Jane and Liara spent a few hours nestled together on the couch. Liara worked, Shepard mostly snoozed and sort of watched the TV. Nezzie wandered around, occasionally joining them to fish for affection. Her main focus though was her bondmate and her daughter, wrapped safely in her arms.
From that angle, Liara couldn't see the deep love-laced looks she gave her. Shepard still couldn't believe it. She'd died twice, ended the cycle of extinction, done so many impossible things. But here she was, in her home, with the woman she loved and their daughter. Not an adopted child whose early life they'd never gotten to experience, not an amalgamation of her egg some unknown donor, but a beautiful baby girl that was equal parts her and Liara. Jane kissed and nuzzled and showered them in love. It was a little distracting, but Liara was far from being annoyed. After they'd had lunch and put Nala down for a nap, Shepard retreated to the basement for a while for some gun maintenance before her next round in the arena.
Shepard had stripped apart her Crusader and was busily working a cleaning brush through the barrel when a footfall on the stairs caught her attention. She smiled and looked up, Liara was leaning on the railing watching her. "Hey you. Nala asleep?"
"Mhm. Is it all right if I stay a while?"
"Of course! I don't know how interesting it'll be, I'm just cleaning my guns."
"Oh, I'll find a way to amuse myself," Liara said slyly. Shepard had stripped down to a thin worn down tanktop and some ratty jeans to keep oil and whatnot off her better clothes. Her careful work and the heat from a little circuit work had made her just a little sweaty. Liara blushed and lightly bit her lower lip as she watched her work. Her clothes clung to her shapely body, and there was passion and diligence in everything she did. Liara was far from being bored.
Tightening a bolt, Shepard finally caught her looking and smirked knowingly. "Aha. Enjoying the view?"
"Mmm."
Shepard finished with the bolt, then stood up on her toes and sealed her in a deep kiss. "Think that'll satiate you?"
Liara giggled. "For now."
Shepard winked and then returned to her maintenance. "My next match is on Friday. Can you watch Nala?"
"I think we can last a few hours without you."
Shepard smiled and started carefully reassembling her shotgun. "Right, call it leftover human instincts."
"Hm?"
"A couple hundred years ago it was human tradition that the woman kept the home while the man went out and made a living for both of them." Shepard finished and noisily pumped the shotgun. "*Chichak!* Really kind of dumb." She collapsed the shotgun and turned to her M-11. She'd replaced a few parts since acquiring it from her clone's forces. If it had been a fantastic weapon before, now it would make any gunsmith hot under the collar. "I know asari don't share our ideas of gender, and you can stop me if I'm being insensitive, but…" Jane beamed and looked long and lovingly into her shining blue eyes. "I'm really happy you're a woman."
"I am too. Both of us I mean." The asari rested her head on the railing and watched her dreamily. "It's not that there's anything wrong with male humans. If anything they've given me insight into an alternate form the asari might have taken."
Shepard nodded and carefully separated her handgun in half. "Five fingers and toes, same general form, suggests a common ancestor."
"Mhm."
"Do you…? Um…nevermind."
"Hm? What is it?"
"It's dumb, don't worry about it."
"Tell me."
"Do you…find, men attractive?" Shepard shrugged with a slightly self-conscious smile.
Liara shrugged. "Asari are polysexual for the most part."
"Right. Me and my anthrocentric upbringing."
"I don't mind. It's a fair question. Everyone has preferences after all." Shepard waited expectantly. "I've honestly never thought about it. I could grow to find them attractive. Why do you ask? Were you planning on involving a third in our relationship?" Liara teased.
Shepard laughed. "No. At least…not now." Shepard sidled over and put a hand to her cheek. "I'm too selfish to share."
"Hmhm, so am I."
"Maybe if we get tired of each other in another few decades we can spice it up."
"Mmm," Liara acknowledged.
"That reminds me. Look, I know you're going to outlive me."
"I know."
"Just…don't be afraid to love someone else, okay? It's not fair to you otherwise."
Liara took her hand and pressed it to her cheek. "All right. But that's a long way off." She interlaced their fingers. "I want to have you and only you for now."
Shepard beamed and nodded. "I'm not trying to push you into anything. Just make sure you're happy."
Liara leaned down and gave her another kiss, fingers gently tangled in her hair. "I'm bonded to the love of my life. I can't get much happier than that." Shepard closed her eyes and rested her forehead against her. "And for the record, so far my preference is women. Particularly human women." She gently scrunched Jane's hair with a little *fluff, fluff, fluff.* "With long soft red hair, green eyes and freckles."
"Well…I don't know how Samara and Samantha will react to us trying to get Kelly involved."
"Ha!" Liara paused and looked pensive for a moment. Shepard noticed and gave her a teasing look.
"Wait, seriously?"
"Hm? Oh! Well, she's very cute…" Liara said with a powerful blush.
Shepard giggled and pressed her head up under her chin. "That was quick. What happened to 'you and only you?' Now I think I'm getting a little jealous."
