Author's note: Warning: NSFW content ahead.


They almost didn't make it back to the Normandy.

By the time they reached the elevator Shepard was enveloped in Kaidan's arms as she peppered his face with kisses, and they nearly missed seeing the door open. She pressed closer to him once they were aboard. "Mmm. We could- stop- right here. Spectre- override."

Kaidan shook his head and held her chin in his hand. "And what would people say about Commander Shepard's stunning abuse of power?" His eyes twinkled.

"They'd take one look at you and understand exactly why I did it." She grinded against him, planting her mouth against his, her tongue diving deep inside, remembering the taste of him. As she pinned him against the elevator wall, she could feel him growing hard against her thigh.

"Unnh, 'Lis." He was finding it hard to form words. "Wait. Almost..." The elevator doors slid open to reveal two C-Sec officers waiting to board in the docking bay. Reluctantly, she pulled away, nodding the officers as they exited, looking for all the world like nothing untoward had happened. They hurried to where the Normandy was docked, no longer touching but walking closely side by side.

"You want me to go first?" she asked as they approached the airlock.

Kaidan shook his head. "We'll go together. You just have to keep your hands to yourself for half a minute til we get upstairs."

She smiled, hoping she'd be able to. "And then we can rip each other's clothes off?"

"There will be no ripping of clothes." He grinned at her. "I told you, I'm going to take. my. time."


Shepard yanked him through the door when they finally reached her quarters. Kaidan's eyes scanned the room but he didn't seem to waste any time in admiring the large space. He lifted Shepard as she wrapped her legs around him and set her down on the nearest surface, which happened to be the desk.

Shepard had Kaidan's top off in seconds. He took slightly longer, fumbling with the buttons on her jacket. The dress would have been a lot easier to get out of, she realized. Might have been worth it. Kaidan didn't bother with the clasp on her bra, simply pulled it over her head, cupping her breasts in his hands as she reclined against the case that held her ship models.

Starting at her neck, he left a trail of kisses across her chest, stopping to curl his tongue around her left nipple. She sighed, letting her eyes close. As he bit down gently on the erect nipple, she thrust her hips forward. Finding nothing there, she began to slide her hand under the waistband of her trousers. "Mmm-mmm," Kaidan mumbled as he moved it aside. Holding both her wrists firmly, but gently, he moved his attention to the other breast.

Releasing his grip on her, he unbuckled her belt and slid her pants down over her hips. as he continued to drop kisses across her stomach and then worked his way downward. Shepard gasped and cried out as his tongue worked its way down, between her lips, flicking gently across the nub within. Frantically she kicked her way free of shoes and pants, freeing her to spread her legs and wrap them around him, crossing her ankles at his back. She gripped the edge of the desk to keep herself from sliding to the floor as her muscles turned to rubber. Finally, able to bear it no longer, she cried out again, louder this time, as she sank into the ecstasy of her release.

Panting, Kaidan looked up at her, a satisfied smile on his face. She was still struggling to get her strength back, but she slid off of the desk and, hands on his shoulders, pushed him down into the leather chair facing it. "Your turn," she said, kneeling in front of him, sliding his pants down to his ankles, taking a moment to grip his ass firmly as she did so.

His cock stood erect as he toed off his boots to allow her to finish undressing him. She gripped the hard shaft and began to stroke it, slowly at first then gaining in speed. She lay her head in his lap as she did so, watching him tremble at her touch. Then she sat back on her heels, releasing her grip on him. She leaned forward to kiss the rounded tip then slowly worked her tongue down to the base and back again, finally taking him fully in her mouth.

He moaned softly as she stroked the shaft with her lips and tongue, cupping his balls and massaging the thin skin. Eyes closed, she moved her head up and down more quickly, feeling him thrusting against her. She then shifted her gaze upward as best as she could, where she saw his eyes closed, mouth agape, almost gasping for breath. She began to move faster again, until finally he came, filling her mouth in bursts as he slowly went limp. Quickly she swallowed, then gingerly climbed into his lap.

His face was unmasked, awash in orgasmic bliss. "'Lis...oh god..."

She put a finger to his lips. "Well, I just hope you can still make it to the bed."

His expression immediately hardened as he bared his teeth at her seductively. With a deep breath, he stood, cradling her in his arms. "Oh, I think I'll make it," he said, depositing her on the mattress. "The question is whether you'llbe able to get back up." He climbed onto the bed beside her, slipping two fingers inside her, navigating through the slick wetness as far as they would go. She squirmed, groaning, bending her knees and kicking at the sheets beneath her.

"Kaidan," she sighed as he added another finger. He twisted his hand back and forth, stroking her insides, then began to rub her clit with his thumb. "Ohhh!" She threw her arms around him, pulling him close to kiss him, devouring him. "Need you. Inside me. Now." She put her hands on his shoulders, gripping his torso between her thighs and flipping him over, straddling him.

"So impatient," he teased.

"You're damn right." She slid down onto his cock, relishing the sensation of him inside her. She'd been waiting for this for so long. They both had. He smiled up at her as she moved against him, running her hands over his muscled chest, then lay with her chest against his. Her hands moved to his back, dragging her fingernails against his skin, digging them in as he thrust into her.

Her skin began to tingle and she noticed the faint blue glow of biotic energy surrounding Kaidan, as well as the stronger glow enveloping her own body. But her aura was too strong, too much. She tried to temper her biotic response as Kaidan was, managing to tone it down to near his level; still, the electric tingle along with the low hum of their combined biotics nearly overwhelmed her. Her cries grew louder and louder with each thrust. Kaidan gripped her shoulders, his thrusts growing harder and faster as he neared his climax. Then she felt him come inside her, and with it felt the explosive release of the pent up biotic energy that surrounded them.

The blood seemed to drain from her body; her breathing grew shallow and her vision blurred. Her limbs almost didn't seem to belong to her anymore. She was barely aware of her surroundings, floating, falling. But Kaidan was there beneath her, to catch her, to break the fall. And in that moment he was the only thing in the world. "I love you."

"Oh, 'Lis." he reached up to stroke a strand of her hair as she rolled over to lie beside him. "I- I almost forgot what that was like. You. Us."

"Mmm hmm." She turned onto her side so she could look at him, gaze into his warm brown eyes. "I missed you." He was here now, and they were together again, and there was so much more she wanted to tell him. But it would keep. Exhausted by their exertions, she soon drifted off to sleep by his side.


She awoke several hours later, disoriented, trying to remember where she was. Then she felt Kaidan's warm breath on her cheek and remembered. It had all been real. She ran her fingers through his dark hair and he began to stir. He looked at her in a daze, still half-asleep. "Hey," she breathed, sitting up, "what were you dreaming about."

"Have I stopped?" He propped himself up on one elbow and rested the other hand on her thigh. "I thought this was part of it." He smiled. "Morning, 'Lis."

Shepard glanced at the clock beside her bed, which read 2019. She giggled. "It's not even bedtime yet."

"Hmm," he slid his free hand up toward her breast. "Then how will we pass the time?"

She pushed the roaming hand away. "There'll be time to pass later. I got an invite to meet up with a friend tonight. And I wanna show you off." She looked down at him with a grin. "That said, we will need to shower first..."