TF: Practice Makes Perfect

[wildernesstales]

Rating: PG-13
Series: G1
Characters: Red Alert, Inferno
Summary: No matter how much Inferno tries, he just can’t remember it.  Red Alert is there to help him.  Somehow.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: As per usual, the good things in life are not mine to have, but belong to someone else... in this case Hasbro, Takara and IDW and anyone else I’ve forgotten…
Authors Notes: This is a prompt fic for mmouse15  for her help in naming the Maelstrom ‘verse for my Ironhide/Jolt stories.  Prompt was Red Alert/Inferno – let me show you.
Feedback makes friends.  Flames dealt with by the masters of paranoia and fire, Red Alert and Inferno.

 

“I still don’t get it.”
“Look, just let me show you…”
“Red… it ain’t no use.  Mah processor just don’t want ta take it all in.  I mean, I understand it an’ all, but as soon as I leave the room, it just goes clean outta mah processor.” Inferno slumped in his chair.  Red Alert sighed.
“There has to be a way for you to retain the information.”
“Believe me, Red.  I wanna retain it.  Just, mah processor seems ta have different ideas.”
“All right.  We’ll try one more time.”
“Red…”
“Inferno, just… you have to do this.  Perhaps the more you do it, the better at it you will be.”
“I hope so, Red.  I hope so.”
“All right then…” Red Alert stood up, pointedly waiting for Inferno to stand up.  The fire truck heaved himself to his feet and readied himself.

“May I have this dance?” He held out his hand to Red Alert, who took it with a shy nod.
“One, two three, one, two, three.  Now twist and spin.” Red Alert murmured the instructions as Inferno whirled him around the room in one of the ancient Cybertronian formal dances.

“And rest…” Inferno gratefully collapsed into the nearest chair.  They’d been dancing for the past two hours and he was exhausted.  But he’d not put a foot wrong for nearly the last hour.
“There… told you that I could teach you.” Red Alert’s vents heaved as he drew energon for the both of them from the small dispenser.
“Thanks, Red.  It’ll mean the world ta Firestar if I can get up there an’ dance wit’ her.”

Authors Notes Redux: How how how did I manage to write a Red Alert/Inferno prompt to end up being an Inferno/Firestar prompt?