Bonus content!

I was thinking about the end of my fic and had always thought that Kaidan was followed to Okanagan shortly by the rest of the Normandy crew, but there wasn't a good way to mention that without breaking up the flow of the ending. So here are some short, drabbly type fics about the crew meeting little David. :D

Kaidan and Shepard didn't have long to accustom themselves to being parents before the crew descended on the orchard house in Okanagan. Kaidan, of course, had told everyone what was going on when he left London and after a few days' rest, they all followed him.

Garrus was one of the first to hold little David – or at least attempted to hold him. David yawned, shifting his weight, and Garrus promptly handed him back to Kaidan with a nervous chuckle.

"So, Shepard," he said, mandibles flexing, "when does he become mobile? Seems like it would be a hassle to carry him around everywhere."

Shepard blinked. "Um. I don't know actually. They have to crawl before walking… so, I don't know, a few months?"

"Oh… Well, where are you going to put your shotgun?"

"I'm thinking of getting a special harness so I can have both hands free."

"Sounds good."

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"This is your hatchling?" Wrex tilted his head, putting little David under the gaze of one red eye. "Looks squishy. Where're his teeth?"

"Babies don't get teeth for awhile, Wrex."

"How do they eat then? Krogan are born ready to eat meat within the hour. We eat the shells of our own eggs first. Do you have to chew stuff up and regurgitate it for them? Turians do that," Wrex chuckled.

Kaidan struggled to hide the expression on his face. "Uh, no. Human babies… breastfeed."

Wrex cocked his head. "They eat… breasts?"

"No! They drink milk. Human females have… uh—"

"Mammary glands," Shepard supplied with a dry look.

"I was going to say 'funny bumps'," Kaidan said out of the side of his mouth and dodged Shepard's elbow into his ribs.

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Kaidan watched as James cradled David with surprisingly expert hands, making funny faces for the baby and reaching out with one large finger so that little David could grab onto it.

Shepard walked up then, her hand finding the small of Kaidan's back.

"So, Lola," James said with a grin, still looking down at David. "Guess I won't be able to be distracted by you any more now that you're a mama…" He looked up at her and his voice trailed off as his eyes went down. "On second thought, being pregnant's been good to you. Maybe I oughta start calling you chichis."

Kaidan looked over at Shepard, a deceptively calm look on his face. "Shepard, what was the reason you didn't like me bash James's face in on the Normandy?"

"Because we were focusing on the mission."

"And now that the mission's over?"

Shepard considered.

James started to look alarmed. "Oy, hey now, Lola—"

"He's all yours Kaidan."

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"Commander, you have some sort of parasite attached to your arm."

"That's my baby, Javik."

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EDI peered at the baby in Shepard's arms with obvious fascination. "David's odds of survival were astoundingly low considering the events your body went through during the Reaper War. A remarkable statistical anomaly."

"Um, thanks, EDI…"

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"I've scrubbed my suit—"

"Tali…"

"I also sprayed it down with anti-bacterial cleanser—"

"Tali…"

"And then I went through the decon cycle once more just to make sure."

"Tali!" Shepard put her free hand on Tali's shoulder. "It's okay. You're the cleanest thing in the galaxy right now. Here, hold out your arms."

Tali stopped wringing her hands and held them out. Shepard gently transferred baby David to her. "Oh…" she said in a soft voice. "He's… he's..."

"Yes?"

Tali smoothed a finger over the top of David's head, the hair springing back into place. "Perfect."

A/N: "Funny bumps," if you didn't know, comes from some cut dialogue in ME2 when you talk to the turian gardener in the Dark Star lounge, he asks femShep if she's female because she has those "funny bumps" like asari. You can find it on YouTube.