Spectre Requisitions Letter 2021

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I hope there’s something in here that sparks your imagination! I’m okay with everything from platonic friendship/fluff to PWP - whatever you’re best at or speaks to you the most. I’d rather have something that you found enjoyable and fun to write than be overly restrictive with my preferences.

 

If you find you have questions or want clarification, you can leave an anonymous comment and I’ll be happy to answer you :)

 

SFW likes:

• Awkward first dates, meet the family
• Humor and friendship, especially female friendship
• Arranged or accidental marriage leading to genuine companionship
• Mutual UST/pining that leads to friends using clue by fours to get them together, already
• Relationship evolution and building of trust
• Nerds being nerdy together
• “It’s a bad idea for us to be together” angst that eventually gets worked out
• Alternate history / "what if” AUs
• Post-canon / “what happens next?”
• Custom Shepards/Ryders

NSFW likes:

• Safe, sane, consensual BDSM- perhaps in the context of an established couple trying something new
• Kink negotiation
• Creative use of biotics and/or omni-tools
• Enthusiastic consent and dirty talk

DNWs:

• Watersports/Scat
• Humiliation
• A/B/O dynamics and other non-traditional reproductive biology (mpreg, etc)
• Modern/Mundane AUs
• Necrophilia
• Infidelity/cheating
• Daddy/mommy kink
• Non-canonical major character deaths

1. Mordin Solus/Aria T'Loak, Mordin Solus/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

For both of these: I am okay with either a mostly asexual Mordin, where the relationship is more about feelings than physical intimacy; and a sexual one where Mordin seeks to please his partner. I really like the idea of him using his omni-tool to get either Aria or Tali off, if that's something you feel inclined to run with.

Mordin/Aria: There's a lot more between Mordin and Aria than is shown on screen. I'd love to see how Aria dealt with Mordin coming to Omega in the first place, and maybe some exploration of Mordin's motives. I'm also just here for how they interact with each other, how Aria bends enough to let Mordin close to her. Maybe they only realize what they meant to each other after Mordin leaves with Shepard, and then comes back later?

Mordin/Tali: They have more in common than not, even if they are nerdy about different things. Maybe Mordin offers to help Tali improve her suit in some manner? I'd love to see them bonding over some sort of techie project, friendship developing into something more - both of them thinking that they can't be together because their own species need them, but finding something good anyways (even if it's for a short period of time).

2. Kirrahe/Mordin Solus, Karin Chakwas/Mordin Solus

Kirrahe/Mordin: For this one, you can either go strictly platonic or tweak canon to make their relationship include sex. Working together during their STG days – butting heads and then eventually coming to respect each other. Maybe they keep in touch afterwards, steal moments together whenever they can. A reunion during ME3, after Sur’Kesh – maybe Kirrahe comes on the Normandy for a time and sees Mordin there. They bury whatever hatchets lay between them because the Reapers make everything uncertain. Maybe that’s their first time together? Mordin lives or dies during ME3, your choice.

Chakwas/Mordin: I am okay with either a mostly asexual Mordin, where the relationship is more about feelings than physical intimacy; and a sexual one where Mordin seeks to please his partner. I really like the idea of him using his omni-tool to get Chakwas off, if that's something you feel inclined to run with. 

Both of them are doctors who've been in the military (-ish, for STG, but it's close enough) and have a lot of interesting stories to tell. Maybe Mordin seeks to ease some of the burden Chakwas is under; maybe he helps with the crew after the Collector base mission -- or maybe she helps him with the genophage work in ME3. 

3. Greg Adams/Karin Chakwas, Karin Chakwas/Zaeed Massani

Adams/Chakwas: That scene in 3 where Chakwas confesses to Adams that she’s not okay with what happened on the Collector Base… right in the feels! That clearly shows that Chakwas trusts him enough to tell him the truth. Does Adams feel guilty for not having been there to help her? Were they an item before or does that only start when he returns to the Normandy?

Chakwas/Zaeed: Zaeed respects Chakwas for not treating him with kid gloves. Chakwas find herself charmed despite his coarse manners. Yeah, it might be a bit of a cliche, but opposites attract and it leads to something pretty hot -- and maybe sweet, too. (In other words, I'll really take just about anything here :D)

4. Female Shepard/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Ashley Williams/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

F!Shep/Tali: Tali is basically canonically into F!Shep; run with it! Tali owes Shep so much, maybe there's a case of hero worship at first, but I really want it to be a relationship between equals. Tali is also a constant in Shepard's life and I'd imagine that's comforting, especially as things get increasingly complicated in 3.

