18Title: Shakarian Drabbles
Author: Ryoko Metallium
Author Notes: This is my first attempt at a "modest" sex scene so please be kind. This takes place before the attack on the Collector base.
Disclaimer: Mass Effect is the property of Bioware and EA Inc. I do not own these characters. I am only borrowing the characters. I promise that I will give them back.
Chapter One: Bliss
"Wake you up in the middle of the night
To say I will never walk away again
I'm never gonna leave this bed"
Maroon 5 – 'Never Gonna Leave This Bed'
Shepard, panting hard and heavy stared up at the skylight just over her bed. She watched the energy expulsion from the FTL drives runoff the Normandy's newly plated armor, blurring and evaporating into the darkness of space. She stared into the vast empty void of the galaxy as the millions of stars and distant planets slowly past overhead. With her heart still pounding in her ears and the urge to sleep pressing down on her, she held the turian resting on top of her closer to her sweat-soaked body.
Garrus was just as worn out as she was. He was panting hard as well, his body stuttering with each breath. The full weight of him was pressing her into the mattress. His head was cushioned on top of her breast. Soft purrs of contentment rumbled in his throat as he listened to the rapid beats of her hearts steadily regulate. His breath was hot, so hot against her skin it gave her goose bumps. Shepard ran her fingertips along his leathery hide slowly, committing every curve and arch, every sketch and scar to memory. Their hands found each other in the dim light of her cabin, intertwining her five fingers with his three in a tight grip.
Eventually, Garrus found enough power to pull his head up and look into Shepard's green eyes. Her hair is tousled across the pillows, giving her a halo look. He stares at her for a second, his breathing still ragged. He looks seemingly dumbfounded, and his eyes softening. "You okay?"
His concern makes her smile widely. "You worried about my stamina, Vakarian?"
"Hardly. I already know that you can take it just as good as you can dish it out," he says sardonically in his usual tone. He tucks a stray strand of black hair out of her face as his eyes suddenly become intense. "Seriously though, are you okay? I didn't hurt you, did I?"
He asks as if it was her first time. It is, in a way. It is her first time with a turian, true. Her bones feel like jelly and lifeless. She is sore and aches in places she never knew could hurt. Shepard squirms as a late coming tumor courses through her body. She can still feel him within her, stretching, filling her again. Still, whatever pain that she does feel, Shepard ignores it. She even welcomes it. The pain is exhilarating. It rejuvenates her hunger and desires, though she doubted she had the strength to go again.
Her hands cupped the back of Garrus's head, stroking him just underneath his fringe pulling him into a deep, hungry kiss. His breath hitches into a growling moan as he kisses her back. His tongue duels against hers and the taste it leaves behind is…unbelievably delicious.
In a short amount of time, the Normandy would make the jump through the Omega 4 relay. There was good chance that both of them weren't going to make it out alive. There was a good chance that she could lose him. The mere thought of that made her kiss him even longer, to keep him close and safe.
Holy crap, I think I'm falling in love with a turian…
That part doesn't scare her.
I'm falling in love with my best friend.
At that moment, she vowed that the both of them would walk out of the Collector base together.
The turian eased away from her lips to look at her one more time, taking in the enticing sight of his mate smiling back at him. His blue eyes were beginning to droop as he laid back to rest his head on Shepard's chest. The rhythmic pound on her heart was lulling him into a state of peace. Shepard pulled the covers draped over them closer before wrapping her arms around her slumbering turian. Sleep was winning her over as well.
As the two of them waited out the final hours until their arrival, somewhere in Shepard's subconscious, she thought heard a husky voice say the words "I love you."