Tag: mshenko

16 for mshenko:)

Order up! #16 (Over and over again, till it’s nothing but a senseless babble)

From this I love you prompt list!

“Oh, for the love of – which one of you is responsible for this?”

Wrex chuckles. Garrus makes a noncommittal noise. Liara swears she saw nothing. Tali shrugs. James looks only a little worried. Kaidan glares at them all then repeats the question. Same answer.

“Kaidan?” a barely-luid Shepard croaks from the sticky bar floor. “’s’that Kaidan Alenko? Kaidan!”

“What did you give him to drink?” Kaidan demands.

“Little bit of this and that,” Garrus answers.

“Some of it might have been illegal,” Wrex adds.

Liara at least has the decency to look chagrined. “Most of it was probably illegal.”

“Shit,” Kaidan answers. “All right. You people are officially off shore leave. Report back to the ship and just hope that the Hero of the Citadel doesn’t die.”

He doesn’t wait for any of them to respond. He bends down and hooks his arm under Shepard’s, dragging the man up to as standing a position as he can get him. Shepard sways dangerously, eyes closing.

“Don’t you dare pass out,” Kaidan says sharply. “I will leave you in a gutter somewhere. If I can find one.”

“Kaidan,” Shepard drawls. “Kaidan, y’know, you’re amazing.”

“Yeah, I know,” he says sarcastically. “Left, right, soldier. Come on, we’re almost there.”

His back is aching by the time he dumps them into a skycar to the docks and through the decontamination system that lasts much longer than necessary because Shepard is alcohol-sweating something the filters don’t like. The walk of shame to the Captain’s Cabin is worth it for Kaidan’s state of mind. It’ll take a lot for him to live this one down. Then again, he’ll probably wear the drunken shame like a badge of honor.

Kaidan’s glad that he’s been here to the cabin enough that he can maneuver it in the dark.

“Need t’feed the fish,” Shepard mutters.

Kaidan ignores it and dumps the commander on his bed. He sits down on the edge to help remove Shepard’s boots, socks, pants. “You’re plastered,” he says.

“I love you,” Shepard says. He wavers up for a sloppy kiss that Kaidan allows him because there’s no use arguing with a drunk/drugged/whatever man. “I love you,” he says again. Then his brain appears to get stuck in a feedback loop. “I love you, I love you, I love you,” a dozen or more times. A second dozen, and Kaidan starts to chuckle. Shepard is pressing kisses all over him, up his neck and over his face, probably flirting because he keeps missing his mark for the lips. The repeated mantra of love goes on until it sounds like Kaidan’s shorted out his translation implant and can’t understand the words anymore.

They’re rolling on the bed, uncoordinated and laughing and kissing and suddenly Shepard is asleep, snoring loudly. Kaidan both wants to continue laughing and punch him all at the same time. He gives up on both, worming his way out from under his weight to brush his teeth and dress down for bed. He can deal with the commander’s hangover in the morning. Or not.

31 In awe, the first time you realised it

Here we see another #31, and I’m going with the Burn Down the Sky for it this time. 

From this I love you prompt list!

Kaidan doesn’t even bother counting the days anymore. He tried to at first, but then it seemed like an exercise in futility. He’s not even sure how “together” he and Shepard actually are anymore. Truly, he understands Ianto’s need for time. He and Miranda were married for a long time, so hooking up on the 4th of July probably hadn’t been the smartest idea. Then there was the whole fiasco with the trial where he’d dumped the man with barely a second thought before they’d been able to define anything.

Kaidan’s face twists as he stares at himself in his bathroom mirror, clenching his razor tightly for a moment, halfway through his shave. It had been the right decision. It had. He knew that, but still. The ache in his chest wouldn’t go away, and he had no idea how to stop it.

And Shepard has been quiet about the whole thing. He hears things from his coworkers. Things that make him heartsick. They don’t mean anything to anyone else, but Kaidan knows it’s all to apologize. Be the better man. Give him his space and the ability to open the lines of communication again on his own time.

Recently Shepard’s taken up all of Kaidan’s paperwork while Kaidan rides out his suspension. He’s even taken charge of his rig, doing the work of two lieutenants by himself. They don’t talk, they don’t text, but occasionally, an email will pop up in his inbox.

Ianto Shepard [shepard.i@virmirefire.com]
To: Kaidan Alenko [kaidanalenko@virmirelocalrepairs.com]

Subject: Rec

Hey. Family stopped by the station the other day for car seat check. Installed wrong, as always. They mentioned needing some roofing repairs done. Gave them your card, said you were the best in town. Just a heads up.

-IMS

He needs the extra money since he’s on an unpaid leave from the station, and sometimes he wonders if Shepard’s been hitting up everyone at their sites to send them Kaidan’s way. Looking out for him in any way he can without breathing down his neck.

