Author's Note: In this chapter, my FemShepacts pretty OOC. I think after everything that's happened, she deserves to be able to go off the rails at least once. I've tried not to be too gratuitous with it and for there to be a reason behind why she's acting so strange. Hopefully the odd behaviour won't detract away from the story.

Ok, I'll shut up now. Enjoy!

Whenever Commander Shepard had ever gone to see the object of her affections, EDI had always noticed a little ritual the Commander went through. She would always stop by the door for a moment, take a deep breath, as if preparing herself and then hit the button to announce her presence before she entered. It was a curious thing that EDI noticed about the Commander, but she only did it when she was going to see Major Alenko. It was also something that he often did in return, especially when he visited The Loft. As time had gone on, EDI found that the feeling she got when she watched such a thing could be quantified as 'cute'. Their affection for each other still made them a little nervous, as if they wanted everything to be perfect.

But not this time.

Shepard didn't hesitate. In fact she didn't even knock, catching Major Alenko quite by surprise while he sat in the lounge reading his reports, making sure they were ready to send.

'Hey.' He shot her a smile, after he'd lowered his eyebrow of surprise as he stood to face her. 'There you are.'

This sentence of a favourite of his or so EDI had noticed, he used it often when he flirted with her. It often brought a little smile to the Commander's lips as it was an ironic statement, she always enjoyed it. But no ghost of a smile crossed her face this time. An intense look burned in her eyes instead and her lips pulled into something more akin to the grin of a hungry predator.

He frowned that she hadn't returned his greeting and was stalking towards him instead. He took an involuntary step back as she closed the distance and opened his mouth to speak again.

'Shep...' He didn't make it past the first syllable of her name before she pounced on him, like a varren on a hapless pyjack.

EDI had watched the Commander and the Major kiss on a number of occasions. In fact, she suspected that it was one of their favourite intimate pastimes as they did it so often. From an almost chaste peak on the cheek to the full, passionate, open-mouthed kiss that usual lead to them shedding their uniforms and having sex, as well as all the variants in between. However, there was always a lot of love driving the action. But not this time. This time it was more an aural assault that a kiss.

EDI had read about sexual dominance during her relationship research. It was something that thrilled many people to be a part of, be it the dominant partner or that of the submissive. It was a very popular game for couples to play too, although many fell into such roles naturally, but in much more sedate terms. Engineer Donnelly was dominant over Engineer Daniels, with Daniels enjoying doing what was asked of her and being rewarded in turn. She'd tried to reverse their roles a few times, but she was such a laid back and easy going soul, she would dissolve into giggles and lose her lead. Commander Shepard and Major Alenko were a little more balanced. They playfully fought for dominance with each other; they would roll and switch their positions on a regular basis...though the Commander came out on top slightly more often than the Major. However, here and now...Commander Freya Shepard was using everything in her biological arsenal to dominate Major Alenko and bend him to her will. And she almost succeeded.

He had tried to speak and she had silenced him with her mouth, one hand around his neck, pulling his face to hers so that he couldn't pull back. Her other hand found his and purposefully pulled it to her chest, pressing his palm against her breast, putting pressure on his knuckles in an effort to make him gently squeeze the soft, yielding flesh beneath the fabric of her uniform.

He tried to fight back, but she was ready for her. A faint blue glow emanated from her and she hit him with a quick burst of biotic power. It caught him by surprise, EDI too...the Commander never used her biotic powers in such a way, neither of them had. As trained as they both were, heightened emotions affected biotics and in the heat of the moment, one slip could see someone get hurt. But it seemed the Commander had planned this turn of events as Major Alenko stumbled backwards, catching the back of his knees on the seat and falling down onto it. Shepard was following him as he fell, not letting up the pressure of need to have him.

He opened his mouth to speak again, but unlike the first time, he never managed to say a word. Shepard as already sat astride his lap, her lips once more upon his, one hand buried in his hair, gripping it a little, not enough to cause any pain but enough to hold him. Her other hand disappeared between their bodies and began fumbling. EDI suspected she was working on the belt around the Major's waist and the flies of his trousers.

Feeling her hand slid passed his waistband seemed to galvanise Major Alenko. EDI watched him finally pull himself together and fight back against her. She saw him shift beneath the Commander, though why he didn't unseat her straight away she couldn't understand; after all he was bigger and stronger than she was. But his twisting dislodged her for a moment.

