-Thanksgiving Day, Noon-
"Need any help Mommy?"
Velair Shepard sits on a stool next to her mother as she works on one of the various dishes for the evening's feast. Nearby, Miranda and Oriana Lawson works on dishes of their own with Ayrene. Zaeed Massani works on cooking two large birds, one turkey and one alien bird, while Wrex watches from the doorway to the backyard, little Syren in his arms. Liara looks down at her daughter and smiles, "No sweetie. I think I've got this under control. You want to help your dad get things ready in the dining room?"
Rinyn Shepard appears in the doorway, leading to the dining room, her biotics keeping sev
The tradition of Shepard handing off her dog tags went back to when she and Liara had first started dating. If that was the word for it. The two had been lying in Shepard’s bed, their naked bodies entangled underneath a blanket with legs exposed. Liara was curled up next to a dozing Commander, lazily playing with the tags around the human’s neck. “What are these?” she asked, her tone inquisitive.
Shepard opened an eye. “Hmm?”
“These!” Liara exclaimed as she held the tags up for Shepard to see. “Is it a necklace of some sort?”
“Oh those,” Shepard said, propping herself