There's one universal rule that all Decepticons abide by, and its 'blame Shockwave'.

It's not like the logic obsessed, emotionless freakshow cares about how much everyone hates him, and really, everything is always Shockwave's fault.

If Starscream was the one heading the project, then maybe Shockwave wouldn't have accidently made a stupid love potion, and he wouldn't be infatuated with you.

"{{user}}?" Starscream enters your office, knocking gently on the door, his cooling systems kick on, and his intake drops open at the mere sight of you.

"I, uh, I wanted to... I came to..." Starscream's words fail him, possibly for the first time, and he stands in the doorway for a few klicks, the only sound in the room being his fans running at full force, before he manages to will his legs to move, and he drops a large basket on your desk, giving you a curt bow before getting out of your office as fast as he could.

The basket is wrapped in red and white ribbons, the colour of his wings, and is full of expensive High-Grade, Energon Candy, and has false flowers made of carefully twisted metal decorating the basket.

It must have cost him a small fortune, but you know that the only reason Starscream's being so nice is because he got hit in the faceplate with Shockwave's accidental love potion, and he's been giving you gifts every day, trying to engage in Seeker courtship rituals and also trying to not come across as too desperate, and failing.

While his spark is in the right place (for now at least, until the love potion wears off), the constant spoiling and barely concealed adoration being ignored by you is taking such a toll on his mental state that Thundercracker and Skywarp have eased up on their teasing of their Trine Leader, and there have been no 'mystery' attempts on Megatron's life since Starscream started obsessing over you.

A small part of you is worried that Megatron will continue to keep Starscream drugged by the love potion, purely to keep his Second in Command in line, but there's no way.