Interlude - The night with David
Sira was sitting in the port observation deck, just right outside her bunk room. After her intimate and passionate moment with David, Sira had come here to think about her last mission. Sharing their bunk for the night, David had woken up from the lack of another body beside him and he decided to go look for his missing love. As he strolled around the crew deck he finally made it to the port observation and found Sira sitting on one of the couches, staring into the darkness of space. Her smooth blue skin was once more glistening in the dim light of the ship, her perfect curves showed her body. Her firm shoulders, her flat stomach, even her perky breasts were visible. As were her tight legs and even...
"Why are you sitting here naked Sira, what's wrong?" - "Well nobody comes here this time of night anyway, and you know I don't tend to like the smothering feeling of clothes..." - "That's not what I asked, what's wrong?" - "It's just..." Sira went quiet and stared at the floor, David went to sit next to her. "I'm here if you need a comforting shoulder to cry on." Sira didn't say anything and just rested her head on David's shoulder while some tears ran down her cheek. David hesitated to put his arm around her, even though they had just been intimate together. This was different, this was a naked young woman, vulnerable, sad, hurt. David didn't quite know how to handle this, but he put his arm around her anyway. "Thank you for being there for me" Sira whispered as she cried. "I'll always be there if you need me, Sira..."
Some time had passed without a word being said, Sira broke that silence starting with a gentle kiss on the cheek for David. He replied "Y'know, you're the first time I've ever been together with an Asari. It's... better than I imagined." - "I guess that's a good thing then." Sira kissed David on his lips and sat on his lap. "What we just did in the bunk wasn't the entirety of what it's like though..." Sira's eyes turned dark as she took David's shirt off. She kissed him again and moved her hips in place... "Embrace eternity..."
As Sira and David melded together, David could finally feel the extent of Sira's pain and distress. She was broken, she had suffered too many losses on a short time. Her mother, Sasha, and now almost Alan. She had a rivalry with Alan, but she cared for him for some reason. Maybe because he was the only person she felt some kind of connection with, that is until she met David. But the thought of losing her close ones deeply upset her. David could sense how much Sira missed her mother, how her hatred for Cerberus burned within her heart. He could feel her panic and distress when she saw Sasha get killed by the tresher maw. His screams of agony had wounded Sira's heart in a way only Death wounds those around its victim.
As Sira kissed David again her eyes turned back to normal. Her breath was heavy and fast, but so was David's. "By the Goddess..." Sira moaned, "that was..." David put his finger on Sira's tender lips "Don't say anything" and kissed her. They spent the remaining time in a loving embrace before Sira gave David his final kiss on the cheek and walked off towards her bunk to put some clothes on, it was almost time for the Waterloo to wake up after all. Sira's walk was steady but her hips portrayed a noticable pain living within her, as strong as she looked, deep inside she was still a little girl thrown into the world and left to fend for herself. Even though she already considered herself a maiden, truth was Sira still wasn't entirely ready for that stage in her life. But that wouldn't stop her from being who she was.
Her smooth blue skin again glistened in the dim light of the ship as the crew started to wake up, several heads in the bunkroom turned towards Sira as she was putting her clothes on. This night was a night to remember, and even though Sira's heart was filled with hatred and pain, this night had put a smile on her face. A smile visible only to those who bothered to look at Sira beyond her beauty and looked at the tender person she was on the inside.