energeticjen

A/N: BioWare owns the Mass Effect universe. Chapter 1 Riela Shepard sat down on her bunk in the crew quarters, exhaling a happy puff of breath. Somehow she'd managed to land the position of Executive Officer on the brand new, highly anticipated SSV Normandy SR-1, a frigate designed and built by humans and turians together. Not only that, but her commanding officer was none other than Captain David Anderson, a man whom she looked up to and tried to emulate, a man who earned the respect of all those around him, mostly through his incredible leadership skills. Now, Riela would have the chance to learn from the best. She'd had opportunities of

I miss those summer nights I'd sit in my mother's kitchen Open doors and windows Letting the night wind cool my skin Hearing crickets sing to the moon. I was living in two separate worlds One foot on my chair One foot on a different land Walking through those printed pages Going with those fabled friends. Sometime later I'd go upstairs Sprawl out on my messy bed Swelter in the humid heat But be lost inside the forest Until the sky began to lighten. My eyes burned with the sands of time My wrists would ache from leaning But still I could not come back home From distant, far-off traveling Then sleep would overtake me.