I was thinking recently about a broadly G1, crack-treated-seriously scenario where the 'bots and 'cons have a temporary ceasefire and towards the end of it, Ratchet finally has enough of Megatron's blustering and hauls off and punches him in the face and Megatron catches feelings from it. Then when the status quo is reestablished, Megatron keeps targeting Ratchet during confrontations and interprets Ratchet's refusal to take the bait as playing hard to get and probably thinks Optimus stepping in to defend Ratchet is just jealousy. The Decepticons treat this development as a very messy affair/bad breakup-- Starscream probably tries to declare himself leader of the Decepticons on the basis of Megatron "cheating" on Optimus due to a midlife crisis or something-- and the Autobots are all just bewildered. Ratchet is pissed off and intimidated but also flattered despite himself. Idk where I'd go with this exactly but the idea is fun.