He walked into the cabin with a tired yawn, the room illuminated in a honeycomb of rippling water reflections. The shower was running in the bathroom and he slouched against the door with a contented sigh, listening to the small splashes of her footfalls and inhaling the smell of vanilla-body-wash scented steam.
He thought he had imagined it at first, but the low melodic notes dripped languidly into the main room, a lilting alto that reverberated in the pit of his stomach. Smooth amber ale and summer grass. She was… singing? The voice was slightly breathy, a little pitchy, but something vibrant and seductive. Something lovely.
He pushed open the door, the hiss of steam and the hot water seeping through his clothes comforting as he wrapped his arms around her waist, slick with water. She gasped and elbowed him playfully in the ribs.
"Get out Kaidan."
"Not until you tell me why you never let me know you sing in the shower." he smirked.
"What"
She flipped around and pushed him back causing him to stagger, "No. No. No. Get out now."
The wet floor caused her to lose her balance and slip, falling headlong back into his arms with a frustrated growl.
"Hey! hey hey woah relax Shepard. I thought you were pretty good."
She glared at him, both of them thoroughly soaked with hair plastered to their skin.
"Out Alenko. Now."
He laughed and backed out of the room, water sloshing onto the floor, hands up in surrender, "Aye Aye ma'am."
As he turned to leave he looked over his shoulder with a mischievous glint in his eyes and completed the verse in a raspy baritone.
He watched her scowl and shut the door with a bang as he walked out of her quarters, chuckling and leaving a trail of water behind him.
