the senior bot: I not can't just come up to and tell how much I love my best uncle in the universe?
Ratchet: No, you can't. I can feel your fear Bumblebee, be honest with me
Bumblebee, moving away and by depictinged a puppy's optics: do you remember you let me rummage through the computer? Everything broke down a little bit there
ok so since bumblebee is OP's kid and heatwave is also his kid does that mean they're siblings now.
just. shitty little brother heatwave constantly bothering bumblebee who is desperately uncomfortable with having to watch his new brother. optimus wants them to bond so they're both trying except no they aren't they're just pretending. like they do get along sometimes but it's very awkward (especially in the beginning right after bee meets the rescue bots). bumblebee wants to know why optimus didn't mention this before. he didn't know optimus had another kid like wtf man you can't just give me a little brother.
anyways he eventually realizes that heatwave loves hearing war stories and that's how they start bonding. bumblebee may have been an unwilling older brother but that doesn't mean he's gonna be a bad one. at some point he realizes he's very attached to his new sibling and would kill for heatwave. heatwave would do the same but he would also kill for fun so it goes without saying.
i also think they argue about who's the older brother. because of the whole stasis thing even though heatwave was born first bumblebee has been alive and conscious longer. this has lead to many arguments but eventually heatwave gets used to his little brother role and bumblebee likes having the older brother role. but they will lie about who's the older/younger one if it's convenient. also to get out of trouble with mom (optimus).
(bumblebee sometimes calls him "big little bro" because heatwave was born first. heatwave refuses to use the word "bro" in any context and calls him many affectionate terms like "bitch" and "assface.")
Shes pretty upset to have found out that Bee had returned to earth only months later through an online conspiracy website that had somehow gotten a blurry photo of Bumblebee but Mea could tell anyday that it was him.
He pretty much got an earful from her when she showed up lmao