#If she seems overly cold I want to preface this is specifically early ME2 so

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WIP Wednesday

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Shepard marched into Miranda’s office, the frame in hand. He held it up so that Ashley’s face would illuminate the black screen. “What is this?” he said, his voice stern and expecting, like a parent who found Fornax under their kid’s bedroom.

Miranda’s attention remained firmly on her monitor. His entrance did not cause so much as a raised eyebrow. “It’s a photo in a frame,” she answered flatly.

Shepard scoffed, lips flared. “Oh, she has jokes, does she?”

“She has work to do, as I imagine you do, Commander. I suggest we both get back to it.”

“Yeah? What kind of work, Miss Lawson? Does the Illusive Man not have enough information on my personal life to wave in front of my face? Does he need you to find a distant cousin or an old teacher to threaten if I don’t do exactly as he says?”  

Miranda clicked her teeth, and her monitor blinked off. “It was a welcoming gift, Commander, to make you feel at ease in this difficult time. That’s it.”

“With a photo of a random marine from the Normandy?”

Miranda shook her head. “Commander, don’t insult me. You and Lieutenant Williams were seen together.”

“She helped me on my mission to stop Saren, of course we were together at times.”

“No, after that.”

The hand that held up the photo in defiance fell, the frustrated creases melted into quiet terror.