Shepard Stories II – Chapter 27: Broken Promise

Main Characters: Shepard, Liara and their daughter Anna

Armali, Thessia – T'Soni- Shepard Estate - February 2216 CE

Liara was sitting in the dark in the living room, waiting for her eldest daughter to come home. She began to nod off in her chair when she heard the two varren lying at her feet get up and huff then head down the hallway. She quietly rose from her chair and walked toward the foyer as she walked closer, she could hear her daughter shushing the varren. Liara stood in the dark leaning against the wall with her arms crossed when she heard her daughter say "Crim, Gimp be quiet before you wake—"

"Mom?" Liara said as she walked closer. "I've been awake, Anna. Awake wondering why my eldest daughter didn't come home by the cut off time I requested." She pointed to the ground, "Come here…"

Anna walked over to her and waited to be reprimanded.

"It's 0225 Anna, Where the hell have you been?" she fumed

"Mom, there was a game, and we went out to a party afterward."

"Uh-huh, you mean the same game and party Nezzie and Mili went to. Who, by the way, have been home for almost two hours now."

Anna rolled her shoulder "There was an after… after party..."

"You think I'm stupid, Anna? You ditch your sister, your cousin, and my commando. You turn off your omni tool and come home two hours later than your sister and cousin. You honestly think I don't know what you did?"

"Mom…"

Liara leaned into her daughter and smelled her "I can smell it on you, and you've been drinking."

Anna tugged at her shirt and looked around, unable to look at her mom. "Ummm… I ummm."

Liara pointed to her daughter's body as she spoke, "You have on some sexy designer jeans and a flaunting top. Nice subtle facial markings….a cute little boyfriend. Who you're now having sex with. You're just all grown up now, aren't you? Hmmm?"

Anna wrung her hands together, "I… ummm.."

"Thirty… is the ideal minimum age for asari standards. Fifty to sixty is preferred by the Matriarchs with twenty-five being the absolute lowest. Anna, you're only twenty-two you haven't even hit maturity yet. You're a baby in the eyes of asari.

"I'm not a—"

"Yes, you are! So, tell me, was it everything the extranet said it would be?"

She twiddled her thumbs, "Well… ummm… "

"Actually, I don't care to know." Liara pointed to her own head "Don't think for one second that I will keep this from your father."

Anna's eyes widened as she grabbed her mom's hand, "Wait… please don't tell dad."

Liara pulled away from her, "Anna, I don't keep anything from your father, and I will not start now."

"Mom… dad will go berserk. Please… don't tell him." She said as her eyes began to fill with tears.

Liara pinched her eyebrow markings at her daughter's reaction. "The only reason he isn't flipping out now is because he's out on a Spectre job. The moment I try to hide it from him, he'll know and ask about it. He knows you all went out to a party. The moment he gets home he's going to ask about it. The instant that I hesitate to tell him, he'll know. We don't have to do a meld for him to sense something is wrong, Anna. He knows me too well. Anna, there's no way around this, and I will not keep this from him. You should have thought about this beforehand."

Tears trickled down her face "Mom… please…I'm begging you…"

Liara looked at her becoming extremely upset "Are you afraid your father will do something to him or that he will become upset with you?"

"Both…"

"Well, I suggest you prepare yourself for when your father finds out. I hope it was worth it."

Anna stood there and waited for her to say more, but her mother just walked past her and said, "Goodnight" Liara walked toward her room then turned "Oh and Anna. Don't think this won't go unpunished."

Anna closed her eyes briefly, took a deep breath, wiped her tears then walked upstairs.

—-/

Benezia saw lights hit her window. She looked at the time 0224 then peeked out the window and saw her sister get out of a skycar then hurried to the front door.

Message to Mil: She finally made it home, but that's not our car she came home in.

Message from Mil: Holy shit! Get ready for fireworks.

Benezia opened her door and crept down the hallway. She looked down the hall and saw Milizkia coming out of her room. They both listened hard at Liara talking to Anna.

Milizkia whispered, "Why is she pleading for her not to tell your dad?"

Benezia shrugged "I'm not sure…"

They heard Liara say Goodnight. They both made a face then quickly and quietly went back to their rooms. Benezia heard her sister walk past her door. She opened her door abruptly and then said, "How was it?"

Anna jumped and grabbed her chest then quietly said, "Shit!" she let out a breath then looked down the hall when she saw her sister's eyes dart over. She saw Milizkia standing down the hallway. Anna rolled her eyes then waved them both on as she walked to her room. They all walked into Anna's room, and she closed the door. Anna sat on her bed and laid back as the other two sat on each side of her. "Ugh…"

Benezia looked at Milizkia as Milizkia looked at her then they both looked at Anna as they waited patiently for her to say something. Benezia tapped on her own leg then said: "Will you just spill it…"

"I don't know what to say… I didn't even know what to say to mom." Anna raked her hands down her face "Uggh… I don't even know what I'm going to tell dad when he finds out."

"Why are you so worried about dad?"

Benezia's face dropped when she saw her sister curl up in a ball and cry. She looked at Milizkia who was also taken back by her crying. "Anna… what happened?" said Benezia. When her sister didn't answer, she pinched her eyebrow markings as she grew angry. "Did...did he do something you didn't want to do?" She said as her aura blazed around her.