Kaidan finishes shaving and rinses the stray cream off of his face. He’s thinking about all those calls, all the recommendations, all the absent care. Ianto cared. Deeply. He wanted to make things right any way that he could.

“Shit,” Kaidan mutters to his mirror. He throws the hand towel down and goes to his room where his dress uniform is hanging on his door ready for the Firefighters Ball tonight. He puts it on carefully, piece by piece, watching himself now in the full length mirror.

He knows he needs to take Ashley’s advice and just talk to the man for once. Even if nothing comes of it, he can’t hide his head in the sand forever.

It’s just a lot more complicated now, and he can lie to everyone, but he’s never been good at lying to himself. He just wished it didn’t feel like a bolt out of the blue. How had he convinced himself otherwise? “I love him,” he says to his mirror, voice shaking only a bit in its surety. Saying it out loud makes it real, the feeling blooming in his chest and tightening his throat. It hurts and it feels amazing and it’s the most awe-inspiring emotion he’s ever had. “I love him,” he says again. It’s stronger now. Kaidan Alenko is in love and he’s never been so scared in his entire life.

Love You Prompt: Mshenko 22

Have a #22. (Muffled, from the other side of the door)

From this list of I love you prompts!

“Hey, Shepard,” Kaidan says as lightly as he can, taking his seat in front of the thick paneled glass.

Shepard sits down in the chair on the opposite side of the glass, looking drawn and tired in the bright, fluorescent lighting. He picks at the POW uniform he’s wearing with a wan smile. “Suppose I have you to thank for this?” his tone is exhausted, but friendly, voice muffled through the glass.

“Yeah. I’ve arranged to have you moved to Vancouver on Earth. You’ll have your own private room, amenities, a door that opens…”

“… and twenty-four-seven surveillance.”

Kaidan winces. “Ianto…”

He waves a hand dismissively. “I deserve it. Thanks for being the one to take me in when I surrendered. It couldn’t have been easy for you.”

“I’m glad you called,” Kaidan answers. “Someone else might have tried to make an example out of you.”

“I knew it would have come to this if that suicide mission hadn’t done what the name suggested.” He grins and Kaidan frowns. “Look, I know what I did, all right? And I was ready for all of this.” He gestures around to the sterile white visiting room. “But if the information and resources I collected can help convince the Alliance and the Council to move on this damn reaper threat, I’ll sit here and rot in jail for as long as it takes.”

“That doesn’t make it easier,” Kaidan says. “I’m… you know I’m sorry, right? About Horizon. It was just too much to take in at the time. After two years…”

Shepard leans as close to the glass as he can without being shouted at by the guard. “I get it, Kaidan. You didn’t say or do anything that didn’t make sense. I would have been the same way. But I’m still glad it happened. That we ran into each other. Being with Cerberus… fuck, it was awful. Didn’t know what I was living for half the time without you there.”

Kaidan ducks his head slightly and rubs the back of his neck. Shepard always liked that move. He’s quiet for a minute, and Shepard lets him have it, even though their time is limited. The man’s head comes back up. “There’s a lot there, Shepard. I promise I’ll think about it, though. We won’t be able to see each other after this, probably for a long time. You’ll be on lockdown.”

“I know,” he confirms. “I know you had to pull a lot of strings for just this much, and they only let you because you were the one to bring me in.” It’s almost time. “I need to tell you something, though.”

“Shoot,” Kaidan says, probably too recklessly.

“I love you,” Ianto says, and it sounds strange through the wall. “I always will, no matter how long it takes to get your trust back. I’ll do anything, Kaidan.”

Kaidan’s shock lasts a beat too long before the guard is back hauling Shepard to his feet and escorting him out and he’s lost his chance to answer. At first he thinks it’s completely unfair, but then he’s glad he didn’t say anything. It wouldn’t have been true if he’d said anything back automatically. He would think about about it and it would be better. He hoped. One day.

31 for Ianto/Kaidan (I MISS THEM A LOT OK??)

Next order for the I love you prompts: #31 (In awe, the first time you realised it)!

Send me a prompt from this list, any pairing, and I’ll fill it!


Ianto Shepard is not above admitting that some things just don’t come easy to him. He’s taken down reapers and thresher maws and a few handsy fans, but he still knows where he lags. And one of those areas is being willing to use his biotics more often to save his own ass. During his time at the Villa, one of the N7 instructors had said, “restraint is the better part of valor.” Shepard was fairly certain that wasn’t how the saying went, but it had stuck. Nowadays he was more likely to use his biotics as a last ditch effort – he was a sentinel, after all – though with the war heating up every day, he saw the immediate need for more power.

And when he’d seen what Kaidan Alenko did on the field and in the launch bay to keep up his own training, well… there was a poetry to it that Shepard craved for himself. Thus began the weekly training sessions, and Kaidan has kept to his word that he won’t hold back anymore.

