Efvra was looking up from one of the data pads sprawled across his desk. His state of mind disrupted by the one with the latest updates on the discoveries made on Meridian.
He didn't care so much for that right now though. The mention of that planet just immediately made his mind drift towards a certain human Pathfinder, Scott Ryder, instead.
The mere thought of the human caused him to contemplate everything that has transpired in those chaotic months.
If he could somehow tell his younger self that an alien would change his perspectives on the war against the Kett, his own species in Heleus and finally his personal connections with others so much, he would have thought he'd gone completely insane.
At first he had distrusted the human deeply, feared him even for what he might represent.
After all his people had managed to keep Aya hidden for decades from the Kett and here these new aliens had found a way towards their hidden world in slightly more than a year. He worried what and who could follow in their footsteps from across dark space. After all, no alien contact before the arrival of the Pathfinder and those accompanying him had ever meant anything positive for neither his species nor the worlds they inhabited.
And yet, as the Pathfinder solved problem after problem across the Heleus Cluster, he found himself changing his opinion about him with each victory. By the end, he greatly respected, nay, admired the young human even, for all he had done. But his feeling didn't stop there. He started to enjoy each brief moment with the Pathfinder, found ways to hold him longer in Resistance HQ and thus in his company. He started to observe every fine detail about the human, learn everything there was to know about him and his species. His interest increasing each time the Pathfinder visited Aya.
All the while he did everything he could to hide it though. Fearing what the consequences might be if he showed anything more than a grudging respect.
Once the Pathfinder secured Meridian and destroyed the Kett leadership, throwing their presence in the cluster in complete disarray, he resolved to admit to his feelings and own up to it. And so he did.
As it turned out his growing appreciation and romantic feelings were completely mutual. Scott had already gathered the - by Efvra's standards - subtle hints during their earlier times together but felt he couldn't make any move that might have damaged any relations between the Initiative and the Angara.
So Evfra making the first move meant it was on Meridian where they had admitted their feelings for each other and both decided to pursue it regardless of what anyone would think of it. It was there were they shared their first kiss and had those first little tender and playful touches.
Having that first gentle caress of a human hand across his cheek, settling on his muscled neck, slightly massaging the muscle while he got the chance to slide his fingers through Scott's hair. So incredible strange and yet it unleashed a part of him that had stayed hidden and suppressed for so long.
As they kissed, feeling those soft human lips pressed against his own, experiencing the strange alien smell and taste as their tongues intertwined, he could feel his need stir between his thick thighs.
As they embraced each other Scott just playfully smiled at him. Clearly just as curious, just as eager...
"Commander?"
Suddenly noticing a Resistance officer standing in front of his desk he was quickly pulled back to Aya, slightly annoyed, and a little embarrassed, at having been driven away from such pleasant memories.
"What is it?" Evfra said with a low gruff voice.
"Everything is set for tomorrow, Sir. We've also received word from the Tempest, they will be arriving on schedule." The lieutenant said.
"Good, very good. Make sure the Govenor is up-to-date as well. Dismissed." Turning his gaze away from the officer as he walked towards the exit of the large room Evfra turned to gaze through the large window, he could clearly see the beauty of Aya sprawled out before him.
Returning to his earlier thoughts, he remembered with slight disappointment how they had to stop it right there. Everyone was expecting them to return for the celebrations and they haven't had a chance since then to rekindle that initial...exploration. And so he returned to Aya, with the truth laid bare yet remaining feeling unfulfilled by doing so.
He needed him. He wanted him badly. That Evfra knew with absolute certainty.
So now that Scott was coming here to Aya he quickly made sure they would get all the time they needed. First he organized everything for an official visit, but that will just last one afternoon. Nobody said anything about it being forbidden for the Pathfinder to stay with him for a week of well-deserved 'vacation' as Scott called it. Ryder had been very enthusiastic about it, even pretty insistent on the idea when Evfra first proposed it, saying the Initiative offered very little in 'off-duty R&R'.
Evfra quickly checked his messages again on one of the many data pads on his desk. It all added up. He's properly cleared his schedule; made sure his apartment is well stocked and placed additional patrols across the city in case the remaining remnants of the Roekaar would get any ideas.
They were going to have time to spend a full week together, just the two of them. He wanted to explain how much the Pathfinder truly meant to him. Just have fun together, just be together, even if only for a week. But his mind, and his deep desire, was also resolute about one other thing; starting tomorrow afternoon he was going to show that Pathfinder of his just how full of passion and wild Angarans could get. He fiercely hoped the Pathfinder would be able to handle it.