Tali was growing impatient with her prefab home. She had grown used to such cold unfriendly living circumstances living in flotilla, but now that she finally had a home planet of her own, she wanted her own house there as well.

Shepard had been in negotiations with several contractors interested in bringing homes to Rannoch. Although he tried his best to keep his and Tali's identities from the respective companies, once it was discovered who their potential clients were each of the contractors became determined to offer a better deal than the last. This is when things started to drag out.

At this time Shepard was in the next room on the line with one of the contractors. Tali was watching a vid but was having a hard time concentrating after she noticed a spot of rust in the corner of the wall. Used prefabs, poorly refurbished. Those were often all you could find immediately after the war. Once their house was finally built Tali wanted to launch these prefabs into the nearest black hole. She hated the ugly little metal buildings tarnishing the otherwise beautiful landscape that was Rannoch. Her attention turned to Shepard who walked into the room with a loud sigh.

"Well?" She perked up.

The grizzled young vet looked down at his adoring Quarian, who was lying on their black leather sofa in only a white t-shirt she had taken from Shepard's dresser. He smiled brightly.

"They'll be here to lay the foundation in two days."

Tali sat straight up. "Two days? I don't know if I can wait that long John."

"Heh, long John." Shepard laughed to himself.

"What?"

"Oh nothing, well you know it will probably be another couple months after that before they finish the place right? This is a house were talking about, a big one."

"You're damn right a big one."

Shepard plopped himself on the couch next to Tali. "You're starting to get a little hostile aren't you?"

Tali straddled the commander and unleashed a flurry of blows against his chest. "I am! These prefabs are giving me cabin fever."

"Well if you want we can shoot these suckers out into the nearest black hole and just go live off the land in some tents for a while."

Tali laughed and pressed her lips to his. "I was thinking that myself. Of course I'd probably get violently ill after a couple of days."

"Damn these prefabs and their life saving clean rooms."

"I guess you'll just have to find some way to keep me satisfied in the meantime."

"Whatever will I do about that?" Shepard said as his hands began to slide up Tali's thighs. He continued up her shirt until he pulled it from her back. She now sat naked on his lap smiling into his eyes.

"So now what?" Tali said, knowing full well what came next judging by the bulge she was sitting on.

"Now…" Shepard started, "I stare for a while." His hands traipsed slowly down her back and then planted firmly on her rump. "Maybe do some touching."

Tali laughed and took one Shepard's hand from her backside and moved it to her chest.

"I know you can't get enough of my backside John, but the girls could use some attention too."

"When did you start calling them that?" He chuckled.

"Not long after I heard you start calling them that."

Shepard grinned and pulled Tali's body close to him, locking his lips tight against hers. Instantly a spark ignited and their hands became restless. He cupped her breasts and softly massaged them all the while rubbing her hardening nipples between his fingers. As their tongues played together, Tali did her best to rip Shepard's shirt off without actually ripping it. He'd lost a lot of good shirts to those hands. But she was always so desperate to feel his hot skin against hers.

"Why don't…" Shepard said as he parted his lips from hers, "we move this into the bedroom?"

Tali was already panting lightly. "I could be into that."

Shepard stood from the sofa, swooping Tali up in his arms as he did. He carried her the short distance to their modest sized bed in the next room and then set her down at the edge of it. Tali immediately started to paw clumsily at Shepard's fly. She sometimes had trouble with the button which resulted in the loss of some pants as well. She was finally able to get them to the floor and then pulled Shepard onto the bed with her.

Her hands traveled quickly traveled down his back to his own firm hind quarters. He pulled back her hair and sank his teeth softly above her collar bone, provoking a loud gasp. Tali tried to pull him inside her but he resisted. He brought his lips to hers but only brushed them. She tried to follow him but he eluded her.

"John…" She whispered. The teasing drove her crazy.

He smiled but continued to evade her kisses, leaving only the sensation of his breath against her skin. She lifted her head from the pillows at an attempt to pursue, be stopped her short by pressing his lips to her nose.

"Do you trust me?" He said quietly.

"John…" She was getting more impatient now.

"Do you trust me?" He repeated.

"What kind of question is that? Of course I do, what are you-"

"Close your eyes."

Tali only replied with a look of bewilderment.

"Close 'em."

"Bosh'tet." She sighed as she lay back down, eyes shut.

Shepard proceeded to move his hands slowly down Tali's body from her face down. His touch was warm and left a soft tingling sensation throughout her. His fingertips brushed down her arms, passing through her own fingers, and then quickly traveled back up then down her shoulders to her chest.

He took his time at her breasts, tracing fully around them with his thumb, only applying the slightest pressure. She jumped when she felt his teeth and tongue barely grazing her nipple. Her chest was heaving as her lungs attempted to keep pace with her heart and she started to have difficulty controlling her limbs, Shepard was leaving her feeling completely immobile.

His hands passed down the outside of her thighs and followed the curves down her legs. He stopped and her feet, gently rubbing each of her toes between his hands. Tali felt like she was floating, it was a sensation she had never felt before. She was completely relaxed and weightless, covered in constant tingling warmth. And then she opened her eyes.

