#bioticus

Shepard,

      Merry Christmas. I also had a year’s worth of hamster food, along with some plastic tunnels and a hamster ball delivered to your cabin while you were out. Please don’t kill him, I’m rather fond of him.

                    Alenko

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[looks down at the note and then up at him and gives him a grin that is rather sheepish about how pleased she is] This is great, Kaidan...very sweet.

Shan, 

If this needs any explanation then I’m taking them back. There’s a dirty version in your top beside drawer. Don’t use them all at once… Or else.

                          Kaid.

Aw, there’s stipulations? 

It’s okay. I love it. Thank you, Kaidan.

He hears the creak of the bow a moment before he feels the tip of an arrow graze through his hair. Inhaling sharply through his teeth, the mage freezes instantly and closes his eyes. What an idiot he had been thinking this place was deserted. Slowly, he turns his head so he can look at the man behind him. Eyes widen when he takes in the stranger’s face, and the ears that show him as being an elf. Swallowing, he does his best to look peaceful. “I was only looking for a place to spend the night. I’ve been travelling all day and I… Just want to sleep?”

The arrow doesn’t waver, centered on the stranger’s eye. His way of dress, the book on his belt, the staff on his back, it all marked him as a mage. Mage or not, if Mahanon decided to loose the arrow, he would die.

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     There was absolutely no way he could've known that the would run into the other, not like that. A fleeting memory to when he was grocery shopping earlier that day, catching the eyes of -- what was his name again? -- Kaidan, they’d spoken now and then, never more than pleasantries and eyes lingering a little longer than they ought to, once he’d touched his hand when they ran into each other at this little café. He could not deny he was charmed, and he was not used to someone just smiling, being nice when he knew there was interest. But he’d never been any good at picking the sweet ones on his own age. And then there was Kaidan, the first time he’d seen him it had been dark, his shape had made him think he was someone he could lure in for another one night stand -- but when he turned he was greeted by warm eyes and a wide smile.