Shade followed his line of sight and nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Allers there. She'd completely forgotten about her presence in the hallway when she'd been allowed back in the medbay. Her hand jumped away from the Major's and back to her side in an instant of the realization.

"Allers," she greeted awkwardly, pretending not to notice the camera hovering next to the reporter.

"Commander."

"I trust you've gotten what you need for your report?" Shade inquired tersely.

"Yes, Commander. I trust you'll arrange for the formal interview later," was Diana's response before leaving the medbay.

The camera hovered long enough after the reporter left to catch Shade gently running her fingers along the base of Kaidan's skull where his biotic amp rested beneath the skin and the man's face relaxing slightly as she did so.

Anything he was planning on saying got put on hold when he felt those cool fingers soothing the origins of the pain in his head. He couldn't tolerate anyone else touching that particular part of him seeing as how it automatically seemed to spark a migraine, but for some reason with her the pain only subsided. Her touch quelled the pain long enough for him to stand with his eyes squinted as he followed Shade to the elevator.

"That was uncomfortably close . . ." Kaidan muttered after a moment.

"Yeah . . ." Shade replied distractedly. Her hand idly found its way so that it was resting against her belly that was still covered by her armor.

"Hey," he whispered, pulling her attention to him as he covered her hand with one of his own. "I love you. I have and will always love you. And I love this little miracle, too. Nothing is going to change that."

She nodded, resting her forehead against his. "I know. I love you too. I just wonder . . . Would it be better to tell everyone about it? I don't want them to treat me differently, but the Alliance wouldn't be able to do anything since we're both Spectres. It might do some good for morale to have some good news on the ship for a change. Life instead of death for once."

"It's your choice and I'm behind you whatever you decide," Kaidan assured her. "I can't guarantee they won't treat you differently; I know they would all be more protective at the very least. But it definitely couldn't hurt morale, you're right."

"I'll think on it some more, but I might tell Allers to explain what was going on down in the medbay. I'll ask her not to announce it publically in the morning since it wouldn't be anything but gossip, and it would probably get some of the older Alliance officials on my case saying that I'm unfit for duty or something. But . . . I think I should tell the crew . . . the close members at the very least."

"Garrus is going to love this," Kaidan chuckled as they entered their cabin. He sighed after a moment. "I don't think you should put off Allers until morning, though. Who knows what she's going to say in tonight's report? Why don't you get changed and call her up here?"

"What about you? I know you're good at hiding your migraines, but not ones that are this bad."

"I'll be fine, Shade. This needs to be taken care of tonight."

She nodded. "You're right. Let me change and call her up here. You can get a shower while I talk to her."

"Trying to tell me something?" he smirked.

"Yeah. You stink," Shade laughed, earning a half-hearted smack to her shoulder.

"Love you too." Kaidan's smirk evolved into a full-blown grin as she started removing her armor. He didn't even try to stop the urge to lean forward once her stomach was bared and place a kiss there.

"Go get in the shower, you sap." Shade ordered with a fond smile. Despite this order, she pulled him forward via a hand behind his head to kiss him sweetly on the lips.