I present you new chapter :) sorry for keeping you waiting but life is life and some things have priority. Anyway, please enjoy :D

Like always, thanks for editing, Razzberry31 :* you're the best!

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The Normandy flew away. The crew members that stayed on Palaven, completed their skin therapy and they were free to walk under Palaven's sun. Shepard organized a trip to the ocean for them so everyone could rest and have some real vacation time. All of them changed from their alliance uniforms to civilian clothing and looked just like a normal bunch of friends at the seaside. Shepard found that they even had volleyball, to her enormous surprise, and while the women just lay on the beach enjoying their small talk, the men played beach volleyball. All the girls had a really pleasant view. Donnelly, Steve, and the other humans, shirtless, only in their swimming trunks. Even Garrus and Javik quickly learned how to play. It turned out Garrus had swimming trunks, all turians did, they didn't swim though, being too heavy for complicated things like floating. But turians loved to stay in the water, sit and enjoy how the waves splashed them. The view of the men inspired Tali, Ash and Liara to have some girl talk. Shepard was passive till they turned to her. "You're awfully quiet, Shepard, so I have a question for you."

"Okay. Shoot." Jane squirmed on the blanket to get a more comfortable position, shifting toward Tali. But then she waved her hands quickly. "Oh! But don't do that the Vakarian way. He asked me once, on a mission, if he can ask me something, I said Shoot and so he did. Luckily they were mercs and we were in cover." She saw that Garrus started to laugh in a distance just like the ladies in front of her. When they stopped Tali asked.

"Have you ever thought about being with a human?" Shepard regarded the quarian for a moment, wondering if Tali knew Garrus could hear them.

"Earlier, long before I met Garrus, I had been with a few human men, but it wasn't enough. I don't know, maybe I was just waiting for this one guy who happened to be a turian. It's not like I fancied turians. It's just that...when I met my big guy, I knew he was the One. That's it. Period. I just had to go the long way to get him though. I had to die and he caught a rocket with his face." Jane explained, looking at Garrus' back while he was playing. Again he started to laugh.

"But there was Kaidan on the SR1, he was practically throwing himself at you." Liara joined Tali in her small interrogation.

"Yeah, just the way you did, my Blue little wing." Liara blushed in purple. There were times when Shepard teased her about her 'adolescent crush', the asari wasn't really pleased about that but never negated that she had a major crush on Jane at that time.

"I was young back then."

"T'Soni, please, it wasn't even 5 years ago. 5 years compared to an asari life expectancy, is just bullshit. Don't give me that crap." Liara pouted, thinking about a smart remark.

"For me those 5 years, after meeting you, were like a century. Don't tell me I'm not more mature now. So much has happened." Shepard looked at Liara and nodded.

"That's damn right. At least you got more mature than Tali-fairy." The quarian gasped in exasperation, her eye lights narrowed.

"Quit that crap, keelah, and we're not talking about that. Tell us about Kaidan." Jane made an 'are you fucking serious?' face at her.

"Ehh, vas Normandy, even before I met Garrus, I hadn't given him even the slightest piece of thought. Alenko wasn't my type, he was just a friend and one of my crew. That's all. I miss him of course, I'd like to have him here alive. But I never thought about him in any romantic way whatsoever. And I know someone wanted him so much more back then, and drooled all over herself." Shepard turned to Ashley and sent her meaningful look. The rest of the women squeaked at that.

"Ekhm." Ashley coughed, nonplussed. "But Garrus was one of the crew as well."

"Yeah, he was. But my heart had a different opinion about the matter." Jane shrugged, she knew almost from the day one, since Garrus walked aboard the Normandy, he was different. And that she was different because of him.

"Umm... Can you tell me how you two met, Commander?" Traynor asked. She wasn't with them so of course she didn't know anything. Jane smiled at the memory.

