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Mass Effect 3: Aftermath	By : Royality Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 3529 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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So, he wasn’t. In fact, the only thing Shepard was going to do at this point was to fall backwards on his sorely missed mattress until someone made him do otherwise. His eyes even closed in an attempt to shut out the world and to play dead. Kaidan, however, wasn’t buying it. “Shepard,” the Major called as he stood up to inspect the laid out body. “Come on, get up.” The Biotic reached down to give the Commander a gentle push against his side, but Shepard had gone completely limp. “Shepard. Shepard, come on. I know you’re not sleeping…,” Kaidan smiled as he leaned over to caress noses with the big faker. This also caused Shepard to smile and to grab Kaidan’s wrist to pull the rest of the Biotic down onto the bed where they quickly switched position. As Kaidan was on his back, Shepard was on top of him seated comfortably against the other man’s groin in a straddling position.
“That was for earlier,” said Shepard as he made a reference to their previous encounter of Kaidan pretending to be asleep before tossing the cloaked Commander onto the bed.
“Yeah, except I’m not going to throw a flashbang grenade at your face like you did to me.”
“So, I may have overreacted…,” Shepard said quietly as he leaned over to rest his forearms off to the sides of Kaidan’s face. This brought his own face down close enough to gently rub noses again, and with a few gentle kisses against each other’s lips, it didn’t take long for that spark to once again be reignited. Shepard enjoyed being on top when he could, pressing his weight on top of Kaidan’s muscled frame and grinding his erection against the other. Even with pants on, it was obvious to both of them that there was something going on down there. The kissing had gotten more intense as Shepard’s fingers found their way into Kaidan’s hair. The Major’s hands had gone underneath the back of his lover’s white t-shirt before making their way down to grab hips and cup cheeks. When Shepard finally pulled away to take off that damn shirt, Kaidan suddenly reached up to grab his wrists.
“Wait.” Cocking an eyebrow, Shepard’s arms stopped midway up his own torso, only getting a chance to expose his shaped abs.
“What?” Shepard asked, confused at the interruption.
“Just…wait a minute,” sighed Kaidan as he pulled himself into an upright position with Shepard being forced to readjust himself. It was even more of a surprise to the Commander as Kaidan pulled both his arms and the t-shirt down back to his waist. “We can’t do this.”
“What?” Shepard’s eyebrows twitched. “Why?”
“Not until you talk to Liara. I’m serious, Shepard. I can’t stay here if she’s going to remain on the ship.” The hazel eyes looked desperate into Shepard’s before looking away. “I just…I don’t want to do anything if I’m going to have to leave.” Trying to get back into the mood, Shepard leaned in to kiss the frustrated Major on the lips, but halted as Kaidan pulled his face away. “Shepard, don’t.” Glaring, the Commander finally pulled away and crawled off the bed entirely. Pacing back and forth, he rubbed his face where his beard should have been out of habit while nodding to himself.
“Fine, we’ll do it your way,” Shepard spoke as he moved to his desk behind the sofa. Hitting his laptop, he pushed the call button and waited.
“Yes, Shepard?” Liara’s voice could be heard over the speakerphone.
“Can you come up to my cabin for a minute?” There was a pause as if she was considering the option.
“Yes, I’ll be right up.” After the call disconnected, Kaidan spoke up.
“Are you crazy?” he asked, obviously quite furious about what Shepard had just done. “I don’t want to see her!” He stood up to leave, but Shepard’s voice halted him in his tracks.
“No, you sit your ass back down. We’re going to put an end right fucking now!” Coming closer, he moved in to grab the Biotic’s arm. “You walk out that door, don’t you bother coming back. Do you hear me?” Tense silence filled their stares at each other for an uncertain amount of time before Liara walked through the recently unlocked door. She was surprised to see both Shepard and Kaidan standing there, but was quick to notice their unhappy expressions.
“I see…,” said Liara softly as the gazes turned to her. “I suppose it’s safe to assume that Kaidan told you about what happened while you were gone.” Shepard’s expression softened at the sound of her voice as he nodded.
“Yeah,” he said as he turned to look back at Kaidan. “Yeah, he did.” Kaidan’s hand came up to rub his own jawline as he turned away from them both and walked back towards the bed. While standing next to it, he only covered his eyes with that same hand and refused to speak. Shepard watched the Major for a moment, but soon turned his attention back to Liara. “So I guess it’s true then? You and…him? Really?” Liara nodded quietly, keeping her face turned to the floor. “And that thing about you stealing memories? Was that true too?” Again, Liara nodded.
