Title: Checkmate
Fandom Mass Effect
Rating: PG
Length: 36
Pairing: Male Shepard/Kaidan Alenko (Background)
Content notes: post Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut, Destroy ending
Author notes: A haiku triad. Shepard tries to convey his nightmares to Kaidan. They find him back on the Citadel faced with choosing how to end the Reaper war. The last line and summary are from "The Fellowship of the Ring" - J.K.K. Tolkien
Summary: I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

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locked behind closed eyes
an impossible chess game
where stalemate means death

a pawn promoted
my next move will determine
a galaxy's fate

replayed yet again...
one move left in the endgame
I choose mortal life.
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