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elmjuniper β€” A Mother's Worry

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Description If there was one thing Haze Shepard knew it would be that she had no idea of how to be a good mother. It wasn't like her own mother had been around when she grew up. Growing up in the streets and tunnels of London never taught anyone to be a good mother. She glanced over at the woman wobbling across the room, hands on her back, a weary expression on her face.

Ashley Williams, marine, spectre, woman, lover, wife. Not one without the other. The hot headed, knuckle cracking solider she had crossed paths with on Eden Prime. The woman she had changed the future for, the woman she had died for.

Haze swung her legs off the sofa standing up. "You need a hand?"
"I'm pregnant, I'm not handicapped." Ashley glared at her though her voice was soft, a playful grin tugging at her lips.
"Mm-hm," she muttered walking up Ashley.

Eden Prime lay cloaked in darkness, the silhouetted mountains only a faint reminder of their location in the background. Leaning in to Ashley she wrapped her arms around the pregnant woman. She drew a deep breath exhaling slowly.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Ashley murmured softly in her ear.
"Just tired," she lied.
"Mmm...you know what else you are?"
She shrugged in reply.
"A bad liar," Ashley said kissing her throat gently.
"I'm not. I'm an awesome liar," she retorted indignantly.
"Yes, when you're not lying to me."
Closing her eyes she inhaled the subtle scent of magnolia and sweet pea.
"What if I screw up."
"You? Screw up?" Ashley asked sounding amused.
"Hey! This is not like losing a planet or a ship. This is...a baby. OUR baby. I'm a solider, a spectre. I beat people up to teach them a lesson."
"Yes, somehow I don't think that is going to work with our child." Ashley teased.
"You're _not_ helping."
"Skipper." Ashley said taking a step away from her. "You saved the galaxy." Cupping Haze's face with her hands Ashley looked her in the eyes. "You saved _me_. You're not going to screw up. You're going to be the best mom in the whole galaxy. Besides me that is."
She chuckled giving her wife a quick kiss before kneeling in front of her stomach.
"You hear that, kiddo? Mummy is already making fun of me. She has a point though, she is going to be _great_, trust me."

~RESOURCES~
Ashley: TheRaiderInside textured by xX-DorianGray-Xx
Shepard: HatOfAss retextured by me with inspiration from xX-DorianGray-Xx
Misc deco/datapad: Just-Jasper
Picture frame: Just-Jasper, wedding photo added by me
Windows & floors: HatOfAss
Brown couch: HatOfAss
Pizza slices: DecanAndersen
Candles: $AtlantiB$

I don't own the models. They belong their respective company/creators eg Bioware.

Just a little drabble I wrote to go along with the pic. Hope you enjoyed.
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Comments: 31

wenzday [2015-07-20 17:27:41 +0000 UTC]

Aww this is so adorable! And I loved the drabble that went with it.

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elmjuniper In reply to wenzday [2015-07-20 17:28:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.
I'd forgotten about this one. This was from before I knew how to use 3ds max.Β 

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Louyetu [2014-01-28 12:00:37 +0000 UTC]

^^I love how they interact together. Ash is awesome. (a little fat... but I assume we can say that the baby is responsible for it)

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elmjuniper In reply to Louyetu [2014-01-28 20:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.
I think this turned out pretty sweet.
Let's hope Ash and Haze actually get this future... :/
My real Haze died. Β 

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Louyetu In reply to elmjuniper [2014-01-28 23:45:50 +0000 UTC]

I know that feeling.

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mivpus [2013-09-19 11:36:47 +0000 UTC]

ehm... how?

Not that I don't love the idea, but... who would be the father, I mean the donor?