“Yes, but the first time was an accident. Asari…well,” she paused while trying to find less vulgar words. “We connect by a mental link. You and I even connected briefly back on Earth. It works both ways. Kaidan’s thoughts were so full of you that they overwhelmed me.” Shepard came closer to her, though not in an imitating way. His voice spoke soft and sweet to her as his hands came to touch her elbows since Liara was practically hugging herself for comfort at this point. At his touch, she jumped almost out of fear as her shaking had gotten the better of her. Looking up, she was able to see his smile and it was enough to force the tears to roll from her eyes.
“No one’s blaming you for that first time,” her Commander said, but looked disappointed afterwards. “But why keep doing it?” The flushed blue face looked away as the right words got caught in Liara’s throat.
“I…I’ve always…,” she stammered in her confession from both embarrassment and shame. “But we never…,so when Kaidan kept thinking about you, it was almost as if…” Even without complete sentences, Shepard could tell where this was going.
“Ah,” was all he managed to say as he pulled away, but after taking a step back, he was grabbed by his hands.
“But then it wasn’t about you anymore,” Liara exclaimed, first looking to Shepard before looking towards the back at Kaidan. “I just wanted to make him happy.” Shepard turned to look back at Kaidan as well, who was now alerted to Liara’s new line of confession. The Major looked confused, mouthing what as Shepard put the last piece of the puzzle together.
“So…,” the Commander said as he turned back to Liara. “In the end, he was the only one who was still thinking about me? I see…” Liara nodded as she looked down again, quickly wiping her face with her fingers.
“That’s right. It was wrong for me to be so invasive, but I thought that if I found that spark somehow, I could take his mind off you. I mean, you were dead, Shepard.”
“So everyone keeps reminding me,” Shepard sighed while rubbing the bridge of his nose. “You do know what he wants me to do right? He wants me to ask you to leave the ship. I’ve been given a choice: either you go or he goes.” Liara nodded as she took as step back and awaited Shepard’s order. “But that’s not something I’ll ever ask one of my best friend to do.”
“Shepard! That’s!” Kaidan finally brought himself into the conversation only to get blocked by Shepard body as he approached. He soon got quiet after he was met with a deathly stare. Afterwards, the Commend shifted his gaze back to Liara who was looking up at him once again.
“Like I said, I would never ask one of my best friends to leave my ship and my crew. That’s not something I’d ever do.” In a sigh of relief, Liara managed a smile but it was short-lived.
“Thank you, Shepard. I…” she began, but was cut off.
“Which is why you’re going to volunteer.” The very line shocked Liara to her core.
“…What?” she asked as her confused voice was barely audible. Shepard straightened his posture and looked Liara dead in her frightened eyes.
“You’re going to tell me that you’d be a better help to me as the Shadow Broker back in your office on Illium. That you’re sorry that you can no longer accompany me on this journey, much like how you couldn’t before when I went to take on the Collectors. That you have a lot of catching up to do.” Liara stared blankly for a moment as Kaidan looked on, confused as well. “So, Liara? Was there something you wanted to tell me?” Even though the Major had his arms crossed earlier, he too moved to stand at-ease as Shepard did. Finally, Liara knew that she was outnumbered two to one.
“Yes,” she began also standing up straight. “Shepard, I regret to inform you that I must return to Illium. There is some unfinished business there that I need to take care of before it gets out of control.”
“Really? That’s too bad, Liara. I sure could have used you on this mission,” said Shepard in monotone.
“Yeah, that’s really too bad, Liara,” added Kaidan in the same tone of voice.
“Yes, well. I believe I can still be of help to you by tracking the movements of possibly indoctrinated groups. I missed the mining facility once before because I ignored the numbers, but I don’t plan on letting that happen again.” Shepard nodded as he gave a polite, but sad smile.
“Alright,” he said as he gave her a pat on the shoulder. “Tell Joker to head that way. Good luck…and thanks.” Liara gave a polite smile as well before she quickly turned to leave through the door. As the it closed behind her to leave Shepard and Kaidan alone once again, the Major let out a heavy sigh. Heading to the bed, he collapsed on top of the mattress with his head in his hands.
“I can’t believe you pulled that off,” he said to Shepard as he was walked over to. The Commander took a seat next to the Biotic, but only stared off into space. “Shepard? Shepard, are you alright?”
