UPDATE (30.03.2017): Thanks to Erin Primette from I got to know that Garrus' father's name is Castis and I decided to change Akteon to his canon name. Although I write AU fic I try to stick to as much canon stuff as I can. So that's it. Thanks again, Erin for your message :)

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After I've managed to get rid of major hangover and soreness, I've finished chapter 10. Ah, the struggle! I don't know if I'm happy with the outcome. You have to judge :d

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The next morning, Jane woke up rather early. She left Garrus still sleeping and decided to go buy sweets from Li's shop. With her omni-tool bracelet again on her wrist, she was certain Vakarian would know where she had gone. Before she left, she took up a data-pad. I will go drink coffee and read about turian physiology in peace. Don't need a sexually frustrated turian huffing above my head. 15 minutes later she was sitting at a table with a mug of hot coffee, donut and interesting article on the pad.

The woman was looking at bare turian images and reading explanations of erogenous zones on the alien body. Most erogenous zones, huh? Jane looked at the screen, another image shown a turian head with marked mandibles, neck and back of the head up to the fringe. So if the fringe is pulled… oh God, that's why he was so hard back then… no wonder… Next images depicted the waist. Soft skin on waist and neck… similar. Ok, I can go with that. No wonder he was so eager to touch there. Next… Hmmm? Groin plates?! He's package is… hidden!

She found the article so interesting that didn't see Lilihierax materialise behind her, bending over her shoulder to see what she was reading. "Doing some research, Sunshine?"

Jane jumped on her seat, almost spilling coffee in the process. She turned toward the shop owner hot and, as she could guess, red on her face. "I… I just wanted to read…"

"No need to explain. By the way, what did Garrus do to you yesterday? First fight of lovers?" Li smirked at Jane as he sat next to her with turian kava in his mug. "Just two weeks away and his scent became so vivid. What happened on Palaven?"

"This and that. So you knew?" Lilihierax nodded eagerly. "God… oh, well... And yes, we had a fight… with a little help from Nihlus, we were able to sort things out." Jane looked above the pad at the turian. "I bet he was here yesterday, looking for me?"

"Yup. He charged in full speed, almost crushing my counter! You know how long I have looked for the perfect countertop for my shop? It's ideal! Perfect height! Comfortable to lean on it for the whole day and do shit." Both started to laugh. Jane could imagine Garrus crashing on the top of it. "But anyway… you want to give him a special gift I see."

"Li, I beg you…"

"It's fine. We turians talk about sex casually. Nothing to be ashamed about." Li propped himself on his elbow while moving closer to Jane. "You know… turians… when we want to vent, we do it usually with violence or sex. And it's really, really bad when we build too much stress inside. I heard about human rules against fraternization in the military… Spirits, how can you stand that?"

"It depends… besides it's an old rule that no one had time to change or simply erase. If you think we are frigid, you're wrong. We're not good with this rule, trust me." Jane processed Lilihierax's words for a moment. "And what happens if some turian can't vent… or he just goes to… for example… Armax Arsenal Arena and that's all he does?"

"Ouch, poor Vakarian. I bet he's insufferable!" The turian started to chuckle. Then, after a moment of silence, he got serious. "Not that I want you to do anything, Jane. I understand that it's new for you… But either you help him or send him to vent it… somewhere." And Li said the last word significantly. Jane understood instantly what he meant. "Or you have to do it yourself. It's our biology, can't do anything about it. Building such pressure inside is bad for us."

"I see…" Jane looked into her empty mug of coffee and started to think deeply. Meanwhile Li had to leave her because of new customers. So basically Garrus is doing something against his body. Because of me. How long since he had sex last? Has he gone to brothels? Maybe he has some sort of friend with benefits on the Citadel? A pang of jealousy hit her in the chest. Jane didn't like the thought that each time Garrus went outside he could meet up with some tart. She was thinking deeply about the matter until strong hands and a tongue on her, invaded her personal space.