"You don't have to be. Even if we were to approach her," the asari displayed her wedding ring. "I will love no other the way I love you. That's the promise we made."
Shepard rested her forehead against Liara's. "I'm gonna finish up here. I'll just be a minute. Meet me outside with a towel." She sensually pressed a finger to Liara's lips. "Don't be wearing anything."
Liara's eyelids fluttered and she let out a soft aroused hum. "As you command, mistress." Shepard gave her a long, hungry kiss before slowly dragging herself away to finish her work. The asari stood there stunned for a few seconds before giving herself a little shake and ascending the stairs. She checked on Nala, sound asleep as expected. The baby monitor was working fine, but she still wanted to be sure. The baby asari was cuddling her teddy varen and looked very peaceful. She usually slept for another hour or two around this time of day. Liara carefully closed the door to her room and retrieved a large beach towel from the linen closet.
Their little corner of the beach was sunny and bright. Liara spread the towel out and carefully glanced around. No one had bought the area around them, so she was reasonably sure there was no one around. She stripped her clothes from her body, a little bashfully, and then lay down on her belly. "Ah, no, not quite." She leaned up, carefully dug an indent for her breasts in the sand and lay back down. Much better. She looked towards the house and out strolled her bondmate, already just as naked. Liara propped herself up on her hand and let out a little involuntary moan of hunger as she gazed at her lover's bare body. Her muscular frame, her ample freckled breasts, the winking smile and shining green eyes full of adoration. Jane lay down next to her and lovingly curled a hand around her waist.
"I've done as you asked, mistress," Liara said dreamily.
"Hmhm, good girl." They turned and intertwined their limbs. Shepard sighed at the sweet mingled sensations of their naked bodies pressing together.
"Mmm." Liara nuzzled her and tucked her fingers into her hair.
"Hey, don't fall asleep, we've still got a baby to keep track of. Who's gonna hear the monitor if you fall asleep?"
"I know, I won't."
Jane stroked her cheek and whispered "Share a memory with me?"
Liara smiled and gave her a little squeeze. "All right. Which one?"
"It's a surprise."
The asari closed her eyes, reached out with her mind, and fell into Shepard's mind…
Commander Jane Shepard fell backwards onto her bed. It had only been a few days since Sovereign's defeat at the Citadel. She was exhausted, and ready for a good night's sleep. There was a chime on the door. Shepard sighed and went to see who it was.
"H-hello Shepard," Liara said with a little uncertainty. "I'm sorry to bother you…"
"Don't worry about it, I'm always happy to see you." She wasn't annoyed at all now. "What's up?"
"I…um…" Shepard felt a little embarrassment from her bondmate in the present remembering the moment. "Would it be all right if I stayed with you tonight?"
"Is everything okay?"
"Oh yes. I just, want to spend the night. I miss you."
Shepard pulled her into her arms and hugged her tight. "I'd like that." Jane's memory skipped ahead to them nestling together under the sheets and lingered for a while before fading as their minds parted again.
Liara found herself in much the same position as she was in the memory, snuggled up to her love in warmth and comfort. "Mmm, good choice," the asari said softly into her skin.
"I know it wasn't my fault, so there's no point in me saying this, but I'm sorry I scared you."
"Hm?"
"When the SR1 was destroyed."
Liara sighed and closed her eyes. "That wound cut deeper than anything I'd ever felt before." She lovingly ran her hand over her lover's warm skin, tracing the smooth slopes of her shoulders. She could hear Shepard's heartbeat, the soft steady *thuthump, thuthump, thuthump* that meant she lived still. "The scar won't ever really go away, but it shrinks every day I spend with you." She gave her a gentle squeeze. "I love you far too much to let that get the better of me."
Shepard took her by the chin and brought her into a tender kiss. "Are you really mine?"
Liara curled a finger into Jane's long red hair and twirled it around. "Yes. And I always will be." Shepard closed her eyes and rested her head. Liara studied her with unending fondness.
When humans had first become known to the rest of the galaxy, Liara, along with everyone else had received a few pictures of them in an extranet message from the citadel council as a courtesy, so she wouldn't be startled the first time she inevitably met one. The first thing that had struck her was just how similar they were to asari. The second was of course, hair. Asari crests always took the same form, though skin and facial markings were always different, crests stayed the same. There was of course a picture of a human who had decided to shave their head too, but in a way that was something different as well. There hadn't been even a moment of uncertainty or mild xenophobia , she thought it was wonderful and beautiful.
Now, she still had her fingers curled in Shepard's soft crimson locks. Jane's hair had been short when she'd first met her, a little longer when she'd remerged two years after the destruction of the SR1, and just a little longer during the reaper war. Now it was longer still, and though Liara loved every stage it had been through, this was her favorite.