"You know, Sam, there is no romantic story behind it, or any other shit like that. I'm always saying it was so random. Garrus could have been anywhere on the fucking Citadel, yet he was in the Citadel Towers Council Chambers, right when I happened to be, for meeting with those idiots. I happened to overhear his argument with Executor Pallin over the investigation on Saren." Shepard lowered her eyes, looking at her feet diving in the sand. Memories of Saren still weighed on her heart. "Anyway, I ruffled some feathers here and there and found him in a clinic in the wards."

"And there was Dr. Michelle." Tali added with a laugh. Jane send her an angry glare. She remembered well that Dr. Michelle sent Garrus turian chocolates. When they were already together, that always pissed her off. And that idiot accepted them, ugh. She looked at him to see the turian looking at her, his mandibles flared in amusement. We will talk about it, Mr. Vakarian, better be prepared. Shepard sent him glare that could kill. He turned back. Garrus knew Shepard would get really angry about the chocolates, so he accepted them just because of that. She growled and turned back to Sam.

"Yeah, and there was that bitch, thanks for the reminder, Tali. At any rate, we saved that lousy idiot from certain death. Garrus asked if he could join us on the Normandy and that's pretty much it." Traynor looked fairly disappointed, wishing for something more exciting.

"That's how you met, but how did it happen when you got together?" Traynor asked again, her curiosity couldn't stop her from needing to know the whole story.

"On the SR1 we became really close friends, I took him on every mission, can you imagine that?"

"Yes." All of the women agreed in unison. Then Liara added. "We saw that Shepard, it always was a question who you would take as a third squad member."

"Yeah. But back to the story. Later I died and..."

"Really, Commander? I've heard some rumors but it's hard to believe." Sam interrupted. Like almost everyone in the galaxy, she had a hard time believing that Shepard really died during the Collector's attack of the SR1.

"She did. Believe me, Shepard was just a piece of scorched meat. I found her body and sent it to Cerberus. They were the only organisation capable of reviving her from the dead." Liara clarified. "She wasn't happy about it though."

"From all we have seen together, T'Soni, all those sick experiments and the other Cerberus bullshit, you shouldn't have been surprised. I wasn't particularly happy about being brought back from dead by them." Jane sighed. "Having to work with those fuckers was a living hell, trust me. Luckily I had some people close to me back then. Karin, Joker... I found new friends, good people like Gabby and Donnelly, Mordin, Thane, Zaeed that old geezer. Jack's my personal goddess. My baby krogan. But anyway back to the love story. I went to Omega to find Solus and Archangel. Imagine my surprise when I found out that this infamous Archangel was Garrus. Un-fucking-believable." She paused for a moment, shaking her head. "I fought a sea of suicidal mercs to rescue his scaly ass, just to see him get hit by a rocket to the face. Like the day wasn't shitty already. I thought I'd die again." She raised one hand to look at it with sadness. "With this hand I was holding his mandible still so it wouldn't fall off. I almost punched Jacob when he reported Garrus' status from Karin."

"He really was hit by a missile?" The Specialist inquired, it was really hard to believe, even for Shepard. Jane nodded with grim face. "Is it even possible to survive such a thing?"

"Yup, as you can see he's right there. However he can't participate in the C-Sec beauty pageant anymore. Such a shame." Garrus walked over to them and grabbed a bottle of water.

"I told you, at least I gained some credibility with my new features. No one took me seriously back then. I was too dashing." Everyone laughed at Garrus. "It was really hard to deal with all the people during my C-Sec days. Believe me. Too much handsomeness and style. They felt inferior."

"Of course, Mr. Too-handsome-for-your-shit, go play and look pretty." Jane waved at Vakarian to send him away. He splashed her in revenge and left the women to talk. Of course he could hear them from where he was playing anyway. "Cocky bastard." Jane snorted while wiping her face with her hand. "Where was I? Ah, yes. Later I asked him about, ekhm, turian ways of dealing with tension. He nailed it by replying with the best answer - sex. So still no romance there, Sam, sorry. We found it hard to admit our feelings. Then there was the whole Omega-4 thing and our little suicidal rendezvous with the Collectors. After that I was suspended and spent half a year sitting with Vega and watching vids. I couldn't contact Vakarian in any way. God, that was… Liara, Sam, you saw how I looked when I learned that Garrus was on Palaven. I wanted to search for that dumb turian, even if that meant destroying every Reaper in the way."

