I've been reworking my Fictober & Flufftober 2021 prompts!
They're all Mass Effect related, as that was my only fandom at the time these were written! And the main ship is fShenko.
For those interested, here are the rewrites for the first eight prompts (week one):
Day One: This is it, isn't it?
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary: The end of the Reaper War is quickly approaching. Shepard is exhausted after a long day of strategizing. Kaidan helps her get ready for bed and remains her soft spot to land.
Day Two: No Promises
Rating: General
Summary: The Council is hosting a party to show their gratitude for the Alliance saving them during Saren's attack on the Citadel. Shepard and Garrus have a heart to heart as they discuss their respective plans moving forward.
Day Three: I've Waited For This
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary: While on their long-awaited shore leave, Shepard has somehow convinced Kaidan to wake up early to watch the sunrise with her.
Day Four: That Could Have Gone Better...
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary: A continuation of the Council's Victory Party on the Citadel; Shepard takes Garrus' advice to heart and decides to sneak out of the party a bit early, with Joker's help. But, of course, Anderson knows they're up to something.
Day Five: I Need You
Rating: Explicit (smut)
Summary: After leaving the Council party, Shepard and Kaidan sneak off to her hotel room.
Day Six: I'm not saying I told you so...
Rating: General
Summary: Joker pulls through for Kaidan when he asks the flight lieutenant for a favor; allowing him a brief window of privacy with Shepard during her incarceration at Alliance HQ following the Alpha Relay Incident.
Day Seven: Is this supposed to impress me?
Rating: General
Summary: Shepard's peaceful stroll with her fiancรฉ through the Elysium marketplace is interrupted by their friends. Their attention is drawn to a row of booths straight out of an Earth State Fair. Shepard challenges Arthur to win something for her. He never was one to back down from a challenge.
Day Eight: Not Part of the Plan
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary: While sitting with Shepard in the mess hall on the Normandy SR-1, Kaidan notices a ring on her chain. Shepard refuses to open up about it, and loses herself in memories of the day she received it.