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The One Truth - Without Me

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Title:                       The One Truth – Without Me
Author:                    mcomommy
Game:                     Mass Effect
Characters:              Kaidan Alenko, Axiom Shepard
Disclaimer:              Mass Effect and all characters from it are owned by Bioware.
Content Warning:     Angst


Profile:                  Axiom Shepard
Background:          Spacer/War Hero
Affiliation:             Paragade
Class:                   Sentinel



The One Truth
Without Me


     It's been a year already.  The keepers have fixed the worst of the damage on the Presidium.

     There's a small plaque, dedicated to the Hero who saved them all, on a steel post in front of the Conduit.  One year ago today, she lost her life to save her crew, but the people just walk on by.  

     His breath hitching, Kaidan clutched the bundle of lilacs he held to his chest.  With a quiet determination, he approached the plaque the Council had dedicated to Axiom Shepard, Savior of the Citadel.  A sad smile crossed his face as he traced her name with his finger, the metal cold against his skin.

     Her sent filled his nostrils, drifting up from the blossoms in his hand, teasing a tear from his eye.

     "Oh silly boy, you nicked yourself shaving again," Axiom smiled up at him, dabbing at a spot on his neck.

     He hissed slightly at the sting, then sighed as she pressed her lips to the spot.  

     "Oh," she said in dismay, "you've got some on your collar."  

     Her face turned pouty and he couldn't help but chuckle.  She pulled his white button up shirt off of him and busied herself with dabbing the spot with Hydrogen Peroxide from his medicine chest.

     Kaidan smiled, reveling in this side of Commander Shepard that was his and his alone, the loving woman who fussed over him when no one could see.  He wrapped his arms around her from behind, kissing her neck.  Axiom giggled, leaning back into him, her soft curves pulling a groan from him as he buried his face in her hair, her lilac and lavender sent teasing his senses.

     "If you keep that up, we'll never get to that award banquet on time," she said, her voice husky with desire.

     Sighing, Kaidan pulled away from her, satisfied just to watch her graceful movements for now.

     Her slim figure was wrapped in a black off the shoulder dress.  There was a tastefully understated design embroidered along the neckline, accenting the swell of her breasts.  Soft auburn hair normally kept pulled up away from her face, was cascading down her back, begging him to touch it.

     Shepard could look good in anything, from her N7 Onyx armor, to sweats after working out.  It didn't matter that this was the simplest dress she could find for the dinner tonight, Kaidan knew she would draw the eye of everyone in the room.

     His chest felt tight as Kaidan swallowed around the lump in his throat.  "I have to tell her, now," he thought.  "Before they send us back out on a mission.  I have to let her know."

     "There we go," Axiom turned, holding up his shirt, the blood cleaned from the collar

     Kaidan sighed, the moment passed as he shrugged into the dress shirt.

     Shepard grinned at him, "What would you ever do without me?"

     "I have no idea," he replied, looking deep into her eyes and praying she felt how true the statement was.


     Kaidan stifled a sob, carefully placing the bundle of lilac along the top of her name.

     "I still don't know what I'm going to do without you," he whispered, the tears running down his face.
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Kaidan visits a memory at Shepard's memorial plaque.

Pairs with
The One Truth - Without You --> [link]

Where it started -
Alone, 1. Ash to Ashes --> [link]

Shepard Remembers - A is for Anderson --> [link]

Kaidan's Tales - Grief --> [link]

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god you are just the best! i've spent the entire evening reading literally all of your writings and you inspired me to actually open an account and write myself.