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As much as Ash might have liked to make her last meal groundside a special one, sometimes a girl just needed food. And after such a tough workout, and with who-knows-how-long of a ceremony to sit through later, there was a bacon double cheeseburger with her name on it.
She took a short elevator ride down to the upper wards, to a restaurant she'd spent more than a couple nights in over the past few weeks. The cheerful neon lighting was almost as eye-catching as the steam coming off the massive griddles.
It was a bit risky wearing her dress blues around so much grease and staining toppings, but Ashley was a master of the art of eating trash, spotlessly. The steady hands that held her rifle on target at 1000+ meters could easily handle a slippery burger patty.
Or so she hoped.
"Number 87!!!"
The salarian behind the counter shouted out her number before she'd even found a place to sit. She took her tray and began searching for a place to plant it.
"Williams! Over here!"
Well, well. It looked like the Commander had a taste for burgers as well. Even if she hadn't been brave enough to wear her dress uniform.
Ashley sat down across from her redheaded superior, already well into her own, single-patty, burger.
"Isn't this place great!?" the Commander had to raise her voice over the din of the crowd and the corny music. Ashley nodded and took a sip of her Tupari. Nothing like a sugary sports drink to balance out a big greasy burger.
The truth was, "great!" wouldn't have been the word on Ashley's mind, but the burger restaurant was certainly "open!" and "fast!" And the onion rings were pretty good.
"I see you got the double! Good choice!"
Ashley hoped Shepard wouldn't turn out to be the type of officer who tried to force small talk all the time. She just smiled and nodded as she took a big bite out of her burger. Ok, it was pretty great.
Soon enough, Ashley had demolished her burger, onion rings, and most of her drink, without a spill or crumb to show for it. She wiped her fingers on a napkin contentedly before cleaning up a bit of sauce that had ended up on her cheek.
"Say..." the Commander said, glancing toward the counter, "I'm gonna grab a milkshake. Want one?"
Ashley touched her belt thoughtfully. If she was completely honest with herself, her dress uniform might have gotten a bit tighter since she had it fitted ages ago, a fact which became more apparent with half a kilo of beef and onion rings in her stomach. That said, she didn't want to turn her new Commander down, and a free milkshake was a free milkshake...
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