A Mutually Beneficial Partnership (Mass Effect FemShep x Shadow Broker story) (Excerpt - Fair Exchange)

Shepard shook her head adamantly. “Giving my body to the Collectors would’ve also been an insurance policy, wouldn’t it? A far cheaper and simpler one for you too.” Shepard leaned over the Broker’s massive desk, unintimidated by his size. The Broker’s mandibles twitched with amusement, lacing his fingers together as his eyes traced over her. “I want to make this plain. I have no wish to owe a debt, or to owe anybody anything. As I work with Cerberus, pursuing these leads, I don’t want to look over my shoulder waiting for you to come and collect. So go on. Name your price. Your real price. I know you have one, so just name it now and be done with it.”

The Broker’s several sets of eyes twitched with a hunger Shepard could recognize, one that crossed species barriers. Lust. He stroked his chin as he leaned back in his chair. 

“If you insist.” He pressed a series of commands on his omni-tool. A moment later, a black box emerged from the floor. Once it was at thigh level, the box opened up. Shepard could only gape at what emerged from the box. 

“Is…that…?” The Alliance soldier let the question linger, knowing it was a rhetorical one. 

Standing before her like a pillar was the largest dildo she personally had ever seen. And the texture was unlike anything she was familiar with either. Slightly over a foot long, dark grey-colored, and with a series of ridges and what appeared to be small rubbery spines lining its surface, the faux cock was thick at its base but narrowed out toward the pointy tip. The dildo was firmly planted onto the small black pedestal it had emerged from and jutting upwards, most humanoid women would have to stand up to be able to insert such a thing inside them. 

“Consider this a crash course in yahg anatomy, Commander,” he said candidly, his deep voice taking on a surprisingly husky edge that she was unused to from the cool, composed information trader. 

Shepard gulped. For the briefest of moments, she was tempted to reach out and touch the thing, but she quickly pulled herself back from that and came to her senses. “This is what a yahg…penis looks like?”

“Correct.”

She looked at him, her cheeks slightly flushed. “So…yours looks like this also…?”

The Broker nodded, as if they were simply discussing any other business. “More or less.”

Shepard raised a brow at him. “Which is it? More or less?”

His mandibles twitched. “More. Mine is thicker and several inches longer.”

She took some time to process this, looking back and forth between him and the dildo. As much as she hated to admit it, there was an element of intrigue boiling just beneath the surface. And perhaps something else. She shook her head, the redhead huffing. “What exactly is it you want?”

The Broker drummed his fingers on his desk, cocking his head at her as if her question was one a child would ask. “I want you to take off all your clothes, mount the pedestal, impale yourself on the yahg dildo, and ride it until you have an orgasm. Surely you can manage this, yes?”

She let out a bemused laugh. “Why do you even want this?”

“Because I am sexually attracted to human females above all others.” Seeing her surprised expression on her face, he continued. “Make of it what you will. It is the one and only personal secret that I will offer you freely. Suffice to say, I would be remiss to pass up the chance to witness such a carnal, intimate display from the most famed human soldier in the galaxy.”

Seeing that she was skeptical and embarrassed by the proposition, he added, “Are you not grateful for having your life back?”

“I am grateful,” she replied defensively. “I would do anything for my crew, for instance. I’m sure you know that. But this is…very different.” 

She was silent, pacing for several moments as she weighed her options. She didn’t know if he had any intention of selling her out to the Collectors again if she refused. Even if he did not intend to backstab her in such a way, there was a part of her that felt that she owed the Broker. He’d brought her back to life with seemingly little benefit to himself thus far. Surely something like that did deserve compensation of some kind. And she doubted he needed or had any interest in money considering the expense he’d gone through to revive her. Her soldier’s honor was getting the best of her. 

“And this is all that you want from me? After this little peep show is done, my debt is settled?”

“You have my word,” the Broker replied.

Shepard sighed. As embarrassing as this request was, it was frankly a small price to pay for having her life back. Though it was a perverted request, it was inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, considering what she was up against. She could continue to fight the Reapers and their Collector servants, and she was only able to do that because of him.

She made her decision. Firming her posture, she nodded at him. “Alright then. I accept.”

The Broker nodded his horned head, looking quite pleased with her answer. “Excellent.” He pressed a button on his omni-tool, and the white drone - the same one she had met last time she was on Hagalaz - entered the room at its master’s beck and call. “One more thing. My drone will film this. Is this acceptable to you?”

She frowned at that. “You might have mentioned this in the beginning. No, I am not keen on it.”

“It is only for my personal use. I have no intention of leaking this onto the extranet. Nobody would believe it was really you in the vid even if I did.”

Shepard rolled her eyes. “Very comforting. Fine,” she sighed. “Film your masturbatory little porno.”

She appraised the massive yahg dildo. She had seen an elcor dildo on the black market once, and this was even bigger than that from the looks of it. It was certainly larger and more alien-looking than the dildo she and Liara had used on each other. “I am going to need lube,” she muttered. “A lot, probably.”

“Not a concern,” the Broker replied. He picked up a small remote from his desk, pressing the button. Shepard’s eyes widened when she saw a light blue liquid dribble out of the pointy tip of the faux cock. “At the base of the pedestal is a switch. Press it if you need more.”

“Well…good then, I guess.” She was still coming to grips with all this. When she came to Hagalaz to meet with the Shadow Broker again, this was not at all how she expected this second meeting to go. 

“Whenever you are ready, Commander,” the Broker said. He had wheeled his chair out from around his desk so he could get a good view of her.

She nervously nodded, taking a deep breath. She turned her back to the Broker and shrugged off her athletic top. She heard an intake of breath from him as she turned toward the hulking alien, showing off her chest to him. Even if she still wore her sports bra, his intrigued response to her near-nudity put pay to the notion that he was indeed attracted to human females.