"Thanks the Goddess, we found him on Menae." Liara added. "Or perhaps it's better to say he just stylishly walked in and pissed Shepard off." Jane agreed. She wanted to punch him so badly when he just appeared casually in front of them. Jane sent him dozens of messages after her incarceration was over. "Just by looking at her, I wondered whether she would jump on him or disfigure his face even more."

"Ha! That's so fucking true. I couldn't decide though, so just chose to stand there like an idiot." Jane grinned at Liara with her most dumb smile. She wiggled her toes in the sand. "Aaah, check this out. The feeling of sand between your toes. I'm in heaven. You want to know anything else, Specialist Traynor?"

"No, my curiosity has been fed, thank you, Commander."

"My pleasure. So tell me, Liara, how was it with Javik?" Liara gasped and started to cough, covering her purple face in her hands. "Awww so sweet, look at our teenage asari. Anyway, let's go swimming, ladies-" Shepard's omni tool started to ping with an incoming call. "My Biotic Queen is calling!" She opened the vid-comm quickly. "Jack, I missed you so fucking much, give me a kiss!"

"Shepard, you idiot, why have you sent Joker to Earth, we could have just taken one of the Alliance ships and got there on our own. Your brain is fucked up, seriously! But thank's for the invite anyway." Jack's face appeared in front of Shepard. Jane connected her omni-tool with the rest of the women and they had a group connection. "Whoa, hi girls! But... where the fuck are you?"

"At the beach, you jelly?"

"Of course I'm fucking jelly, you bitches lying on the beach when I have to work my ass off. What a piece of crap. Better tell Joker to move his crippled ass. I want to go to the beach too. How are you all?" Everyone said that they are fine and talked for a bit, exchanging news. "Okay, I need to go. Shep, girls, call you later. See ya, have fun." Shepard wanted to go swimming and she almost ordered everyone to the sea when a skycar landed next to their skybus. Solana got out of it and walked to Jane.

"Hi, everyone! Nice to see you." The turian female came to them and sat between the women. Shepard noticed she was looking really happy and proud of herself. Something good had happened and soon Shepard found out what exactly. "Jane, I found someone who will make your wedding dress." Sam and Gabby squeaked at that. Only the human women were so agitated by wedding dresses. Quarians hadn't any of those because of their environmental suits, asari on the other hand usually took wedding traditions from the other party so it depended on their culture. For turians, the outfit was as important as it is for humans. Turian females had to wear dresses that showed their social tier and wealth. Shepard had already discussed that with Solana and they had agreed on a mixture of turian and human design. "Everyone is working on rebuilding and helping after the war, but there is an asari tailor that can do it in her spare time."

"If you say so, Solana. I said it already, I don't care about the dress or anything. I just want to get married to Garrus, with my friends present, that's all." Shepard exhaled deeply, feeling tired. Wedding preparations wasn't really her thing. She dumped it on Traynor, Gabby and Solana. Liara also helped a bit. Though for her as an asari, things like weddings were a foreign thing. After some small talk, Shepard went swimming with the other women, soon after the men joined them. That was a real vacation.

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Shepard and Liara kept track of Specter Victus. The whole matter with Councilor Tevos wasn't solved yet. Councilor Sparatus had tried to persuade her but she had her own agenda. He had tried also to contact the turian Specter but it turned out the Specter avoided or blocked his messages and calls. Everything became more urgent when it turned out that the ship with Specter Bias Victus had landed somewhere on Palaven. Luckily for Shepard, the new human and salarian councillors had been elected. Jane wasn't surprised that Admiral Hackett had refused the position. Too smart a guy for such a shitty job. The Council demanded all the data about the therapy. Shepard provided them with all that she had gotten from Mordin. Because it was just a genetic therapy, not cloning or serious genetic engineering, the asari councilor couldn't rant anymore. Sparatus demanded a vote; the Salarian Councilor Araghai and the human Councilor Thompson, voted for Shepard as well as Sparatus. Tevos was outvoted, yet she couldn't stop Specter Victus.

