[ CRIMSON ]: the sender, noticing the receiver has blood on their clothes (either from an injury or another person) takes them to a private room to help remove the clothes and find clean ones.
THERE WERE MANY THINGS SHEPARD COULD IGNORE. impossible odds, charging krogan, and most skyway driving laws were among them. but the obvious disappointment etched all over gwen's face when he finally detangled himself from the geniuses who had thought only three had been enough to get the drop on him.
he was unsure how to ignore that, especially when she had taken his hand and led him back to the normandy in complete silence. it made him itch, the quiet, and after maker only knew how many months they had known each other now, she was well aware.
but, if that was going to be his punishment, then he accepted it. accepted it for the transit back to the ship, the ride up the lift, and the short walk into his quarters where she promptly sat him down on his own bed and reached for the now red strained front of his shirt.
"it's not mine," the commander assured her, daring the break her retribution, but still his arms lifted as she tugged it up and over his head.
before she could move away to find him a replacement, he caught her wrist and tugged her back to him.
"hey... i know i'm an idiot, but i'm an idiot who doesn't let assholes put hands on his friends. okay?"
prompts about getting undressed. | @manaborn