"Daydreaming again, love. You have to focus more, who knows who's lurking in the shadows?" A dual-toned, flanged voice she adored, said to her from behind.

"Good morning, Garrus." She had to stifle the moan. Shepard turned her head toward Garrus and kissed his mandible. "I know who's lurking there just fine - my overprotective and paranoid husband."

"Overprotective? Yes. Paranoid? You hurt my feelings." Garrus replied with feigned pain in his voice, gesturing dramatically with his hands.

"Ego." She sing-sang.

"Why do you torment me so much, Jane?" The turian took her hand and placed it on his mandible.

"Oi Garrus! Stop the flirting now and come for kava and amshyi. I got it just two hours ago. Fresh from Palaven!" Vakarian stood up and went to Lilihierax, who gave him his food and drink. He ate and talked with Jane and Li for the next hour.

When Jane and Garrus left the pastry shop and did a small shop in the market, they then returned to the apartment. Jane wanted to ask Garrus about his… activity so far, in the confinement of their home. After they put all the shopping away in their respective places, she grabbed Garrus and sat him on the couch. "What is it, Jane?" He asked, obviously puzzled.

"I was talking with Li today… and I want to ask you a question…" Shepard exhaled slowly, thinking how to approach the subject. "The thing is… I just want to know when was the last time you had sex?" She asked quickly before losing the courage to do it.

Garrus looked at her utterly shocked. At least two minutes had passed before he could answer. Jane watched him with an intense gaze. "More than 6 months I think, why?"

"And you haven't gone… to a friend or someone… for a help with the matter?"

"Hmmm, I… first of all we were married… and since the wedding there were reporters everywhere. Second I don't need help from prostitutes. And third: there is only one woman I want." With that answer he pulled Jane on his lap and kissed her. "I want only you and I will wait. Silly, I know how to manage my body and it's needs, turians learn self-control when we're young. We know how to block scents from our pheromones, we know how to block our body's needs, like sex or food. Food only for a few days of course."

"You said you can block scents but how long do they stay on your body? How is it that your father hasn't found out?" Garrus sighed and explained to her that his father had an accident during his C-Sec days. He was raiding a gang selling red sand and one of the containers exploded right in his face. Castis lost his sense of smell.

"Anyway, scent lasts a few hours, or sooner if we wash ourselves."

Jane nodded understandingly. "I see. Speaking of which, I need a shower." She went to the bathroom and had a long shower while she was mulling everything over in her head. He said that he can control everything… but I don't want him to stop himself, control himself. I want Garrus to be… well, Garrus. It took her a while to come up with a conclusion.

Screw that! She jumped out of the shower and quickly wiped her body dry. With the towel around her, she peeked her head out of the bathroom. Jane saw Garrus playing some game, when she passed she could see the turian turn his head slightly to smell her. With a small smirk she entered the bedroom and dived in the wardrobe to find Jack's wedding gift, that she had only opened once to toss it deep inside some box. Jane thought she wouldn't need it… that it was a bad joke. Yet here she was, unpacking her sexy black lingerie. "Oh my my my! If I could… I'd get boner. Good job, Jack!" Her fingers brushed the soft, silk material of the bra. Red laces were plaited into the two straps and on the center of each cup, ending with little ribbons at the end. Jane stood up, put the towel away and put on the lingerie. Then she looked at herself in the large mirror on the wardrobe doors. "Hell yeah, you look smokin' hot babe! Time to show yourself to your man."

The woman slowly left the room and tiptoed to the still playing turian. He seemed to be really engrossed with the game, so didn't pay attention to Jane at all. Yes, that's good, Mr. Vakarian. Stay there and play while I seduce you. Shepard had to stifle her chuckle as she approached Garrus from the back.

When she was behind him, she slowly put her hands on his cowl, stroking it then moving up to his neck. She leaned forward, embracing him, her face nuzzled his neck. "Hi there." Jane said in a low voice. Her tongue licked his neck then moved to his mandible, nibbling it and kissing. Garrus growled, shifting his head to give the woman more access to his neck.