"What you mean you can't reach him?" Shepard barked angrily. "You are goddamn Councilor. Argh, happy now, huh?" Jane regarded the asari councilor with disgust. "From what I've heard, the matriarchs aren't particularly pleased with your arbitrary actions. Do something stupid one more time and you can say 'bye bye' to your job, that is not a threat, just stating a fact, Tevos." The Asari bit her lip, trying to contain what she wanted to say. "Your superiority issues lead to something stupid and…"

"Everything I do aims to elevate the asari race! What can you even know about it since you focus on turians and krogans, ehh?" Tevos looked like she had lost it. She was truly mad and at this point Shepard realised that the asari was too dangerous to take her lightly. It wasn't a case for one representative of one species anymore. She looked at Sparatus hopefully, wishing he could do something with his colleague when Garrus stepped in front of her.

"Councilor Tevos, if I may, I want to point out that your actions were highly illegal while ours not. Without any consultation, you have deployed an assassin, even though it is a Council Specter, and ordered him to kill another Council Specter without any vote or other legal consent. My fiancee may have taken a genetic therapy, a new one yes, but it is still legal in Council space. From what you can read in the data that Professor Mordin Solus had left, you can learn that it's innovative but, regardless, not against any genetic or galactic law." Jane watched Garrus as he spoke to Tevos in true awe. When he wanted, he could be so confident, so strong. Not that he wasn't, just being a turian often made him fall in line. Even when he stated he wasn't good turian. She knew he had changed so much since they met. From a C-Sec officer to a man who could voice his thoughts and stand against the Council itself when his woman and their unborn child were at stake. "Councilor Sparatus, I presume that you received the letter of complaint from Primarch Victus?"

"Ah, yes. Yes, I did. Sorry, Councilor." The turian turned to the asari. "But if you won't stop your actions against Specter Shepard and Specter Vakarian, I will be obligated to send it to Thessia." Tevos literally sent daggers with her gaze at Sparatus. "What you did could threaten the peace we all worked so hard for." The asari's lips formed a thin pale line. It was clearly visible she was utterly furious. She nodded, not daring to explode again with her vicious words. "Still, we have a Specter with his mission to worry about. Since no one can contact him, you will have to manage the situation on your own." Garrus straightened up, as he was receiving an official job.

"We are prepared. More than half of the Normandy's crew is on Palaven. We will try to find him before he reaches Shepard. If that's not the case, we will guard her till Victus makes his move. She's heavily secured, still we are talking about a Council Specter." He reported. Jane moved back and stayed out of it. It wasn't her mission anymore. Let the Big Guy handle it. I won't be of any use anyway. "If we make contact we will call the Council right away."

"Make a call regardless of the time on the Citadel. We will be waiting. Good luck, Specters." Sparatus slightly dipped his head and closed their connection. Garrus sighed and turned to look at Shepard. She was leaning on the wall with a pensive face.

"Credit for your thoughts." Vakarian approached the woman and put his hand on her waist. She stayed silent, her head moved to lean on his chest. "Jane, don't worry."

"It's just that I feel like shit. Every time, Garrus, every damn time I feel good, feel that all will be fine, problems pop out like a rabbit from a magic hat." Her hand moved to embrace his large frame. It was soothing, made her feel safe. "And there is that poor bastard. 'Can't reach him' my ass. She's doing it deliberately. Fucking cunt. I have a hell of an urge to smash her pretty face on the wall."

"Trust me, I would pay to see that, sweety. But try to relax. Even though Shakria said your health is good for now and the results of the health test was more than fine, you still need to take it easy. You will be a good girl, hmm?" She could feel his growl reverberated in her. Her fingers clenched on the fabric of his clothes.

"Can't promise anything. Jack will be here within two weeks." Garrus laughed. He nuzzled her hair, her scent flushed his senses.