Inevitably, Liara had discovered body hair the more she'd become intimate with her lover. Pubic hair was another difference, but not one Liara found off putting. Jane kept her skin smooth for the most part, but after discovering her lover's mild fascination with her personal regions, she'd only worked to keep herself from becoming unkempt. As she thought about this, the asari's hand made it's way down her body over her thigh.
"Mmmhey. Where's that hand going?"
"You said you were all mine today, didn't you?"
"That I did," Shepard confessed.
"It isn't night yet, so you are still mine, correct?" Her hand moved slowly up and down Jane's thigh and rear.
"Yeah, but I thought we were saving things for tonight."
"For me, yes. But we never discussed you." Liara kissed her shoulder. "I like being made to wait, but I know you don't nearly as much."
Shepard gave her a look of playful false indignation. "Doctor T'Soni, you're trying to seduce me."
"Perhaps I am." The asari gently tightened her grip. "Are you planning on doing anything about it?"
"Mmmf, very little."
Liara gently nibbled on her ear, drawing a soft gasp of arousal from her lover. "If that's the case, would you mind shifting your leg just a little?" Shepard let out the softest of aroused sighs and moved to allow her bondmate easier access to her sensitive areas. "Thank you," Liara whispered. She bit her lip, heart stirring with excitement and ran her fingers in slow teasing circles through her lover's pubic hair, careful not to brush her sex just yet. Jane's breathing began to change, growing uneven and hot. "Mmm, relax my love," Liara whispered.
"Haaaa, I'm trying," Shepard replied. "There's a beautiful woman touching me though."
"Maybe this will help." Liara's lips met Shepard's, and shortly after, her skilled blue tongue slipped between them as well. Jane moaned quietly through the kiss, playing with but not attempting to fight her lover's tongue. Liara wanted her, and she was more than happy to surrender. Their tongues danced around and around while the asari explored all around her lover's lower region.
Finally, venturing a little further, Liara permitted her fingers to wander just around her outer edge, still not quite touching her labia and met a small bit of wetness. The asari giggled sensually and separated from the kiss with a soft *Schmeck.* "My my, look how wet you are." Shepard just breathed hotly and heavily in response, eyes closed and lips still parted, silently asking to be kissed again. "Do you want more?"
"Yes. Please." Liara resumed the kiss and gathered some of her love's slickness with her finger. She now ran slowly around her outer lips. She could tell now, she was very very wet. Still, she took her time, stroking and lavishing her with love.
When the asari pulled away a little, sucking on Shepard's lower lip, the human managed to whisper "Liara…fuck me…please fuck me…" before her mouth was captured again. Liara could tease her no longer. A single blue finger slid easily inside her, still at such a languid pace. Shepard moaned with pleasure and longing. Liara slid her finger slowly back out, running it along her upper surface, just how she liked it. Jane's toes curled with pleasure and her lips escaped long enough to let out a long noisy moan. "Yeeeeeeees…"
Liara continued her slow single finger work for a good while, letting it become routine just long enough to get her love to want more. Then she added another finger. Fresh moans of pleasure, more gentle writhing, and more sweet slickness inside her. Jane's inner muscles occasionally quivered or tightened, but far from being intrusive or difficult, it only made Liara enjoy her work more.
Shepard wanted her to go faster, she could tell. But no, not right now. She wanted to fuck her slooooowly. Draw the orgasm out and make her dance on the edge of climax until her voice rose into a high pitched labored whimper. What she did do, however, was at last provide attention to her most sensitive area. Liara spread some of her wife's inner juices onto her thumb and on her in-strokes began running it around her clitoris. This drew more pleased noises from her bondmate and sent electric pleasure up and down her body like ocean waves.
The triumvirate of tongue play, fingering and clitoral stimulation was pure magic, and a fierce climactic wave began to build in Jane's core. She began thrusting lightly in to her wife's fingers, which was all the warning Liara needed. All she did to alter her routine was to occasionally keep her fingers inside and work them in a circle just as she did the same with Jane's clit.
"Luh, Liara, don't stop! I…please make me cum. Please." Liara did just as she intended. She worked her all the way up the slope, forcing her to dance at the edge and clench her inner muscles, then plunge over the other side into a sea of bliss…
Only when Shepard had been reduced to a very warm panting stupor of afterglow did Liara slowly draw her fingers from within her. She took care to let her lover see through drooped eyes as she sucked them clean with an aroused moan.
"Mmmmmf, now that…that was nice," Shepard said quietly.
"Hmhm, I'm glad you enjoyed it." The asari snuggled close again and gave her cheek a quick kiss. "Remember, you aren't allowed to sleep."
"I won't. I'll just doze." Liara sighed and smiled fondly against her lover's cushy breast. She knew that probably meant Shepard would be sound asleep and she'd have to go and take care of Nala for a bit once the child woke. Still, it was hard to be annoyed with the woman she loved so dearly. She'd honestly rather watch Nala than wake her sleeping bondmate from a needed and deep slumber. Besides, she thought with a mischievous grin, Shepard would be making it up to her later that night.
