Second chances. He'd never believed in them but now he had one. Was he brave enough to use it? Could he be good enough? Would she feel the same? A Shoker story. Rated M for language, these are marines and probably future smut.

In which Joker is guilt-ridden and sarcastic, Shepard is oblivious, and there are gratuitous references to zombies. FemShep/Joker, set during ME2.