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Chapter 13

Normandy, three years ago.

"Mmmmm." Shepard felt his finger making patterns up and down her back, a light touch over the thin sheet that covered her.

He stopped, and Shepard gave a yearning sigh. 'Don't stop'.

His hand came back, brushing from the back of her knee, slowly caressing its way up her inner thigh, through the valley of her buttocks, circling each cheek at its most sensible spot, and then sliding up the path of her spine.

'Kaidan...' Shepard's voice was a moan.

'Do you like that?' His raspy bedroom voice was deep and curious.

'Yessss...' Her voice was breathless.

He went back down now. Zigzagging from shoulder blade to shoulder blade, down her waist, on her spine at that small point that always made her breath hitch, spanning his hand over one cheek and then the other one, lightly caressing, leaving her wanting just a bit more pressure.

Shepard arched her back, raising her hips up to meet Kaidan's sensuous caress. He lifted his hand, denying her the contact, and slid down between her cheeks again. Her hips still up, his fingers brushed the very bottom of her covered lips. He sat down on the bed and with both his hands, grabbed the top of each thigh, his thumbs making a valley on the sheet, pushing it deeper, revealing the outline of her sex.

The room was dimly lit. Only the side desk lamp was on, but its light was too low to make anything too visible, just enough for Kaidan to see a small dark patch on the sheet where it touched her sex.

Shepard had her eyes closed. She was offering her body to him to do as he pleased, she was surrendering it to him, and he couldn't be handling this responsibility any better.

He peeled the sheet from her, the back of his fingers caressing her now bare skin. Once exposed to him, he straddled her calves and admired her form. Her ass was lifted from the bed, her hands were anchoring her chest and head on the mattress, her head was to the side, he could see that her eyes were still closed.

He hooked his index fingers on each side of her panties and slid them off her hips, taking pleasure to see them yielding to his desire to see her bare. Lying on his side next to her, he watched her features. Her closed eyes didn't take away from the expression of anticipation on her face.

His hand glided down, finding her core, and he languidly caressed her, brushing the top of her butt and down the valley between her thighs. Never too much, never too obvious.

'Kaidan, what are your intentions?'

He stopped, and her unamused groan made him chuckle. 'What?' he asked with an innocent voice.

'Turn around for me? Please?' His eyes were burning for her.

Shepard turned around, finally presenting her lips in full view. Kaidan leaned into her and sealed his lips on hers. His kiss was soft and adoring. He kissed her as if out of sheer pleasure, time would stop for him, and all that existed were his lips brushing hers, his tongue penetrating her and fanning her fire.

Shepard didn't waste time and ran her hands all over him, feeling every part of his body, revelling in his powerful muscles, his soft warm skin. His skin had the faint scent of fresh wood and musk from his soap. She wanted to devour all of him. His kiss continued, his chest now rubbing hers as his hand found its haven under her panties, between her legs. Kaidan's fingers were caressing, pressing, rubbing, teasing.

Shepard broke the kiss and took one large breath. 'Kaidan, are you trying to drive me mad?'

'No, Joan, I'm trying to make this unforgettable.' His nose was touching hers, his eyes had hers locked in, and at that moment their connection was absolute and all consuming.

'By turning me... aaahhhh'

He penetrated her with his fingers. One, then two, his lips were on hers again, and his possession was like wild fire. He worked her, in and out, rubbing that special spot inside her, enhancing the feeling with the heel of his palm rubbing her clit. He didn't stop, and Shepard surrendered to him, legs open, holding on to his back, and face on his neck as if she would fly out of the bed if he didn't ground her to it.

Kaidan couldn't see, but felt through his whole body that his loved one was being taken by desire. He felt proud that he was the one giving her that, he was humbled to be allowed to do so, and he was grateful that she chose him. He felt her breathing get more and more shallow. She bit him softly on his shoulder, she always did that. Small places in her body started to lock, and it came. She crested and broke, wave after wave of pure pleasure. His fingers felt first-hand her sex contract around them.

He stopped caressing her. She let him go and slowly came back to her previous position in bed. His hand was still there, slowly retreating, letting her down little by little. Hand finally out, he climbed on top of her, bracing the brunt of his weight on his arms but fitting his body fully on top of hers, his lips on hers, his underwear encased cock flushed with her sex, its tip was probing her entrance through the fabric and soaking in her wetness.

'What brought this on?'Shepard had a satisfied tone in her voice, her hands were caressing his soft glossy hair.

'I was watching you sleep...' He started kissing her neck, making full use of his stubble.

'I love when you do this...' She squirmed under him, accommodating his form on top of hers.

