Reyes pulled Ryder into her room, making sure the door was locked behind her. He turns, grabbing her waist and pushing her against the wall as their lips clash. Ryder wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him as close as she could.

His tongue ran over her lips, pushing for deeper access. Ryder obliges, letting him deepen the kiss as his tongue works wonders. Reyes really was good with his mouth, she thought to herself.

They both started to awkwardly shuffle towards the bed, Ryder ended up tripping down the step and had to hold Reyes's jacket to stop her from falling. "Shit," she mutters as he wraps his arms around her waist to pull her back up.

"I've got you," he whispers, going back to kissing her jaw and neck. Ryder moans, letting her fingers run through his perfectly shaped hair. He got back to moving towards the bed, once he felt her stop with her legs against the frame, he pushed her onto it.

"Easy, tiger," she jokes as he takes his jacket off and climbs on top of her. Reyes smirks, kissing her neck and starts to roll her top up. Ryder fumbles with his belt, undoing it and the buttons to his jeans.

"You're more eager than me," he points out. Ryder just grumbles, biting his lip lightly. He placed a hand on her cheek, rubbing his thumb over her cheekbone. They both almost freeze as they stare at each other. "You're beautiful, Ryder," he mutters.

"You're so soppy," she jokes. Reyes smirks, nodding to that statement. He pulls her up to get her shirt off, then professionally unhooks her bra. With her clothes thrown off the bed, he almost growls at the sight of her hard nipples before taking one between his lips. Ryder throws her head back as she moans loudly.

Reyes uses his free hand to massage the other he wasn't giving full attention to. He bit down lightly, and then pulled without causing too much discomfort. Ryder put her hands under his top, digging her nails into his back. Reyes had to bite back a deep moan as it almost drew blood, he loved it, however.

"Are you going to punish me?" Ryder asks as Reyes pulls away. He gets off the bed, taking the rest of his clothes off, keeping a steady look at her.

"No, you need spoiling right now. I shall worship your body," he huskily replies. Ryder physically shivers, she watches him strip down to just his boxers. His dick was hard underneath, she licked her lips staring at it.

Reyes grabs her hips, sliding her down the bed as she squeals in laughter. He pulls her shoes off before aggressively pulling her trousers down. Ryder lifted her hips to help, looking at him breathlessly. He then almost crawls over her, pulling on her thigh to rest over his shoulder.

"Ryder, you're so wet," he comments, staring at the patch of wetness through her pants. She can only moan in reply, he carefully pulls her pants to the side, using his index finger to massage her labia.

"Reyes," she moans, bucking her hips at him. Reyes holds her hip down and then starts to massage her swollen clit. He added his tongue right after, which Ryder lost all control of herself. He had to hold her down as she bucked and moaned under him.

"Easy, Ryder," he groans. He pushes a finger inside her, using his thumb to circle her clit. He starts slowly, feeling her wet walls engulf his burning off fingers. "You're so wet," he growls.

"I-" Ryder can barely speak, she clamps her leg down on Reyes, almost making him go headfirst into her pelvis as her orgasm took her. "Reyes!" she cries, her thighs shook and her hips rolled against his fingers.

Reyes pulls his hand out, feeling her wetness across his fingers. He uses it as a lube over his dick as he pulls himself higher, pulling Ryder's hands from her covered face and his dick easily slots inside her. Ryder wraps her legs around his ass, pulling him down further.

"Slow down, Ryder. You're too tight," he whispers. Ryder couldn't, she was moving under him. She needed him so much that it was almost painful. Reyes smirks at her, kissing her tentatively as he slowly rocked his hips. He kisses down her jaw and neck, feeling her blazing hot skin under his lips.

Ryder wraps her body around him, he slowly picks the pace up. Holding her firmly down with his hands on her hips. The room filled with skin slapping, sweat and moans. Ryder didn't know how much longer she'd last, it was killing her trying to hold back her release. She loved doing it the same as Reyes.

He then pulls out, she pouts and grunts at him. "Turn over," he sternly says. Ryder does as he says, turning over with her ass in the air. Reyes grabs her hips and pulls her to the edge of the bed as he stands up. He lines himself back up and pushes in with a grunt. Ryder almost falls into the mattress.

Reyes teased her, pulling completely out and then back in again. He spanked and grabbed her ass as she bounced along with his thrusts. "So beautiful," he mumbles. Ryder grabs the duvet tightly, pushing her body back lower so her ass was lined with his stomach.

Reyes started fucking her at a high rate, his movements were sloppy, but he didn't care. He was close and was struggling to keep standing up as it was. Ryder hummed as her orgasm hit in her surprise, she kicked her feet off the bed, catching Reyes in the thigh. "Careful," he grumbles as he doesn't slow his speed down.

He feels his body close in on him as his dick fills her, he murmurs words in his native tongue as he falls over her back, twitching slightly as he feels his cum drip over them both. "Shit," Ryder mumbles, she looks over her shoulder. Reyes finally stood up, pulling himself out of her as he crumpled on the bed next to her. Reyes laid still with his forearm over his eyes, Ryder gave him a minute as she grabbed some towels from her drawers and wiped herself than him down.

She wiped careful over his unhardened dick, which he twitched at. "Are you ticklish?" she asks. Rees only shakes his head, but she pokes her nail near his hip bone, and his whole body lurches sideways. "Yes, you are," she says with a devious smile as she grabs his hips and starts tickling.