"No…no…calm down, it's nothing like that. It's just…Dad is going to be so disappointed in me."

Benezia's aura diminished then said, "Because you had sex? I mean, that's what this is about, right? This has nothing to do with disobeying mom and coming home late, right? Not to mention you ditched us!"

"Correct... and I'm sorry."

"Anna, we're his girls, of course, he'll be upset it's just what they do, sister. We could be a hundred and fifty and have sex for the first time, and he'd still be upset. Oh, and fuck you for leaving us!"

"I'm sorry I left you, ok. Shit!" She took a deep breath "It's not just the sex Bee. I broke a promise we made. I promised him I would wait until I was at least twenty-three or older."

Benezia closed her eyes briefly as she sighed, "Anna, you didn't… please tell me you didn't pinky swear."

Anna cried, "I did."

Benezia shook her head, "And with dad of all people."

Anna scrunched her face as she replied "I know…"

Milizkia looked at them both with an arched brow marking "I'm assuming this is really bad."

"Yes, a pinky swear is the ultimate promise. One that you're not supposed to break, ever. We've always been really close to my dad while the other two are with my mom. We just never keep anything from each other, and we don't break promises to each other, ever. Well... promises that actually mean something worth keeping. Like this one."

Milizkia made a face "Sounds like you fucked up big time and over a boy. A boy that will come and go."

"I know!" exclaimed Anna

"Well, was it worth it?" asked Mili

"No…"

Benezia and Milizkia laughed, "Seriously, Anna? Please tell me you're joking!"

Anna wiped her eyes, "I'm not." She looked at both of them and said, "I'll tell you this. Whatever mom and dad do, it sure as hell wasn't what happened tonight."

Benezia arched a brow marking "So, what happened? You were gone for two hours. I thought… you know, he was fucking your brains out or something…"

Anna gave a quick laugh, "Yea no… far from. We did go to another party, and there was alcohol. Ummm anyway… on to what happened. He had no idea what he was doing, and neither did I…." she paused then looked around as she chewed on her thumbnail "Ummm I didn't have a release."

Benezia and Milizkia's eyes widened "Are you ok? Mom said that it could be very painful."

Anna furrowed her brow markings "Yea… I mean… like it never got to that point."

Benezia and Milizkia looked at each other confused, "How do you mean?"

Anna twiddled her thumbs "Ughh…. This is so embarrassing. I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh, come on Anna…. Was it a total flop? Did he yea know…." Benezia said as she motioned her hand forward and back.

"Like I said, it was absolutely nothing what I thought it was going to be and yes, he did. That was ummm different." She wrung her hands together "He just fumbled around. Mike honestly didn't know what he was doing or where to really touch. He saw my tits, and he fondled them and stuff. Then… ya know he touched around ya know… down there." She squinted her eyes before she began to say, "The whole time… in my mind, I was like, what the fuck are you doing? Like, what the fuck… are you doing?"

The girls both laughed. Milizkia said, "Sooo he like… you know… went down there?"

Anna rubbed her neck "Well, yea but that was just terrible too. It was so bad you guys." She moved her hands around "It was like… he was just like…let's do this… no.. ok ummm… this…no ok that? And in my mind, I was like NOPE…try again."

The girls snickered.

Anna let out a breath, "I mean… I was ya know turned on, but I just couldn't get into it. I was nervous too… like my heart was going to beat out of my fucking chest, but his fumbling was just a turn-off."

The girls laughed then Benezia said, "Sooo does it even count as sex?"

Anna sat up, "Yes… because he put it in there and stop laughing at me!"

Milizkia smiled as she laughed gently, then said, "Sorry... Anna. Well, how was that?"

"Different….Like the first insert was like Oh my god and sort of painful at first… and umm it didn't last very long." She said as she curled her lip

Benezia scrunched her face "Wow, it ummm sounds very uneventful."

"Yea and something was going on down there. Ummm when he ya know…it hurt but umm he umm kind of did his thing, and then he finished." She tapped her thumbs together "Like….when they finish they ummm leave stuff behind in there and he like convulsed really badly. Then he was done, and I was like what the fuck?"

Benezia and Milizkia scrunched their face "What do you mean?"

Milizkia eyes lit up "Anna… you let him cum inside you?"

Anna nodded as she rubbed her thigh "Is this bad?"

Benezia looked at Milizkia then at her sister as she rubbed her neck "I don't know. Mom said to use protection to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. When you use protection, they can't cum inside you."

Anna covered her face then frantically said, "Oh my god! So what now? What's going to happen? Am I going to get a disease?"

"I don't know Anna. Maybe… you should talk to mom about it."

"Ugh, I can't talk to mom…"

Benezia sighed "Well, you certainly can't talk to dad about this… You already screwed that up."

Anna grabbed her pillow and covered her face with it, then yelled into it. "Fuuuuuuuuuck!"

Milizkia and Benezia looked at each other and shook their heads, then Benezia said. "I bet mom is still up. I'd message her and talk to her. What if you have to go to the doctor?"

Anna sat up, "Are you for real?"

Benezia shrugged "I don't know. Mom said something about inflamed vaginal orifices."

"What?! You're just fucking with me now!"

Milizkia shook her head "No, she isn't. Your mom really said that. One of the STDs or something."

"Oh, my gawd… you know what I need to shower. Get out…get out!"

