Characters: F!Shepard/Kaidan
Word Count: ~250
Rating: K
Author's Note: Done for ME_Challenge over on LJ. The prompt was: "What you see is what you get."
What You See
"I won't pretend to be someone I'm not. Not even for you, Kaidan."
"I'm not asking you to, Shepard."
She scoffs, her arms lifting to cross over her chest. "Sure seems that way."
"Can't we just – can we start over? I know that things got a… a little heated, back on Horizon." She looks past him, focusing on the blinking lights of the Citadel rapid transit stand instead; wary of meeting his eyes, not wanting to let on how much that memory still stings. "But when you contacted me, I thought -"
One of his hands reaches up, towards her cheek. She remembers how his skin felt, coasting across hers in the dim light on board the Normandy. Stealing away any moment they could; lost in a haze of love, want, lust, and need.
The pull of it is nearly magnetic, and she wants to lean in – to close those infinitesimal bits of space, and just be with him again. But she can't. Not yet. Not until she's sure, so she tilts her head away. Hating him a little for making her feel shaky in her own skin. "What you see is what you get with me, Kaidan. Do you think you can deal with that?"
Kaidan closes the gap, grasping her hand and lacing their fingers together. A heady sensation that feels like coming home fills her at the touch. "It's all I've ever wanted."
His lips, when they meet hers, are as soft, and sweet as she remembers.
~End