"Jane… can it wait? I'm in middle of some game here… ranked first." Garrus ordered his fleet to attack the enemy. Trying to concentrate at what was on the screen.

"No, it can't wait. If I wait, I'll get cold." Jane moved away. She folded her arms, shifting her body weight on her right leg, tapping her left foot. Nerds and their games…

"What?!" Garrus turned around to see what Jane was talking about and froze. For a few seconds he wasn't sure if was seeing right. The woman sensed his shock, so she unfolded her arms, putting her right hand on her waist seductively. She knew he would like it.

The turian growled lustfully at the sight. Seeing his wife almost nude, bar a few scraps of material covering her chest and place between her legs. Just like asari lingerie he had seen in the commercials. Now Jane was wearing it and clearly seducing him. He slowly turned off his game and omni-tool.

"Like what you see?" Shepard asked with a smirk.

Garrus didn't reply. Just stood up, slowly, his eyes locked on her. He couldn't turn his gaze away from her. The turian approached the woman and with one swift move, he pulled her up, locking her legs around his waist. That made him growl deeply.

Jane squealed when he pulled her up. She put her arms around his neck, her hands ghosted on his skin. That made Garrus growl even deeper. That sound was like an electricity jolt that ran through her chest and down her spine, just to nestle in her aching sex. "So you like it, I take it?"

"Jane, you damn tease… and without saying anything… I almost got a heart attack there." The turian said at last, licking her neck up to her earlobe, playing with it with his long tongue. "And I lost… should I find some inventive way to punish you?" With a few longs steps, he was in the bedroom but wasn't eager to lay the woman on the bed. No, instead he closed the door and locked her against them, between his large body.

"You certainly can try…"

Garrus licked her all over the neck, her so sensitive earlobes, stopping to kiss her from time to time. She responded in kind, focusing on his mandibles, the skin on his neck. Her hands massaged his fringe or pulled it lightly, making him moan and growl in response. The turian's hand remained at Shepard ass, holding her in place. He stroked her bottom with the pads of his thumbs, scratching her lightly with his talons. Spirits, good I've blunt them… her skin is so soft…

Jane's pull on his fringe intensified. "Clever girl, you've done your homework."

"We'll see about you…" She moaned while he resumed his licking on her neck. He bit her experimentally on the soft neck, but very lightly and very carefully. Jane moaned louder than ever. "Oh, God… don't stop."

The woman's clit ached for Garrus, she started to move her hips a bit, to relieve her tension. Feeling so wet and horny, she couldn't stand it. What she noticed though, was that Garrus was getting a hard bulge while she was pleasing herself on him. "Jane… the things you do… and that scent of yours… you know I won't be able to hold back anymore?"

"I won't let you hold back… you silly turian." She gasped, breathing quickly.

Garrus decided it was time to lay his woman on the bed. He moved with her and laid her carefully down, hovering above her and sateing his desires. She looked amazing, her soft skin shone with beads of sweat, so alien and exotic. "Can I look at your breasts?"

"So you've read something…" She smiled and slowly pulled herself up to sit. Her hands moved to her back to unclasp her bra but Garrus stopped her.

"Wait, I want to do it… I saw this one vid..."

"You know it's the nemesis of every human male?"

Garrus shrugged and moved behind her. He put his hands on her back, stroking them down to the clasps. He checked them then unclasped it in one move. "Simple. I don't know what is so difficult about it."

"Smartass. You've done it from the back. Try from the front next time." Jane giggled but soon her giggles were replaced by moans when Garrus' tongue circled patterns on her bare back. "Your tongue should be banned, it's the most terrifying weapon of all time."

"That good?" He asked between licks, receiving more moans from woman.

"God, yes."

The turian decided to touch her breasts. He still hasn't seen them yet but making Jane sound like that was something he couldn't miss. His warm hands travelled round her sides to the two mounds at the front. He felt their softness, the two small bulges in the center that instantly hardened when he touched them. Jane squealed when he was massaging those two small buttons. "Interesting…"

"Wha-aaah… what are you doing? Researching?"