Benezia and Milizkia got up and backed away "Yea, that's probably a good idea." Benezia looked at Milizkia then at her hands and rubbed them on her shorts as she said, "Maybe we should wash our hands." Benezia scrunched her face as she looked down at her hands "Yea… Mil we should definitely wash our hands."

—/

Liara was just drifting off to sleep when she heard her omni tool buzz. She furrowed her brow markings at the thought of someone messaging her so early then smiled at the thought that it had to be her bondmate. She scooted closer to the nightstand and grabbed her omni tool. She furrowed her brow markings when she saw who it was from.

Message from Anna: Are you still awake?

Message to Anna: Yes, what do you need?

Message from Anna: Can you come up here? I need to talk to you.

Liara quickly got out of bed, grabbed her robe, and hurried upstairs. She knocked on her door then just entered and saw that she was freshly showered "What happened?" She shut the door and hurried over to her "Goddess, please... please tell me he didn't force himself on you!" She said as she paced in front of her.

"No… he didn't!"

Liara let out a breath, "Thank the goddess."

Anna smirked "Are you for real? Mom, I'd kick his ass before he could even attempt that. Geez, Bee thought the same thing."

Liara laughed softly "That's true. So, what's the matter?"

"Well, I just told Bee and Mili the whole story, and they both said, "I needed to talk to you. So, that's why I called you up here."

Liara smiled "Oh, did they?

"Ok, soooo I honestly regret not having that mother-daughter talk."

"Yea? So, what happened?"

Anna looked at her mom then did a face plant into her pillow "Ugghhh I can't do this."

Liara smiled then rubbed her back. "Yes, you can. What happened? Just pretend I'm Nezzie."

Anna talked into the pillow "But you're not Bee…"

"Would it be better if you don't look at me?"

Anna sat up and groaned "No…" she took a breath "Ok, so long story short. The whole experience was terrible, ok. It was not what I thought it was going to be."

Liara arched her brow markings "Hmm… that bad, huh?"

"Yes, that bad. There was no… like I didn't get anything…"

Liara scrunched her face, "What do you mean? You didn't get anything."

Anna covered her face "Ugh… like nothing mom."

Liara cocked her head and squinted an eye "Huh? What do you mean like nothing? I don't…I don't understand."

Anna raked her hands down her face and rolled her eyes "Yes, nothing. No sexual meld and no physical release but he… ya know… stuck it in there."

Liara shook her head at what she just said, "Ok…I'm sorry. I'm… trying to wrap my head around this. Ummm… so he didn't do anything for you?"

"There was a lot of fumbling around, and it didn't seem like he really knew what he was doing. Ok. So umm like he tried, but it wasn't really doing it for me. I mean like I was ya, know…. umm turned on but not ya know fully aroused… I guess."

"Oh, ok. So, he didn't know how to touch you to get you really going."

"Yea…" Anna let out a breath and rubbed her thigh as she jiggled her foot.

Liara looked at her very nervous daughter. She sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her "It's ok."

Liara became worried when her daughter started to cry "It's not...it's not ok, mom!"

Liara held her tight "What's the matter? What happened?"

Anna turned into her mom and cried on her shoulder. Liara blinked rapidly "Anna, you're starting to scare me. What's wrong? You rarely ever cry."

Anna sobbed out, "I did all this. I didn't get anything out of it. He cummed inside me. To top it off, I broke a pinky promise to dad, and for what? Nothing! This is not ok!"

Liara rubbed her back "Oh, Anna, it's going to be ok. Your dad will be upset but—"

"It's a pinky promise mom. He's going to be more than upset."

Liara frowned slightly, "I've broken a pinky promise with him before."

Anna wiped her tears, "You have?"

"Yes, but I didn't really understand the meaning. You two are buds, I know that. He may be hurt by it, but he won't hate you. We make mistakes, Anna, and we forgive and move on. He will be upset, but he'll get over it. I promise you." Liara patted her daughter's leg then got up "You'll be fine, Anna. If symptoms arise, then come tell me, and we'll go to the medbay."

Anna pinched her brow markings at her brushing it off "So… that's it?"

She nodded, "Yes, that's it."

Anna rubbed the back of her neck "How come you make it sound so pleasurable?"

Liara laughed, "Mili said the same thing. Seriously, you two get away from my door."

"Well, we're curious. Did you have the same terrible experience I did?

"You honestly want to know?"

"Yes, I do."

Liara sat back down "No, your dad rocked my world." she said then laughed when she saw her daughter's face.

Anna scrunched her face, "Mom…"

Liara laughed, "Sorry, Ok so for real. My story. I didn't have sex until I was a hundred and six."

Anna's eyes widened "Whaaaaaaat? Why?"

"Yea… Well, because I was a recluse, and I liked being alone. My relationship with my mother was similar to Mili and hers. She was around but not really, and my dad was completely out of the picture. I learned the basics of being an asari but never really received the full-on gist of it. I knew about sex, and I got sensations over the decades. I fulfilled my own physical needs but never a sexual meld. I was really into my schoolwork and my archeological digs that it didn't come to mind as often as it should have. Then I became this damsel in distress, and your father rescued me. Let me tell you something… I wasn't really interested in sex until I saw your dad. I mean, I was, but I wasn't seeking it out if you know what I mean. Anyway… Goddess, just looking at him, made me melt. Like the sensations just rippled through my body when I saw him. I can say he captured my heart the day he saved me."

