Mass Effect fic. Shepard can take down an entire platoon of krogan without breaking too much of a sweat, but give her a forbidden romance and she won't know what to do with it. Is there a protocol for falling in love with your lieutenant? Shenko.

Mars. The mission on Mars threw everything for Commander Hope Shepard hard to port. Kaidan had been seriously injured by that stupid robot AI and she had to rush him to Huerta Memorial on the Citadel. While there, she meets his "doctor friend" that he had mentioned going out with a few times when he had wrote her after the "Horizon Incident." Of course, jealousy insues. And it's not always on her part. Rated M for language, drinking, violence, and possible adult themes in the future. FemShep/Kaidan pairing