Face It

Eyes

She was staring at her reflection in the fish tank. She couldn't take the mirror in the bathroom. There was no where else to look in there. She remembered looking in her eyes and seeing fire, seeing warmth. But now... now there was nothing. Things were bad, most of it. There was a few things that kept her going- mainly the fact that if she didn't, all life as she knew it would end... but that helped more when there were bullets.

She could see the cybernetics behind her lids, no matter how much she tried not to. They were exactly the same shade, they had the same...consistency of color. But when she closed her eyes- in other words, any time she was not out in the field- she could see a faint glow.

"Shepard, you in there?"

Shepard shook her head, "Yeah. Need something, Garrus?"

The door opened, Garrus stepped in, and it closed. He approached her without a word. It was comforting just to have him near. He still had the same look, same walk- though sometimes it was a bit heavier, depending on what was on his mind. It was one thing that hadn't changed.

"Whatcha need?" Shepard turned around and smiled at him.

His eyes were a pretty blue. He seemed confused.

"Garrus?"

"I-uh, I don't remember. Crap." He muttered.

She laughed.

"I'll come back later, if I remember." He said, waving.

"Wait... you don't have to go. Stay and talk with me."

The light in his eyes was very warm.

…

"You're worrying me, Shep."

"What?"

"You haven't blinked, or stopped looking me in the eyes. Disconcerting." He said quietly.

"When I close my eyes... I can see the difference. Between me and..well, my old self."

"So why stare at me. It feels like you're boring into my soul."

Shepard's face heated up, "I like your eyes. They're blue."

"Is that special?"

"Humans are suckers for blue eyes."

"Oh, really? That's something new."

She tried to look away, now conscious about her watching him. If she had been paying attention, she would have seen that he hadn't looked away either.

"Mister Vakarian, the engineers are requesting assistance." EDI chimed in.

Shepard tried to hide her crestfallen face.

"Yeah, okay. I'll be there in a minute."

"Bye, Garrus."

"Hey, Shepard?"

"Yeah?"

"Turians are suckers for blue eyes, too."

With that, he left. The door closed behind him before Shepard understood what he'd said. She took another look into the fish tank. Yep, her eyes were blue. Always had been.