"You can call it that, yes." He replied, knowing he would irk her. While his hands were exploring blindly at her breasts, Garrus nuzzled her neck again scraping his spiky teeth on the skin and licking along it.

Jane was becoming irritated because she couldn't do anything to Garrus. She stopped his hands and turned to face him. Garrus tried to look at her breast but she covered it with her hands. "Na-ah! No looking! Strip and then I'll let you see…"

"You little…" Garrus growled but then realised that he really was overdressed. Not to mention he felt uncomfortably tight in his pants. The turian stood up from the bed and took off his shirt, similar to humans t-shirts except the part for the cowl. Jane liked it much better than standard turian civvies that he wore outside the apartment. She could see his muscled and plated arms. Then he pulled his casual slacks off, that he also only wore around their home. The woman liked them too, she could admire his legs and alien feet, that clicked funny on the floor.

Jane looked at the almost naked turian in his boxers.

She pointed at the last piece of clothing with one finger, hands still covering her breasts. "This too." Shepard couldn't not notice the bulge in front of the boxers.

The turian regarded the human woman with mix of anxiety and hesitation. "You sure…? It may not look like a human one…"

Jane's brow raised, she regarded Garrus, not believing how self-consciousness he was right now. "You know, I already have noticed that you are turian… and I saw how it looks from the images I looked at. I want to see it!" With that she leaped to his front and pulled his boxers down. His hard shaft sprang free from its fabric prison. The woman froze at sight of it. The first thing she noticed - it was blue. Second - his penis had ridges and bumps.

"Jane?" Garrus asked, embarrassment in his voice palpable.

The woman shook her head and approached him and with a reassuring smile. Her hands rested on Garrus' chest plates. Her fingers traced them, feeling that the plates on chest were a bit more rough than others on his body. She had wanted to touch him here for so long but only places she had had access to was his cowl, neck, arms...

"I know that we're so alien to each other. And that half a year of living together won't stop us from feeling awkward. But remember one thing… I know you are different… I've been… observing you all this time and not even once thought that your body is disgusting. Not even once I compared you to human man. Because you're not one." Shepard's right hand stroked his mandible while her left embraced him, flushing her body against his warm one. "So stop worrying. I'm eager to learn everything about you. "

Garrus leaned to her and placed his forehead plates on her soft forehead skin. Yes, she had soft skin instead of plates and thick, suede like skin but did that matter to him? No. The turian wasn't sure when he stopped to care about her being human. He hadn't moved, deep in thought, while Jane was scrutinizing his hard shaft. He wouldn't until she touched it lightly - that made him shiver and return to current activities.

"It's blue… like your tongue. And eyes…" Shepard gripped his cock, circling it with her fingers but was careful. Not too much pressure, just touching. His cock was so hot, and big, and long. God, please, let me handle that… She also found no balls visible. Maybe they are hidden?

While the woman was busy with inspecting Garrus' lower parts, he regarded her infamous human breasts. Shepard's were olive colour just like the rest of her skin, with dark brown nipples in their center. Garrus wanted to lean to them but the woman stopped him and pushed him on the bed. He managed to sit instead of being splayed on it.

"Relax and don't worry…" She said and to his surprise, Shepard kneeled in front of him and dipped her head. Before he could ask, protest or do anything at all, she licked his cock.

"Spirits…" The turian moaned, trying to process what was happening. It felt so good.

Jane smiled to herself. "I want to see, touch and taste all those places you have covered up from me for so long…" Then she made a few more slow, tentative licks from the base of his shaft up to the head of it. Garrus started to purr with his subharmonic.

Give man head and he will end in heaven. Species be damned, everyone's the same. Then she decided to suck him, his cock so hot in her mouth. His strange alien flavour wasn't bad at all. Different, strange to describe, but she liked it.

"Spirits… have mercy on me…"

Jane pulled her head up to look at Garrus. His dreamy gaze told her everything but she decided to tease him a little nevertheless. "That bad?" The woman asked with feigning sadness.