“Kaidan, you always question where my loyalties lie when it comes to you, you know that?” Shepard said as he finally glanced over in Kaidan’s direction. “You want to hear the truth of it? Here it is: I was willing to be alone fighting the Leviathans because I made a stupid mistake that I didn’t want you to pay for by me trusting them, I just made one of my best friends walk away from me because you didn’t want her around, I went and faced the Collector Base by myself because you didn’t want to look at my face anymore, I put you in that escape pod because I wanted to keep you to safe” He paused then as he stood to look down at the Major in both sadness and rage. “And I let Ashley die next to a bomb even though you didn’t even notice how much or how long I’ve loved you. Don’t ever question my loyalty again, Kaidan. You might not like the answer after today.” With that, Shepard pulled off his shirt in frustration and tossed it onto the floor as he headed to the bathroom.
Kaidan looked stunned in silence as he watched Shepard storm off. It was the first time he had been called out like that. Actually, that entire rant was the first time Kaidan had heard most of those things out loud. As he began to take of his boots, the Major quietly thought to himself. He had always assumed that Shepard left Ashley behind because of the feelings they shared back then, but that’s the first time Kaidan had been told specifically…and maybe shared feelings was also an exaggeration. Sure, Kaidan liked Shepard back then. There may have been a few lingering glances and smiles between the two of them, but nothing ever came from it. There was Liara, of course, and also Ashley who served as a buffer or as a deterrent, depending on how you looked at it. Kaidan had an attraction to them both at first and why wouldn’t he? He was a young, attractive, healthy, straight male. He knew that women found him attractive and had an attraction to them as well. Still, who was he compared to Shepard? The hero who made most of the female crew fawning at the very sight of him? If only they noticed that the only one Shepard looked back at was him. He almost felt bad for them.
Yeah, Shepard was always looking at me, wasn’t he? Be it on the original Normandy while fighting the Geth or the desperate attempt Shepard gave despite Kaidan shutting him down on Horizon during the Collector attacks, Shepard’s eyes always looked at Kaidan in the same way that all the women would look at Shepard. Even after being apart for so long, fighting alongside him back on Mars after all that time, it was if nothing had changed. “I’m a complete fool,” Kaidan muttered to himself as he stood up to head over to the bathroom door. It was shut, which caused him to knock and yell through the metal. “Shepard? Shepard, open up!” There was no answer, but Kaidan could hear the shower running. He had assumed the door was locked and was meaning to press the button multiple times, which is why he looked surprised after having to only press it once. Inside, there was fog of steam as Shepard stood naked under the hot cascading water. He had his arm pressed to the wall with his head resting upon it as he looked down at the drain below. The skin of the knuckles of his right hand was also red and peeling from punching at the shower wall behind him. Even Kaidan noticed the new dent that had been created there.
When he saw Kaidan out of the corner of his eyes, Shepard looked up to see the barefooted Biotic standing in the doorway. There was a glare at first, but his eyes widened as the Major walked right into the shower with him while still fully dressed. “The hel—, “ but Shepard’s question was cut off as he was forcibly kissed. Kaidan pinned him to the wall underneath the shower head and continued to kiss the other man despite becoming completely soaked in the process.
“I love you,” Kaidan finally said after breaking the kiss to speak. The normally neat salt and pepper hair had fallen flat against his forehead, showing off how long it actually was in the front. The black t-shirt he wore clung to his muscular upper body while his pants drooped a bit down from the water weight. Despite the awkward situation, his eyes were fixed firmly into the set in front of him. “I’m an idiot, I know that and…woah!” In an attempt to step back, Kaidan ended up accidently slipping on the mini bottle of liquid soap that Shepard had carelessly left on the shower floor. Sitting on his ass, Kaidan looked completely defeated underneath the running water with Shepard standing nude and dripping wet over him. The Commander couldn’t help but snicker. Kneeling down, he reached to pull off Kaidan’s black t-shirt. After wringing it out over Kaidan’s head with a smile, it was tossed to the other side of the bathroom. As the water splashed over the Major’s already dripping hair, Kaidan could only laugh at himself as well. He did come running in there half-cocked and this is what he deserved.
Looking up, he finally noticed the type of smile that Shepard had a smile on his face. It was a soft, press-lipped one that meant the apology had not fallen onto deaf ears. Reaching up, Kaidan placed his hand on Shepard’s smooth cheek, caressing it with his thumb as they shared a moment of silence. It was sweet, but interrupted as Shepard gave the hand a push away so that he could get to the Biotic’s pants better. Sitting there, Kaidan was really helpless to protest, not that he really wanted to, as Shepard undid his belt and pulled everything off along with his pair of soaked boxers. There wasn’t even an attempt to wring those out before they were tossed on top of the shirt in the corner.
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