Anna snickered "Seriously? A true damsel in distress and Prince Charming love story?"

Liara smiled, then replied, "Yes, exactly. I would go workout at the gym just to watch him get all sweaty and workout with his no shirt wearing sexy self. He was so sexy, toned, and he had these muscles… mMmm…still does but he was just bam, you know? Lame but I enjoyed watching him workout and it was so worth it because the best part was when he did his chin-ups, and he would start grunting as he got into the higher digits. I would look at him and think Goddess be damned work that chin bar with your sexy self. Ooooh, and push-ups were wonderful too. Then I would fantasize about what he could to my body with that sexy body. Wooh!"

Anna made a face "Mom.."

"What? I did. Then he would strut over with his sweaty body with no shirt and run on the treadmill next to me. Oh, my gawd Anna he made my heart flutter, and just the smell of him drove me nuts. It was so hot, and my body was like ooooh I want some…please give me some of that. Then he would come visit me in my room every night just to talk. Goddess, I waited all day for those talks just so I could spend some time alone with him."

Anna smiled "Just like that, huh? Is that why you asked me?"

"Yes, just like that and yes. I'm just glad that I fell that hard for your dad and not someone that was a complete jerk or someone that would break my heart." She paused, "That's the difference, though. I've only ever wanted your… ummm, dad. I didn't have several partners before I found the one for me."

"I see. Well, what about the other part? Ya know the pleasurable part."

Liara giggled "Oh, Well I met your dad in his late twenties, he'd already had a few partners and learned the tricks of the trade before he met me. So, when I had him, he was experienced, and I was the fumbling beginner. So, my first sexual experience was off the charts, still is. My body wanted it so bad that it was screaming for it. I just lost my mother, I wanted comfort, and the only person I wanted it from was him. Late into the night, I went to his room, he was trying to comfort me, and he kept accidentally rubbing my erogenous zones." She smiled as she giggled at the old memory. "He was so embarrassed, but it was so cute. He was so close to me; he kept hitting my zones, my body already sparked, and I wanted him bad. My desire for him was so bad that my eyes were already changing. He was taken back by the change, and he asked me about it. I just stared into those crystal blue eyes then I kissed him."

Anna smiled "Were you nervous?"

Liara let out a breath "Goddess was I. My heart was beating so bad that I thought it was going to pop out of my chest. He just did everything right. From kissing to caressing my zones, to saying everything right and just everything else. I would have been ok with the zones it felt so good, and I haven't even taken my clothes off yet."

Anna's mouth dropped open, and Liara looked at her as she continued. "Yea… I know. I will never forget that night." Liara took a deep breath "It was so unbelievably good." She looked at her daughter slump her shoulders. "Sorry, but it was, and when they do it correctly, it feels so damn good."

Anna pinched her brow markings as she said "How do you mean? Like what are these erogenous zones?"

Liara furrowed her forehead, "You don't know?"

Anna shook her head, "No…"

Liara cocked her head as she said "He didn't touch them? Even accidentally during?

Anna shrugged, "How would you know?"

Liara smirked, "Ooo, you would know." She moved closer to her daughter. "Here I will show you." Liara gently caressed her daughter's lower erogenous zone then pinched her brow markings when she didn't respond. "Hmmm…"

Anna's looked at her "What? What are you doing?"

Liara squinted her eye then caressed the back of her daughter's neck "What about this?"

Anna's looked at her "What?

"Interesting…" murmured Liara

"Mom, what did you just do? What are you trying to figure out?" asked her daughter.

Liara gently dragged her finger down one of her daughter's crevices in her crest, and Anna shuddered slightly "Woah what was that? That tingled a little bit."

Liara squinted her eyes briefly "Hmm… It means that you're not of age yet. Well, your physical body is but not the asari part. That's why they ask you to wait until twenty-five or thirty or until your body becomes of age so you can experience the whole event. For us, the physical part is always good, but the asari part is what we want. Our erogenous zones are what really ignite our desire. No wonder you couldn't get into it. I mean, you can with physical touches…but it's not the same."

Anna furrowed her brow marking "Ooooooh! Well, that makes so much more sense because I didn't get any of that."

Liara nodded. "And that's why I was so confused as to how you didn't."

Anna nodded then said, "So, it eventually gets better."

"Yes, if it sucked all the time, we wouldn't be doing it."

Anna laughed, "True."

Liara shook her head, "Goddess, I shouldn't tell you this."

"What?"

"Well, Anna… learn your body honey. If you don't know, how will he?"

"Like, what do you mean?"

Liara covered her face as she shook her head and murmured "Anna..." She looked up, then said, "Ugh your dad is going to kill me." She let out a breath "Ok... umm I'm not going to tell you about THAT. So, let's say you two do it again. Don't be afraid to speak up during sex or try another position. If you feel something, you like, then let him know. Slow down, speed up, more of this, less of that, oh my god right there, etc."

Anna blinked several times, "Oh ok... umm... Like how do you know?"

Liara briefly closed her eyes then looked at her "Anna, you just know. Believe me, you'll know. When he hits the right spot or touches you the right way, your body will react."

"Hmmm. Ok. What else?"