"Are you kidding me? Spirits, love, don't stop… don't stop, I beg of you."

Shepard took his hand and and kissed it in the center of his palm. "I won't. So just sit and enjoy the ride." After that she didn't say anything more, returning to licking and sucking him. While keeping his shaft still with her left hand, she massaged the soft skin on his waist. He purred, growled, moaned, made all the other sounds that were a clear indication of enormous pleasure. His hands gripped the bed covers firmly. Jane sped up her pace until she could feel his cock throb and convulse in her mouth, just to spill inside. When she pulled up and wiped her mouth, she saw a blissed turian in front of her. His mandibles spread slightly, closed eyes. "To the heaven and back, I presume?"

It took Garrus a moment to descend from his high and state something more coherent than growls. "Spirits… you said my tongue is a weapon… better see what you did here… THIS should be banned…" The turian pulled the woman to himself, licking Jane's breasts, each one at a time.

"At last I can see them…" Vakarian said with a raspy voice between licks. "They are… unbelievably soft and sexy."

She couldn't focus while Vakarian's skilled muscle circled around her nipple and another was massaged or rolled between his fingers. "Fuck… I can't… Garrus… how long until… mmmm... you can go again? And when did you… mhm... learn that?"

"Extranet. You don't even know how much an eager turian can learn there." Garrus changed sides, and resume his ministrations on Jane boobs for a moment. "What do you mean by how long before we can go again?… don't understand."

"When you will be hard again…" She gasped.

"Look down."

Jane did as he said, seeing his hard, ready cock. "That was quick." She grinned at him and nodded in approval.

"Still don't understand… it was like the whole time."

"God… now you being a turian is even better. Human males usually have to wait some time after orgasm… so they can get hard again."

Garrus flared his mandibles, clearly amused and proud by her words. Nothing boosts a man's ego as much as saying he's better than someone, especially in the sex department. "Let's take care of that silly thing, shall we? It's in my way and I don't like when something's in my way for a prize." The turian hooked his talons on the hem of Jane's panties and pulled them down. His head moved to nuzzle her belly and inhale her intoxicating smell. "I want to be inside of you… I can't wait any longer."

Jane pulled the turian's head up to look into his eyes. She kissed his mandibles. "Me too… Show me how you want it..."

He laid her on her back and wrapped her legs around his waist. Garrus looked at Jane, his eyes asked 'You ready?', she nodded to him. Both of them didn't need words anymore. With her approval, the turian positioned himself at her welcoming entrance and ever so slowly pushed himself inside.

Shepard covered her mouth to muffle her painful squeal. Her eyes wide and teary. When Garrus saw that, he froze at first then wanted to pull out but the woman locked her legs to prevent him from retreating. "Jane, maybe this wasn't a good idea afterall…"

"Don't be stupid. You won't break me with your dick. I haven't used that part of me for a long time. Just kiss me and everything will be fine." The woman's hands grabbed the turian's cowl and pulled him down for a passionate kiss. Meanwhile she wiggled her hips to urge him further. "Ah, just move. I'll accommodate you… human females are stretchy."

"You sure?" The turian's forehead rested on the human's one. "Spirits, Jane… I really want us to feel good… I don't want to hurt you…"

"Silly, silly, silly turian." Jane giggled. To think that about six months ago they were enemies, soldiers that wanted to kill one another and now Garrus was afraid to hurt her while having sex. World is strange. Galaxy is even stranger. "Just distract me with that tongue of yours and we're good."

The distraction worked just fine. At first Jane made painful sounds while their tongues battled for dominance but then her moans became that of lustful ones, which Vakarian adored. The turian noticed how wet and hot she became down there when his cock hit the end. He experimentally moved his shaft to the back, growling from pleasure that the little movement gave him. "Spirits… that's just…"

"See? I told you human females are stretchy." Jane smiled at the wary turian. Her fingers trailed the shapes of his plates and the suede skin between them, calming him down. Shepard's hips wiggled to urge Garrus to move.

