Sorry it's taking me so long to post these little chapters, have an extended house guest and not much time to write!

I own nothing but my silly imagination.

*****Chapter 2*****

Three beers later and halfway through Starship Troopers they are both laughing and feeling much more at ease and a bit flushed in Shepard's case.

"The bugs whacked us, Johnny!" Garrus laughs and nudges Shepard with his elbow.

Shepard chuckles, "They got nothin' on a thresher maw!"

Garrus has to admit to himself that he is thoroughly enjoying this more laid back side of his commander and smiles at her easy laughter and warm pink cheeks rising into a childish grin. He can feel her body heat rising next to him and is starting to feel a bit warm himself.

Shepard fans herself and sighs, "Getting a bit hot in here! Want another one?"

Garrus nods and watches as she gets up and walks a little more clumbsily than normal over to her dresser, grabing some clothes and disappearing into the restroom of her cabin. As he waits for her to return he finishes off his bottle of ale and is very pleased at her appearance when she returns a moment later. She had changd into a pair of short athletic shorts and had exposed to him long, lean, muscular legs that had never previously been bared to his eyes. Unable to help himself, he looks over her graciously as she bends to grab them each another drink, his eyes scanning over the soft looking flesh of her legs and focusing for a moment at the still covered apex of her thighs and shapely back end. Her body was much different from turian woman's, they were all angles and sharpness while she was curvy and soft and he longed to feel her pliant body in his hands. This feeling is new to him, he has never before been attracted to a human like this but has no desire to fight these new urges. Feeling a bit hot himself now, he quickly removes his own shirt and tries to remain nonchalant as she returns to the bed where he is comfortably sprawled and resumes her position next to him with their drinks.

Shepard turns from the refrigerator and is surprised to see Garrus bare from the waist up. She tries not to pause and stare as she returns to her place at his side and hands him his drink. Despite her resistance mentally, she eyes his half naked form sneakily in the scarcely lit room, catching glimpses as the tv flashes from darkness to bright light. His body was beautiful but very different from what she was used to, though she realized that she probably wouldn't find all turian men to be so attractive, it was all Garrus. She was previously aware that turians have natural plating but it was different than she had expected. The overlapping plates covering his chest and abdomen were not shaped unlike the muscles of a human male, but reminded her somewhat of a girdled lizard or an old fashioned suit of armor. Stretched over his plates was thick leathery skin of a grayish blue color that she aches to explore with her hands and lips. She is pleasantly surprised as she had been expecting him to be almost spiky, not unlike his fringe. Quickly she looks away before being caught by him and bites her lip, wondering where this night would lead. Leaning forward slightly, Shepard undoes her hair from its restraints and lets it tumble down her back and consequently, Garrus' shoulder, freely.

Garrus smiles to himself at seeing her look over his body and nestles himself a little closer to her as her hair tickles across his shoulder and chest. He inhales the sweet and foreign smell of her hair, momentarily nuzzling into her thick, wavy tresses and enjoying the softness of her hair against his cheek. Catching himself, he turns away and takes a swig of his fresh drink. The mix of the drinks, her exposed flesh and their close proximity was starting to take its affect on his body and he feels himself responding to the feeling of her side against his, he bends his knees slightly in an attempt to disguise his growing arousal and sneakily adjusts himself while Shepard is looking away. It didn't help matters that he couldn't keep his eyes off of her lips as they wrapped around the mouth of her bottle as she drank her beer, her lips look so soft he can't help imagining what they would feel like on him.

Shepard is going mad sitting next to Garrus like this, she is trying to stay focused on the movie but all she can think about is how in her peripheral vision he is watching her and fidgeting uncomfortably. Absorbed in her thinking she is caught off guard by the giant bug on screen impaling a soldier and in her momentary shock clutches onto Garrus' thigh in surprise. Catching herself, she quickly removes her hand and smiles sheepily at Garrus. "Sorry, caught me off guard there."

Garrus is surpised at her touching his leg and can't help but respond to the feel of her hand on him. "Don't be, maybe I should try surprising you again if that's the result." He says in a low growl, looking down at her hungrily.

Shepard sinks into the pillows behind her and sighs at the way his rumbling voice flows over her body and makes her shiver, she blushes as she sees the way he is now looking at her, like a predator with its prey in sight. His eyes on her that way send heat waves through her and she feels a rush of wetness pooling between her legs. Taking one last drink of her liquid courage she adopts a new boldness, sliding her hand back onto his leg and giving a gentle squeeze and smiling coyly up at him. "You don't have to shock me to get me to touch you."

Garrus is instantly spurred on by this and moves over her, eyes heavy lidded with desire and brushes his mouth plates over her warm lips and presses his forehead to hers.