"Ah, yes. Miss charming. So she's still with Massani, huh?"

"Yup, hell of a couple if you ask me. And Miranda will come, I miss her. Wrex is on his way with Eve, ugh I mean Bakara, and Grunt. Still can't believe Hackett is coming as well." When she'd received a reply from the Admiral, she was shocked. She sent an invitation but had thought the old man would refuse. "Word is… that Hackett wants to present me to the groom." Jane looked at Garrus meaningfully but he didn't catch what she meant.

"I don't get it, Shepard. I know you already, no presentation necessary." He said seriously. "Is it some strange human custom I don't know crap about?" Shepard deadpanned. Not that she was one to follow customs, nor that she had any expectations considering her wedding. All in all it would be a ceremony of two different species after all.

"Of all people I would have thought you'd have read everything about human marriage customs, Gar-bear. Seriously, you were so thorough with Mordin's sex-ed data after all. Minus the vids, because I know that deep down in there…" She poked him on the chest few times. "You are all soft and an easy to embarrass turian." Garrus snorted, he leaned to touch his forehead with Jane's.

"You got me there, yet no blushing whatsoever."

"I just need a little more time, trust me. Just a bit of work and we will get there." Shepard rubbed her head to his. "About presenting the bride to the groom… hmm… Father brings his daughter to her groom at the beginning of the ceremony. Because my dad is long dead and Anderson is as dead too, I feel Hackett thinks of it as his duty now. Dunno. But it's fine, I respect him even though he gave us a few shitty jobs along the way. Nevertheless, the Admiral always supported me." She moved back and regarded Garrus for a moment. "I have a dress prepared, thanks to Solana, but what about wedding rings. Do turians have something like that?"

"I prepared rings for us but sadly, no. We don't exchange rings. It'll be shocking to my turian brethren. We just exchange vows just like humans and put clan markings on the female the day after the wedding, removing their previous ones on the wedding day." Garrus stated. The turian style wedding was simple. Respectives families gathered, they had a ceremony and wedding reception afterwards.

"Okay, I can undergo tattooing."

"You don't have to. I don't want to cause you pain. Not now." His hand reached her belly, stroking it fondly. "You can do it after the birth."

"It's fine, big guy. Don't make a big such deal of it. You know I like being tattooed. One more question, what about the wedding night?" She grinned to him but found he was oblivious of the subject as well.

"What? What about it? Another strange custom?"

"Oh God, Garrus. Do your homework right. Jeez! It's a special night when the husband takes his wife for the first time. He fucks her brain out. Very important, mind you." She grinned, fanning her eyebrows at him. His eyes widened.

"But we already had sex, Shepard. And it's pretty visible by now." Jane hands fell loosely in defeat. My sweet, big idiot. Can't help but fall for him even more.

"That's not it, doofus. We will be married, then it will be our first time. As a married couple." Jane said that loudly and slowly to let him catch what she meant. With 'oooh!' he nodded, understanding what she implied.

"Fine by me, love. Any reason to end the day in bed with you, shamelessly rolling you from side to side is good for me. What a shame you can't use your flexibility anymore." He showed her a toothy grin, but she wasn't amused at all. She punched him in the arm and turned around, feigning offence.

"You are biggest asshole I ever met, Garrus Vakarian. Hate you so much." She didn't wait a second when his large body flushed her back, his hands closed her in an embrace. Vakarian lowered his head to the crook of her neck and nuzzled it with a purr.

"Yeah, yeah. And you will have to deal with me for the rest of our lives. Hope you are prepared."

"I am, always was."

