RP: Shepard, Kaiden & Ashley

[keelah_selai]

Down the stairs to the lower deck. Around the base of the drive core to the maintenance shaft entrance. Up a ladder, and into the duct tunnel. Up a second ladder and turn to the left. Crawl for a sixth of the ship's body and another left turn. Up a short ladder, and out into the room housing the AI Core...

The AI Core was dark and silent, just like the Engineering deck. Tali had never spent much time here - both Legion and EDI frightened Tali a little. She'd been trying to make amends, for Shepard's sake, ever since her argument with Legion, but it was hard work, overcoming years of ingrained prejudice. There was something...off about the room, though. Tali couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong or different. It must be the lack of noise, she thought, and moved quickly to the electrical panel on the doors.

Just a few moments, and the doors to the Medbay sparked and slid open with a metallic groan.

Comments

[kaidanmod]

Kaidan was not a particularly religious man. Of the two of them, Ashley had been the believer. Ashley had been the impetuous heart and he had always been held back by his own stupid brain. He overthought everything. He planned, he tinkered, he obsessed.

He took freaking years and a death to admit to himself that he was in love with his commander...and he still hadn't talked himself into saying anything about it.

He was deliberate and thoughtful to a fault, the logic to Ashley's emotion--but right now, he didn't care that nothing made sense in his word. Not when Ashley was standing right there.

Kaidan didn't say anything. He didn't even think for once. Instead, he pushed past the others and pulled her into a sudden, fierce hug.

[keelah_selai]

Tali practically vibrated with frightened tremors as she watched Kaiden dash across the Medbay and hug someone...someone whose grave she'd left flowers from all different planets, and quarian poetry books, once a year for close to three years now.

Tali looked from Ashley to Kaiden to Shepard, and then visibly shook herself. All of them were or had been severely injured - Ashley included. "Doctor Chakwas would being pulling her hair out in frustration right now. All of you, sit down!"

Time dilation or after life or whatever shenagians could wait until they weren't likely to...well, it could wait.