Shepard gave her crew the rest of the day off as she left the Normandy to go find her new crew member. She took a look at the navpoint with her omni-tool, it was right in the middle of the presidium. She thought it strange he didn't pick a place like the market or somewhere more discreet than the presidium but she gave a shove of the railing of the elevator as it finally came to a halt. If he was such an expert at these things then she would not be quick to judge his planning. She walked to the statue of the Mass Relay and leaned against the railing staring at the peacefulness of the water. She became aware of the person that was walking towards her. From the sound of his footsteps it was a determined walk, just from his walk she could build the professional yet deadly persona he would most likely have she turned to find a middle aged man with no hair walking in her direction, she leaned on her left leg popping out her hip and crossing her arms. He definitely wasn't what she was expecting, she was just about to stick her hand out when the man didn't even glance her way as he walked past heading in a completely different direction. She was startled by a sudden outburst of uncontrollable laughter came from her left she turned towards the sound to find a young man probably around 25 holding the side of his abdomen laughing. He wore a red and black plaid flannel shirt with a pair of dark blue jeans and black combat boots and his dog tags swung freely around his neck as he couldn't control his laughter. "Please don't tell me you actually thought he was me I mean c'mon!" She took inhis face now the he had stopped his laughing and left a smile on his face. He had tanned skin, his eyes were a mixture of blue and grey that seemed to fit him and he had short black hair that was shaven on the sides. "Well he was walking towards me so yeah I did!" She watched as he gave her a once over that made her skin tingle and heat up. He gave an approving smirk as his eyes stayed on her hips. She didn't understand why though, she knew she had a good looking body by the comments she would receive every once in awhile but that was when she was dressed up. Now she only wore the military fatigues that she would wear around the ship and her neck length auburn hair was just dangling freely nothing special done to it. She let her bright green eyes roam over the parts of his body she could see. He had the sleeves of his flannel rolled up to reveal his muscular forearms, on his left forearm was the tattoo of the Canadian flag with two old fashion Lee-Enfield bolt action rifles making and X behind the flag. "So the old man decided you need my help with finding Saren, well madame, Sergeant Ryan Fenton at your service!" He stood and gave a bow to her and stood back up with a smile on his face.

She was leaning against the railing in the conference room waiting for the rest of her squad to return from there quick shore leave. She kept stealing glances at Ryan as he sat in one of the chairs. He had been staring at her since he sat in the chair, she wanted to brief her squad on the new crew member but since everyone was taking their time getting back to the ship, she was now alone with the man who wouldn't stop staring at her. " why are you staring at me?" She turned her head to look at his face as his eyes moved to her eyes, she crossed had arms across her chest unsure about the warmth in her chest as she looked into her eyes. "You know, you have a great ass!" Her cheeks instantly flushed pink from his statement and she couldn't help the deepening of her flushed face as his eyes lowered to said part of her. "I'm uh I'm your commanding officer, I uh don't think it's appropriate for you to be saying such things. Don't you?" She couldn't understand it. How was it that a simple remark from this man made her feel like some schoolgirl who got a compliment from her crush. She was Commander Fucking Shepard for Christ's sake! "Well since I'm technically off the books on everything since joining the Alliance and since I technically don't exist, I'd have to say that technically you ain't my CO." He gave her wink and a smile as his explanation rolled around in her head. He had a point, since the Alliance couldn't officially acknowledge that he existed since he was special operations assets he technically belonged to no one except for the Alliance. She chewed on her bottom lip as she mulled over his explanation. She was interrupted in her thoughts by the sound of the door opening and her crew walking, all of them throwing questioning looks at the unknown man. "Alright everybody's here, there's a new member to our crew. He's gonna help us defeat Saren. All Alliance personal have already heard of him through rumours but for those of you who don't, this man is known throughout the Alliance military as the best special forces recon expert alive. Most people know him as the Ghost of War though." She interrupted by the gasp of shock from everyone in the room which surprised her more so. It looked as though he was well know through the galaxy and not just the Alliance. She stole a glance at the man of the hour to find him more interested in watching her. She couldn't help the small blush that rose to her cheeks. As she looked up to her crew to dismiss them she caught both Asheley and Liara taking in the form of Ryan as he sta there. She had to hold in the small pangs of jealousy as she realized what the meaning of they're stated implied. She had a good idea why she wasn't happy about it but she wasn't going to do anything drastic that was for sure." Alright dismiss everyone, Sergeant Ryan I'll show you where you can bunk." She reveled in her small victory as she noticed Asheley give a smal frown at not being able to speak to him right away. She couldn't explain why it mattered to her so much but she enjoyed knowing that she was keeping him to herself for a little longer.