counting bodies like sheep to the rhythms of the war drums

[ashehole]

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Shamelessly stolen from Jen who got it from a million other people. Ooops.

I. BED INVADERS

A. Decide you know this person! (Castmate, previous CR, etc.)

1. WAKE THEM UP. You don't care how friendly you are to the person in your bed; they need to get up.
2. PRANK! Oh, this has just got to stop. They need to be punished. But how?
3. CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM. Push 'em over & snuggle up. You're too tired to deal with this craziness right now. Or sleep on your couch.
4. LET THEM SLEEP. Whatever. It's noon. They're asleep and you've got things to do. Regard them or disregard them.

B. Decide you have NO CLUE who is person is! (No CR, castmates who have never met, crosscanon, etc.)

5. SCREAM 'OMGWTFBBQ GET UP!' Really. Default action going on here.
6. PRANK! What a better way for you to remember this moment of meeting than by painting a mustachio on your new 'friend's' face? (Remember, it's your bed. Be wise what you do.)
7. GENTLY AWAKEN THEM. Oh, the poor dears! They must be exhausted, but they can't stay here. Be nice, even if it isn't IC for your character. This is what you get for rolling. Shake them up quietly. Or reroll.
8. GET TO KNOW THEM NON-BIBLICALLY. Well, they're asleep. But they left their wallet, important work, or identification out (no matter how OOC it may be)! Let's see who's REALLY sleeping in your bed. (Use your own judgment on what you find. AS a suggestion, have the most they find is the sleeper's name and maybe place of work.)
9. TIE 'EM UP. FUNCTIONAL typing up. Not kinky, no matter what the other party might think. Let them continue their blissful moment of rest. They'll answer questions later and you'll be safe and sound.

C. Decide - fuck the police. You heard. Fuck 'em.

10. YOU MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE YOUR OWN FATE.

II. ROAD TRIP

1. BREAK DOWN. Oh snap. Your car decided to break down out in the middle of nowhere. WHAT DO? Is that Leatherface? Will this be "Children of the Corn"?
2. HITCHHIKERS? Is this even a good idea? Threads may also have a third participant. Go wild.
3. WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST HIT? Dude, I hear deer mess up cars... Or I think that was a deer...
4. DON'T MAKE ME TURN THIS CAR AROUND. Alas. You're the parent or disgruntled friend who has had it up to here with all the fighting in the bakc. This thread may also have a third or even fourth participant, if you can wing it.
5. OMG, I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS LANDMARK! No, no, and no. You tell that person that they're going to be driven around and they're going to like it.
6. THE GREAT ESCAPE. Either dinosaurs or the mothman is chasing you. Don't stop now.
7. MAKE OUT. For whatever reason, the person you're traveling ith in the car. You would love to make out with them and then some.

III. CUDDLES

1. SWEET DREAMS. It's been a long day and all you want to do is sleep or just rest your eyes for a bit. Hopefully whoever is close by doesn't mind if you use them as a blanket.
2. STORMY WEATHER. The heavy rain, thunder, and lightning won't be letting up anytime soon. Luckily, it's the perfect weather to stay indoors and snuggle up close and keep warm.
3. SLOW DANCE. It's the end of a party, or maybe it's only the two of you, but the tempo is slow and the lights are low. Let your dance partner take the weight and just sway.
4. SURPRISE ATTACK. Time to invade someone's personal sapce. Are they working too much and need a distraction? Maybe you just wanted to brighten their day. Either way, they won't see it coming.
5. MOVIE NIGHT. It can be on the sofa or in a darkened theater, but you've got your popcorn and someone to settle against during your favorite movie.
6. I LOVE YOU, MAN. It's totally platonic, really. You're just very good friends, no matter what people like to think. But you just love your friend so much you want to hug them, whether they like it or not.
7. JEEPERS CREEPERS. Welp. You were just frightened. Was it a spider in the washroom, a ghost in the attic, a bad dream? Either way, you're looking for someone to cling to right now, and who better than that person right there?
8. HURT AND COMFORT. Whether you're sick in bed, just been dumped, or suffered a traumatic event, you need someone to wrap their arms around you and make everything go away.
9. SUNDAY MORNING. Maybe you just had a wild night. Maybe there's just not enough space at your place and you need to share your bed. Or maybe you just got really tired and someone else happened to be there. Doesn't matter because now the person with you looks way more comfortable than any blanket or pillow. Drape to your heart's content.
10. MOMENT AFTER. You just had incredible, vigorous sex and if you weren't a cuddler before, you are now. You're probably too exhausted to do anything else anyway. Just enjoy the moment.
11. MENAGE A TROIS. Or four, or five. Get a group and cuddle away.
12. PLAYER'S CHOICE. Pick one or make up your own!

