7, 8, 37, and/or 42 for the Otp asks, if you'd be so kind
Sorry to be getting to this so late! I started working on it and saved it in my drafts (which means I lost it for a bit). Thank you for sending questions though! I’ll do these for Raina and Kaidan (since, duh).
7. What annoys them the most about their partner? Would they change it if they could?
Kaidan is most annoyed (this is an understatement really; concerned is much better) by the fact that Raina has a hard time letting people help her. She shoulders the weight of the world and doesn’t give it up easily. He, and others, would gladly share that burden with her, if she’d just let them. She’s just so damn stubborn.
Raina, at least ME1, is very annoyed with how competent Kaidan is. She enjoys it and respects him for it, but she grumbles a lot (to herself) about how he’s so much more diplomatic and kind, etc, etc and that the Council should have just made him the damn Spectre. She’s pretty sure he can charm his way through just about any situation and it annoys the shit out of her because charm is just not her thing and she can’t even dislike him for it!
8. What do the like best about their partner?
Kaidan is one of the first to see how much she cares beneath her hard exterior. He loves that about her: that she’s been through so much but still cares about people, even if she has a hard time expressing that.
Raina loves that he can tell her no/stand up to her. It’s one of the things that really struck her, as early as Eden Prime. Yeah, sometimes it can still be annoying, but for a long time people were too intimidated by her to consider speaking up to her.
37. How much would they be willing to sacrifice for the other? Any lines they refuse to cross?
Kaidan won’t sacrifice his integrity. If Raina was to do something he didn’t agree with, he wouldn’t go along just because he loves her. Same with Raina really; she’ll do what she believes is right/best even if that puts them at odds with each other.
42. Do they let each other get away with things that would normally bother them?
Kaidan is very tidy, Raina is not. It’s not a big deal most of the time because they have their separate spaces but it can be a source of tension (depending on what other factors are stressing them out).