Love
Shepard leaned forward and kissed Tali, gently at first but slowly growing more passionate. Not breaking the kiss, Shepard lifted Tali up carefully and carried her to the bed, they sank onto the bed, only breaking the kiss for a moment, Shepard flung his top across the room and straddled Tali, Tali removed what was left of her suit, things progressed quickly from there.
Shepard strolled in to the elevator, casually leaning against the side.
"Deck 4" he said clearly, making good use of the voice recognition.
The door opened and he walked out, trying to look nonchalant as he glanced into the room to see if Tali was there,
"Commander, we're experiencing some power fluctuations from the Reaper IFF core, I think the problem might be…" Donnelly carried on talking but Shepard wasn't listening, he'd spotted Tali and as he watched her work a smile slowly spread over his face, "…what do you want me to do about it Commander?", Donnelly stood there waiting for Shepard's answer, which was a long time coming, "Uh right, cut the power to every component one by one until the fluctuations stop, then replace the faulty part, excuse me, I have something I have to do", Shepard started to walk away, "Wait a minute, since when do you know anything about tech?" Donnelly looked positively incredulous at the fact that Shepard had said anything more than "Yeah, you fix that", "I have a very good teacher" Shepard replied with a grin, slowly inching towards Tali.
Just as he was about to reach Tali Shepard glanced around to check that no one was watching, he slowly snuck up behind her and playfully grabbed her hips, "Maybe next time you could find a way of starting a conversation that doesn't make me jump out of my skin?" Tali joked, turning round and fixing him with a stare of mock anger. Shepard laughed, amused by the whole situation, in what universe does a man sneak up on his girlfriend, he wondered, "What are you up to?" he asked, finally managing to change the subject. "I'm just checking the energy levels of the IFF core, I assume Donnelly told you about the fluctuations?", "Yeah he did, I told him to turn off each component one by one until the fluctuations stop and replace the faulty part.", that'd better have been the right thing to do, he thought nervously"I'm impressed, you'll be able to repair your own omni-tool at this rate!" Tali observed, amusement creeping into her voice, "It's about time I figured out how the damn thing worked!" Shepard commented, "Well, I'd er…I'd better go but I'll be in my cabin if you need me" Shepard reluctantly ended the conversation and headed for the elevator.
The elevator stopped off at CIC on its way to his cabin and Garrus walked in, "Ah Shepard, I want to lodge a complaint about Tali", Shepard sighed inwardly, "Did she steal your pet varren?" Garrus clearly didn't get the joke, "No, she calibrated the guns for me!" Shepard shook his head, "I'll tell her not to do it again" he promised as he entered his cabin.