IV. HURT/COMFORT

1. INJURY. You've been injured. Broken bones or bleeding out or maybe just a tiny little papercut. The choice is yours.
2. SICKNESS. You're sick and laid up in bed, at home or in a hospital. The severity is up to you.
3. FEAR/ANXIETY. Something is happening and you're scared beyond belief.
4. LOSS OF SENSES. Sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, etc. You've lost some important sense or ability and now you're left to deal with it.
5. DESPAIR. Nothing is good or right anymore and you can't shake the depression. Maybe that friend of yours can help though.
6. MAKE UP. Fight or break up, it's time to make up.
7. RESCUED. You've just been held captive and/or tortured for however long and finally, someone has come to the rescue.
8. BAD ROMANCE. Fight, cheat on, abuse, whatever the case is, someone else can clearly see you need comfort from someone who isn't your terrible lover tonight.
9. LOSS. You've experienced a loss of some kind and need help getting through it.

V. FIGHT

1. FISTFIGHT. Straight-up, unfussy, no-holds-barred facepunching. Clearly you're emotionally invested in this argument. Or maybe you want some stress relief.
2. BAR FIGHT. Someone's had one too many drinks. Curses are being slurred, bottles are being smashed. Just don't be surprised if you get thrown out.
3. VERBAL. A caustic, intellectual battle of wits? Or just immature playground insults? Either way, the fighthing here isn't physical; sticks and stones can break your bones, but we'll see if words can hurt you...
4. WEAPONRY. Fencing practice or a real swordfight? Paintball or battlefield gunfight? The only limits are your imagination (and the extents of human military engineering, of course)!
5. SPARRING. Maybe you're a streetwise punk teaching the new kid on the block the ropes of self-defense. Or perhaps you just want to get some practice in before your karate exam.
6. SEXY. That collar-grabbing led to a kiss, that knee stayed in a place a little too long, those gazes got a little intense... There's heavy breathing here, but it might not be because you've been exerting yourself.
7. DUEL. You insulted the wrong person. Or got caught cheating at cards. A duel, sir, a duel! The glvoes are off (and slapping you) and it's pistols at dawn.
8. COMPETITIVE. Boxing, wrestling, martial arts, the possibilities are endless. Just remember: the first rule of Fight Club...
9. OTHER. Combine any of the above, or make up your own!

VI. HIGH SCHOOL AU

1. CLASS TIME. Pick your class, pick your seat. Whether you're paying attention or goofing off, you're interacting constantly with someone else.
2. BREAK TIME. Those precious minutes that aren't lunch, usually half an hour if you're lucky. Are you hanging out on the grass, rushing to get homework finished, or bunking off school early?
3. LUNCH TIME. Food, glorious food! ... As long as you're not eating the school lunches. What sort of chaos will you get up to in the endless queue that is the lunch line?
4. FOOD FIGHT. The natural reaction to being served school lunches: throwing them as far away from you as possible. You're caught in the middle, or maybe you're instigating it. Who knows? No one can tell.
5. STUDY PERIOD. Yeah. "Studying." They mean catching up on gossip, right? Or watching that crappy TV in the common room? Or maybe you really want to study. I'm not judging.
6. SKIPPING SCHOOL. Did you even get to school before you bunked off somewhere? Or did you just take the bus five stops further and in to town? Hope you don't get caught, either way.
7. EXAM WEEK. You're going into an exam, or just cramming every last bit of knowledge into your head. Either way, good luck! You're going to need it.
8. DETENTION. What did you do? Or were you innocent and wrapped up in your friend's scheme, and now you both have detention? I do not envy you at any rate.
9. SUMMER HOLIDAY. SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! Burn your books, burn your uniforms. Everything is over for another 6 weeks (or however long you get off).
10. FACULTY. Oh, hello miss/sir. No, we weren't talking about bunking. Yep, you're the teacher. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you get this option, you or your partner can do a second roll for the scenario.
11. TAKE YOUR PICK. Free for you. Whether you want to pick something from the list, or make up your own scenario, this option allows that. (Of course, you could just bypass the rolling entirely.)

