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Mass Effect 3 Fanfiction
(Catelyn Shepard Playthrough/Sometime before Rannoch)
Escape
   She wasn't really sure what drove her to his rooms, but Vera Landen suddenly found herself standing outside of the starboard port door of the Normandy. He was probably leaning against the large, glass window. He did that often, just gazing out at the space that zoomed by. How easy it would be to just walk in and wrap her arms around his chest, to nuzzle her head into the small of his back...
   Vera had to choke back a sob, clutching at her arms in a desperate attempt to keep her ground. It was strange; She was never so terrified to face Kaidan Alenko before, not even after he broke off their engagement years ago. But, she needed to see him. No. She needed him.
   He turned around at the nearly-silent sound of the door parting open, throwing Vera's chance to creep up behind him out the airlock. And he was, as Vera predicted, standing at the window-wall. His dark eyes froze her in the doorway, and Vera had to fight back the blush that was crawling up her neck. Kaidan gave her a soft grin, and she almost spun on her heel and fled. But something held her there. Maybe it was his gaze...
   "Kaidan," His name came out in a strangled voice as Vera took a step towards him.
   Concern flashed behind his dark eyes, and Kaidan was suddenly in front of her, putting a hand on her arm. She looked up at him, suddenly thinking of the child they had together whom he had no idea existed. Hope had his eyes...
   "Vera? Are you alright?" Kaidan's voice jarred her out of her thoughts, leaving her to think of an answer, a response.
   "I..." Now wasn't the time to tell him of their daughter. Not yet.
   Kaidan tugged on her hand, leading her to the curved sofa in the room. He sat down, pulling her next to him. Vera noticed that he kept her hand in his. It gave her strength, courage. That is, until Kaidan brushed a loose piece of her light brown hair back behind her ear. She caught his hand before it left her face, holding it to her cheek. Kaidan stiffened, but didn't pull away. Vera's green eyes shot to his for a second, and she was going to ask the same question she'd been asking him ever since they've met again.
   "Kaidan, about you and Shepard-"
   "I told you already," He murmured with slight annoyance. "What we had was in the past. Besides, she moved on with Garrus. But..." Kaidan turned his face away, looking back out the window. "She did mean everything to me for a long time."
   And then, words were forming in Vera's mouth before she could even think of the consequences.
   "There was a time when we meant everything to each other." She started softly, pausing to kiss his hand gently. "Couldn't we escape to that, even for one night?"
   It was like she said the magic words.
   Kaidan immediately brought his face to hers, lips meeting in a passionate rapture. She moaned under his kiss, crawling into his lap. With legs stratling either side of him, Vera grabbed his face with longing, holding his mouth to her own. Kaidan's arms snaked around her waist, pulling her ever closer and closer and closer...
   It had been too long since Vera had been held like this, held by the one she loves. And as they melded into one with the galaxy as their backdrop, both yearned for more than one night of this.

Description
Mass Effect 3 Fanfiction
(Catelyn Shepard Playthrough/Sometime before Rannoch)
Escape
   She wasn't really sure what drove her to his rooms, but Vera Landen suddenly found herself standing outside of the starboard port door of the Normandy. He was probably leaning against the large, glass window. He did that often, just gazing out at the space that zoomed by. How easy it would be to just walk in and wrap her arms around his chest, to nuzzle her head into the small of his back...
   Vera had to choke back a sob, clutching at her arms in a desperate attempt to keep her ground. It was strange; She was never so terrified to face Kaidan Alenko before, not even after he broke off their engagement years ago. But, she needed to see him. No. She needed him.
   He turned around at the nearly-silent sound of the door parting open, throwing Vera's chance to creep up behind him out the airlock. And he was, as Vera predicted, standing at the window-wall. His dark eyes froze her in the doorway, and Vera had to fight back the blush that was crawling up her neck. Kaidan gave her a soft grin, and she almost spun on her heel and fled. But something held her there. Maybe it was his gaze...
   "Kaidan," His name came out in a strangled voice as Vera took a step towards him.
   Concern flashed behind his dark eyes, and Kaidan was suddenly in front of her, putting a hand on her arm. She looked up at him, suddenly thinking of the child they had together whom he had no idea existed. Hope had his eyes...
   "Vera? Are you alright?" Kaidan's voice jarred her out of her thoughts, leaving her to think of an answer, a response.
   "I..." Now wasn't the time to tell him of their daughter. Not yet.
   Kaidan tugged on her hand, leading her to the curved sofa in the room. He sat down, pulling her next to him. Vera noticed that he kept her hand in his. It gave her strength, courage. That is, until Kaidan brushed a loose piece of her light brown hair back behind her ear. She caught his hand before it left her face, holding it to her cheek. Kaidan stiffened, but didn't pull away. Vera's green eyes shot to his for a second, and she was going to ask the same question she'd been asking him ever since they've met again.
   "Kaidan, about you and Shepard-"
   "I told you already," He murmured with slight annoyance. "What we had was in the past. Besides, she moved on with Garrus. But..." Kaidan turned his face away, looking back out the window. "She did mean everything to me for a long time."
   And then, words were forming in Vera's mouth before she could even think of the consequences.
   "There was a time when we meant everything to each other." She started softly, pausing to kiss his hand gently. "Couldn't we escape to that, even for one night?"
   It was like she said the magic words.
   Kaidan immediately brought his face to hers, lips meeting in a passionate rapture. She moaned under his kiss, crawling into his lap. With legs stratling either side of him, Vera grabbed his face with longing, holding his mouth to her own. Kaidan's arms snaked around her waist, pulling her ever closer and closer and closer...
   It had been too long since Vera had been held like this, held by the one she loves. And as they melded into one with the galaxy as their backdrop, both yearned for more than one night of this.