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elmjuniper In reply to mivpus [2013-09-19 19:27:03 +0000 UTC]

So....there are aliens, eezo that create tiny or large mass effect fields, people can build their own kids (Henry Lawson), there's an alien race who can give birth to children by taking the best traits from their partner's DNA and there are huge bug-like creatures harvesting the galaxy and _still_ you think there has to be sperm and a man involved to have a child? o_OΒ 

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mivpus In reply to elmjuniper [2013-09-19 19:52:19 +0000 UTC]

TouchΓ©

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elmjuniper In reply to mivpus [2013-09-20 03:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Lol sorry if I sounded sarcy, I was not trying to be, but reading it now it did sound a lil sarcy. Sorry! Β 

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mivpus In reply to elmjuniper [2013-09-20 17:15:49 +0000 UTC]

Nah, if you did write it in the description, the "blame" is on me

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ghenson [2013-08-25 00:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Very cute.

I liked that line in particular : "You're going to be the best mom in the whole galaxy. Besides me that is." Sounds like Ash!

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elmjuniper In reply to ghenson [2013-08-25 05:50:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. ^^

And yeah that's kinda what Ash would say I imagine.Β 

Glad you liked it.

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Just-Jasper [2013-08-25 00:08:13 +0000 UTC]

Lovely picture, and the fic makes it all the better


Just out of interest, how did Ashley get pregnant? If Miranda's father can grow her in a lab from just his own DNA, I figure that same-sex couples would be able to use services that lets them start a pregnancy from both their DNA contributions. I was just wondering if something like that was the case for them, or if they're using a donor?

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elmjuniper In reply to Just-Jasper [2013-08-25 05:52:47 +0000 UTC]

In my ME universe they've done what Miranda's dad did minus the "best genes" thing. They basically took DNA from both Ash and Haze and uses Ash's stomach to bake it.

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Just-Jasper In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-25 11:43:17 +0000 UTC]

Sounds good Β 

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Deemonef [2013-08-24 19:10:09 +0000 UTC]

This is such a lovely art... and such a amzing dialouge between them
A perfect work

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elmjuniper In reply to Deemonef [2013-08-24 20:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

I'm so glad you liked it. I got the model from Dorian the other day and instantly wanted to make something with it so I whipped this up at work today.Β 

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Deemonef In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-24 21:27:52 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Dorian have great models. And I'm glad you used it for such a wonderful art

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elmjuniper In reply to Deemonef [2013-08-25 10:21:10 +0000 UTC]

I agree. He is probably the only one who has manages to do an absolutely flawless Yvonne Strahovski model out of Miranda. And the pregnant Liara/Ashley is just wonderful.Β 

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Deemonef In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-25 18:25:49 +0000 UTC]


I like you Your words are true

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RainbowRenders [2013-08-24 17:45:32 +0000 UTC]

ASDFGHJKLASDFGHJKL.

Instant fave!

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elmjuniper In reply to RainbowRenders [2013-08-24 20:44:50 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I'm super happy you liked what I did with Ash. She was great to work with.Β 

Thanks so much for letting me use her. Β 

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RainbowRenders In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-26 18:18:25 +0000 UTC]

I also love your story. It's really, really touching.Β 

And sexy and romantic and I just love it a lot.


Well, I knew you would not abuse her, so sure.

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elmjuniper In reply to RainbowRenders [2013-08-27 03:00:46 +0000 UTC]

Aaaw thank you.

And I still feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to work with your models.

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RainbowRenders In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-27 08:59:14 +0000 UTC]

Most of the work was s

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elmjuniper In reply to RainbowRenders [2013-08-28 11:17:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh! I have to learn how to link like that.Β  Β 

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RainbowRenders In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-28 14:52:05 +0000 UTC]

: icon [name] :


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elmjuniper In reply to RainbowRenders [2013-08-28 15:28:35 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... I'm thick. I only get this :icon[xX-DorianGray-Xx]:

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RainbowRenders In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-28 15:33:04 +0000 UTC]

okay. : icon name :

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elmjuniper In reply to RainbowRenders [2013-08-28 15:47:05 +0000 UTC]


Oh it works!!! Thank you!

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RainbowRenders In reply to elmjuniper [2013-08-28 18:29:08 +0000 UTC]

You are so cute.

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