My brain in the middle of the night: but what if Heatwave started caring about Cody because he reminded him of his own mentee (child)?
He is also shown to be very good with kids in rescue bots academy, as he probably has experience mentoring young cybertronians.
And then I draw stuff like this
Heatwave family portrait is kinda weird but also kinda sweet
I do have full oc ideas for the child and the husband but I need more time to lay it all out.
Sorry if the image looks grainy, I scanned most of it from my scetchbook so :p
And don't ask me how position of Heatwave's arms is physically possible, because it isn't.