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Jane was worrying about the ceremony. Specter Bias Victus was taking his sweet time showing himself up at her doorstep. She really hoped he wouldn't strike her during the wedding, which would really complicate things. Ruin the mood, cause a shift in the timetable. Not that she was afraid. She wasn't an N7 and Specter for nothing, after all. She waited patiently for the blow, which she was secured from. Jane turned toward Garrus, he was reading idly, from what she sneak-peaked - about both turian and human wedding customs and traditions. She giggled every time he marked things. Perfectionist. He knows I can marry him in rags, with just the two of us. But no, he wants to give me the perfect wedding. She shook her head and passed by to have another sneak on what he was reading. And that scared her. Childbirth and the first month with baby. Fuck! But if he reads all those he will be just a pain in the ass with all his smartass remarks. Shit, shit, shit. Need to distract him. Yet deep inside she knew she was scared of other things really, if David will survive the birth and later on. She couldn't voice her fears, Maybe Garrus couldn't either, so they kept on being happy here and now. "Big guy?"

"Hmmm?" He hummed, eyes still locked on his data-pad.

"I want to see Wrex." She replied and vanished into the kitchen. Vakarian stood up and went after her to the kitchen, where Shepard was sitting on the kitchen counter. They were alone since Solana and Akteon got their house back. Garrus' father had tried to persuade them to move in with them, but both Shepard and Garrus stated that they wanted time for themselves. Still they weren't really alone as the other apartments around them in Cipritine Tower were occupied by her crew. Tali, Karumi and Samantha right next door for example.

"He will come tomorrow, and the Normandy within a week. Better tell me what's the matter." Garrus said, propping himself on the wall. He inspected her face thoroughly, they both knew her behaviour covered something more important. Jane thought he would just let it go. "You are scared, Jane. Why?"

"You know why. I have a bounty on my head."

"What I know is that you wouldn't worry about some jerk having a death wish." He said, shifting onto his other leg, his arms crossed. Shepard knew he wouldn't stop, his body screamed 'serious talk and no bullshit' to her. "So let's scratch that one from the list, shall we? We are left with the wedding and David. Let's scratch the wedding since I know you too damn well. You don't care about how it will look, what colour your dress will be. All you care about is getting married to the most handsome and stylish turian even. That's me, in case you didn't know. And that's how we are left with our son." Garrus wanted to continue when his omni-tool pinged. He opened it to see what was going on. "A-ha! We got an intruder, honey." Spark in his eyes, his toothy grin made her heart skip a bit. That was their life, on the battlefield with guns in their hands.

"So he's coming, right?" Garrus nodded, humming in excitement. His mandibles were twitching. He and Jane regarded themselves, feeling excited as something they were so accustomed to would happened. She grabbed her M-77 Paladin out of the drawer and took cover while Garrus pinged Javik, Tali and Liara.

"He's still trying to hack our doors. Ehh, they will never learn, will they?" Garrus whispered and gestured with his hand that he's ready, M-6 Carnifex already pointed at the doors. He typed on his omni-tool the command for the doors and they swooshed open to reveal a slightly shocked turian. The same second, the doors behind him opened and Tali with her shotgun came out. Liara behind her, ready with her biotics. "Hello, Specter Victus, nice to meet you. Specter Garrus Vakarian at your service." He said with a smug face. Shepard could hear even from the back, that Garrus was really pleased with himself.

"Pleasure is mine. If you know my name, you have to know my mission as well. By Council order I am here to terminate rouge Specter Jane Shepard. Please hand her to me and no one will be harmed." Jane started to laugh behind her cover. Vakarian only smirked, still aiming at the other turian.

"That order isn't valid anymore, and it was an illegal action of Councilor Tevos, Specter. I, however, have a new one. You were blocked from communication, so you don't know that the Council voted in favour of my woman, not against, and she is in the clear now. We were ordered to immediately contact the Council whenever you showed up. So wait here like a good boy and don't try anything funny. Your odds are shitty, so to speak. Tali, keep an eye on him." Vas Normandy approached the turian Specter from behind and pulled her shotgun out and pointed it at the back of his head, where turians a have soft spot. Meanwhile Garrus called Councilor Sparatus.

"Specter Vakarian, I hope you have good news."

"Yes sir, we have Specter Bias Victus with us." Garrus moved the camera on the turian. Sparatus regarded him for a moment.

