Tagging the usual suspects: @hazelestelle @bardofheartdive @foofyschmoofer @illusivesoul @forlornmelody @vorchagirl @sorchacahill @badwolf626 @thefrostyshepard @leysendris @commander-krios @heroofshield @mcgeeki @spacevixen2024 and any one else who wants to play!
I had too much fun with this and I'm not sure any of my other OCs can top Alyss and Kaidan XD!
For the week leading up to @alyssalenko‘s birthday, I was her secret admirer, gathering info on her OC’s and their relationships so I could write her a poem as a gift! What I came up with is this free verse poem, called “Orbital”, about Alyss Shepard from the point of view of her love interest Kaidan Alenko. I know very little about Mass Effect, so I had to take a quick YouTube run through the Kaidan romance (he’s a sweet boy, must protect). I hope I captured his personality and his unending love for Shepard. Happy birthday, @alyssalenko! May today and all your days be amazing! <3
Orbital
A star fell to earth
And where it landed
You emerged,
That's all there is to it.
You were a seed to blossom
Space in terra firma,
To carve a piece of the sky into the land
And a piece of yourself into me.
And just like a star, you burn,
A fire so fierce and perfect I would let it consume me.
I live to glow in your light -
To shine only in the places you touch.
How can anyone say space is cold
When it vibrates with the heat of you?
How could anyone say space is empty
When it sings your name back to me?
Space is not black,
It's the color of your eyes,
Each precious celestial body and planet
A symphony of lavender holding my gaze,
Reminding me that only I get to hold the fallen star.
Space is not quiet;
Everything screams with the promise of me
Fighting like hell to get back to you.
I want to say I know it will all be all right
But even now I can't say it.
You know the stubborn parts of me;
I know only that it will be what it is.
But I do know that I've lived half a lifetime
In your orbit,
Letting the thought of you surround me
And lift me up
Like I long to lift you and restore you to the heavens
Where you belong
Or else keep you in my arms
And let me be your new definition of Heaven.
I do know I would live forever,
Following you into the paths you set ablaze.
I never wished on stars until I discovered you.
After all, stars fall,
A fiery descent like the wings of scorched angels
Burning in the night.
You, my celestial love, likewise fall so easily,
But when you fall it will only ever be into me.
If you break, it will be my hands that reconstruct your brightness;
If you lose your way, I will be your astrolabe;
If you fade, I will simply wait for you to come back,
As hard as the waiting will be.
Because now I know that some stars last forever -
That, while they may decrease or dim in daylight
They are always everlasting within me,
An orbital pull of hearts to hearts
And bodies to bodies.
When you touch me with your cosmic fingers,
Then I'm important,
Then I matter,
Then everything is worth it
And I live to serve you and serve with you.
Take on the universe with me, my love.
Fight for a future where we belong,
Where we echo through everything,
Where each planet stands as a sentinel,
Reminding us what we're fighting for,
Where every sunrise,
Each sunset,
Holds behind it the promise of another tomorrow
With you;
A steady trickle of hours,
A quiet noise of days I want to spend with you
So that the memories that someday flash before my eyes
Are all of you,
Where I find peace in your arms.
Have you ever noticed the quiet of us?
It all seems so calm from here.
There are people going through hell in a million different ways out there
And I want to be fighting alongside them
But I want to be here more than anything
And I don't want to ever watch you go again.
When it comes, we'll face it all together.
When it comes, I know you'll figure it out
Because you always do.
I could set my clocks by you,
I could trace a map to you across my skin
And have your lips plot an accurate course.
You make me feel like a satellite,
A wayward comet,
A constellation bridging the distance between you and me,
And something more,
Something better,
Something human -
Forever watching you,
The greatest heavenly body,
From below.
And so if you miss me, love,
You can find me with my head tilted upwards,
Awaiting you,
Watching the night lengthen and increase in light
And knowing you will always be
More brilliant than each of those stars.
I wasn't tagged by anyone but I saw this picrew and decided I needed to make it for my OTP Alyss and Kaidan!