VII. APOCALYPSE HOW

1. LAST ACTION HERO. You tried your best to save the world, but despite the superpowers, the teamwork, and the sacrifice of many good friends, you couldn't quite pull it off. Now you're left with your guilt and a universe where half the people left are depending on you to help them, while the rest are trying to hunt you down for your failures. Good luck with that, hero.
2. SCIENCE SAVIOR. They said it was impossible, they said it was futile, but you know that if you just got a little bit of support you could fix all of the world's troubles. Maybe your experiments are a bit on the unethical side, but the survival of humanity is depending on you! You can't let the world down. Time to grab those test-tubes and get yourself a lab assistant that doesn't mind getting their hands dirty.
3. THE LAST PERSON ON EARTH. Well, it's finally happened. A virus or disease or genetic mutation has all but wiped out members of the opposite sex and humanity is doomed. But what's this? A lone survivor? As the saviour of the species, they'll be glad to lend a hand (or reproductive organ) to help restore the population, right? Maybe a little bit of persuasion is in order.
4. SO LONELY. You haven't talked to another person in days and you're starved for conversation. So when you finally meet another lone traveler it makes total sense to stick together, right? Maybe share some food, some companionship, some ammo. . . . Better hope you both get along.
5. MUTATION STATION. The bomb dropped and some people weren't fortunate enough to go in the blast. Now those left behind have to deal with nuclear winter, a dwindling food supply, and some strange additions to the human gene code. Maybe these superhumans are friendly and misunderstood. Then again, maybe they just want to eat your brains.
6. LAST DANCE. The world is ending. You know it, everyone knows it, so the only thing left to do is party like it's 1999. Complete your bucket list, do the things you never got the chance to do before, and maybe screw up the courage to do the things you were too scared to even think about doing. Oh, and watch out for looters.
7. FREEBIE SCENARIO. Anything you can think of that isn't already mentioned can go here.

VIII. PARANOIA

1. EROTOMANIA. That person loves you. They belong to you. They might deny it and be with someone else but they're ridiculous. You know better here.
2. DISTRUST. Simple as it sounds, you're being lied to. You can't prove it but you're not falling for their tricks anymore.
3. HALLUCINATIONS. A vague classic. Those sounds, those sights, your senses are screwed up and the world is upside down. There's plenty of senses to screw.
4. TAINTED. You're completely wrong. Is it in your family's blood? Is it parasites? A disease? Aliens? A sin? But it's consuming you, whatever it is.
5. CONSPIRACY. Why are they after you? Who knows. Maybe you know. But everyone is in on it and you're the only one left fighting against it.
6. CONTROL. Your actions aren't your own, even if others insist they are. Somehow, either drugs or magic or something, someone is making you their puppet.
7. FIXATION. Either it's in you or someone else or a thing but this imperfection is clawing at your mind. Just fix it. Fix it and you can rest.
8. FOLIE A DEUX. The more either you or the other person talks, the more you feed into this unease and the more real it sounds. What can you two alone do?
9. REPLACEMENTS. Is it just this person or is everyone being replaced with a fake? You're not a fake, though. You won't let them replace you.
10. REAL. Is any of this real? Maybe you're dreaming or drugged. Maybe you're dead. But you need to prove that this is really happening, whatever it takes.

IX. RANDOM LOCATION

1. LOST. Oh shit, how did you even get here.
2. ON THE RUN. Getting away from someone or something that's after you.
3. TREASURE HUNTING. Something you desire is here. Maybe it's being guarded or you're competing for it.
4. TRAVELLING. You turned up here on purpose. Why is up to you.
5. ESCAPE. Things have gone wrong and you need to get out of this place.
6. DISASTER. Something awful has happened whether you're the cause, a witness or there to help.
7. INVASION. It's a siege! Are you defending or attacking?
8. HOME. It's actually where you live.
9. DUEL. The predetermined location to end a feud.
10. WHATEVER. Just make something up, whatever.