"Great. Specter Victus." Victus, still dumbfounded could only mumble in reply a mere 'Councilor'. "You are to return to the Citadel, the mission given by Councilor Tevos wasn't approved by the Council. Please unlock your comm-link so I can transfer you your new orders." Specter Bias unlocked the connection and his omni-tool pinged with a message, which he opened and read. "Also, you are forbidden to take any actions against Specters Shepard and Vakarian. Even if Councilor Tevos' orders said otherwise. Her orders were not authorized."

"Yes, sir. As you say, sir." Sparatus nodded and finished their vid-call. Bias hummed in apology and embarrassment. "Hmm, that's awkward. Please let me say that I'm sincerely sorry about everything." Shepard walked out of her cover to stand slightly behind Garrus.

"It's fine, Specter Victus. You had your orders. That's your job, just like ours." When the turian looked at Jane he opened his mandibles wide in shock. "What?"

"You are… pregnant. I…"

"Oh, so that bitch, Tevos, hadn't told ya?" Jane cocked her head, feeling amused. That's so the asari for her. Fuck, I really should have nuked Thessia when I had a chance. "You see, my pregnancy is unique as this child is a human/turian hybrid. Mix of levo and dextro species. And I have the therapy for every race in the galaxy. I'm going to cooperate with Sirta and spread to the whole galaxy."

"Really? And when exactly?" Bias had shown interest in her words, but both Garrus and Shepard looked at him suspiciously. "Oh, don't get me wrong. My bondmate is human and, even though she won't admit it, she dreams about having a child with me. If I knew what was the reason behind Tevos' plan…"

"You need to wait for Sirta to accept my terms. I think they will agree but who knows when they will start to use therapy in their med centers. But, what sort of host are we? Please come in." Shepard gestured inside the apartment. "Tali? Liara? Wanna come in?" Kasumi materialised next to Liara with a grin. "And you Kasumi, yes." The three women passed next to Bias and went inside. The turian on the other hand hesitated.

"Don't worry. We won't do anything to you. Though, I'm still watching you, pal." Garrus said, smiling. His smile didn't reach his eyes, still focused on the other turian. "Come in." When they sat inside, Jane explained how the therapy worked and showed her son on her omni-tool. She was a bit afraid, that Victus would be disgusted seeing David, but he was interested and regarded the hologram with warm hum. They exchanged omni IDs and Jane promised that she would notify him of when and where the therapy would be available for everyone. Once Bias had left, Jane turned to Garrus. "Even though he turned out a pretty decent guy we still need to be cautious. Liara, I hope you'll still monitor Tevos. And that guy too, just in case." Liara nodded. She, Kas and Tali went to their apartment. At the end of the day Shepard was lying with Garrus in their bed, hugging him happily.

"I got a message from Sirta. They are sending their lawyers and scientists to Palaven to check on me and discuss the agreement for using the therapy. Our David won't be alone. Soon there will be more like him. I like that." After a second of thinking she added while laughing. "Not that I myself want just one child, mind you." Garrus smirked and nuzzled her neck then ear, whispering into it.

"And how many you would like, sweetheart?" She giggled at the sensation, her hand moved to rub his sensitive skin under the fringe. He growled deeply, lapping at her neck.

"Dunno. Three maybe? We will know when to stop, I suppose." Shepard said, trying hard to contain the moan that desperately wanted to escape her mouth. "Uhmm, big guy, you were so sexy with that look and pistol in hands. After the time apart, I almost forgot how you turned me on on the battlefield." Garrus' hand moved to the hem of her tank top only to sneak under and go up to Jane's breasts, pinching lightly at her nipples.

"I can say the same about you." Garrus' moved his hand to her back, scratching tenderly at her spine from the base of her neck, down. He turned her to the side so she flushed her body against his. "That's how I like you."