Ashley/Tali: Ash and Tali have been on Shepard's side since the beginning (well, kind of not in 2, but let's skip over that for now) -- how do they come to be close to each other? They both have a lot of pressure to live up to their family legacies, I'd imagine that could be a place for them to start bonding.

5. Female Shepard/Aria T'Loak, Nyreen Kandros/Aria T'Loak

F!Shep/Aria: Two strong personalities -- I can easily see them clashing before eventually falling in bed together, heated tempers leading to another kind of heat all together. How does Aria really feel about taking Shepard's directions during Omega?

Nyreen/Aria: How they got together, and how they broke up (all the angst, delicious angst). Aria’s reaction to Nyreen’s death. Or Nyreen lives and they finally get back together for good. Some possessive!Aria would be great in that scenario. Perfectly ok to address Nyreen’s fears of being swallowed up by Aria, as long as it doesn’t actually happen.

6. Garrus Vakarian/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Greg Adams/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

Garrus/Tali: I really, really want to know more than what we saw in that one scene in 3. How long had that been going on? They’re both awkward nerds so who the hell made the first move? There’s an implication that it was Tali, just “using him”, and I’d love to see it become more than that. This is also a great opportunity to have the crew scheming to matchmake them.

Adams/Tali: Adams goes through a lot of changes from 1 to 3; I'd love to see how that translates into his feelings about Tali. They both have a lot of engineering expertise, which he notes right away in ME1. Maybe they got close in ME1 but never took things a step farther, and one of them decides to make the first move in ME3 because the stakes are higher. 

7. Garrus Vakarian/Ashley Williams, Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

Garrus/Ashley: Both of them step out of Shepard's shadow over the course of the trilogy, and they're better for it - and they both overcome their family legacies and prejudices about other races while they do it. I'd love to see how that character growth also leads them to get closer to each other. Maybe they get into a (friendly) argument about which gun is the best, and the heat of the moment leads to more heat.

F!Shep/Garrus/Tali: This feels like the ultimate organic OT3, where all of them realize about the same time that their feelings are more than friendship. Garrus and Tali have always been there for Shepard, and that loyalty runs both ways. A cute idea could be platonic cuddle piles that start evolving into makeout sessions, and then even more. 

8. Nakmor Drack/Lexi T'Perro, Nakmor Drack/Urdnot Wrex

Drack/Lexi: Drack decides he doesn’t mind the hot asari doctor flirting with him, and eventually taking him to bed. He’s learned to take his pleasures where he can, after all. I’d love to see something that starts as casual and becomes more serious eventually. Kesh is thrilled to turn the tables on Drack, after his reaction to Vorn, and teases him mercilessly. Drack having to deal with Kesh’s kids and his own asari offspring at the same time.

 

Drack/Wrex: Cranky old krogans unite! Both of them have Seen Some Shit. They get smashed together before Clan Nakmor leaves with the Initiative, trade stories, try to top one another as far as who did the most outrageous thing. Or maybe they fought/worked together at one point. Drack gives Wrex a hand in the 2183-2185 period as Wrex works to unite the clans.

9. Jaal Ama Darav/Liam Kosta/Female Ryder, Jaal Ama Darav/Peebee/Female Ryder

So many great ways this could go! Duo to triad (any duo to start with), or Jaal and (Liam or Peebee) have been rivals for FemRyder’s attention and decide they’re okay with sharing. I’d especially love Peebee continuing to tease Jaal about possibly being able to mate with him. Shameless three-way smut, or Jaal bringing both of them home to his mothers.

10. Peebee/Female Ryder, Zevin Raeka/Female Ryder

Peebee/F!Ryder: My first Andromeda romance, and I still love Peebee to death. My Ryder was equal parts exasperated and intrigued by Peebee when they first met and it went from there. They’re both nerds, even if Peebee’s a bit more consistently enthusiastic about it. Just let Peebee be her outgoing, enthusiastic, somewhat dorky self and I'm good. If you're feeling adventurous, they could try to use some of Peebee's Remnant research to spice things up in the bedroom.

Raeka/F!Ryder: Ryder has a lot weighing on her, and Raeka is someone who could be her equal - and possibly with a lot weighing on her too, since salarian females are usually supposed to be kept safe and not in the midst of the action! I'd love to see them being adventurous together, either during or after Andromeda.