X. INTIMACY

1. PHYSICAL INTIMACY. It might just be innocent touches or it might be during sex.
2. LONG CONVERSATIONS. Honest words can be more intimate than touch.
3. DRUNK. You're oversharing or simply maudlin.
4. FORCED INTIMACY. Magic. A truth serum, whatever - you didn't mean to bare your soul, but that is precisely what you're doing right now.
5. SLOW-DANCING. There is something inherently intimate about trusting someone else to lead you, and someone trust you to lead them.
6. OTHER. Intimacy can come in many forms. Pick your poison.

XI. OTHER

1. BOUNTY HUNTERS. You're wanted. And someone is chasing you. Maybe it isn't your fault? But maybe you did rob that bank. Either way, there's someone after that price on your head. Confront them, or run? Specify hunter or hunted.
2. TRUTH. You can't tell a lie. Maybe both of you can't, or only one of you, but now is the time to ask those embarrassing questions.
3. OBEDIENCE. The person posting is compelled to obey, no matter what. (Un)Fortunately the person commenting is compelled to give orders. All orders given must be obeyed.
4. LOTUS EATERS. The person posting is trapped in their own dream of personal paradise. The person commenting is trapped with them. Help free them, or fall into paradise?
5. PLANTS OF DEATH. Plants are trying to kill you. (Something's . . . happening.)
6. INSOMNIA. One or both of you can't sleep, and that sucks. Be awake together.
7. DREAMWALKING. One of you is trapped in the other's dream - or nightmare.
8. SOULMATES. You are meant to be, whether the relationship is functional or . . . less so.
9. PICTURE/QUOTE PROMPT. Throw a bunch of pictures and/or quotes around and see what happens, freeform style! Try RP Visualocities or A Sea Of Quotes.
10. OTHER-WORLDLY. Go to the Other-Wordly blog and hit 'Random' until you get a word. Use the word as a prompt to write up an RP scenario. Do this several times if you like. Mix & match.

Handy-Dandy Quick Links:
Jordan Langley ↪ Galen Marek ↪ Galen Marek (63) ↪ Belle Beaumont

Seph McCauley ↪ Vanessa Cleveland ↪ Jaime Lannister ↪ Zekk

Tahiri Veila ↪ Sally Malik ↪ Carswell Thorne ↪ Edward Kenway ↪ Finnick Odair

Finley Odair (63) ↪ Alyss Heart ↪ Seth Gecko ↪ Chloe Saunders ↪ Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Steve Rogers ↪ Cullen ↪ Aveline de Grandpré ↪ Helen

Aveline Vallen ↪ Elissa Cousland ↪ Fenris ↪ Gretel ↪ Jack Swift

Jonah Kinlock ↪ Piper McLean ↪ Commander Shepard

Urdnot Wrex ↪ Jacob Taylor ↪ Will Scarlet

The Exile ↪ Meetra Surik (Mando Era) ↪ Revan ↪ Revan (Mando Era)

Hatake Kakashi ↪ Uzumaki Naruto ↪ Kusanagi Yui ↪ Balder Hringhorni

Comments

[assumeddirectcontrol]

"Yeah, well, Harper'll get over it until it passes." The migraine, she means. A galaxy away, and his brain is still going to keep rejecting his implant. She gives him a lopsided grin as she moves closer to him, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed over her chest.

The grin is easy, but it doesn't quite reach her eyes. Worry makes her brow furrow, taking in the sight of him.

"You talk to the doc about this yet?"

[majoring]

"I guess she'll have to," he chuckles. Now that she's locked the door and all. But maybe some tension unwinds in the set of his shoulders, a little bit of pressure easing. It's not that he has anything against Cora, or anyone else who might wander into the room. But it is personal, the L2 side effects. He's practical enough to know there's no sense in keeping the entire situation to himself, but just having Shepard here without the chance of anyone else wandering in--

It's preferable.

"Lexi? She gave me the works the second I stepped on board. Some doctors, they hear 'functioning L2' and their hands start twitching for a sample tube." He doesn't mind it with Lexi so much, who is clearly well intentioned. But there's maybe a reason why he hasn't mentioned this particular episode to the doctor.

[assumeddirectcontrol]

Shepard can't imagine what that's like, somebody looking at you and suddenly wanting to know how you tick. And not in the way that you get to know a person, like most normal people. She's asked a lot of questions about his implant, about his migraines, about how he's still here when so many of the others aren't, though. For a doctor, she imagines it's the same.

Except for that part where he's a person.

