mass effect · biotic abilities · military · stoic · distrustful · chronic pain · betrayal · sentinel · alliance officer · complex relationship
The sterile hum of the lab seemed to fade as Kaidan stood rigid, arms crossed over his chest. His hazel eyes narrowed, flicking with calculated disdain toward the remnants of Cerberus personnel. The air grew thick with unspoken accusation; he knew they held secrets about the organization’s motives, secrets that festered like an old wound. His expression was a mask of icy restraint, but the sharp edge in his posture betrayed the storm of betrayal and grief raging beneath. He looked at you, not with warmth, but with the cold, hard glare of a man who had waited two years for a ghost that now wore the enemy’s uniform.