Reyes almost falls from the bed as she squirms away from her. He almost snorted in laughter. "Ryder, stop," he shouts in laughter. She laughs at him but finally stops. Reyes ended up half off the bed, he rolled completely off. Grabbing his shirt and boxers. Ryder puts just a long top on.

"Earlier," she says sitting on the end of the bed as she watches him smooth his hair out. "You said you had something to ask me? What was it?"

Reyes turns around, putting the last strand of his black hair neatly into place. He grabs Ryder's brush and pulls her to the floor so he could sit on the end of the bed with her between his open legs. "Sloan is holding a get together for the locals. I was able to snag an invite, wanna join me?"

Ryder drops her head back as he starts to carefully brush her long, wild locks. The brush got stuck a few times, but he made sure he does not pull too hard. Ryder hadn't had this type of attention in a long time. "Sloan doesn't seem like the party type," she comments.

Reyes chuckles, "she sees it as a necessary evil to keep the people happy."

"Mr Vidal," she says, turning her head to look over her shoulder. "Are you asking me on a date?"

"I promise to be the perfect gentleman," he huskily says. Ryder bobs her head.

"Sure, and I'm truly a Salarian," she jokes.

"You're a sexy Salarian," he quickly adds. Ryder laughs, but nods.

"Sure, I never say no to free drinks. Is that why you have to be back in three days?" Reyes finishes brushing her hair, passing Ryder her hair band so she can tie it back.

"Yes, I know we are leaving my ship, but I can get one of my men to come to grab it. We can head straight to Kadara after sorting your business." Ryder stands up, turning around to place her hands on his shoulders.

"When will you tell me what it is you really do?" she asks with a small voice. Reyes goes stiff, standing up and moving past her.

"You would not agree or accept me for who I truly am." He wanted more than anything to tell her, but he was scared she'd hate him and leave. Lying seemed easier.

"You don't know that," she argues. Reyes turns around, placing both his hands on her cheeks.

"Just give me time, please, Ryder?" She closes her eyes, but smiles and nods. Reyes kisses her forehead in thanks. "Come, let me see what your Krogan has hidden away in that kitchen, I'm starving," he says as they get ready and head out.

Four hours later and Liam's mission now done, Reyes stood in the helm, leaving against the comms terminal as Ryder and Liam are debriefed by Bradley, the Eos outpost mayor. He knew the mission had gone sour, Ryder spoke to him throughout it, but seeing how tense she stood was enough for him to know she was pissed off with Liam.

"Don't let Verand go too far," Ryder says to Bradley on the vid call. The room fell silent. Liam looks at Ryder in shock. Verand was his Angaran friend who they rescued. Though his intentions as well, Liam leaked Nexus files to her and she got kidnapped for them. The Roekaar were behind it all and had stolen a Kett cruiser that Liam got them all stranded on. Without Bradley and the science team's help. They'd never gotten off alive.

"I don't think we have the authority for that, Pathfinder," Bradley says with a level tone. Ryder shakes her head, not caring.

"Just call it an invitation. At least till Nexus upgrade their protocol," she snarkily says looking at Liam with hooded eyes. Reyes watches them both glare at each other before Bradley breaks the silence.

"Understood." Ryder ends the call and storms off. Reyes waits for Liam to storm off after her, then follows them both. Ryder heads up the ramp to the crew table, looking out at the same cruiser they were just on as it floated lifelessly in space. Reyes leaned against the railing, letting them both have some space.

"What the hell was that Ryder?!" Liam shouts.

"Not now, Laim," Ryder practically growls at him.

"Verand didn't do anything wrong. Don't punish her," he says with a pointed finger. Reyes took all his might to keep standing where he was. Liam was trying to tower Ryder and make her change her mind.

"We got this fucking close," she shouts using her fingers to show a small gap. "To losing everyone. You got lucky," she yells pointing at the front of the ship. "I can't rely on that!"

"This was never about luck. It's about us all coming together. We fight and fight, but for what?" He then catches Reyes staring at points at him. "What is the point of fighting for happiness you might not be able to have?" he asks her.

Sara snaps, and she pushes him back. "I am the fucking Pathfinder, first Cora now you. The only people that aren't questioning me are the damn non-human crew. You keep fucking up, I told you not to poke your nose where it wasn't welcome. This is your fucking mess, don't drag me and Reyes down for that. You sort it and tell Tann why our files ended up in enemy hands."

Liam just glares at her, scoffing and walking off. Reyes walks over, Liam's shoulder checking him as he storms off. "Ryder?" he whispers. She turns around, tears falling down her cheeks. "Don't cry, everyone is on edge," he soothes as he holds her.

"Pathfinder!" Kallo calls through the comms. Sara sighs, pulling away from him.

"What Kallo?" she snaps.

"The Hyperion has contacted us, your brother is awake," he says with joy. Ryder looks at Reyes, he smiles at her.

"Get us to the Nexus, now!" They both feel the ship lurch as Kallo does just that. "Care to meet my brother?"

"Sure, I can't wait to meet another Ryder," he drawls. Ryder slaps his stomach. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just tired and stressed." Reyes pulls her along. "Where are we going this time?"

"I'm going to help you shower and then we will get some rest. It's going to take about twelve hours to get to the Nexus." Ryder smiles, she loved Reyes taking care of her, but at the same time her mind wandered to their previous conversation. Who was Reyes? Why did he need to hide the truth from her?