And then I was on a roll and decided making couples was fun so then I found this picrew as well and decided to make Adelaide Laidir and Emmrich Volkarin because why not.
And now you all get to join me; you can do different couples or the same one in different styles. I will tag: @hazelestelle @slothssassin @naromoreau @bardofheartdive @foofyschmoofer @illusivesoul @forlornmelody @vorchagirl @sorchacahill @badwolf626 @auroraborealia @thefrostyshepard @leysendris @catherea @commander-krios @briarfox13 @darth-salem-emperor-of-earth @heroofshield @mcgeeki @spacevixen2024 and anyone else who wants to play, but no obligation!
After several months of life trying to drown me, I not only got some writing done, I finally finished something for myself.
I was very inspired by the mirror in the loft bathroom--it needed to see some sexy times…so Alyss and Kaidan get up to some sexy shenanigans. Also on A03.
Alyss woke with a start, her chest tight and her cheeks wet from tears—the nightmares were getting worse. Carefully extricating herself from Kaidan’s embrace, she made her way out of bed, finding the switch on the wall to slightly lift the shutter over the aquarium, letting a little light shine out from the bottom. She didn’t raise it any higher, so as not to disturb Kaidan and picked her way across the loft using only that small glow from the fishtanks to light her way. The door to the bathroom slid open at her approach, making Alyss glance over her shoulder and double check that Kaidan was still asleep and she hadn’t woken him. Bracing herself against the sink, she stared at her reflection in the mirror which seemed to look more and more haggard as the days dragged on, the war taking a toll on her body and mind. She sighed and activated the tap, leaning over the sink basin and splashing cold water on her face—maybe it would help her shake the lingering phantoms. As she straightened and groped along the wall for a towel, a familiar pair of arms wrapped around her waist, Alyss patted her face dry and relaxed back against his chest as Kaidan pressed several gentle kisses to her neck—his touch more comforting than he knew.
“The nightmares again?” She nodded as she traced circles on his arms with her thumbs, Kaidan frowning as he met her eyes in the mirror. “What can I do?”
If he could take away her burden, he absolutely would, but she was the one the galaxy looked to and out there she never wavered, but in here? She was only human.
“You can strip us both naked and take me right here, right now.”
Concern etched its way across his handsome face, as his eyes met hers in the mirror. “You can’t use sex to avoid talking about what’s bothering you.”
She lifted one shoulder in a shrug. “It’s worked so far.”
“Alyss—”
“Is it so wrong that I’d rather get lost in you than relive my nightmares? Dwelling on it won’t bring back everyone I’ve lost—their voices that haunt my dreams, grim dreams that make me think that this is the end and I’m going to join them…and that I’ll be alone when I do, and that scares me. So, I want to focus on what I can control and what makes me feel happy and whole and able to go on. And that’s you.”
She hadn’t meant to make a habit of avoiding her problems, but with so much riding on her, her problems had gotten pushed to the wayside, and at this point, avoiding them was easier than confronting them. She looked so small, so broken as she wrapped her arms around her torso, desperately needing a distraction, a soft place to land. Kaidan drew her deeper into the circle of his arms, pressing a kiss to her hair as she bit her lower lip before she took his hand in hers and brought it to her lips pressing a kiss into the center of his palm. The ghost of a smile flashed across Kaidan’s face, Alyss smirking at him in the mirror and rolling her hips back, grinding her ass against his pelvis as she gripped the edges of the sink, making him groan quietly as the arousal set in, the air around them crackling with biotic energy as he flared briefly. If this was really what would help her, who was he to argue? His arms closed around her, hugging her closer and bringing his growing erection flush up against her. Alyss’ eyes fluttered shut, head lolling back onto his shoulder as he grazed his teeth along the ridge of her ear, making her bite her lower lip.
God, she’d needed a distraction from the voices in her head and Kaidan was just what the doctor ordered—and besides, she always seemed to sleep better after he’d wrung an orgasm, or three, from her.
