8, 13, 26, 30 for Alenko and Shep <3 (sorry for spam, not sorry)
Spam away! I love these boys soooo much, so thank you for the ask!!!
8. What are their most prominent memories of each other?
Hmmmm...(going with events in game here)
For Shep, he’d have to say lunch at Apollo’s. He went expecting only a relaxing lunch with the Major - his friend. What he got instead was much more than he was expecting and found himself genuinely happy for the first time since the disaster waiting for them on Eden Prime and all that had happened since. It took every bit of the legendary Commander’s will to keep from reaching across the table and kissing Kaidan senseless!
For Kaidan, the night he showed up at Shep’s cabin, bottle of whiskey and glasses held in his hands. He’d paced the floor of the crew’s quarters for an hour, debating whether to bother the Commander when they were so close to finding Kai Leng, knowing how busy he was finalizing all the details. Finally putting a stop to the endless reel his thoughts had become, he grabbed the bottle Shep had gifted him in the hospital, stopped at the mess for a couple of glasses...and greeted John as he was leaving his cabin, urging him to take ‘just five minutes.’ Everything that happened after was something he wanted, something he thought about...but hadn’t actually planned.
Turns out planning isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. Sometimes the rewards are better than expected!
13. How do they react at being away from each other?
Not very well, truth be told. After so long apart, through so many trials, they just want to spend time together, to learn each other - do the things couples do. But, there’s a war to win and their needs have to take a back seat. They deal with it but it also means when they find time for themselves, they take great advantage of it ;)
26. How important is the romance in your OC’s overall story?
On a scale of 1-10? I’d say a solid 20 ;) It’s the whole reason I fell so hard for this otp. They are the ultimate romance to beat all I’ve ever encountered in any form. A really long, slow burn which spans several years but triumphs over rules and regulations, misunderstandings, death! - so many obstacles and yet...they still manage to come back to each other through everything and find...home.
30. How does their love change as they get older?
It becomes a deeper kind of love, gentle,