They swayed back and forth slowly, becoming accustomed to the new feeling. Garrus' tongue worked on the woman's cheeks, neck and ears, while she explored every inch of his fringe and the back of head with her fingers. They took their sweet time after having waiting for so long. Not rushing a thing, not urging to move faster or deeper. Not yet. Both knew they would have time for that later but now they enjoyed the sweet lazy minutes of learning new breathtaking feelings of being joined in the most intimate way.

Still, long minutes of cuddling, caressing and Garrus' slow motion made Jane yearn for more. Does he hold himself back for me? "Garrus… I want more…"

"But I am stronger, Jane. Bigger. I don't want to hurt you." His talon travelled on her cheeks down her lips, leaving a light red trail that faded away after a while. "You are so delicate… compared to me…" Jane started to laugh, which made her squeeze around his shaft. "Jane… stop… or I won't be able to control myself anymore."

"You really are one silly turian, Garrus. It's funny because we wanted to kill each other not that long ago. Remember our fights? And now you're still afraid that you're gonna break me with your dick. Seriously, that's hilarious! And sweet. And you called me delicate, no human would call me that. For my race, I'm a hard woman, a soldier." Jane moved her hips so Garrus' shaft was sheathed inside her fully. With a mischievous grin he knew so damn well from the battleground. "Move that boney ass, husband, and fuck me like a turian."

The challenge in her eyes was enough encouragement for Garrus. "Whatever you wish, my beautiful wife." He straightened up and grabbed her waist. His mandibles twitched in anticipation. Vakarian never felt like this, turian females weren't that tight, that soft, that unbelievably fantastic. Pumping himself inside Jane was like entering heaven. Not to mention that sounds she made caused him to go crazy. He also wanted more.

Vakarian pulled the woman up, she was sitting on him, her ass in his taloned hands. The turian was moving her body on his length while Jane kissed him, bit his neck with her blunt teeth. He liked how her body was cool and inside so hot. How her chest, with her enticing human breasts, was flushed against his plates. He loved how light she was and how simply he could move her on himself, speeding up the pace every minute, until he felt her squeezing him. The turian stopped for a moment, trying to process what was happening.

"Don't stop! I'm so close!" She moaned to his neck.

"Oh." Garrus started to move Jane again and felt her muscles convulse on him again. That was so new to him and so pleasurable. He growled and fucked her even more vigorously, gaining more squeezes in the process until the woman screamed and climaxed. Her climax triggered his. With a roar he laid her on the bed again. Thrusting his cock inside until he reached his release.

Both laid in the same position, not daring to move or say anything for long moments. Trying to catch their breaths, to calm down after their orgasms.

"Spirits…" The turian gasped near Jane's ear when he could talk at last. "Manual didn't cover that part…"

"Which one?"

"That thing you made… with your thing."

Jane snorted. She rolled them to the side, straddling the turian. "Can you clarify?"

"Don't made me… ugh, fine… the thing you did before you reached orgasm… you… squeezed me. My mind was blown away." Garrus' hands reached Jane's breast and he massaged them gently.

"Want more?" Jane's lips broadened in a smile.

"Of course… for me it was just a warm up." The turian grinned back to the human female. "I want a lot more of you love."

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The next day they slept until late noon. Garrus was first to wake up and the first thing he smelled was human blood. That alerted him. He grabbed the woman lying on his chest by her arms. "Jane!"

"Hmmm…?"

"You're bleeding?! I can smell your blood!" Vakarian rolled her on her back and inspected her bare body, seeing bruises on her thighs, marks from his talons on her arms and sides… and a bit of blood between her legs. "Spirits… what have I done…"

Jane opened her eyes and regarded the turian for a while just to kick him in the side. His large body fell from the bed to lie on floor. The woman jumped on him, with a few precise moves, she blocked his movement. "Garrus, my dearest… as you see, I am alive. Still can kick your ass. And as I said: your dick hasn't broken me. It's normal for human females. It's just skin, it easily bruises, it bleeds. But we are strong and durable." Her hand pointed between her legs. "And that part wasn't used for a long time. When human female don't use it often, it's normal for it to be tight. Human skin is stretchy and it turns back to its original state if not stretched. Soon this part will be used to your nice size." Shepard leaned to Garrus and kissed his nose plates. "Care to join me in the shower?"