He slipped his hand below the waistband of her pajama shorts, palm cupping her pussy as his fingers sought her core and he lowered his mouth to the spot where her neck met her shoulder, Alyss gasping as the pad of his index finger brushed her clit. A shiver ran down her spine as she felt the familiar tingle of his biotics, pulsing and vibrating from his hand, the intention to stir her up and push her closer to the edge of orgasm. Kaidan tilted his lower body, bringing his erection flush against her and rolling his hips to the same rhythm of his index finger circling her clit. Her eyes fluttered closed on a moan, lost in the sensations he was giving her as she ground her rear against the hardened bulge of his cock through his pants as he slid two fingers through her slick folds and dipped them inside her, Alyss rocking backwards to drive his fingers deeper. He growled low in his throat as he leaned forward, his chest smothering her back as he bit her shoulder gently, tongue darting out to soothe the spot immediately, his erection straining to be freed—but this wasn’t about his pleasure; it was about hers.
Kaidan’s fingers circled her clit furiously, the friction against the sensitive nub almost too much to bear.
“Look at me.”
Alyss’ eyes snapped open at the command, her gaze meeting Kaidan’s in the mirror and the things she read there made her come undone.
He bent his head and sucked her earlobe, free hand cupping her breast, his thumb grazing her nipple through the fabric of her n7 tank top, the action making her core clench around his fingers and her grip tighten on the edge of the sink basin, his name on her lips as she came. His gaze held hers in the mirror, fingers still working her clit; not letting her rest or come down from the high, her walls clenching around the digits as he pulled them back, body not wanting to let him go and be left empty. He smiled as he watched her face in the mirror, making her flush under his gaze—he still looked at her like she was the most beautiful woman in the galaxy, even if she didn’t think her reflection told the same story, and she couldn’t get enough. There was something so intimate about this position—Kaidan’s fingers inside her, his chest against her back, one hand holding hers against the edge of the sink, her other hand in his hair and being able to see every change in Kaidan’s expressions in the mirror as he pleasured her without having to turn around.
“Kaidan, please…I need you inside me.”
He trailed his lips down the column of her neck, fingers pumping in and out of her and curling against that perfect spot inside her, making her see stars. “As you wish.”
She whimpered as he removed his fingers from her drenched core, his other hand joining it under her waistband and pushing her shorts and underwear over her hips and down her legs in one deft motion, the warmth of his touch and the brush of cold air against her skin, making her shiver and bite her lip. The fabric pooled around her feet as Kaidan’s hand went to his own waistband, unbuttoning his pajama pants and freeing his erection, the fabric hanging wide open, draped about his hips. Alyss gripped the sink basin so hard her knuckles turned white as he rolled his hips, erection pressed against her ass, using his knees to open her legs a little wider. He softly trailed his fingers along the bare skin of her ass and down her thigh to grip her knee, lifting her leg and bracing it against the counter, before wrapping his arm around her waist to steady her as he entered her. Not the most comfortable position, but with the way he felt inside her, she’d endure.
Alyss found herself watching him in the mirror, tongue darting out to wet her lips, his muscles flexing as he thrust into her slowly, letting her feel every single inch of him as he moved within her.
The intensity of his gaze as his eyes connected with hers—all smoldering heat and desire and his beautiful brown eyes suddenly glowing blue—sent a shiver down her spine. Blue flames licked across her skin, her body humming wherever his biotics touched her and she could feel the pleasure building again, Kaidan determined to bring her to orgasm a second time before he found his own release. His hands gripped her hips, fingers digging into the soft flesh to guide the speed of his thrusts as she arched her back, insides clamping down around his cock. Alyss reached back, tangling her right hand into his hair while he stood behind her, making Kaidan thrust harder, his mouth trailing up her spine and along the column of her throat before his lips clamped over her pulse point sucking hard, her heartbeat fluttering under the stroke of his tongue and a gasp escaping her. She whimpered and bucked her hips against him, making Kaidan groan in delight and surge forward, deeper and faster than before, her responding moan all the encouragement he needed. He knew just how to make her tremble with desire and overwhelming need and she loved it.
