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Hands

Shepard looked down at her and Thane's hands. They were linked together, her long finger and ring finger had to spred far apart in order to fit his fused ones. At first, the fit had felt awkward and somewhat uncomfortable. But now, it felt right. She couldn't imagine holding hands with anyone else and she hoped she'd never have to.

Gently, she ran her thumb over the back of his hand, marvelling at how soft his scales were when she stroke down towards his wrist and how rough they were when she stroke towards his fingers. His green skin was such a contrast against her own bronze one.

The only thing that seemed to be similar was that they both shared a good amount of scars. It came from years of working with their hands. While she couldn't remember where most of hers came from, she knew he could point at every one of his scars and tell her the exact story behind them.

His hand gave hers a gentle squeeze. Those hands that had killed an unimaginable number of people now held hers so gently. She recalled how they had cradled Miyo when she was just a baby. The hands she had seen take down a krogan and produce biotics strong enough to smash a man's skull had held their daughter so gently.

So much of him was amazing. He was perfect, simply because he would admit that he was flawed. Never had he attempted to hide anything from Shepard. He would be the first to admit his faults and failings. But at the same time, he would admit his strengths without bragging.

For the umpteenth time, she realised how lucky she was. While most people saw Thane as polite but stoic, she knew him in ways no one else alive did. In front of her, he was even more emotional than she was. He never hid how he felt from of her. Never would he hide his anger, happiness or sadness. She had seen all of these emotions from him.

Thane gave her hand another squeeze and she looked up at him. One of his eyebrows were raised and he had a small smile on his full lips.

"What?" Shepard asked, mimicking his expression.

"You seem lost in thoughts." He ran his thumb over her knuckles.

"Just thinking about how lucky I am to be sitting with you here today." She leaned over to kiss his cheek. "I love you."

"And I, you, siha."

Shepard smiled as he let out a small, happy purr and she leaned back in her patio chair, closing her eyes. While Thane was sitting in the sun, reminding her very much of a lizard, she was sat under a patio umbrella. Still, she was very comfortable.

Well, she was until Thane suddenly picked her up bridal style. Her eyes flew open.

"What the fuck?!" She cried out and grabbed onto Thane's bicep for support. "Put me down! Help! Mutiny!"

He didn't reply as he started taking long strides forward. There was a mischievous smile on his lips and he walked towards the pool. Shepard realised what he was about to do milliseconds before he did it. One moment she was in Thane's strong arms, the next she was flying through the air towards the pool.

The water came as a shock to her warm body and the air left her. She came spluttering up to the surface again, shaking the water out of her eyes. Thane was standing next to the pool, smiling.

"You are an arse." She grumbled as she tread water.

"You seemed warm, siha." He folded his arms over his chest and grinned as Shepard made her way towards the shallow end.

Before he could react, Shepard's biotics enveloped him. He let out a surprised and very undignified yelp before he fell into the water as well. As he came up to the surface, he splashed water in her face.

"I wanna swim too!" was cried out before there was a third splash. A red little drell had suddenly joined them in the pool.

Miyo swam to her mother and clung onto the former commander's shoulders.

Shepard laughed loudly and moved Miyo so that she held her in her arms. Miyo wrapped her arms around Shepard's neck and leaned her head on her mother's shoulder. This was more perfect than Shepard could ever have imagined. When she and Thane met, they had been heading towards a suicide mission and if they survived, Thane would be gone in months.

Now, it was eight years after her resurrection and they were living in the desert with a family. Grinning, Shepard moved forward and pressed her lips against Thane's.