Distance - chapter 55

Gina encounters unexpected resistance from the intelligence behind the Reapers when she tries to open the Citadel's arms, while Kaidan fights like hell to reach her side before the Crucible fires.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2615129/chapters/151700776

Happy Shenko I mean N7 Day

Good news! I got the next chapter of Distance finished! I promised a chapter on my birthday, and somehow I got it done! I'll upload it later ^_^

(Art for a future chapter of Distance by Thanonluk)

Her fingers on his temples always help to relieve migraine.

Dreams of Home

Gina knew it was futile to hope that crawling a few metres might make any difference once the Catalyst fired. She knew it was useless to dream she might survive once her cybernetic parts were inoperative and Hunter was gone, but she couldn't help it. Even as the light around her grew so bright it burned her eyes, and the air grew so hot she could feel her exposed skin blistering, she tried. She crawled and screamed and clung to the hope that she might make it.

For Kaidan.

For herself.

For their ridiculous white-picket dream that would never be.

Written for the prompt: home

(Art by Al-teya)

Distance - Chapter 54

Gina, Kaidan, James, and the clone venture out into the remains of the Citadel in a last-ditch effort to get control of the Catalyst. But with the clock ticking down and enemies around every corner, things have never looked so bleak.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2615129/chapters/143909191

Art is by TowardsBlue ♡

Distance chapter 53

The clone becomes the least of Shepard and the crew's problem as Reapers attack the Citadel and the Normandy is forced into hiding. Shepard isn't planning to go down without a fight though, and a chance - even a slim one - is better than no chance at all.

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I FINISHED CHAPTER 53 OF DISTANCE!

I still have to edit it, but I'm very very excited because this chapter was crazy hard to get finished.

Kaidan and Gina are definitely in a pickle in this next chapter, and it isn't the clone who's causing them problems. I'm so excited to get this edited and share it with you because we're making yet another twisty divergence from the game canon, but in the best way possible.

(Commission is by Gotetho)

Nathaly Shepard and Kaidan Alenko ☄️ commission for @pigeontheoneandonly

A book cover for Pigeon's Mass Effect novelization entitled Discovery 🌠 We have high hopes that the first print copy looks PERFECT 🤞

I decided to write a 100-word Subject Zero Kaidan drabble over in the MEFFW discord and it has GROWN. This is pre-Through A Mirror Darkly. Short and sweet! (Art is by LeFlayArt).

“Do you trust me?”

Kaidan's voice floated from the shadowy corner of his usual haunt beneath engineering. Pandora whirled around to face him and sensed, more than saw, his movement as he stepped through the darkness.

She saw the faint blue sparks of biotics flickering in his gaze, and her eyes dropped to his tattoos as the dim light and shadow played over his skin. A vivid image of being stalked by a striped tiger popped into her head; a predator who would devour her if given the chance.

“I trust you,” Pandora breathed, waiting for the tiger to pouce.

He laughed softly and stepped closer, his biotic aura scraping against hers like nails on a chalkboard. She shuddered, unable to suppress her reaction to the wrongness of his power. It felt like an old-fashioned television tuned to the wrong station. Like static.

"Still trust me? Kaidan stepped even closer, right into her personal space.

Pandora's breath caught in her throat. He was so close that she could feel the heat from his skin against hers. She could smell his scent; cigarettes, whiskey, and ozone. Her heart pounded, her pulse thundering in her ears as held her gaze for a long moment.

"You're all alone down here, Shepard." His eyes dropped to her lips, and he smirked. "Are you that confident you could take me in a fight if I decided to hurt you?"

"No," Pandora admitted, her voice surprisingly firm and confident. She met his eyes and forced a smirk, pleased to see him look unsettled by her reaction. "I couldn't take you in a fight, but I'm confident that you won't hurt me."

He scoffed, eyes flashing as though in answer to her challenge. He closed the distance between them, his face an inch from hers. "You think I can't hurt you, Shepard?"

He wanted her to give in, to step back and show fear. Pandora refused. She straightened and leaned in, forcing Kaidan to shift his weight back a tiny bit to avoid touching her. "You could, but you won't." She smiled. "Because you want something else from me, don't you?"

His eyes widened almost imperceptibly, and his aura pulsed against hers, a buzz of reaction he couldn't hide. Immediately, Kaidan stepped back scowling. His fists were clenched at his sides, and he turned his back on her.

"I think you should leave before you find out what I really want to do to you," he bit out, his voice rough and harsh as he moved back into his darkness.

Pandora swallowed and stepped back into the light off the stairwell, turning her back on him with difficulty. She started up the stairs, and glanced back over her shoulder but couldn't see Kaidan in the gloom. He watched though. She could feel his gaze burning against her as she retreated.

The tiger hadn't pounced tonight, but his eyes were so hungry that she knew next time he wouldn't let her get away from him.

And Pandora wasn't entirely sure she wanted him to let her.

commission for @/inquisibility from twitter

03/02/2021

Finished the last of my lineart commissions, this time Mylo Shepard and Kaidan Alenko for my BELOVED @koreanshep/@buchimgay. Some Shenko is always good for the soul. Pose referenced from @kingcholera's portfolio!

remember how kaidan and shepard totally got their happy ending and nothing bad happened to them again ever

commission by the amazing @redreart