And probably the part where she repeatedly slammed headfirst into getting to know the person against better - not judgment, but protocol.

"I'm drawing the line at any poking and prodding. We're not here for you to be studied." There's a pause before she gives a soft snort. "I keep forgetting that I'm not in charge here."

[majoring]

There's a sort of corona of light forming around Shepard as Kaidan looks at her, which would be hilarious if it didn't feel like someone was slowly pushing a needle into his brain. He does his best to hide a wince, but can't help shutting his eyes, brows furrowed.

"I don't think we need to worry too much about that. An old L2, against someone with Cora's kind of implants? I'm practically ancient history." Despite the pain, he manages to squint one eye open, giving her a lopsided grin. "Hey, I can always salute if you're feeling nostalgic. Pull out a 'ma'am' here and there."

[assumeddirectcontrol]

Her mouth tugs into a deep frown when he closes his eyes. She knows she's not also helping him out, being here, forcing him into conversation.

"What's wrong with ancient history? I've always thought it was fascinating." Shepard drops a wink. "A salute would be nice, but I get that whenever we come into contact with people who recognize me. Right now, I'd settle for you listening to my orders."

She sits down on the floor next to him, Indian style with her legs crossed, and pats her thigh. "Lay down, Kaidan. It'll help."

[majoring]

He might be in pain, but there's probably no one else in any galaxy that could get Kaidan to lay on the floor like this. It's not exactly dignified, but he and Shepard have been to hell and new worlds together. Dignity got left somewhere back on Eden Prime.

"Yes, ma'am," he murmurs, easing to the ground. She's warm and - safe isn't the right word, exactly, because Alice Shepard is a walking disaster, but he trusts her. Implicitly.

[assumeddirectcontrol]

Screw dignified. He's sick, and he shouldn't tough it out because there's not exactly private cabins on this ship. It's just him and her and that migraine, the locked door having probably been the best idea she's had in a long time.

He doesn't resist, which relaxes her more than she expects it to. It - well, it was a long time ago that they got together, but to her, it hadn't been that long since she had been his commander and their fraternization could have fucked them over big in the Alliance.

He's a warm and comforting weight when he rests his head on her thigh, and without thinking about it, she threads her fingers through his hair in soft strokes.

"Any regrets?"

[majoring]

It's surprisingly domestic, her hand in his hair. The furrow between his brows smooths out as she strokes it, a certain kind of calm infusing him. Nothing about their situation should really be relaxed these days, and yet here they are.

He reaches up to find her free hand, tangling their fingers together. "If there's one thing I've learnt over the past few years, it's that regrets are a waste of time. I think we're exactly where we need to be."

[assumeddirectcontrol]

The situation these days isn't free from stress, but it's different. It's her problem but it's not her problem, and that makes all the difference. It means she can sit here with Kaidan, and nobody will question it. It doesn't have to be hidden, stolen moments beneath the noses of the brass.

She can't regret that.

But she won't tell Kaidan about how much she wonders about what would have happened if they had stayed home.

"If nothing else, we are where we are." Shepard squeezes his hand. "Once Ryder has figured out this whole Archon shit, you think they'd give me a ship?"

[majoring]

He wonders. Thinks about Reapers and whatever it was that nearly killed Shepard and if maybe there was more danger coming to the Milky Way than they'd let themselves believe.

But he can't be lying here on this ship with his head in her lap and have regrets about it all. He squeezes her hand back and thinks I love you, doesn't say it. Neither of them have said it, although that doesn't give rise to any kind of paranoia. It's almost funny, that they could traipse across the universe together, and still be in the butterfly phase of their relationship.

"I think the fact that you managed to convince them not to put you in charge of this ship is a miracle." If his voice is a little slurred, it's because he's comfortable with her. Doesn't feel the need to force his syllables out clearly, to enunciate properly in the face of the migraine. "But worse comes to worst - it wouldn't be the first time we're commandeered a vessel, if you really want one."

[assumeddirectcontrol]

She thinks about what was left behind, with so much left undone. Had leaving the galaxy been the right choice? Nobody had listened to her, and whoever had, they attacked her. Someone didn't want her to let the Milky Way know about the Reapers. It feels a little like running away.

It doesn't leave her as guilt ridden as she supposed. She's spent her whole life standing her ground and not running. This? This is fucking easy in comparison.