'Fre...' Again he was cut off, but EDI noticed him trying to use her given name again. He did it again, but she twisted with him this time, much to the Major's annoyance. He had to stop this, and now. Deftly, he pushed his head forward, towards her to deepen the kiss and managed to catch her bottom lip and bite it, causing her to finally pull back with a growl. At that, Major Alenko pressed his advantage from Shepard's momentary distraction.

'Freya, stop!' there was steel in his voice and eyes this time, gripping her wrists and pulling them free of his body and pushing her away from him...or as away as she could be while she sat in his lap.

His dark eyes studied her for a moment, as of trying to work out a rather complex puzzle.

'I know what you're trying to do' he said in his soft voice, though his grip upon her arms didn't release. 'But I won't take advantage of you. Not when you're hurting.'

Silence stretched between the Commander and the Major, but not the comfortable ones that EDI had often witnessed between them, and not always after they had been intimate. And both EDI and Major Alenko watched the rising fury start to bubble in the Shepard's green eyes.

She wrenched her wrists, trying to pull them free with a snarl, the Major releasing his grip when he felt the muscles beneath her skin flex and tighten in anticipation for the force she was about to exert. The Commander's lip curled in a snarl and she spat her next words at Major Alenko as if they were poisonous.

'Well thanks for nothing Major!'

EDI was more than a little shocked by the words and the tone they were delivered in. Although Commander Shepard often playfully referred to him by his rank to his face, in her usually flirty manner as part of a game that often lead to at least an embrace, this wasn't one of those times. This was rank used in its most stiffly formal and woundingly bitter way. Yes, he outranked her, but Shepard never seemed to care about that. She valued him and his abilities and he deferred to her on matters related to the mission as it was HER mission...he was just along for the ride. But to see her use his rank as a weapon, it made EDI worry even more than her outburst in the cockpit.

She removed herself from his lap with something akin to a growl of disgust and smartly turned on her heel and marched for the door.

'You're welcome Commander.' he said quietly once she had gone, his voice heavy with sadness and regret.

Major Kaidan Alenko let out a breath that he didn't realise he'd been holding in the minute or so since the Observation Lounge door slide shut behind an extremely pissed off Commander Shepard. EDI watched his heart rate start to fall as the air settled after a tense encounter. The Major had been a picture of calm and composure in the outside, but EDI's observation had shown a completely different story of the encounter. Major Alenko had been somewhat terrified by the force in which the Commander had advanced upon him. Shepard was a force to be reckoned with at the best of times but when she was angry...

EDI watched as the Major took another breath to steel himself and his hands reached down to refasten his trousers and belt, the Commander had made quick work of both in her assault upon him. He looked down.

'Shit!' he groaned at what he saw.

The ghost of a smirk passed the lips of EDI's physical platform. Even though this wasn't the time or the place, what she observed was just too intriguing and amusing to stop her systems enjoying it. Once more EDI pondered on what had been said between herself and Shepard about the nature of organic life...and here was another shining example that biological desire would always be very much a part of their purpose.

Major Kaidan Alenko may have refused and rebuffed the heated sexual advances of the woman that he loved, claiming he would not take her when she was vulnerable...a noble sentiment, however, his body have definitely become aroused by the possibility of an encounter between them. And now he had to deal with it.

EDI watched, wondering what he would do. Her observations of the Major was that he was a careful and collected soul, and his discipline seemed second to none aboard the Normandy, the mark of his biotic talents and upbringing, no doubt. And in ways of physical intimacy, EDI found him no different. He seemed to worship the Commander's body and often neglecting his own physical needs, until Shepard would remind him with a timely stroke, a heated whisper and a suggestive thrust of her hips. His focus was her and it was she who caused his arousal and satisfied it too. But here he was, aroused and very much alone. What would he do?

To her disappointment, he finished the task that had brought the bulge in the front of his pants into focus, shifted himself but still seemed to appear uncomfortable and reached for one of the datapads he'd been using before being interrupted. She saw him search its content and pulled up the user manual for his omni-tool and began to read, muttering to himself that he hoped the idea worked. He was a brave man, EDI had to give him that...however, he hadn't calmed the Commander like she hoped he would. And in fact, this encounter made EDI even more worried about Shepard. She had almost sexual attacked the man she loved and stormed off even more agitated than to begin with. This had to stop.

EDI watched the Commander ascend in the life to The Loft, finally seeking solitude. Perhaps she could talk to Shepard there, away from the eyes and ears of the crew. Perhaps she could help? She had to try.