
Shepard x Cortez Practice 3Promises:Shepard x Cortez Practice 3 by ~BloodBandit
He must have gone over the Alliance’s plan a thousand times in his head. He stared at the datapad with the encrypted data trying to decipher the words one final time. This was to be the calm before the storm, the last hour before hell broke loose. For it being the calm before the storm however, all he felt was anxiety. His stomach was doing flips as he ran diagnostics on the Kodiak. The engines were prepped and ready, all systems were green. He felt his nerves fraying inside him as he set the datapad down finally and stared at the shuttle. This was his bird, his sole purpose and job in this war, stuck in the driver’s se

Home ShepardxCortezAn accomplishment they'd called it. A victory, a triumphant end to the reign of tyranny. There were words upon words, words of praise and joy, words of compassion and sympathy. Hero they called him, savoir and champion of the galaxy. The words all felt empty. They floated through the thick atmosphere of his sterile hospital room and pitifully sank to the floor like dust. He felt imprisoned by the very people he had sought to protect with everything he had. He felt as though he didn't deserve all of the publicity, all of the awards and appreciations. He'd just done his job, he wasn't anything spectacular. He idly flipped through the stations oHome ShepardxCortez by ~BloodBandit