It’s been a year, and Shepard thinks he’s doing so much better at it. Less bruises and shocks to his fingers thanks to Kaidan, once again, dislodging his weapon from his hands effortlessly. He’s gotta say though, he kind of likes it when Kaidan gets that dangerous grin on his face before blowing the commander off his feet with a new tactic he knows will work.

They read each other almost too well now, and the major certainly likes to take advantage.

Thus it continues. They’re in the battle area on the Citadel today. It’s a luxury spot for them to train, and Shepard adores it. The two of them against the world, it seems sometimes. But today, it’s the two of them against each other and Ianto is winning as he ducks behind a stack of crates, sweating and grinning and up another fifty points for the, frankly, beautiful stasis field he’d trapped his lover in just moments before.

“Where did that come from?” Kaidan calls from somewhere to his six. He sounds impressed.

Shepard knows he’s trying to discern his location by talking, but he can’t help shouting back, “a desire for payback after yesterday!” His shoulder still hurts from that particularly brutal round where they’d picked each other off for a scramble of points during the last minute of the simulation when they’d been neck and neck for the win. Kaidan had really earned it that time.

Suddenly, Shepard’s blindsided by an explosion of bright blue biotics that send him, the crates, and what he thinks might be a potted plant, flying. Before he can even register what happened, he’s flat on his back, winded, and Kaidan’s above him, assault rifle raised, hip cocked because he knows he’s won. “Where did that come from?” Shepard echoes, dumbfounded.

The buzzer calls time and Ianto doesn’t even care who won. He accepts Kaidan’s offered hand to pull him to his feet. The major’s satisfied smirk tells quite a story. “Told you I could Reave.”

Ianto’s eyes widen. “I really… I dunno…” Something profound pounds in his chest at that. Kaidan’s smile, the sweat dampened curls sticking to his forehead as he pulls off his helmet. The fucking Reave that had set Shepard on his ass. The endless hours patiently training him. The care and consideration. The sex. Damn, it was all so… so much. He’s barely earned it, but Kaidan gives him everything without complaint or a second-thought. “I love you,” he says breathlessly, bowled over so fully that he can’t hold the words back. They have to leave him. They’re something that needs to be given away. “I don’t know what… I really can’t… I love you, Kaidan.”

Kaidan’s helmet and rifle hit the ground. His mouth is on Ianto’s a second later. It’s deep and frantic and not at all the poetry of movement and control he’s used to on the battlefield. When he pulls back, Kaidan actually looks angry. “You had to say it when we’re so far away from the apartment? Fuck you.”

“Worst timing ever?”

“I love you, too, you dumb son of a bitch.” He pounds his fist into Ianto’s sore shoulder, smiling when Shepard reaches up to rub the abused spot over his pressure suit between the armor plates. “I’m gonna remember this,” he says, picking up his rifle and helmet and trudging towards the exit.

“Which part?” Ianto asks with trepidation, following him out.

“The ‘I love you’ part tonight, and the bad timing part tomorrow when we’re back here again.”

Normandy – Ch. 01

Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Mass Effect
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Steven Hackett, Jeff “Joker” Moreau, Ashley Williams, David Anderson, Garrus Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, James Vega, Steve Cortez, Kasumi Goto, Zaeed Massani
Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Homophobia, Angst, Gore, alcohol use, Tobacco use, Racial slurs, War Crimes, Graphic Sex, Graphic Violence, seriously this is WWII, so much violence and racism in the 40s, WWII AU, Mass Effect AU, The Normandy crew kick’s Hitler’s ass, more tags added as necessary to avoid major plot spoilers
Summary: 

Mass Effect World War II AU. Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko of the Royal Canadian Navy is trained as a special ops engineer now on loan to the US Navy to aid in their efforts against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. His mission seems straightforward enough, until he boards the famous USS Enterprise and her unstoppable crew; namely a battle-hardened war hero named Commander Ianto Shepard, who is rapidly growing in fame for his reckless, but effective tactics. And when the Allies begin to lose footing in the Pacific, Captain David Anderson hopes that Kaidan’s skill in intelligence and infiltration will be the perfect ying to Ianto’s brutally aggressive yang. But as their crew fights from Midway all the way to D-Day, Kaidan and Ianto discover so much more in each other than the perfect battlefield harmony, and a refusal to bow to a world falling apart around them at every turn. They’ll do anything for the cause. For each other. No matter the cost.

*deep breath* I hope y’all are ready for my magnum opus.

Normandy – Ch. 01

Bonfire Heart (Burn Down the Sky Universe) [AO3]

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Ianto Shepard – Character, Liara T’Soni, Garrus Vakarian, James Vega
Additional Tags: nothing but fluff
Series: Part 4 of Burn Down the Sky Universe
Summary:

Ficlet in the BDtS series following Kaidan and Ianto through their relationship and how they discover Their Song.

