#mareel

'I owe him.

I grew up on the streets of Khefka Four. I never would've made it out of there without Verad.

He was the communications clerk at the Federation consulate. He used to come by the accommodation house where I worked. I used to help him relax.

When he was recalled to Trill, he asked me to go with him. We've been together ever since.' - mareel

I’m just sort of.. these are all going to be like... smut. The same sort of LoFtY SmUgHt I’ve been on about tonight. I hope you can forgive me.

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When Shepard snapped his hips, Kaidan glowed. Likethe tightness inside and the roll of his head onto his shoulders and the gaspShepard thrust out of him tripped a mnemonic trigger. Faintest shimmer, cloudsof light soaking up from his core and around the taut expanse of his stomach andthe curve of his chest.

Or were Shepard’s pupils blown, eyes so hungry they dressedKaidan’s body in light?

Glow pulsing with the gyration of his hips and pooling whereShepard’s fingers gripped his thighs. Like Shepard was watching him fill upwith the heat pouring out of Shepard’s own body.

agreed - I think Shepard was glad in many ways that Kaidan wasn't there... losing him would have been unbearable. And Kaidan giving up his integrity wasn't something Shepard would want to live with either. Such a sweet art piece!

I was actually real uncertain how to go about this one, because I think it’d be pretty easy for Kaidan to look backwards and think “Oh hey, I should have done that” knowing what he knows later, but also being so suspicious was justified? Feeling bad because he let Shepard down as a friend and didn’t have his back, but not really regretting his actions because they were right at the time? 

Hey, thanks!7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Oooooh. Uuuuuuum. I thiiiiink... maybe....

War and conflict made children into adults, adults into the disillusioned and broken, and soldiers into cracked and crumbling statues long forgotten as they stood vigil over the memorials of the fallen.

Kentworth and Shepard both knew every day would be a struggle, every memory would have a melancholy twinge, and every action would have a phantom regret and second thought accompany it. But they also both knew that every day was worth living, every memory was worth having, and that every action was one step closer to recovery, to peace of mind, and to that happy, stable future Shepard was deserving of.

Shepard knew this, he believed it, and he embraced it.

This is basically the ‘message’ I wanted to portray in Soldier’s Heart in one compact little summary at the end of the story. The start of Soldier’s Heart had Shepard at his lowest, and at the end he’d on that road to recovery-- he believes things can and will get better. And that was the entire point of the story-- that it will get better. You just gotta hold out hope. So I hope I did a good job of it.

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Honestly I have no clue. How about this snippet from Downtown Eastside

“I’m pretty sure that’s blood.”

“Nuh-uh—that’s just bloody piss.”

“How can you tell?”

“Grunt, Wrex—if you’re done discussing the stains on my floor, I would like to begin the meeting,” Aria said loudly.

Damn i can’t even comment correctly. So sorry for the garbage post. What I meant to say is - Well, he wasn’t really there for that quick drink…

'The sooner you leave, the sooner I can follow, and the sooner we can be together... It's going to be all right, isn't it?' - mareel

'Just wait for me at the rendezvous point.' - verad