A/N: Quick drabble set after the Party in the Citadel: DLC. Spoilers follow!

Never understood why Shepard says "Remind me to talk to Jack in the morning" about Tali's Tattoo, but never actually says anything about it the next morning. This is my attempt to fix that! I hope you all enjoy.


"Jack, we need to talk."

Jack was doing her pull-ups on the bar in the work-out room of Shepard's apartment. It was the morning after an intense party rife with drunken revelry. Yet, Jack seemed unaffected by any sort of hang-over.

"What about?" She grunted.

"Tali's tattoo," he said bluntly. He was in no mood to be overly courteous with the biotic.

"Yeah? What'd ya think? Guessing by the noise coming from your room last night, I bet you got a good look at the tat." She smirked devilishly as Shepard blushed slightly. But he maintained his composure.

"Indeed." His tone was stern, and revealed no intention of backing down. "She mentioned that you gave it to her. And I, for one, do not appreciate you exploiting - "

"Woah! Hey, she was the one who wanted to be all 'hard-core' for her human boyfriend. Don't blame me for helping a sister out," Jack huffed.

"Fine. But now that she's thinking clearly, she wants it gone. Any ideas?"

"Pfft! You really are clueless when it comes to ink, aren't you 'Mr. Boyscout'?" Seeing Shepard's unamused expression, Jack continued. "Look. A real tattoo would've killed her. She's a quarian; the ink would've sent her into an allergic shock, or whatever. So, I gave her an omni-tattoo. Totally temporary – no needles, no mess. Just peel it off; the hologram will shut off automatically once it's removed."

"Got it. Never again, okay?" Shepard began to walk off, but Jack called out to stop him.

"Hey, Shepard. I just want you to know that I would never do anything to harm Tali – or make her do anything she'd regret. Got me?"

"I do," he said with a nod. "Thanks."

"Yeah, yeah... we're all 'one big happy family' and all that shit. Smell ya later, Shep."

With that, Shepard walked back up the stairs to check on his poor quarian girlfriend, who was suffering an acute case of veisalgia.


Veisalgia - Medical term for a "hang-over".