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Dr. Chakwas and Commander Shepard Romance

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Dr. Chakwas finished bandaging Shepard's arm, her skillful fingers and light touch avoiding causing undue pain. She peeled off her gloves and threw them away.

"You're lucky, commander," Chakwas said with a  hint of reprimand. "The shot passed clean through the arm. Shouldn't be any permanent damage. It might not even scar."

She turned back to the cot and typed a simple command into the robotic scanning wand, which made a pass over the bed, disinfecting the area.

"Do you need anything else, commander?"

Shepard looked away, a thousand thoughts running through her mind. She took a deep, steadying breath that shuddered at the end with a subtle sob. Shepard ignored the tears that sat around her middle. They wouldn't reach her eyes, but they tinged her voice as she spoke to the aged doctor.

"Maybe I do, Doc," she said, her eyes trained on the wall.

Chakwas heard the uncharacteristic uncertainty in Shepard's voice. She walked over to Shepard's right, and laid a gentle hand on Shepard's opposite shoulder.

"What is it, Commander?" The doctor asked quietly, the scolding tone eradicated from her voice totally, a sweet, nurturing one replacing it.

Shepard looked up into Chakwas' kind, blue-green eyes and sighed.

"What do you do when- when you love someone and you don't even know how to tell her?"

Chakwas' eyes darted over Shepard's face and features. The corners of Shepard's lips quirked up in a smile. Chakwas leaned in and gently brushed her lips against Shepard's.

Shepard brought her arm up to her shoulder, softly running her fingertips against Chakwas' knuckles. Squeezing her hand, she kissed the old doctor forcefully, marvelling at how sweet and soft she was.

Chakwas steadied her herself with her other hand, her fingers splayed out by Shepard's ear on the firm mattress. Shepard roughly latched on to Dr. Chakwas' neck, her pale fingers buried in the other woman's silver hair.

Chakwas kissed Shepard firmly once, twice, and then pulled away, Shepard's fingers sliding off the back of her neck, her wounded arm dropping back to the bed.

"You just did," she whispered, running a thumb over Shepard's lips.
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Please write more for this pairing!