The coil that had been building inside her finally snapped as her second orgasm hit her, muscles tensing, body shaking as he stilled inside her, biting her shoulder gently as he finished right behind her on a growl, Alyss falling against him, her chest rising and falling in time with his.
They stood there for a moment to catch their breath, flushed bodies pressed together, Alyss drawing her fingers along his jawline before Kaidan captured her hand in his, spinning her in his arms so her ass was pressed against the counter, one hand braced against the sink basin, thumb stroking her hip as he pressed soft kisses to her fingers and the inside of her wrist. He was always so gentle with her after sex and it made her melt. His thumb slipped under the hem of her N7 tank top, slowly pushing the fabric upwards, stroking every muscle and inch of skin he exposed, and after tugging it off over her head, his lips found hers in a heated, passionate kiss that left them both breathless. She giggled as he swept her up into his arms, thankful he wasn’t making her walk, because at this point she wasn’t sure she could, before carrying her out of the bathroom and back to bed, depositing her in the center and bending down to steal a kiss, his hands on either side of her hips.
“I was kind of hoping to use the mirror a little more.” Alyss panted as he pressed a gentle kiss to her shoulder, the fabric of his t-shirt rubbing against her taut nipples with every move he made—the friction winding her up inside.
Kaidan chuckled, peppering her neck and chest with even more soft kisses and making her moan. “Let’s put a pin in that.”
He was always up for whatever she asked of him, and it made her wonder how she’d gotten so lucky, but for now, in the early morning stillness, they were content to lose themselves in each other.
I was tagged by my dear @minilev (x2) for this one! Thanks <3 I've been trying to finish this Werewolf/vampire smut for like three years, and my brain just keeps wanting more smut added lol.
But she apparently had other plans as she broke the kiss and slid down his body to her knees, fingertips hooking into the waistband of his pants. It was like she could read his mind and he wondered briefly if telepathy was one of her vampiric powers, but as soon as glanced down and met her eyes, every thought left his head.
She had her head cocked to one side watching him innocently, a question in her eyes and her face very close to where his erection was straining against his fly, practically begging for her attention. He nodded, growling as she winked at him, popping the button on his jeans and dragging the zipper down with agonizing slowness, his dick giving an eager throb as she bared him to her gaze. Alyss licked her lips as she took in the sight of him, shoving her hands into his jeans and cupping his ass before pushing the unyielding fabric off his hips and down his thighs, nails gently raking over his muscles. She leaned forward, trailing the tip of her tongue along the underside of his shaft, where it curved up towards his stomach and pressed a teasing kiss at the base of his crown.
One hand gripped his shaft as the other cupped him gently, making him groan, hips bucking towards her, arousal streaking through him. She gave him an affectionate squeeze as her tongue glided along his shaft from base to crown and circled around the head of his cock. Red lips opened to take the tip into her mouth, sucking hard and making his hips jerk as she sucked him off. Kaidan groaned in surprise, suddenly feeling the bones in his hand cracking and elongating, claws threading through her black hair--apparently his wolf was as eager to touch her as he was. He hadn't lost control of the beast outside the full moons since he was a teenager--born werewolves able to control the transformations and change at will until the hormones puberty brought, made the blood run hot–but apparently she brought it out in him.
And he kind of liked it.
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Kaidan cuts his finger while cooking and Alyss has an idea to help speed the healing process along--and things get steamy with her wolfman...
This is the 4th chapter of my Mass Effect/Underworld AU 'Claimed' that sat at 361 words for five years and then the last 3 months I was very inspired. It was inspired by Nickelback's song of the same name. Unguis is another word for claws (or fangs, but in my case I used it for claws).
