This is going to be the last chapter for the next two weeks, since I am going on backpacking. I will make it up you you when I get back :)
Hope you like this chapter, I know its pretty short, but I wanted to write a short tender moment between Shep and Liara.
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Chapter 9 : Tender moments
She awoke to someone playing with her hair, soft, gentle digits running through damp red locks, occasionally brushing her ear as they trailed down the side of her head. Selena opened her eyes slowly, her deep green pupils dilating slightly against the dim light of her cabin. She shifted, pulling the soft blanket closer to her chin.
"Feeling better?" A soft voice asked her, the familiar tones causing her to relax her tense shoulders. Shepard nodded into the pillow she rested against.
"How long have I been asleep?" Selena asked, looking up at the Asari that lay next to her, her hand still playing with Selena's hair. Red locks curled round blue fingers as Liara leaned forward, placing a tender kiss on Shepard's head.
"A couple of hours. I thought I would let you rest. You definitely needed it."
Shepard nodded lazily, her eyes closing again, she shifted closer to her bond-mate, placing her head on the Asari's lap. Liara's hand instinctively wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her close.
"Samantha has been a great help in assisting me with the data. She managed to decrypt several files that lead to the locations of many Cerberus bases, we have sent the information to Admiral Hackett."
Shepard nodded sluggishly, stretching her aching limbs.
"Anything we can use?"
"The data keeps mentioning a Baterian by the name of Grokira Daral. He is a prolific slave trader and he is connected to over two hundred terrorist attacks on human colonies, including two attempted attacks on earth. Some of my agents are already looking for him." Liara explained, her eyes scanning the data pad she held in her hand.
Shepard mealy nodded, sighing loudly as she moved towards the side of the bed, pulling herself into a sitting position she rested her elbows on her knees. Her shoulders slumped slightly as she rubbed her eyes, the pale scars on her back glistening faintly in the blue light of the cabin.
Liara watched her from where she sat, large blue eyes filled with worry. Shepard had not been the same since the war had ended, since they had pulled her from the rubble that crushed her beautiful body, since she had woken from the coma that consumed her for almost three months, since she finally learnt to walk on the regrown prosthetic of her left leg.
She had become increasingly withdrawn in the last three years, she smiled less, lost her temper more and her eyes, although still brilliantly green, had lost a lot of the fire the young maiden had fallen for.
Liara reached towards her lover, placing a cool hand on Shepard's hot back. The human tensed slightly at the sudden contact, then relaxed. Inching closer Liara let the data pad drop to the floor, wrapping her other arm around Selena's waist.
"What's going on in that head of yours Shepard?" She asked, her voice barely a whisper. Shepard turned to her, resting her head silently against her bond-mates. Shepard opened her mouth, gazing thoughtfully at Liara. She was about to speak, when a familiar voice sounded over the intercom.
"Commander, you got an encrypted call incoming. Marked important."
Shepard stood, sighing slightly. Liara let her hands fall to the cold bedsheets below, her eyes falling.
When would the human ever open up to her?
"Patch it through to my cabin Joker." Shepard said, her voice heavy with sleep.
"Right away Commander."
Shepard forced herself to stand upright as a fuzzy image appeared on the screen, a familiar face greeting her behind the unclear pixels of the video feed
"Shepard, it's been a long time. You looked like crap."
"It's nice to see you to Miranda."
"I have information that you might find interesting. Regarding a certain organisation we both used to work for."
"You mean a certain origination that used to work for me?" Shepard said, her eyes narrowing slightly in anger. Miranda's expression did not falter, a small almost unnoticeable smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
"However you want to phrase it Shepard. We both know what they are doing can't be good."
Shepard frowned.
"How exactly did you know we were after Cerberus? How did you know they were still operating?"
"Your Asari is not the only one that's good at finding information Shepard." Miranda answered back with her usual cool composure. "Meet me on Omega at 2200. I will send you a Nav-point when you arrive. Miranda out."
The fuzzy image of Miranda suddenly disappeared, the screen flashing to black with a blink of orange light. Shepard stared at the space the vid had been, the fuzzy image replaced by her many model ships.
Shepard rubbed the back of her aching neck, then looked to Liara. Back to work, she thought. I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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