Sing For Me, Flyboy
"Mr. Moreau, it has come to my attention that you haven't slept in over-" EDI piped up unhelpfully from Joker's peripheral.
He groaned and rubbed his temples, shifting a bit to fix the AI with a glare. "9,000. Yes mom."
EDI scoffed insomuch as she could. "May I remind you that I am in no means your mother."
"As long as you don't go all 'Joker, I am your father' or anything." Joker imitated the old earth Darth Vader voice perfectly. Not that he couldn't come up with something equally as funny but, hey. Classic.
"I am your father." EDI retaliated with her usual tacked on "…that was a joke."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…." It was obvious the conversation was going nowhere. The ship sailed quietly on in the middle of its night. It was nice, until someone started singing "fly me to the moon" very off-key down the hall. Having drunken crew members about wasn't unusual… except this voice belonged to Shepard.
"…Let me swing…" she hiccupped.
The mechanical hum of machines drowned her out so that Joker had to crane his neck to hear her. Golden blackmail.
"In other words!" Shepard yelled. She had a first name, Kiarah, but she hated it and allowed no one its use. No matter how close a friend. Some did call her Kia, and she begrudgingly allowed them that. Always serious, always kind, sometimes cracking a joke to lighten her team's mood. She never drank more than one glass. Could never be considered as 'cute' as her unfitting name. Deadly beautiful, sure, but not cute. And she never, ever, sang. Her voice wasn't bad, even with an intoxicated drawl to it.
All of a sudden Joker was shaken from his thoughts as hot breath entered his right ear. "You are all I long for…"
"Commander?" He spit out as a knee-jerk reaction. Damn, he'd missed her sing a verse or two and didn't notice in which direction she'd been wandering. He barely caught "worship and adore" before she turned him to face her, noses almost touching. His breath hitched. "Uh… Kia?"
Her goofy smile turned down a beat at that, but then it returned as her hands grasped his shoulders. "In other words…" oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. Her eyes were closing and… "please," she whispered, "be true."
"Never let you down before," Joker muttered with a slight roll to his eye, missing her repeat the line.
"In other words"
Not that he'd remember if he hadn't, for then her gentle mouth was covering his with small butterfly kisses, and to his surprise, he was responding. Eagerly. Their lips barely parted enough for her to breath out "I love you."
And she collapsed against his chest, happily hugging his waist.
"Mr. Moreau, I reviewed the video footage from the med bay and it would appear she out-drank Chakwas in a contest." Well, who knew. Joker smiled to himself. "Should I send someone for her?"
He shook his head a touch and chuckled. "Nah. Let her sleep." Reaching around Shepard, Joker qued up his music app. "Fly me to the moon…." his gruff voice rang out over his commander's sleeping head.
A/N: Technilogical terms escape me. Also EDI is kind of unnerving. Like I'd want to have a computer watching me when something like THAT happens /shivers.
Apparently Mass Effect fans and fiction readers actually like knowing stuff about your personal Shepard. Who knew? Sorry I can't deliver more on that front.
Sorry if Joker doesn't seem canon enough for ya'll. Don't throw cabbages at me!
And I'm sorry for doing a songfic. Really.
Inspiration came from reading (what is it, 352?) pages of the Jokermance thread on the ME boards. At one time they were discussing good songs to pair with the 'couple' and "fly me to the moon" came up. Of course, I listen to the Westlife version... *ducks*
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