"Vakarian."

"Shepard."

The Citadel Tower didn't matter. Only the old friend.

Time. Always time. It set them apart for a while. Twenty years ago, they had hugged at the exact same place. Might have been an eternity. It was the very first and the very last time they had seen each other.

They hadn't lied. It was hard, but she did it. She was N7, the best of the best. Not in command of her own ship yet, but time was young.

He knew humans better than anyone in C-Sec. It made him automatically the person of choice for discussions with humans, victims, suspects and criminals alike. Not exactly what he intended to do with his life, but time was young.

"Been a while…"

"Indeed."

"I heard you were on Saren's case? I might be interested…"

"Didn't find anything. Everything's classified…"

Silence. The tension was palpable.

"Wanna catch up someday? Whenever you're free."

"What, big bad turian need a hug again?"

"Always from my long lost little human sister."

For a second, the seasoned warrior and the hardboiled detective were six and nine again and the best friends the Galaxy had ever known.

Thank you for reading. Thank you OP on Mass Effect Kink Meme for this awesome prompt. Thanks for all the alerts and faves I got ! Yours, truly. - Y.