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Keelah se'lai!
Look at the two of them. I don't think human armour suits are designed to link up with each other, but it doesn't keep them from trying.
I remember the first time I saw them together when I came aboard the Normandy SR-2 before we attacked the Geth dreadnaught. They didn't even touch each other, but there was no need – the glances exchanged were enough to tell their story.
I'm surprised I didn't exclaim my first reaction out loud to Shepard, but I managed – barely – to keep it to a thought. 'Keelah! No wonder you turned me down!'
I'd been so embarrassed to have mistaken his friendship and gentle kindness for romantic interest... after he'd defended me against the treason charges. I make no apologies – I loved him. When he told me he cared deeply for me, but that he 'wasn't built that way' I pretended to understand to keep him from feeling worse than he obviously did.
But since being back on the ship, seeing the two of them together, I wonder how I could have been so blind back on the SR-1. Kaidan looked at him the same way then as he does now... heart in his eyes. And Shepard? Harder to read, but sometimes I'd notice a little smile as he watched Kaidan at work. And the two of them never needed any words to communicate on the battleground. So I guess I was just naive not to realize what was happening between them. It certainly explains how alone Shepard seemed after Cerberus revived him.
They're still standing there like that... foreheads touching through their helmets, eyes only for each other. I should look away... it's too private. But then Kaidan touches Shepard's arm lightly with his gloved hand and they part.
For the moment.