Liara opened her mouth then closed it "Anna... you'll figure the rest out in time." She took a breath and ran her hands over her crest.Shit... Jon is going to kill me. Liara got off the bed, "Anything else?"

Anna smiled, "No. I don't think so."

Liara leaned over and kissed her crest, "Ok, then I'm going to bed."

-/

Shepard walked through the door at 1045 the next day with Blue next to him. He walked directly to his office and put his gear away. When he emerged from his office, he saw Gwyn and Ry waiting for him. He smiled when he saw them. "Hey, Gwyn, Ry anyone else up?"

They both hugged him, "Just us two. Everyone else is still asleep. Late-night I assume."

He pinched his brow and grunted, "Your mom is still asleep?"

"She hasn't come out yet...so I'm assuming so." said Riley

"Hmmm ok." He said as he walked to his room. When he walked in, he saw the bed was empty but heard the shower. The closer he got to the bathroom, the more he could feel the humidity from the hot shower. On his way to the bathroom, he heard the shower turn off. He walked up to the door opening, and the full-on humid mist hit him. He breathed in the thickness of the air and could smell the strong vanilla and lavender scent of his wife. He peeked in the door opening and watched his wife towel dry off then hang the towel on the shower. He looked at her naked blue body as she walked to her closet then he quietly crept closer to her as she opened her dresser drawer. When she reached into the dresser, he slapped her ass.

She screamed and jumped at the same time then turned with her hand on her chest "Damn it, you scared the hell out of me!"

He smiled as he laughed "I see that." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her nakedness in closer "mMmm you're so damn sexy. I love that blue ass." He slowly ran his hands down her side, over her erogenous zones, and over her ass.

She leaned into him, "nMmmm, did you miss it?" She said as she kissed him

He squeezed her ass "Mmm I did. I've thought about your sexy ass ever since you decided to be a dirty girl on video chat the other day."

She laughed as she ran her hands up his shirt then down to his belt buckle. She unbuckled his buckle then unbuttoned his jeans as she said "Me? You started it with your horny self."

He let his jeans fall to the floor as he pulled his shirt off and flipped his shoes off. "mHmm horny for you with your sexy mhmmm's, uh ah's and oh yea's"

She kissed his chest, "You love my noises?"

He picked her up, and she wrapped her legs around him as he walked her to their bed, "I do." He said as he laid her on the bed.

She smiled at him as she slid back. "I love that look on your face."

He crawled on the bed after her "Mmm what look?"

"That look. Like you're going to gobble me up." She said as she spread her legs for him.

He chuckled, "Oh, you mean the T'Soni?" He said as he crawled in between her spread legs

She laughed then hooked a leg around him "mHmmm."

He kissed her passionately, "I love that come gobble me up, look on your face."

"nMmm because I know you are." She purred as she ran her hands down his back

He kissed down her neck, "mHmm, yes, I am."

—/

Shepard gripped on to his wife's hips as she rocked into his hardness "Mmm baby." he groaned out, then slapped her ass.

Liara gripped on to his chest as she rubbed herself on to him with every movement then purred out, "Mmmm you like that daddy?"

He tilted his head back "Mmmm yesss. You feel so damn good."

Liara was breathing heavily as she licked her lips and moaned. She arched her back when she threw her head back as she rocked into him "Ooooh goddess yesss. Mmmm" Her eyes fluttered as the blackness took over and she was about to pull him into a meld when she heard her door open. The blackness slightly trickled from her eyes when her head whipped over to the door when she heard "I'm soo sorry!"

Liara threw her hands up in shock close to her body as she turned her upper body away, then yelled, "Oh My Goodness! Anna! Get out of my room!"

"I'm trying!" She squealed as she waved her hand over the door

"Hurry up! For fuck sake!" growled Shepard

The moment she left Liara covered the front of her body with his and buried her face in his chest as she turned a shade darker "Goddess babe! You didn't lock the door?" she said as she breathed heavily.

He chuckled, "No, I didn't. I didn't know we were going to have sex."

Liara sighed, "Ugh, that was an orgasm kill, and I was right there. There went my dual with my sexual meld too, and I was about to pull you into it."

He rolled her over on her back "I can get that back. Your aura is still lit and besides you have to release, or you'll be in pain. Not to mention, your eyes are still partially black."

—/

Anna rushed out of her parents' room and looked down the hall at everyone staring at her. Benezia started laughing hysterically, "You didn't! Tell me, that didn't just happen on top of everything else."

Anna walked towards them several shades darker "Oh my gawd! It did, Fuck! Their door was green!"

"That's why you always knock on their door. Duh." said Gwyn as she rolled her eyes.

"Shut up, Gwyn!" Anna fired back as she walked up the stairs and shook her head, "Damn, that's burned into my brain."

-/

The moment they came back to themselves, Shepard growled out, "I'm going to kill that fucker!"

"Babe…"

He slid off the bed and grabbed his underwear "Why would you do that? Un-fucking-believable!" he said as he shook his head

Liara quickly got off the bed and touched him. "Lovey." She felt him jerk away from her, and her heart dropped. "Baby."

He walked to the bathroom closet and grabbed his clothes and fumed, "Don't Liara. Instead of using her experience as a deterrent, you use it as a time to bond and give her pointers for next time? Are you serious?" He clenched his fist "Arggghhhhh! Just Un-believable Liara."

