Re: There are Rules 3/?
anonymous
June 30 2017, 05:18:03 UTC
Do you want to know the terrible secret of Commander R Shepard? The classified information that has never leaked, never made it to the galaxy at large? The information that, if ever released, could topple the entire Alliance and bring the very stars to their knees? Alright, I'll tell you.
Commander Shepard is a puffcake.
Wait. Sorry. Humans don't have puffcakes. Keelah, what was it...Joker taught me the word...Marshmellow! Yes.
Commander Shepard is a marshmellow
Shocking. Flooring. Astounding! I couldn't believe it. The same man I thought was some demonic warring myth made real on the battlefield was the most gentle, kind, caring person you could hope to meet. It amazed me too, I understand how you feel, but it wasn't even hours I was on his ship before I sussed it out: he was in the medbay with me and Chief Williams after the battle the second Chakwas let him in, checking on us, making sure we were okay, and it wasn't just us! He was always checking after Kaidan, making sure Liara had what she needed-especially after Noveria-or that Joker was making his medical appointments. I thought he was a just a worrywort or a busybody-a "Designated Ship Grandma", as Auntie Raan used to call them, but it became clear quickly that it was that he cared. Everywhere we went, people needed something, favors or help, and Shepard hardly ever turned a single one down, and always tried to shush away any reward with that damn smile and those damn bright eyes and that damn soft, low, deep, comfortable voice. When we rant into situations where civilians were in danger, he was a dark flash across the night, saving everyone and bleeding and nearly dying if it got innocent people home. Nearly always with a smile. It was almost infuriating, you know? I tried to explain it to Joker and he agreed that NO ONE is supposed to be as..."sweet" as Shepard is (Joker used a different word I don't think I'll repeat).
I...ancestors help me, I don't remember when it started. The Thump. Have you ever been going along, minding your own business, and suddenly there's this person, and you don't know what it is, but whenever you're with them, you start hearing your own heart? Thump! Thump! Thump! It's almost all you can hear! And you start feeling heat, like your skin, but hotter, like has it always been that hot? And you can't stop thinking about how loud you're breathing when they're talking, or it they are hearing you trip over words-simple words! Like "engine", or "breakfast"! And you're afraid you're yelling cause all you can hear is Thump! Thump! Thump! from your own chest and Keelah you couldn't have always been this much of a damn wreck and it's all his fault and his damn long hair you wanted to touch and his damn eyes and they're always looking right through you when you're trying to remember how to say a damn word like damn "engine" and Kelah! they're damn voice like they are always talking just to you and always telling you that it's going to be alright and damn them just their damn everything the damned puffball and their damn shoulders that are just so big that you know they could hold you up but you can't saythatoutloudDamnIt!...
I'm very glad Chief Williams taught me how humans use the word "damn". It's very useful.
No, I don't know when it started. The Thump and the damning and everything. But I know when it got bad. Bad bad. That night in the Medbay, with his arms, and his voice, and my bunk and then...then I knew I was in trouble. The trouble Auntie Raan warned me about.
Re: There are Rules 3/?
anonymous
June 30 2017, 22:58:15 UTC
OP here! oooo, this is gonna be good! :D I'm so glad you came back to this fic! I'm so excited for it!!
"and their damn shoulders that are just so big that you know they could hold you up but you can't saythatoutloudDamnIt!..." I thought this said 'shoulders big enough to hold you down.' and I just, damn Tali you've got quite a few fantasies, huh?
Re: There are Rules 3/?
anonymous
July 1 2017, 00:26:37 UTC
hey there, happy to, thanks for the kind words. Honestly, I thought I'd finished it! Bit embarrassing but best I can tell I punched out the rest (FUCK there was a lot) in a word processor on an old desktop that gave up the ghost, but never actually split it up and submitted it. Now I'm trying to get it back from memory. And that's, uh, that was supposed to be "down" >_>
Commander Shepard is a puffcake.
Wait. Sorry. Humans don't have puffcakes. Keelah, what was it...Joker taught me the word...Marshmellow! Yes.
Commander Shepard is a marshmellow
Shocking. Flooring. Astounding! I couldn't believe it. The same man I thought was some demonic warring myth made real on the battlefield was the most gentle, kind, caring person you could hope to meet. It amazed me too, I understand how you feel, but it wasn't even hours I was on his ship before I sussed it out: he was in the medbay with me and Chief Williams after the battle the second Chakwas let him in, checking on us, making sure we were okay, and it wasn't just us! He was always checking after Kaidan, making sure Liara had what she needed-especially after Noveria-or that Joker was making his medical appointments. I thought he was a just a worrywort or a busybody-a "Designated Ship Grandma", as Auntie Raan used to call them, but it became clear quickly that it was that he cared. Everywhere we went, people needed something, favors or help, and Shepard hardly ever turned a single one down, and always tried to shush away any reward with that damn smile and those damn bright eyes and that damn soft, low, deep, comfortable voice. When we rant into situations where civilians were in danger, he was a dark flash across the night, saving everyone and bleeding and nearly dying if it got innocent people home. Nearly always with a smile. It was almost infuriating, you know? I tried to explain it to Joker and he agreed that NO ONE is supposed to be as..."sweet" as Shepard is (Joker used a different word I don't think I'll repeat).
I...ancestors help me, I don't remember when it started. The Thump. Have you ever been going along, minding your own business, and suddenly there's this person, and you don't know what it is, but whenever you're with them, you start hearing your own heart? Thump! Thump! Thump! It's almost all you can hear! And you start feeling heat, like your skin, but hotter, like has it always been that hot? And you can't stop thinking about how loud you're breathing when they're talking, or it they are hearing you trip over words-simple words! Like "engine", or "breakfast"! And you're afraid you're yelling cause all you can hear is Thump! Thump! Thump! from your own chest and Keelah you couldn't have always been this much of a damn wreck and it's all his fault and his damn long hair you wanted to touch and his damn eyes and they're always looking right through you when you're trying to remember how to say a damn word like damn "engine" and Kelah! they're damn voice like they are always talking just to you and always telling you that it's going to be alright and damn them just their damn everything the damned puffball and their damn shoulders that are just so big that you know they could hold you up but you can't saythatoutloudDamnIt!...
I'm very glad Chief Williams taught me how humans use the word "damn". It's very useful.
No, I don't know when it started. The Thump and the damning and everything. But I know when it got bad. Bad bad. That night in the Medbay, with his arms, and his voice, and my bunk and then...then I knew I was in trouble. The trouble Auntie Raan warned me about.
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"and their damn shoulders that are just so big that you know they could hold you up but you can't saythatoutloudDamnIt!..." I thought this said 'shoulders big enough to hold you down.' and I just, damn Tali you've got quite a few fantasies, huh?
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