Peebee rushed in the maintenance room like a tornado. It was already late. Bit surprising, she had not wake up the crew of the ship. She just needed to use the working bench and construct something to calm herself down. On the way from the Hyperion med-bay, her mood was swinging from relaxed to furious, trigged by her imagination; from wishing to strangle Kalinda with her bare hands to reporting her to the authorities; and to one mood deeply depressive, a feeling stupid and lonely. She was surely brave in front of her, but it still had not changed the general difficulty she had while dealing with all those mess, emotions entangled always in her thoughts.
"Peebs? Are you all right?" Liam showed up there as some apparition, just when she took a big hammer in her hand.
"Of course, … Why shouldn't I be ok?" She bumped a piece of metal glass, destroying it into small pieces. Liam faltered whether it was smart to get any closer.
"Just a feeling. I'm totally sure that glass deserved it." He said and Peebee looked at him with mixture of surrender, annoyance and anger. She put the hammer down and turned her body to him.
"Fine. I'm pissed off." She crossed her hands on her chest watching her human buddy in front of her.
"What happened?" He walked closer and leaned on the working bench next to her. Peebee was following his movement with her eyes. There was a crazy idea completely shadowing her mind.
"Doesn't matter. Let's have sex." She said and grabbed his hand and started to pull him towards his room.
"Wait… what?" Liam said shocked when he suddenly found himself in his room. Peebee turned to him and licked her lips.
"You don't look that bad, Kostra. And I need distraction. Really fast." She needed to kill those thoughts…. And she wanted some revenge, a slight one on Kalinda, do something reckless would do for sure. She walked closer to him nearly touching his chest.
"So what you say?" She purred those words, making Liam sweat.
"Peebs.. wait…. wait!" He said again while trying to stop Peebee's hands. When he finally managed to grasp both of them he sighted with relieve.
"I can't Peebs. Not like you're not sexy enough, just… You're like my little sis…" He smiled kindly and Peebee looked at side.
"I don't care. I just… Argh! Forget about it." she released her hands and fell on the sofa. She looked like struggling with too many emotions at once. Liam went to his secret fridge and got two beers. He opened them and offered one to Peebee.
"Give me that." She took it fast and nearly finished it at one breath. The soar taste of black beer filled her stomach with cold liquid spreading heat through her veins and calming her down a bit.
"So…" Said Liam and sat down next to her. "are you gonna tell me why you tried to rape me a minute ago?" He smirked and clanged the bottom of the bottle with hers, then drank some.
"Kalinda… That summarizes it quite well." She said and rested her head on one of her hands, looking in nowhere.
"Hmm your spooky and wild ex. You have kind of many here in Andromeda, Peebs." Peebee punched his arm with a little force.
"Not funny. She just tried to trick Sara's brother to… I don't even know what." Her voice just sounded tired while uttering those words.
"Maybe to sex like you just tried." He was still joking and deserved an irritated look coming from the Asari's way.
"Hey hey.. Peace.." he raised his hands in defensive position. "Just trying to make you laugh, it suits you more." He said and it made Peebee smile a bit.
"I'm not trying to be hostile, it's just…. I really wished she has changed after that. You know." She said quietly but her voice followed in the raised tone.
"It pisses me off so much…. what she did, how stupid I was to trust her, to… I don't know. Relationships are too complicated. I miss the time I just cared about none of them." Said she and Liam laughed which surprised Peebee.
"Really, Peebs? The last time I know you fooled around with Sara and you nearly end up killing each other." She hated his relaxed nature.
"Incomparable." She pushed her lips together to avoid a sad smile. That did not go well… They are good buddies, but when she tried to reattach, it was directed to an empty well.
"Look Peebs. No one changes from day to day. Keep your distance and just chat a bit, and if she fucks up, well. You can still try to teach Jaal Asari mating rituals." He could see Peebee relaxed a bit, joking helped her, it was her language.
"Too bad you don't fuck your sisters." Said Peebee and finally smiled.
"Well, that's me. The real living proof of knighthood." He straightened his back and showed his arm muscle. Peebee finally laughed as he found him funny.
"Yeah, sure... sure.. Keep telling yourself that when you see Umi next time, and you might finally ask her out for a date. And maybe, but only maybe she might not castrate you on the spot." Peebee was finally on her track, fighting the jokes back, making them into pure perfection. Liam blushed.
"Well… actually… I already tried and I can promise, my manhood is still there and without a scratch." Peebee just completely forgot the whole issue with Kalinda when she found out this big secret of Liam.
"Kostra, you womanizer…. How… When?" She poked him and looked genuinely interested.
"Let's keep that for another time." He was still blushing but smirking.
"If you don't tell me, I'm not gonna believe you have both balls in a one place and not as a trophy somewhere at Kralla's Song." This was so interesting. That Liam managed to have sex with Umi, who was terrifying even for Krogans to mess up with
"Fiiine. Well. Let's say, I was hypnotizing her with my devoted look and charming jokes until she fell for my charm and guided me to the storage room at her bar." He smiled like a hero of the day and Peebee laughed again.
"You bastard. I don't believe a word you say, but…" She looked at him with some peace in her eyes.
"But thank you for making me laugh, Kostra.." He was truly a good friend and she appreciated even more to be a part of this amazing crew.
"Any time, Peebs." they cheered simultaneously and devoted the rest of their evening to jokes and alcohol.