Wow. Powerful, very powerful. Got a sad smile and a single tear out of me. Awesome vignette.

Stop I am literally weeping in the break room at work! You evoke such emotions with your writing. I don't have words for how much I admire your work :)

That was heart-aching as we're brought along on Shepard's last moments. With that resonant sadness of knowing he's not going to make it, there's this comfort in knowing he's not alone as one by one his comrades and friends stand beside him. Knowing he'll be joining them again is a balm. Wonderful.

Well if Shepard's got to go, this is as good as anything. At least they end up together.