MER Week - Day 6: Pet Day!
(commissioned art of Benjamin Coats and Kaidan Alenko by @xla-hainex)
Chapter: Pet Day (full chapter found here)
“What is that?”
Coats lifts his hands to his chest; in one large palm, he cradles a tiny purring ball of tabby-colored fluff, the other scratches gently behind its ears. The ball of fluff mews and melts in his hands. “I don’t know, Kaid. What’s it look like?”
Not in a mood to be toyed with, Kaidan rolls his eyes and folds his arms across his chest. Leaning his hips back against the railing he ignores the everyday hustle and bustle of the Nexus that flows around them as he stares at his husband. “I know what it looks like. What I want to know is why you have one. And, maybe, where the hell it came from. I find it very difficult to believe anyone would put a cat into cryostasis for transport to Andromeda.”
Ben tilts the tiny critter so he can nuzzle their noses together. “I used to have one just like this when I was a kid,” he argues. “What better way to start off our new life together in a new galaxy?”
Kaidan snorts. “Oh, no, you didn’t. I have it on good authority that it belonged to Meggie.”
“Meggie stole Mr. Whiskers’ affection from me with a tin of tuna.”...
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