Here ya go Rip.
Everything moved in slow motion: He could see the bullets as
the struck their targets taking the life from more of his men. Alliance
command wanted this mission completed at all costs but the price was already too
high he couldn’t let it go on.
The rage swelled inside building into unbearable levels utilizing
all of his training he focused it into a massive blast of raw biotic power,
that would of made an Asari matriarch envious.
“Shepard,
Shepard.” He could feel her slender fingers wrapped around his bare arm and it
brought him back to reality.
“I’m back
Tali don’t worry it was just a nightmare.” He assured his love.
“It was
Torfan again wasn’t it?” The concern in her voice cut his heart like a knife he
hated it when she was upset.
“Yeah love
it was it always is.” He replied.
Looking at the true concern on her face affected him deeply.
This woman, his wife, so strong, caring and beautiful made his knees weak and
his soul sing. She was one of the few people that could look past his title of
The Butcher of Torfan and see the man that he really was underneath. She accepted
the fact that he had to complete his mission and that it wasn’t his choice to
thrown his men to their deaths.
Every night
the Dream haunted him. He could taste the tang of copper in his mouth and smell
the fresh blood in the air. The screams of his dying men pounded in his ears clawing
against his brain causing him to thrash and scream in his sleep.
Every night
however she was there to pull him back to reality, to assure him that he did
what he had to do and to comfort him by reminding him that he learned from his
mistake.
He smiled
at his wife “Honey I’m fine let’s go back to bed.”
‘Okay Dear.”
Tali replied her eyes shining with trust and honest acceptance of the man that
is her husband.
Looking
deeply into those eyes Shepard knew that he honestly could not express how much
he loved and appreciated this beautiful woman so he simply said “I am honored
to be your husband Tali.” and with that feel asleep into her arms.
This is just a pretty rough draft though i'll clean it up later.