Liara wrung her hands together "I'm sorry..."

He turned to look at her and moved his hand between them "What was this? Huh? Using your body to help calm me down as you showed me? Well, it didn't work!"

Liara quickly grabbed clothes and put them on "No… I didn't plan this. You were touching me, and it just happened. You picked me up and took me to bed, remember."

"Whatever…" he snapped as he turned and walked out of the bathroom. Then closed himself off to her.

A sharp pain hit her heart when she felt him slam their link down.

He stormed through his bedroom and the moment he reached the door she pleaded with him "Jon, please… don't do this. Just talk to me."

He turned, "What's there to talk about Liara? You already showed me everything. I already fucking know everything! You already fucking see everything!"

She reached for him, and he knocked her hands away "Don't fucking touch me. Just…just don't." He turned and walked out of the room.

She clutched at her heart as she hurried out of the bedroom, "Baby, please… don't do this."

He walked down to his office, "Liara, just get the hell away from me!" He snarled then walked into his office and over to the armory locker then grabbed a bag.

"Jon what…. What are doing?"

"Liara, get the hell out of my office!"

Tears trickled down her face. Every angry word he yelled were like daggers in her heart. "Please don't talk to me like this."

He turned to see her still standing there. He walked up to her, grabbed her upper arm, pulled her out of his office and down the hall. He walked back into his office and locked his door. She stood there in shock that he just did that to her. She turned to see Shay and the other two commandos standing there in shock as she was.

Shay walked up to her and hugged her "Are you ok?"

Liara cried on her shoulder "Yes, He didn't hurt me just shocked the hell out of me. Goddess, I didn't know he'd be this angry. He's packing a bag. I don't know what he's going to do."

—/

It was 1525 and Benezia watched her dad land his skycar then proceed inside with his duffle bag. After several minutes he emerged from his office then made his way to the back patio and sat in chair with Blue nearby. Benezia stood by the window and watched him for several moments then glanced over at her mother curled up on the couch with a blanket trying to give her bondmate space. She knew her mother was in agony as her world revolved around her bondmate. She looked over when she saw Milizkia walk over to her.

"Hey, you ok?" asked Milizkia

She nodded "Yea. I'm worried about my dad. I've never seen him like this."

Milizkia looked out the window then softly responded "Yea." then looked back at her aunt and over at Anna sitting quietly on the couch. "You could bounce a needle off the tension around here." She took a breath then said "This is so weird."

She nodded "Yea, I know. It's rare but it happens. Everyone always thinks we're a perfect household but we're not."

"I think I've seen more rarity in the last few months than I have in the years I've know you all."

Benezia smirked "Right!" She looked down then gently touched Milizkia's arm "How are you? Ya know with your mom and all."

Milizkia shrugged slightly "We're ok. I just wish she was better at being a mom, I guess."

She grimaced "I'm sorry."

She shrugged "At least I have you… you all. Ya know?"

Benezia smiled "And you always will." She looked back outside then down at her omni-tool. After thirty minutes of him sitting outside Benezia pat her leg and called Gimpy over. "Come on, boy, let's go outside." She looked over at Crimson curled up on the floor near her mother then just let him be. She opened the sliding glass door and walked outside. She closed the door, and bravely walked over to her dad.

Shepard's ears perked up when he heard someone walk outside, and he quickly wiped his tears away and took a deep breath. He looked over and saw Benezia walking toward him. He cleared his throat before he spoke: "Hey kiddo."

She smiled, "Hey, can I sit with you?"

He pat the seat next to him "Of course you can."

She leaned her head on his shoulder and wrapped an arm around him "How you doing?"

He wrapped his arm around her. He shrugged then groaned.

She bumped him. "Come on, dad. We're still solid right? You can tell me."

He chuckled gently, "Yea we are squirt, and I know you're nothing like your sister."

She huffed, "Gawd Dad, nor will I ever be like Anna. Goodness." She gripped her chest, "I mean, ouch!"

He chuckled "Sorry, I know Nez" he took a deep breath "I'm just angry that she couldn't hold up her part of the bargain. It's not like I told her to wait until she was thirty or sixty. Just a simple request to wait until she was twenty-three. What's a few months? I thought she could have given me that much. Ya know?"

Benezia gave a lopsided grin "Yea, I know, but it's Anna. She's selfish dad. She never thinks about the consequences of the aftermath."

"Yea, I know. It hurts that she would do that to me, then defies her mother and leaves her sister and cousin behind to go have sex. Argh! Then your mother takes the worse opportune moment to bond with her and give her pointers. What was she thinking?"

Benezia shook her head, "I know a terrible idea. I couldn't believe it when Anna told me that."

"You know the worse part of it is. She does this the moment I leave. Like it was her perfect oppor-fucking-tunity. Then what's crazy is this. If your mom didn't sense, it or if it she didn't tell her then she would have never told me she broke that promise. How many times has she deceived me or lied to me? Our trust is fractured."

Benezia sighed, "I know dad. I'm sorry you hurt. I wish I could help."

He squeezed her gently "You have Nez. Don't worry, I won't stay mad for long. I just need to vent is all. What happened, happened. I can't change it. I'll get over it."

"I know." She said as she got up. "I'll leave alone now." She started to walk away, and he turned to her and held out his hand, "Nezzie?"

She turned to him and grabbed his hand "Yes, dad?"