After they washed themselves, Jane decided she wanted to have a late breakfast or rather late lunch. Garrus took her to the Presidium. Jane held Garrus' hand the whole time - surprised that his large three-fingered hand fitted hers so well. The turian didn't hesitate to show her signs of affection too, leaning to her forehead from time to time or licking her earlobe, at which she always giggled.

In the evening, the couple went to the Armax Arsenal Arena. Again Garrus had chosen a map with the Thresher Maw - Tuchanka, Jane didn't want to argue with the overly happy turian. Maybe even she would start to enjoy fighting the hologram bug - it wasn't like on Akuze and she had Vakarian with her.

Garrus was observing Jane the whole time. He couldn't believe humans were that resistant and durable. Not only did the woman show no signs of pain or discomfort, but had shown him strength. The turian knew well that even asari had problems during their first times with turians. He was afraid about his human wife. He was taught that humans were weak and stupid during the war. Yet here he was proven otherwise. And he was really proud of Jane.

Garrus won the battle this time and decided they should celebrate his victory in Purgatory. They drank a bit and danced. Had real fun. Late into the night, the Vakarians returned to the apartment. The turian turned on the Galactic News and sat heavily on the couch. He didn't have time to focus on the screen.

"Hey." Jane sat next to him and started to kiss his neck.

"Hey you." Garrus hands slipped under the woman's tank top, massaging her back and sides.

The couple was focused on each other till their names were said on the News.

"Council decision to marry Commander Jane Shepard and Commander Garrus Vakarian has hit on the spot. Couple seems to have feelings for each other. As a reminder: both of them were forced to marry as one of the terms of the Peace Agreement between Humans and Turians. Relay 314 Incident or First Contact War lasted 6.5 Galactic Years and caused big political and economic stir…"

While the asari reporter was talking, a vid of Jane and Garrus on the Presidium or in Purgatory, was aired through the Galaxy. Jane's face become pale. "Garrus… if your father sees it..." She turned toward her husband to see utter shock on his face. His eye wide and mandibles spread apart.

The turian visibly shrunk. He rested his head on Shepard's arm and sighed. "You were right about karma… it gives you back what you deserve." His arms embraced the tiny woman, as he thought karma would take her from him too. "Don't leave me…"

"I won't, Garrus." Jane hugged Garrus back, trying to cheer him up. "Don't worry, I think your karma is satisfied and won't do anything more. I'll always be here for you." She forced Garrus to look at her. "I love you." Shepard licked his mouth plates, he automatically opened them and mingled his tongue with hers.

They would have kissed longer but suddenly Garrus' omni-tool pinged with an incoming vid-call. For a moment he hesitated, he was afraid his father was calling... but then he opened his omni-tool to see a vid-call from Kalea. He quickly answered the call. "Mother…"

"Garrus…" Kalea looked at her son with a smile. "You looked so nice together. Jane, my dear, thank you for changing my son at last."

"Umm… thank you, Mother…" Jane sat next to Garrus to be visible in his camera. She waved to Solana, who was lurking behind her mother. "Hi, Sol!"

"Hi, Jane!"

"Okay… stop for a moment… Mum, where's dad? Has he seen the News?" Garrus asked, wary of his words. He was really afraid that his father would appear suddenly, releasing a major shitstorm on Garrus' head.

"Oh, yes… Garrus, I don't have good news. Your father saw everything and before I could stop him, he left and will probably fly to the Citadel." Kalea growled, angry at her husband. She was serious and looked at both Garrus and Jane in that way. Only Garrus could understand her apologetic hum.

"Shit."

xXx

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