"Mmm, I like that sort of closeness too." Shepard replied and then kissed him passionately. Their tongues battled for dominance in their mouths, every time their match finished with a draw, when they had to stop to catch air. They were quick with discarding each other clothes, fueled by the earlier event. Jane laid comfortably, spreading her legs in invitation for his already emerged cock. Yet Garrus had other plans, laying between her legs and using his dexterous tongue instead. She writhed under his strong grasp, when he did unimaginable things to her so sensitive clit and wet core. Each time he licked her, hotwired her brain, causing to moan, cry, scream louder and louder. She thanked turians for designing their apartments soundproof or else the whole of Cipritine Tower would know how good Garrus Vakarian is in bed and what things he did to her. "Oh, god, Garrus, don't stop, don't stop." She shouted before she orgasmed and couldn't say anything anymore. When she lay, content in her afterglow, he moved up to settle himself between her legs. Waiting for her green light. Jane pulled her hand to stroke him with a feather like touch, his shaft responded to each with an impatient twitch. "What are you waiting for, Hun? I need you so much." Vakarian hummed 'love' to her and slowly entered her damp insides, purring with enormous pleasure.

"I love you so much, Jane."

"Me too." She didn't have to reply, he knew it just by looking at her face, in her eyes. Those eyes that had a special look reserved only for him. He started to rock his hips, slowly going further and further then back and forth. That motion caused them both to moan. Garrus was taking her slowly. He never would have guessed that making love in a slow, rhythmic pace, so unlike the turian way, would be that good. Maybe the main reason behind it was the person who he made love to. Yet again he mused about how that little squishy human female affected him and how he haven't given a single fuck about it. Here they were, slowly rocking to meet his thrusts, slowly entering their high where they could share looks full of passion and feelings for each other. Those unspoken wishes for the future. They climaxed in unison, whispering each others names like a prayer. Later they lay in bed, embraced, limbs tangled with each other. Pure bliss overwhelmed them. After this whole time, of war, of fear, they had found peace. Happiness that soon would be shared with their friends and family during the ceremony that would make them truly combined for a lifetime. Shepard smiled to herself but then she remembered their talk before Specter Victus showed up. It's just a matter of time before he will want to talk about David. God, I'm so fucking scared. Jane snuggled closer to his chest, moving steadily in a sleepy motion, trying not to visualize her fears. She had nightmares, of giving birth to a monster, or that David was dying as soon as he came out of her womb. Dreams about her child falling into pieces, or vanishing in the darkness. Dark, horror like dreams. Garrus was right, I shouldn't have watched those vids. Now I get strange ideas. She shivered.

"Can you tell me what's the matter, Jane?" Vakarian's sleepy voice rang next to her ear.

"Nothing, go to sleep, space lobster."

"Oh, I haven't heard that one for a long time. Lately you have been nicer to me." His strong hands pulled her and turned her to her other side so he could face her. Internally she didn't want it right now, but it was inevitable. Garrus was too smart and too observant, and this matter wasn't of a kind to let it go. "I saw you, Jane. You're having nightmares again. When I was away you could hide, and you did. But now I am here. I want you to talk." Her head touched his chest, she closed her eyes, not daring to look into his eyes. She feared if she did, he would see all those horrors from her nightmares. That would break her heart to little pieces.

"I'm… dunno… it's so irrational, Gar-bear. I dream of terrible things happening to him. I don't want that. Sometimes I think I risked too much… I always risk to much. Because I'm an adrenaline junkie, I suppose." She stopped, trying to collect herself, trying not to cry. Pregnancy makes me cry a lot, damn. Not in front of him, fuck. Stop you stupid eyes. And stupid hormones. "You think I did the right thing? Maybe I was too selfish? What if David will…?" Garrus squeezed her to his chest, hushing her down.

"Shut up, silly. I know that pregnant women are afraid of their babies. I know it's completely random, and always a gamble even with the level of medicine in the galaxy. But we are Shepard and Vakarian, baby, nothing ever stopped us. Imma right?"

"Yup, you are." She agreed. "You learned your lessons. Your speech is almost as motivating as mine, good job, Vakarian. Hum to me, Garrus, help me sleep." She said while yawning, she tucked herself deeper under the blanket. He hummed to her making her sleep soundly, so she didn't have to dream of the dark things that lurked her mind.