Things We Don't Tell Humans

Things We Don't Tell Humans, by Sinead Rivka is an ongoing Transformers Fanfic that follows the Autobots of the 2007 movie series as they learn to trust their new human allies with more and and more of their culture. As they make friendships and form alliances, it becomes plain that both the humans and the Autobots are more alike than they ever could have dreamed, and that the future of the Cybertronian race is far from over. It is organized into Story Arcs. Some spoilers.

Author's Summary: ''This was a first for us Autobots; never before have we come in contact with a species like these humans, so eerily similar to our own race and twice as tenacious as Sparklings. The question was, how far can we trust the humans with our culture? Gradual AU''

Things We Don't Tell Humans contains examples of:

 * Badass Family: The Autobots are practically made of this.
 * Embarrassing First Name: Sepia does not like being called "Toast", Sunstreaker dislikes his original name, and very few people can get away with calling him "Sunny".
 * Good Parents: Optimus Prime and Elita-One, Dana and Tom, several others.
 * Happily Adopted: Many characters. Prowl, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker;
 * Honorary Uncle: Epps, specifically to
 * I Am Not My Father: Prowl, about Detrious.
 * Incompletely Trained: Megatron, and it comes back to bite him. Bumblebee too...but that doesn't change the fact that he wipes the floor with Jolt, unarmed, while using the fighting style he is half-trained in.
 * Master Apprentice Chain: Comes into effect whenever Optimus and Megatron fight, or Bumblebee and Barricade, since they were trained by Prowl and/or Terratron, Prowl's master.
 * Old Master: Terratron
 * Promotion to Parent: Most of the adult Autobots It's mentioned that Ratchet has found himself doing this countless times, and he fostered Prowl, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker.
 * Raised by Natives:
 * Relegated Mentor: Terratron embraces this. Sentinel Prime does not.
 * Renowned Selective Mentor: Terratron, so much so that his students aren't usually allowed to meet each other. When this finally happens, it's very big deal.
 * Reverse Mole:
 * Story Arc: Nine of them so far.
 * Team Mom: Dana, Riv, Arcee
 * Villain Episode: The Peril Arc.