"Thank you." He said gently as he smiled at her.

She squeezed his hand and smiled, "Anytime, dad." She let go then started to walk back inside.

"Oh, Nez?"

She turned and said, "Yes, dad?"

"Would you like to go on a mission with me?"

Her eyes lit up as she replied "Ya! When?"

He stood from his chair as he said "Right now. A special Mike Higgins mission."

She smirked "Oh, dad. Seriously?"

He nodded as an evil smile slowly crept across his face.

"Oh, this is going to be so awesome." She thumbed her thumb at the door "Do you want me to get it or you?"

"I'll get it. Meet me upfront." He said as he walked toward the door then pointed to Blue and Gimpy "Oh, and bring these two."

The moment he walked inside all eyes were on him. He didn't look at anyone, didn't say anything, but walked past them all and directly to his office then left the house.

-/

Shepard landed his skycar just outside the pet store then grabbed his pistol from the floorboard, tucked it into the back of his pants and exited his skycar. He walked into the store with two varren at his heels and his daughter. He looked over at someone standing at the register. "Excuse me is Mike Higgins working today?"

"Yes, sir he's on the floor somewhere."

"Thank you." He said as he smiled to the cashier. He slowly walked down the middle of the store then yelled out, "Oooooh MIIIIIKE!" He heard a loud crash somewhere in the store. He smiled then said "Mike Mike Mike Mike Miiiiike was yesterday hump day Michael? I could have sworn I told you NOT to do that." He said as he walked until he saw him crouching behind a display down at the end of an aisle. "Michael there's no escaping this just come on out."

Mike stood up slowly, and his eyes widened at the sight of an overly angry dad. "Sir…I—"

"Now Mike, what did I tell—" He saw him turn and take off running down the aisle. "Oh, you little bitch." He snapped his fingers "Blue… Gimp. Seek and hold." He watched his varren take off, running down the aisle. He looked at his daughter and smiled as he walked down the aisle. He heard a crash, then Mike screeched out, "OH MY GOD!" Then he heard Blue making a noise as he turned the corner. Shepard saw his two varren stepping on the back of Mike and Blue was hovering over his head. Shepard pet his two varren "Good Girl. Good boy! Now go over by Nezzie." He knelt down and put his knee into his back "Mike, what did I tell you I was going to do to you if you fucked my daughter?"

He started whimpering, "That you were going to snap my dick off."

He nodded, "Yea. Then what?"

"You were going to cram it in my ass."

Shepard pulled out his gun and put the tip of the barrel in the ground next to his face. "Then what did I say I was going to do after that?"

Mike's eyes widened as he sobbed out, "You were going to fucking kill me."

Shepard leaned down near his face and yelled, "Did you think… I was fucking kidding?"

"OH MY GOD. I'm so sorry! Please don't!"

"You're sorry? Oh, it's too fucking late for that! There are eight bullets in this gun, Mike. Eight! Instead of snapping off your dick… I'm going to blow off each one of your fucking ball sacks then your dick then pump the rest into your fucking chest!"

"SIR!" yelled Kirre

Shepard looked around at the small crowd then he saw Kay standing there. "WHAT?" he snapped

"Please don't do this!" she pleaded

"Go home Kay this is none of your concern!"

"You are my concern, sir." she said

Shepard removed his knee from Mike's back and grabbed his shirt, "Get up!" He turned him around to face him and pushed him up against the shelves then shoved his gun into his private, "You think she's going to stop me?"

"I was kind of hoping so… yea" he said as he blinked quickly then nodded

Shepard laughed "She's my protector Mike, not yours." He took a breath, "Hey Kay, what kind of gun is this?"

"I'm not sure, Sir. One that looks like it would put a hole in someone." she replied

"Well…Kay…. It is..." he paused for a second as he looked at Kirre "This is a Military Grade TR5."

Kirre grimaced as she shook her head.

Shepard smiled at her then looked back at Mike as he continued "Especially made to put a hole in your ass. How would you like an additional asshole? Huh?"

"You're crazy! You're fucking crazy, man!" Mike shrieked

Shepard smiled, then jerked around as he said: "You have NO idea how fucking crazy I am." He took a deep breath, "You know what I like to do? MIKE! Huh? I like to run into the face of danger with bullets, and shit whipping passed my face. Monsters coming at me head-on. I mean, look at my face, Mike. What do you see, huh?" he said as he slid his hand down his face.

"Ummm some thin-lined scars…" he said

"I have them all over Mike. Battle wounds, bullet holes, monster slashes, building pieces, etc." He tapped his head. "You know how many times I've hit my head? Huh? Too many times. Mike! So, yea I'm fucking crazy!" he spewed out before he started laughing like a mad man.

Mike's eyes widened as he said, "Oh my god!"

Shepard suddenly began humming then sang "I'm craaaazy. Craaaaazy for feeeeel-lin … like blowing off your diii-ick!...Craaaaazy!" he paused, then said, "You know… actually, I am crazy. Especially when it comes to my girls." Shepard put his finger on the trigger and gently squeezed it until it went off. He smiled when he heard Mike scream in agony as he fell to the floor. "How's it feel, Mike? One ball sack down…"

He gripped his gun as he knelt down to Mike, who was now holding himself and dry heaving. Shepard shivered "Ooooooh DAMN…. that had to hurt! Huh? As your nut sack exploded." Shepard looked down at him and pinched his own eyelid. "You know Mike. Our testicles are covered in thin eyelid type skin. Juuuuuust like this. I mean bullet on contact and your shit just went …sppppplaaaaat."