She doesn't even drink as much as she used to. It's equal parts being removed, and the man in her lap currently. She can admit that, that having him around makes her feel more grounded, more human. He crossed a galaxy for her; she can afford to drink less.

"I'm still not actually sure how I managed that other than the whole 'no pathfinder implant' argument. Not really sure if I'm okay with an AI in my brain." She notices the slurring, and it brings a warmth to her chest. That they started off so guarded and now he can be open around her is not something Shepard could have predicted. "Commander Shepard, first human Spectre, pirate."

[majoring]

"Accepting the consultancy probably helped." He's pretty sure it's helped Ryder as well, at least once it became clear that Shepard wasn't interested in any backseat commanding. The Pathfinder has enough room to breathe, and someone to fall back on if she needs it.

So far, she hasn't really seemed to need it. Kaidan's sort of proud of her, in that 'watching a recruit turn into an officer' kind of way.

Hi laughter at her last comment is really more of a hum. "Hey, it's no joke. We both know you'd be a great pirate."

[assumeddirectcontrol]

"I felt like I didn't have a lot of choice with that." It's an easy life, right now. If you could count what they're faced with 'easy'. The idea of possibly dying out before they can get a foot in the door is too high to be comfortable. But she likes the easy nature of it not being fully on her shoulders.

Shepard also knows that once they start flourishing that she's going to join the military again.

But for now, she's happy to let Ryder find her way and take them all forward.

She snorts. "I'd wait until there was more to ambush around here. Too easy of a target right now. Where's the fun in that?"

[majoring]

"You would have found a way out." Of that, he has no doubts. Shepard has a way of moving mountains when she puts her mind to it. It's a part of why had wanted her in the first place, other than the whole 'reaper in the Citadel' thing. "If you'd really wanted to. But let's be real - this suits us both down to the ground."

Close to the action, being useful. Not that they would have done badly on the Nexus, or in a colony, or any other number of places. But after what happened with Saren, Kaidan thinks that this is the sort of mission they're uniquely suited for.

Even if there is a little tremor of fear in his gut when they're flying in uncharted space, his mind plagued by memories of watching the Normandy break apart from an escape shuttle. But life goes on, right? Miraculously, Shepard's life goes on, and Kaidan is grateful for every second of it that she chooses to spend with him.

He huffs a laugh at her comment but doesn't otherwise reply. His thumb idly shifts over her skin, back and forth over the back of her hand. It's a second or two before be cracks an eye open, squinting up at her.

"You know what I do miss, though?"

[assumeddirectcontrol]

"That's the problem. This is what my life is, of course I was going to agree." From Mindoir until now, Shepard's been a fighter, an explorer, a leader. She can bitch about wanting a quiet life all she wants, but she doesn't believe her own words. She doesn't think anyone who even sort of knows her would believe it.

Shepard has seen what is out there, what can happen to people. She's seen indoctrination up close and personal. Sure, maybe that's not the kett's thing, but it's something. It's similar. It's genetic goo building up a new person. She can't let that go.

The thumb moving across her skin soothes her, and she relaxes a bit against the wall, letting her head fall back so she can stare up at the ceiling. "A good steak and Canadian beer?"

[majoring]

If Kaidan's honest with himself - and he does try to be, most of the time - he has a couple of quiet dreams that involve the two of them and a different sort of life. But that's probably getting way ahead of himself right now, and he knows Shepard well enough not to drop that on her. They have their own kind of commitment, and it doesn't involve any kind of picket fence.

"I wouldn't complain." Kaidan's not sure he'd trust anyone who didn't want either of those things. "But I was thinking more along the lines of private quarters. Not that the horticulture room isn't doing its best right now."

As if in response, one of the automatic misters goes off. It's sort of pleasant, the cool spray settling over his face, but real privacy and a bed would definitely one up it.

[assumeddirectcontrol]

The spray gets about half of Shepard's face, and she isn't going to be the one to complain about it, but she can't help but wish privacy didn't exist in a plant room. She misses the Normandy. Her own quarters. That comes with being the big boss, and she definitely gave that up to Ryder in the beginning.

Can't bitch about it now.

"I guess private quarters would be less conspicuous than us locking ourselves up in a random room. The crew talks enough as it is." She shifts until she can lean down, brushing a kiss against his lips. "I had been thinking about an apartment on the Nexus, though."