Bonfire Heart (Burn Down the Sky Universe) [AO3]

Christmas mShenko

In defiance of the Nostradamus-anon. Have a ten minute speed-write fic!

It’s well after midnight when the call comes in. Kaidan’s
omni-tool is set to emergency calls only, so it begins to blink in its dull
orange glow and then beep when he doesn’t open the line after a few seconds.

He raises his hand groggily to his eyes, squinting at the
glow with a frown. “From headquarters,” he mutters, knowing that the
quiet noise has woken Shepard beside him by the way the other man shifts and
scoots down to get further under the covers.

Shepard grunts. “Better be a damn good reason.”

Kaidan answers the call to his earpiece so as not to disturb
his partner further. Shepard has taken to retirement like a fish in water;
ignoring official calls, staying in his pajamas all day whenever he feels like
it, and eating more junk food than he’d ever have allowed himself in any given
year before now. But all of those idle, sleepy musings are torn from his head
in a second right after he accepts the call with a drowsy, “Major Alenko
speaking.”

The way his posture stiffens when he sits up properly,
dangling his legs over the edge of the bed and leaning his head down to press
his fingers to his forehead like he’s suddenly fighting off a headache, makes
Shepard take notice. He raises up on his elbow to study the biotic’s tense
back, now fully awake from a small rush of adrenaline and anxiety that floods
him. No normal news ever made Kaidan act like this before.

He’s quiet until Kaidan disconnects the call and the room
goes dark again, save for the blue light of the clock on the bedside table.
Complete silence for nearly a full minute. Shepard reaches out and touches
Kaidan’s shoulder. A breath shudders and sighs out of Kaidan as he leans back
into the warm hand splayed against his warm skin.

“Kaidan,” Shepard says.

“It’s my dad,” Kaidan answers so softly, Shepard
almost misses the words. “He’s – they – I mean, they found him.” He
turns sideways and his eyes track over Shepard for a second before settling on
his face. “He’s alive, Shepard.”

 Automatically, Shepard’s hand slides down to squeeze
Kaidan’s arm as his heart skips a beat. “We have to go,” he says
breathlessly.

Kaidan smiles and his voice is clouded with tears. “He
lost a leg and an arm, but he’s gonna be okay. He’s been in a coma. A John Doe
until he woke up. He’s okay.” He falls forward right against Shepard’s
chest, though the angle can’t be the most comfortable one, squashed as he is
practically in his partner’s armpit.

“If we leave in the morning, we can get to Vancouver by
Christmas morning. I’ll commandeer us a ship with my Spectre authorization if I
have to.”

The sure, serious tone makes Kaidan laugh his most genuine
laugh in nearly two years, and though a bit of a romantically cheesy thought,
Shepard considers it to be an incredible Christmas gift. Kaidan getting his
father back and Shepard getting genuine happiness from the person he loves most
in the world.

Kaidan kisses him briefly and throws the covers off,
climbing out of the bed. “I’ll pack now.”

It’s the best reason to give up on sleep. Shepard salutes
him teasingly and turns on his omni-tool and the desk lamp to change their
holiday plans.

Home Away from Home (Burn Down the Sky/Feels Like Home crossover)

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Ianto Shepard/John Matthew Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Ianto Shepard – Character, John Matthew Shepard, Blasto the kitty
Additional Tags: Threesome, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, fingering, Birthday Sex, Burn Down the Sky universe, Feels Like Home Universe, AU Crossover, firefighter!Kaidan, firefighter!Ianto, mechanic!JM
Summary:

A Burn Down the Sky/Feels Like Home crossover fic. A year after his infamous one night stand, John Matthew Shepard has overcome his agoraphobia enough to visit Virmire. There he gets reacquainted with his firefighter fling, and also Ianto’s new boyfriend, firefighter Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko.

This is dedicated to the amazing @ltleflrt because she’s feeling horrible after her surgery. I hope you recover soon! In the meantime, have some dessert! It’s a threesome. I’ve never written one before, but boy of boy was it fun!

Home Away from Home (Burn Down the Sky/Feels Like Home crossover)

What If, What If, What If – [Ao3]

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard

Summary:

John Shepard and Kaidan Alenko are childhood friends who have drifted apart over the years. By their senior year in high school, they’re barely even speaking to one another in public. But in private… there are much more than words between them.

This oneshot is based off of this beautiful art of a young John Shepard drawn by the effervescent @ank-shey!

For some reason she seems to think I can write good stuff, so I wrote her what I hope is some good stuff! Have a dirty little m!Shenko fic dedicated to you, Ank-shey! I hope you like it!

What If, What If, What If – [Ao3]