An: So, it's been a while since i wanted to write some Ashley/Joker so here it is. It happend during Me1 as you'll notice.
I tried something that was only dialogue to see if it would work.
Don't forget to review, I want your opinion and critics.
Enjoy!
disclaimer: I publish this on a Fan Fiction website so do you really think I own Mass Effect ? Think again.
"So you're our pilot." said Williams, visibly trying to begin the conversation.
Too bad for her he's not piloting and only sitting with nothing to do. It make him snappy
"And you're the woman replacing Jenkins."
"What ?"
He guess he may have been too harsh when he see the look of anger and disgust on her face as she rise from the co-pilot chair to go.
"Sorry, but it's the truth, Jenkins not dead, you wouldn't be here."
"Are you always such an asshole ?"
"No, only when I'm bored."
"Then what do you think I am ?"
"So bored you would come to the cockpit to talk to me ?"
"Yeah."
She fall in the chair. He decide to be more frindly, if only to compensate his rudness.
"Shouldn't you be with Shepard ?"
"No, as soon as the turian offered to join us, he accepted him and told me to "go rest a little Williams, you've been through a lot recently." She said, quoting the Commander without much reverence.
He start to like her.
"That's nice."
"Except that, since Anderson is talking with Udina, Chakwas is somewhere getting drunk and Pressly's most likely calling his family, I've absolutly nothing to do."
"Do you have siblings ?"
"Yeah. why ?"
"You may want to talk to them."
"Yes, you're right."
"Just wait a sec... You can use the transmitter in the coms' room."
"Isn't that against the regs?"
"Come on Williams, there's almost no one on bord and you're still respecting regs ?"
"You're sure no one's going to notice I used the transmitter for a personal call ?"
"Not if you're quick."
"Okay. Thanks Joker."
"Anytime."
He wonder what's made him say that.
He stop thinking when he see Alenko entering the ship.
.
"So, how is being almost drown into lava ?"
"If you only want to hear me praise you, stop now."
"Come on, it can't have been that bad, huh ?"
He hope she'll react. She's fun when she do.
"Ok, it was hot, red, orange and i nearly died. Is that all?"
"Okay no more talking about that. So what do you think of the little asar ?"
""little" ?Joker, she's hundred !"
"And member of a specie whose members can live up to thousand. So I'm most likely to call it pedophelia if I were onto her."
"You're not ? And here I though everyone loved asaris."
"I do. When they don't look like not-adult-schoolgirls. And what about you ? Aren't you onto her ?"
"No."
He can help himself but repeating her words.
"But i though everyone loved asaris."
"Smartass."
She can't hide her grin.
"So, who's your onto ?" She add
"Nobody."
"Why ?"
"Because nobody's onto me, Vroolik and all that."
"Vroolik ?"
Shit.
"And I burned myself. Again."
"Yoy've got Vroolik."
"Yes ! So are you gonna pity the poor cripple or what ?"
"There"s no way I'm pitying you, smartass."
He stay silent for a few seconds.
"Thanks Williams."
"I think can call me Ashley."
"Thanks Ash. "
She roll her eyes.
"So, now that I've told you my embarrasing secret, what about yours ?"
"You really think I'm gonna tell you my "embarrassing secret" ?"
"Yeah, call it information trading."
"You won't laugh ?"
"I swear."
"I wanted to be a poet when I was little."
She hide her reddened face in her arms.
"That's not embarrassing. Well, not that much. I think it's kinda cute."
"Cute ?"
"Because right now I'm imagining you sitting down at some poetry convention, if they exist, and presenting your work to passerbys."
"Oh, quit it."
.
He don't hear her but, thanks for the little mirror he's installed, he can see her coming.
He reacted rather... violently the last time she crept on him, drawing his pistol and almost shooting her.
"So Ash, how were the ruins ?"
"Grey, grey, grey and there was geths. Oh ! and they were grey too."
"Sounds like you, Garrus and the Commander had fun. How did the Thorian looked ?"
"I've taken a picture. I knew you were going to ask me that."
He can't keep a whistle.
"Yeah, I know. But how did you managed the colons ?"
"Closing the door. We were sooooo heroics."
"You don't have to be bitter. It's my job, as Wrex's, Tali's, Liara's, Kaidan's, Garrus' and the commander's to look awesome on ground."
"So what's mine ?" He ask playfully.
"Saving us from volcano's eruptions."
"Thanks for reminding me."
"Anytime Joker."
.
"So, while our leader, Liara and Tali are at the Peak, do you want to go with me at the bar ?" She ask him when they're on Noveria.
"Port Hanshan's got one ?"
"Yes but it's pretty expensibe so only one beer each."
"Okay."
He get up and go to the decontamination chamber.
"Whoah, don't so fast, you'll be dead before even doing three meters outside."
"I thought we youldn't stay long outside."
"Smartass."
"That's why you like me. No ?"
"Unfortunately. Come on, we must hurry."
Five minutes later, in one of the Port Hanshan's bar.
"I told you to wear something." She say playfully
"I'm not used to running, that's all."He answer, still shaking.
"You were not running, you were barely jogging. Frankly, I am surprised you can jogg."
"I said I got Vroolik. Not that I was made of glass." He pause a moment. "Even if one of Vrooliks surname is "Glasses bones disease". But that's not the point. I can walk, I can almost jogg."
"Ah. So, what's your type of women ?"
"Sorry ? Where do that come from ?"
"Well, we most likely won't see Shepard coming before a few hours so we can at least pass the time."
"That's still rather personal."
"You will answer, what's your type ?"
"Willing ones."
"Come on."
"Fine," he let out a sigh "Tanned dark-haired ones. And you ? What's your type?"
"Snarky ones who aren't off-limit."
They stay silent for few minutes.
"You know Ash, you're one of the few person who hasn't pitied me for my Vrooliks."
"Is that a marriage proposal ?" She say teasingly.
Contrary to what she except, Joker don't make a snide answer. He look into her eyes and say.
"Only if you want to."
"The new hours are passed in passionates discussions about their families, history and others things they don't remember, until the Commander come in person for returning to the Normandy.
He don't ask any questions after Virmire.
She just fall into the co-pilot's chair and look into space.
Without thinking, he pull her in his arms and they stay like this for a good twenty minutes before she break out and kiss him.
NA: So ? How bad was it ?