She was floating. Only about a centimeter off of the bed, but she was definitely in the air. Her body was covered in a faint purple glow she knew to be a biotic field. Shepard had completely encased her, and was now starting to work his way back up her body. She noticed the familiar gentle blue energy wisping around his hands as well.

"Thought I told you to keep your eyes closed?" He said.

"More." She whispered.

He smiled and obeyed. His grip on her body became more firm as he again explored her warm flesh. But he knew what she wanted. His right hand caressed the length of her leg moving inward at her thigh. His left was tending to the needs her soft perked up breasts. He began to kiss her navel, dabbing it with his tongue. Her breathing grew faster as his tongue moved lower.

But his fingers arrived there first. She was already soaking for him, waiting for him, begging for him. And he obliged. His mouth had caught up now. His tongue made soft circles around her clit and Tali moaned loudly. Then his fingers separated her lips and he plunged inside her with his index and middle finger. They twisted and curled within her, sending weak biotic pulses throughout her entire body.

Tali thought for a moment she might explode. She wanted so badly to clutch the sheets or flex her toes, anything to channel this ecstasy she was feeling, but in that compressed biotic bubble all she could do was cry out a constant string of vowels that echoed in the prefab acoustics. She was completely at Shepard's mercy, and he was relentless.

She occupied all of his senses. Her succulent flavor coated his palette as he feverishly worked his tongue, and her equally sweet aroma was all he could ever want to breathe. His hands continued to meticulously work her body, inside and out, never growing tired. All the while he was watching her eyes as they fluttered rapidly. Supporting her with biotics was simple when he was already concentrated on her so deeply.

He grew more eager for himself and slowly scaled her body, tracing her frame with his fingers as he went. Her skin was hot and spongy, sweating from every pore. He cupped her head with hands and kissed her forehead.

"Make yourself comfortable." He whispered.

Suddenly Tali found she was able to move again. She instantly wrapped herself around him. Her feet locked around his hips and her hands grasped the back of his head. She crushed her face against his as her tongue forced itself deep into his mouth. She felt like she had been waiting an eternity to kiss him again.

Shepard eased himself inside her and then there they were, one perfect being floating above the center of the bed encapsulated in a dark blue and purple haze. They became waves crashing together in the swell. Colliding stars in the cosmos of their bedroom. They were pure perpetual energy, feeding into itself over and over.

They slowly orbited in such a way that Tali eventually was on top, but she still had a relatively little control of her own body. Their bodies compressed to a singularity, even their hearts beat in the same rhythm.

Shepard eventually felt himself reaching climax and forced his concentration into prolonging Tali's own state of orgasm until he could do so no longer. His grip tightened around her until he erupted, sending one last hot biotic pulse through both of their bodies. They fell to bed panting and covered in sweat.

Several long moments passed where the only sounds were their rough burning lungs. Shepard moved his hand to run his fingers through Tali's hair as she laid motionless save for her chest. He left kisses on the top of her head.

"Want some water?" He said when he started breathing fairly regularly again.

Tali only replied by nodding weakly and subsequently rolling off of him, planting her head in a pillow. He smiled and stood from the bed. Immediately his vision went blurry and he became light headed. He stumbled back onto the bed until things seemed to equalize.

"You okay?" Tali's meek whisper called to him.

He turned to her. "Yeah, my nose isn't bleeding is it?" Tali shook her head. "We're good then."

Shepard stood up once more, this time unabated by fatigue. He reached the kitchen and filled two glasses with ice and water, and grabbed a few aspirin for himself should the recent stress cause his implants to flare up at. He quickly drank the entire first glass and then refilled it, taking a few more long sips.

When he came back to the bedroom Tali was still crumpled on the sheets, but she attempted to sit up when she saw the condensation laden glasses in Shepard's hands. She had never been so thirsty. He sat down next to her on the side of the bed and handed her a glass. Tali reached for it and similarly chugged it in an instant, finishing with a loud gasp, then she reached for the other glass.

Shepard laughed. "Slow down, you'll choke."

She drank half of the second glass and then handed it back to him. "I think technically I'd drown. Keelah John is that clock right?"

He turned his attention to the digital clock sitting next to his computer on the desk in the corner. Over seven hours had passed. He raised the shutters on the windows to see that the sun was already well into rising.

"Christ." He muttered. "I had no idea."

Tali leaned hard on him, resting her head against his shoulder. "John that was the most amazing experience of my life. It was like you were in my head. Were we… spinning?"

"It certainly felt that way didn't it?"

"You mean you don't know?"

"I wasn't paying any attention to the room," He said, "Just you." Tali smiled and left several kisses on his neck. He pulled her face to his and tenderly kissed her lips.

"And for a while there," He added, "Everything just sort of turned blue."

"Had that too."

Shepard fell back onto to the bed taking Tali with him. She curled up in his arms.

"I think I might owe you for that." She said.

He chuckled. "You don't have to, it's not like I didn't enjoy myself for hours on end too."

"Well either way, you'll be getting woken up in my mouth this… afternoon?"

"Heh I'll look forward to that, but I think right now we could both use some sleep." Shepard continued to run his fingers through Tali's hair and draw small circles across her back.

"Do you think we could do that for a whole day?"

"Maybe if we practice." He laughed.

Tali relaxed into him with a satisfied sigh. "Lots and lots of practice."