Beautiful introspective fic with wonderful style yet again (you know how I love me some run-ons). Deep, yet not dark—a story of contemplation with a shining ray of hope at the end. Lovely.

Two typos.

"hadmerely" needs a space.

"What mattered that no matter how deep under the sneer and the armor and the hardness, like a buried gemstone, the Starscream he remembered, the Starscream he had dreamed and loved and yearned for for vorns under ice, waited for him. "

This sentence to me, seems a bit awkward. Are you missing a word, maybe?

Either way, gorgeous little ficlet you have here. Absolutely enjoyed reading it. :)