Alyss awoke as dusk settled and found herself wandering through the mansion in search of her werewolf lover, who was usually never far from her side. Kaidan's loud string of curses brought her into the kitchen to investigate, lavender eyes going wide at the sight of the blood, making her rush forward and take his hand in hers. He'd sliced his finger while making himself dinner and she brought his hand up to examine the wound–which was shallow and pretty superficial, thankfully, but it must’ve stung; and sure, as a lycan his healing factor was off the charts, but she had a better idea. Her lavender eyes went red and she licked a line up his cut finger, blood collecting on her tongue, making Kaidan inhale sharply, nostrils flaring as his mind went to an entirely different place, eyes darkening with lust as he watched her.
"What are you doing?"
"Vampires have healing saliva, remember?" She teased, taking the injured digit into her mouth and sucking gently.
She glanced at him and smirked around his finger, all the blood rushing straight to his dick, cock straining against his pants and he was fairly certain he had zipper marks up his shaft because of how cute she looked with something in her mouth. She met his eyes, Kaidan cursing at the intimate gesture. She knew the effect she had on him and his wolf and was using it to her advantage. A low growl rumbled from deep in his throat, brown eyes flashing to the gold of his wolf, both parts of him equally enthralled by her. If she kept this up he wasn't sure how long he could keep his wolf at bay, though considering how three days a month the wolf had complete control and took her with animalistic abandon and she enjoyed every minute of it, he knew she wouldn't mind if he couldn't manage the beast.
Alyss took a step closer, pressing her pelvis to his, able to feel every inch of his want for her. Kaidan moaned as she swirled her tongue around the tip of his finger and made him grip the edge of the counter with his free hand, grinding his hips against hers and creating a delicious friction between them. He pulled the digit from her mouth and cupped her chin, bringing his lips to hers in a heated kiss, forgetting about the meal prep he'd been doing as well as the injury on his finger; all he could think about was how he wanted to feel her skin against his…just strip them both naked and take her bent over the island countertop after her teasing him with that wicked and talented tongue of hers. But she apparently had other plans as she broke the kiss and slid down his body to her knees, fingertips hooking into the waistband of his pants. It was like she could read his mind and he wondered briefly if telepathy was one of her vampiric powers, but as soon as glanced down and met her eyes, every thought left his head.
She had her head cocked to one side watching him innocently, a question in her eyes and her face very close to where his erection was straining against his fly, practically begging for her attention. He nodded, growling as she winked at him, popping the button on his jeans and dragging the zipper down with agonizing slowness, his dick giving an eager throb as she bared him to her gaze. Alyss licked her lips as she took in the sight of him, shoving her hands into his jeans and cupping his ass before pushing the unyielding fabric off his hips and down his thighs, nails gently raking over his muscles. She leaned forward, trailing the tip of her tongue along the underside of his shaft, where it curved up towards his stomach and pressed a teasing kiss at the base of his crown.
One hand gripped his shaft as the other cupped him gently, making him groan, hips bucking towards her, arousal streaking through him. She gave him an affectionate squeeze as her tongue glided along his shaft from base to crown and circled around the head of his cock. Red lips opened to take the tip into her mouth, sucking hard and making his hips jerk as she sucked him off. Kaidan groaned in surprise, suddenly feeling the bones in his hand cracking and elongating, unguis threading through her black hair--apparently his wolf was as eager to touch her as he was. He hadn't lost control of the beast outside the full moons since he was a teenager--born werewolves able to control the transformations and change at will until the hormones puberty brought, made the blood run hot–but apparently she brought it out in him.
And he kind of liked it.
She nibbled his soft skin, feeling the blood and arousal pulsing through his shaft. Her lips pulled back, revealing her fangs as her beautiful lavender eyes turned red before she bent her head, Kaidan tensed, knuckles turning white as he gripped the edge of the counter behind him. Was she going to…? Fuck. At this point he was used to her bite, having let her feed on him whenever she needed to–whenever she was out of blood because she refused to take advantage of his long-standing offer unless it was absolutely necessary–but he didn’t mind; preferring her to bite him, as it usually led to sex, instead of feeding off some stranger and getting them all hot and bothered. There was no pain, just a slight familiar pressure as her fangs broke the skin, manicured nails gently scratching his thighs. He gasped, hips jerking forward as he felt his fangs lengthening, the claws on his other hand growing, and his eyes flashing once more to the gold of his wolf, her lips pressing against his shaft as she drank his blood slowly, tongue gliding across his dick, white shooting from his tip.
