2/3 - Operational Risk
anonymous
July 11 2011, 08:45:25 UTC
Cerberus is the Illusive Man, he'd have said, but after it'd been someone else who'd leaked him information about the Hugo Gernsback, well, he doesn't know about that any more. Cerberus is Miranda, he'd have offered instead, but after what happened on Illium with her sister...
"Cerberus hasn't been making too much headway with that, from what I've seen," he finishes lamely, and Shepard glances over at him, expression unreadable.
It's always been hard to tell what the Commander's thinking. He's friendly enough, but unless he's high on ryncol he never- never says anything about his own past that isn't covered in the official records, never seems to stray from the official line, never seems to give away a damned thing. He's friendly enough but beyond that? No one knows
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3/3 - Operational Risk
anonymous
July 11 2011, 08:46:17 UTC
And that's when he feels Shepard's hand on his shoulder.
"Hey," he says, "I trust you. You know that, right?"
"With all due respect, Commander," Jacob says, "I never really gave you much reason to."
"But you're still here, and so am I." Shepard grins, sudden and sharp. "Besides, I know you. You're going to go out there and give the Collectors every kind of hell you've got, suicide or not. That's good enough for me."
"Damn right," he says, and is rewarded by a laugh. Humourless, but he'll take whatever he can get. "But until that time comes- Shepard, if I make mistakes, if I mess up, if you need to leave someone behind or if I can't keep up, then..."
Shepard's hand moves to the back of his neck, pulling him in, and Jacob can't help but think, fuck, he's already done this wrong.
"Jacob," the Commander says, and he can feel every breath he takes, "Jacob, the only person I need you to be is yourself. It doesn't matter whether we win or lose- I want you"Is that so," Jacob says, and this close he can't help but wonder if the
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Re: 3/3 - Operational Risk
anonymous
July 11 2011, 08:59:44 UTC
Okay. Let me state beforehand that m/m isn't usually my cup of tea, and Jacob doesn't do much for me one way or another.
With that out of the way...damnit, that was beautiful. Emotional in a subtle way without the drama... That's a fine piece of writing there. And you made me suddenly like Jacob.
Re: 3/3 - Operational Risk
anonymous
July 11 2011, 09:08:09 UTC
Haha, I'm really glad to hear that! To be honest this is my first attempt filling a prompt on the kinkmeme and M!Shep/Jacob is certainly not my preferred pairing, but I thought it seemed like an interesting challenge- I've only ever played as M!Shep before, and Jacob was kind of a friendly drinking buddy type in game, so why not?
And then I watched the romance cutscene vids with F!Shep on youtube.
Especially the one about the prize.
And it was like ??? Jacob, what, why are you suddenly using lines that sound as if you cribbed them from Blasto, WHERE DID YOU GO, BRO.
It was actually a lot of fun to write, and try to... use as many of those lines as I could but hopefully make them a little less wince inducing, I have to admit.
Re: 3/3 - Operational Risk
anonymous
July 11 2011, 14:35:55 UTC
Oh god I don't even know how you made this work but you did and ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ It's IC, romantic without actually being romantic, wonderfully-written and I love it.
The original prompt is: http://masseffectkink.livejournal.com/2320.html?thread=3316496#t3316496
Because I just realized that there was a distinct lack of this pairing.
You know you want the priiiiize!
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"Cerberus hasn't been making too much headway with that, from what I've seen," he finishes lamely, and Shepard glances over at him, expression unreadable.
It's always been hard to tell what the Commander's thinking. He's friendly enough, but unless he's high on ryncol he never- never says anything about his own past that isn't covered in the official records, never seems to stray from the official line, never seems to give away a damned thing. He's friendly enough but beyond that? No one knows ( ... )
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"Hey," he says, "I trust you. You know that, right?"
"With all due respect, Commander," Jacob says, "I never really gave you much reason to."
"But you're still here, and so am I." Shepard grins, sudden and sharp. "Besides, I know you. You're going to go out there and give the Collectors every kind of hell you've got, suicide or not. That's good enough for me."
"Damn right," he says, and is rewarded by a laugh. Humourless, but he'll take whatever he can get. "But until that time comes- Shepard, if I make mistakes, if I mess up, if you need to leave someone behind or if I can't keep up, then..."
Shepard's hand moves to the back of his neck, pulling him in, and Jacob can't help but think, fuck, he's already done this wrong.
"Jacob," the Commander says, and he can feel every breath he takes, "Jacob, the only person I need you to be is yourself. It doesn't matter whether we win or lose- I want you"Is that so," Jacob says, and this close he can't help but wonder if the ( ... )
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With that out of the way...damnit, that was beautiful. Emotional in a subtle way without the drama...
That's a fine piece of writing there.
And you made me suddenly like Jacob.
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And then I watched the romance cutscene vids with F!Shep on youtube.
Especially the one about the prize.
And it was like ??? Jacob, what, why are you suddenly using lines that sound as if you cribbed them from Blasto, WHERE DID YOU GO, BRO.
It was actually a lot of fun to write, and try to... use as many of those lines as I could but hopefully make them a little less wince inducing, I have to admit.
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We need you to write more. You're really good.
Wish I had half that talent.
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hello, new head!canon.
this fill was incredible. i want to eat it.
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