Curious Jealousy- a F!Shenko Fic

Chapter Three: Background

Author's Note: I must warn all of you that this chapter has Shepard acting a little insecure and, even she admits, jealous.

I do not own Mass Effect; I’m just playing with Bioware’s toys.

In the elevator, Shepard commed Liara. She needed to be refreshed on Adria's file, and who better than the Shadow Broker to fill her in?

"Yes, Shepard?" Liara answered, sounding somewhat surprised. "I thought you were undercover?"

Making a face, Shepard rolled her eyes and ignored the obvious question. "I need to know everything you have on a Doctor Adria Moore. Send it to my omni-tool."

There was a pause as Liara located the file. "Shepard..." she began slowly- probably because she had just skimmed it. “Are you sure that you know what you're doing?”

The door to the elevator opened and Shepard raised an eyebrow as she got out. "If I didn't know what I was doing, I wouldn't be doing it." She walked up to a store and glanced in, spotting a black dress that she was certain Kai-...no, she couldn't go there yet- especially not right now. "Just send the file, Liara."

"If I give this to you...what're you going to do?"

Gritting her teeth, she said, "I'm just going to talk to her. She's taking care of him and I need to make sure that she's good enough."

There was a brief hesitation. "Good enough to take care of him, or good enough for him?"

Shepard's patience snapped. "Send the damn file, Liara."

A small ping from her omni-tool had her turning off her comm. Walking to the bar, Shepard took a seat in a far corner- taking a seat that offered the most privacy and the best view of the door. She began to read the updated file.

Name: Adria Leanne Moore

Age: 28

Birthdate: January 8, 2158

Birthplace: Las Angeles, California, Earth

Occupation: Neurologist

Shepard frowned at her omni-tool. The damage to his head was severe, true, but to have a neurologist on call for Kaidan meant that it was worse than she imagined. Then she remembered the overheard conversation before she had even met Adria and when she first began to stare at the door. They had needed to put in neuro-splints.

Biting her lower lip, Shepard worried. She knew that he suffered from migraines thanks to his L2 implants. There were times when he could do nothing more than lay in a dark room and try not to breathe too loudly- let alone anyone else.

Shepard walked into the med-bay, not even paying attention to the fact that the lights were dim and there wasn't even a whisper of the soft classical music that Chakwas usually had playing in the background. She was searching for a certain someone she had seen entering the medbay as she began her nightly rounds.

 "Lieutenant?" she asked in her normal voice, looking around. It was at about that point that she realized that the lights were low and turned them up to normal brightness.

She was going to use the excuse that she wanted his input on the last mission- which had been so trivial that it was completely transparent that she was seeking him out for no other reason than to talk to him (him as in Kaidan, not Lieutenant Alenko). Then again, she had just finished talking to Ash, Garrus, Tali, and Wrex as well (and not as though she was their superior officer, but as equals), so it wasn't as though she was giving him preferential treatment...per se.