Shepard: The Troubled Child by Cardboredbox, literature
Literature
Shepard: The Troubled Child
"When were you gonna tell me, hmm? You weren't--I know you weren't. You were waiting for Hackett to do it, weren't you? 'I'm sorry, Shepard, but your husband has been killed in action on Torfan.'"
Heather Shepard opened her eyes and blinked heavily. The waking world filtered back into her mind slowly as she stretched and yawned, squirming and flopping over in bed. The faint voices of her parents grabbed her attention--she tilted her head to the side and held her breath to get a better listen.
"How could you do that to me? HOW?"
The little girl startled at her mother's roar; one small arm was still tightly hooked around a large stuffed Krog