aria0mega:

the-asari-councilor:

Tevos appreciates Aria’s touch more than she could ever verbalize. The councilor’s grip on her bondmate tightens and she rests her cheek against Aria’s shoulder,

In response to the messages Aria is sending Tevos, she responds with those of love and appreciation. She is grateful that Aria exposes herself in melds like she does, not only because knowing a crime boss better than anyone is not something everyone could say, but because being loved by one is all the more rare. She’s told Aria time and time again that she doesn’t need to make herself seem vulnerable during each meld—that Tevos knows it makes the queen of Omega a bit uncomfortable to be that exposed.

She wants her to be comfortable.

It was more unfamiliar than it was uncomfortable. Regardless of that factor, Aria wants to give every part of herself to Tevos, wants the councilor to know she’s the only one who would ever witness the softer side of the galaxy’s most notorious crime boss. Aria’s own heart begins pounding at the intensity of Tevos’ love and appreciation and can’t help but begin to place soft, affectionate kisses along the side of her bondmate’s face. 

‘It’s alright…’ she whispers in the meld. ‘…it’s alright.’

Tevos’s eyelids lower, and she leans into the kisses she’s receiving without a sound. 

She cannot deny that she enjoys when Aria acts like this, if not only because they are much less likely to fight. Tevos rests her chin on T'Loak’s shoulder, pulling her bondmate closer.