"JON!" Shepard looked up at his wife. He looked directly at her then at Mike, who was curled up in a ball. Shepard pointed his gun at Mike's private knowing he wasn't going to get a good shot. "You know what's sad, Mike?" He waited for an answer but didn't get one from the sobbing teenager. "You couldn't even fuck her right. Oh, but you got yours, huh? You selfish bastard!" He moved the direction of his gun and shot him in the ass. He smiled broadly as he heard him scream out in pain again as he jerked back and grabbed his ass. He started laughing, "Ooohhh a blow to the ass MIKEY! That's what she calls you right? Mikey?" He saw Mike drifting unconscious then he slapped his face a few times "Hey, stay with me here Mike. It's no fun if you pass out."

"Jon, please stop this! They've already called the police!" pleaded Liara

He turned to her, "Do you think I give a shit?" He slapped Mike in the face again, "Will you fuck my daughter again? You better answer me because if you don't, I'm going to shoot you in your dick!"

"NO! I won't! Ever again!" He sobbed out

"That's what I want to hear Mikey! Say it again for me!" demanded Shepard

"I won't! Ok. Please! Please don't shoot my dick off."

"You won't what?"

"I won't have sex with your daughter again. Ever!"

"Good." He said right as he pulled the trigger and shot him in the dick. He let out a breath as he heard him scream again. "How bad does that hurt? Fucking horrific I hope!" Shepard looked around and frantically yelled, "Holy shit, Mikey! We have dick pieces everywhere! Holy fucking shit! It's all over the fucking dog food, man!" Shepard looked down at Mike cupping himself then pulled his hands up and saw nothing but red.

Mike started screaming out as the color left his body "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" he screamed out in a high-pitched voice then started hyperventilating.

Shepard got up then shot him in the ass again then heard him yell as he jerked back and the moment he did, he shot him in the chest. Shepard turned his head when he heard, "Stop right there! Put your gun down slowly then lay down on the floor and put your hands behind your back!" He slowly put his gun down on the floor and laid down as they said. He started laughing uncontrollably when he heard the paramedics arrive.

The officer scolded him, "Oh, you think this is funny?"

Shepard managed to get out his sentence through his laughter, "I do actually!"

The officer put him in a pair of biotic cuffs, and two other officers helped lift him up off the ground. The paramedics looked the kid over then shook their heads. "He's not shot, and he's not bleeding."

The officer scrunched her face then said, "What?"

Another officer picked up the gun and looked it over. She hit a latch, and it popped out a chamber. "Oh, wow. This is military-grade stuff here. Damn, I've never seen one of these before. Very real looking but it's only a military training paint gun with red blood like capsules. Still had to hurt though."

Shepard started taunting him "Hey Mikey!... Mikey! I think we found all your dick pieces, man. They formed a vagina you fucking pussy!" He said as he started laughing. "Hey, Mikey! Is your ball sack swollen yet? Huh? I bet it's the size of a fucking cantaloupe. Huh? How about your dick? Huh? I hope they're both swollen you fucker!" he laughed then said, "You put that dented up dick in my daughter again, and I'll will snap it off next time."

The officers just shook their head at him then walked over to Mike, "Mike, would you like to press charges on Mr. Shepard here?"

"Yea Mike, would ya? Then you'll definitely never see my daughter again." said Shepard.

Mike sat there with the ice pack that the paramedics gave him, he wiped his eyes and took a deep breath." He said then let out a breath

The officer uncuffed Shepard then said, "Ok, then I guess we're done here."

Shepard got up and walked over to Mike and held out a hand. The young man flinched when his hand came down at him. He looked up when he saw his hand and grabbed it. Shepard pulled him up. "You know Mike. I was expecting you to say something else when she asked you that, but you didn't. Why?"

He looked down then at Shepard "I really do care about your daughter sir. I ummm—"

Shepard looked around, then said, "You love Anna, huh?"

"Yes…" He swallowed hard, "Last night just…. kind of happened. I mean… you know…"

Shepard gave a quick nod and grunted.

"I didn't force her into it or anything. " He said as he blinked quickly

Shepard gave another quick nod and grunted. Shepard wrapped an arm around him and pulled him in close as he said, "Mike, I'm going to remind you of what we discussed after our training facility approval event we had. If you hurt my daughter in any way, shape, or form, I will hunt you down and kill you. Do you understand?"

Mike cleared his throat, "Yes, Sir."

He slapped him on the back, "Alright. I'm done here. You can still date my daughter." He turned away, then turned back to him "If you fuck around on her then come back and give her some nasty-ass disease. I'll hunt you down. Got it."

"Yes, Sir!"

He slapped him hard on the back, "Ok. Good talk, Mike." He stopped and turned back to him, "Ummm… if you have any damage to your sack. Let me know, and we'll pay for someone to fix it." He turned to his daughter Benezia and whispered, "Did you get all that?"

Benezia laughed, "You're damn right, I did!"

"Good send it to me." He said as he smiled then laughed. He let out a long breath "I feel so much better."

Benezia laughed as she shook her head