'What? This?' – He continued kissing her. – 'Or this?' He pushed his hips intently on her and his arousal almost entered her, underwear be damned. The rumble of his low sexy laugh reverberated through her whole body.

'You are playing with fire, Kaidan.' Shepard took action and reached down and started tugging his underwear, eager to get his cock free. That provoked even more chuckles from him. He knew she needed to do more, and she bucked him off of her and he fell by her side.

Kaidan was laughing with his whole heart now. Shepard sat up sideways towards him with a smile on her face. She looked at the man in front of her, and she couldn't not appreciate how much she loved all of him.

'Do I amuse you, Lieutenant?' – She raised an eyebrow.

'You make me happy, Commander.' – He hooked his thumb in her underwear at her knees and looked at her, face full of mirth.

Shepard looked pointedly at his hand on her underwear. 'And what are you going to do about this?'

'Well, we have 36 hours until we reach our next destination, and as far as I know, we don't have much to do until we get there...' – he tugged her underwear away. – 'But we can get pretty busy in the mean time.' – He deposited the fine piece of fabric on the bedside table.

Shepard took time appreciating the man displayed in front of her. He was beautiful with honey eyes and sinful lips. His skin was delicious, soft and warm, as if the warmth of a day out in the sun had never left him. She loved biting him. His hand was making its way up her leg, drawing lazy circles on her skin.

'Alenko, you are too much of a tease, do you know that?'

'Me? I have no idea what are you talking about.' He squeezed the top of her thigh.

Shepard lowered her mouth to his nipple, slowly licking and biting. His hand responded with more and more pressure up her thigh, his fingers brushing her navel. She trailed a path of kisses down his abdomen, biting him, sometimes softly and sometimes hard, causing him to yelp and take action with her body. His hand was now caressing her sex again, coaxing her legs to open for him to give him better access to her core.

While he languidly caressed her heat, she reached his covered manhood. She gave him a wicked smile, sealed her lips on top of his cock and blew hot air on him. His rewarding moan was so satisfying. She firmly but lightly bit him, lengthwise, letting her hot breath soak through the fabric.

She lowered the front of his underwear and took hold of his manhood. It was thick and velvety smooth, the perfect length. She rubbed her lips to his tip and french kissed it. The wave of pleasure that hit him was so intense, he stopped petting her and his body arched up, making a few centimetres of his cock penetrate her lips. She held it there, sucking, tongue swirling around it inside her mouth. Looking at him, his eyes were glazed with pleasure. Now it was her turn to chuckle.

That ignited him, and he pushed back and pounced over her. Her squeal was so funny. Laughing, they were now upside down on the bed and he made his way between her legs. Shepard made quick work of his underwear and pushed it down with her toes. The joy in their laughs added to the moment. He caressed her with his whole body, face on her neck, kissing and coaxing chuckles and sighs from her, his chest on hers, and his sex gliding between her lips, soaking in her wetness.

He raised his head, serious now, and looked at her. - 'I love you, Joan.' – This was the first time he ever told her that. He didn't wait for an answer; he simply kissed her, deeply. Her hands were on his back, caressing him. Her legs were tangled with his. Slowly, he pushed himself inside her. In and out, he made his way inside her, and it simply felt right.

Shepard was overwhelmed with his tenderness as he entered her. Her heart flooded with love for him, and to hear those words from him made her feel complete. In a crescendo of movements, their passion ignited. He was pumping inside her, driving her into a new orgasm while his was almost getting there.

Looking up at him, she felt she was home, right and complete. Her orgasm hit her fully, contracting her whole body and locking him inside her. Kaidan toppled over with her and poured inside her.

Breathing heavily, Shepard placed her hands on each side of his face. All of her welcomed him and in that moment, he branded inside her. 'I love you, Kaidan.' He slid out and rolled off of her. Breathless, he looked at the ceiling.

'You know, you are really something, Joan.'

'Really?' She turned on her side towards him.

'Yeah, on the outside you are Commander Shepard, SPECTRE. But here, you are Joan, and I can really see how much you care. You don't do things because it is your duty, you do it because you care, and you are fighting with all you've got to get things done. You love all life in the galaxy, don't you?'

'I'm not too fond of batarians...'

He turned to her. 'You know what I mean, Joan. You feel and you give and manoeuvre and you punish, and I'm just lucky enough to have these moments with you alone, where I can witness how much you feel.'

'Kaidan, I'm not going to do this with the rest of the trillion people in the galaxy.'

'Haha, I know. I guess you love me just a little bit more, and this makes me the luckiest man alive.'

'Kaidan... Don't do that.'

'What?'

'There is nothing special about me. I'm just a soldier.' Shepard had a guarded cast on her face.

'I know, and a damn good one.'

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