He'd never orgasmed so hard or so fast in his life.
She sat back on her heels looking smug, as she licked her lips–he must be the sight as he stood braced against the counter; panting hard, half transformed with his jeans pushed halfway down his thighs and his cock still half hard and throbbing, a drop of white beaded at the tip. Every inch of him was a little bigger than when she'd started this pleasurable torture, his wolf eager to be free of it's shackles and pushing against the rapidly fraying edges of his control. He growled and cupped her chin, claws brushing the skin of her cheek and making her shiver in delight as he guided her to her feet, flipping their bodies around to press her against the counter. She moaned as he worked her pants off, unguis gently scraping the skin of her hips when he slid the fabric down her legs, Alyss rocking her ass back, his shaft pumping between her thighs and rubbing against her clit as he leaned forward, smothering her back with his chest, two wolfish hands pinning her wrists to the countertop.
“You're trouble.” Kaidan whispered, lips teasing the outer shell of her ear.
“A little trouble never hurt anyone…” Alyss panted, rolling her hips to increase the pressure of the head of his erection massaging her clit as she turned her head to catch his kiss, one of his lengthened canines pricking her lower lip and drawing a strangled sound from her throat.
He chuckled darkly and gave her ass an affectionate squeeze, claws digging into her flesh as he brought her rear back flush against him, pumping his cock with her thighs, his shaft sliding back and forth though her slick folds. Her mouth fell open as he grasped her hips, Kaidan shifting his body ever so slightly, leaving her bereft of the friction she craved and making her let out a frustrated huff, which turned into a gasp halfway as he hilted himself inside of her, filling her, only pausing long enough to allow her body to grow accustomed to his new size–somewhere in between wolf and man–before he started moving. One hand closed around her throat, a feral growl rumbling from deep in his throat as he thrust forward, Alyss finding his rhythm and leaning into it, her heat surrounding him as he fucked her.
The little minx was enjoying herself.
He palmed one of her breasts roughly over the fabric of her shirt as the speed of his thrusts slowly increased, the pleasure inside him climbing higher. The hand that had closed around her throat released its grip, but barely a moment later tangled in her hair, tugging her head back as his hips bucked forward, driving him deeper inside her, her body responding to his every touch and eagerly matching his brutal pace, unintelligible things dripping from her lips. Her hand rested over his on her breast, fingers tightening around his, sliding their hands to where she needed his touch the most, Kaidan carefully rolling her clit between his claws. He came on a shudder, breathing labored, as he thrust deep and hard, spilling his release inside her. She groaned as his body slumped against hers for support, the weight of his convulsing muscles against her, and the pace of his fingers between her legs shattered the tension holding her orgasm back, body spasming and arching backwards towards him, drained and shaking. Breathing heavily, he pulled out of her, the two of them collapsing together against the edge of the counter, Kaidan drawing a gentle hand along her spine.
“I suppose I should let you finish cooking…” Alyss sighed reluctantly as she turned in his arms, pressing a kiss to his exposed fang.
Kaidan grinned wolfishly as he sank to his knees and draped her left leg over his shoulder, his gold wolf eyes flashing dangerously–and damn if she didn't swoon when he licked his chops. “I think I found something else I want to eat.”
“Fuck…me...” She whimpered as he cupped her ass, lifting her hips to his mouth and flicking her clit with his tongue before sucking the little nub between his lips and tugging it gently.
“I intend to.” He growled.
His vampyr had tamed the beast and brought both sides of him to heel--and he couldn't get enough.
When Mass Effect Legendary Edition came out, I had way too much fun taking game clips and creating GIFs of the most prominent Shenko moments (well, not all of them as Tumblr still has a 10 image limit). But my little Shenko Heart is a-flutter.