A/N: Hello all! As this is my first story, I'm very... cautious as I venture into the fanfiction world. Some stuff might be a little OOC for Shep, but I tried to stay true to her as much as I could! Completely Shakarian, and based off the idea that Shepard actually lived after ME3. Be gentle with me, and enjoy -3-

The room was quiet. Jane sat, skimming through new messages at her terminal. Garrus was busy at work, wiping down his collection of rifles, arranging attachments by preference. It was how they liked things most of the time. Shepard paused, staring blankly at the terminal screen. A message from Eve, thanking her once again for curing the genophage. With the message came an attached file. Eve and a newborn krogan. Jane smiled at this. Who would've thought a krogan could actually be anything but fierce and terrifying, much less cute. Her smile fell slowly.

"Hey, Garrus?"

He didn't look up from his gun, only nodding his head in acknowledgement. "Hm?"

She paused, mulling over the idea.

"No. Nothing, never mind."

Garrus glanced over at her wearily. Her brow was furrowed; you could practically see the gears turning in her head. Nothing safe ever came out of that mind of hers, and he had a feeling that this would be no exception.

"Jane."

"Forget it, it was nothing."

He frowned. He was curious now, and as stubborn as Jane was, he'd have to pry it out of her.

"Alright, spit it out."

She spun around to face him, her previously stern expression now a more frantic one, her eyes panicked. It was unlike her to be so… NOT Shepard. She was always so calm, cool, collected. Through out everything, Saren, the collectors, the Reapers, Shepard had always been the one to hold the line. She didn't waiver, she didn't second-guess herself, and she definitely didn't panic. Jane sat there for a moment, searching his eyes for the answer to some nonexistent question.

"Garrus, I want a baby."

His mouth fell open. That wasn't exactly what he'd been expecting.

"I…uh. Jane, this is…"

He stumbled over his words, searching for something appropriate to say, searching for anything to say at all. Her face fell and she groaned, collapsing on the bed.

"Oh, God. I'm sorry. I just thought we… ya know. It's been a few years and…"

She buried her face in a pillow. "Kill me now."

Garrus chuckled at this. While it was out of character for her to be acting so flustered, he was amused by her… humanity. It was refreshing. He knew Jane for who she was, but these were rare moments that he was glad to be around for. He sat beside her, pulling the pillow out of her hands and leaned over her.

"Hey, look at me." He nudged her playfully with an elbow. Jane turned her face from his.

"Jane, listen…"

She sat up quickly and scooted to the end of the bed.

"Forget it! It's not a big deal. Just drop it."

And now she was upset. Garrus beat himself mentally for his hesitation. Sure, he'd never been the smoothest guy in the galaxy, but he could've come up with something better than a few single syllable words. Time to whip out the charm. He stood and walked over to her and, since she was refusing eye contact, he did the only thing he saw fit. He lifted her into the air and threw her over his shoulder.

"Garrus!" She shrieked, flailing helplessly as he carried her to the living room. He stopped.

"Hm? Did you say something? No? Must've been the wind."

She huffed and let her body go limp. There was no fighting it at this point. When he got to the couch, he pulled her back over and cradled her, sitting down slowly.

"Now then. Are you going to talk to me?"

She frowned, looking away.

"Don't make me do this the hard way. Don't forget that I know how to make you squirm, Commander."

Jane shot him a look. It had been ages since he'd referred to her as 'Commander'. That was too impersonal, and it bothered her. A lot.

"Alright, Vakarian. Let's talk." She spit the words out like acid, and threw her legs around his waist, straddling him.

"Mm… Much better." He growled into her neck. She laughed, kissing his cheek lightly. Garrus pulled away, stroking her face with a tentative finger.

"So. A baby, huh?"

Her stare faltered for a moment, but she took a deep breath.

"Yeah. I've been thinking about it… and I know we've talked about it before but…"

Her green eyes began to glisten for a moment.

"We're not getting any younger, Garrus. I think it's time we took the next step."

Garrus looked at her, really studying her face. He could see how much she really wanted this, and who was he to keep her from getting what she wanted? Hell, Jane was the savior of the galaxy, she deserved anything. Everything. He grabbed her suddenly, laying her down on the couch and hovering over her body. He kissed her gently.

"Turian or human?"

A/N: I would very much appreciate reviews! More to come, hopefully. Future chapters will go more into depth about how Shepard survived, the reunion, etc, etc. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING 3