Growing up, Garrus wanted nothing more than to help people and, more importantly, right the wrongs in the galaxy so many seem content to close their eyes to. However, since serving his mandatory years in the military and joining C-Sec as preferred – demanded – by his father, he has found himself doing nothing but standing around the Presidium or walking the same routes repeatedly for hours until his shift finally ends. Every day, he itches beneath his plates for action or change, but none comes. He also has a strong suspicion his extended posting here may be his father’s doing, since normal Presidium postings only extend for a month or two and not the near six-month stint he finds himself with, but he has neither the proof or the means to obtain any. Even the assurances from his commanding officer that it will be any day now when he is finally promoted into a position of importance fall on deaf ears so long as Titus Vakarian’s adamant refusal to allow his son into Spectre training still rings in Garrus’ ears.
you know what’s been on my mind for the past year?
what if Shepard lost Garrus’ trust and loyalty by not letting him shoot Sidonis?
like, i just have this scene in my head of Garrus going ‘I’ll be here until the end of the mission, after that we part ways,’ I’ve no idea what happens after that, but that scene’s been on a goddamn loop!
if a turian betrays their unity that’s grounds for execution and as bad of a Turian as Garrus claims to be, that’s something he follows unquestionably
when shepard attempted to save Sidonis life, to him it was a whole new personal betrayal, so yeah, he doesn’t trust her personal judgement after that
he’s even more quiet and reserved after that
the suicide mission goes as usual, and Garrus ends up leading the fire team throughout the base, with no casualties
afterwards Garrus is the first to disembark on Omega, taking a shuttle straight to Palaven, despite his feelings he knows what’s coming and what he needs to do and he didn’t much think of Shepard blowing up that one relay, though he does believe the claims it was to stall the reapers
when the reapers do hit he’s forced on the Normandy by Adrien as an attaché advisor, he has his misgivings about it (add in lots of grumbles and complaints) but he follows the primarch’s order and he makes it clear, he’s there on orders not because he particularly wants to
he takes a much more active role in planning the war instead of relying exclusively on Shep and Adrien’s judgement
after Tuchanka he asks Adrien to go with him, he feels he can do the most good in Turian space, but Adrien says not (and Shep hears everything)
anyway, i’ll continue to think about this until I have the outline complete in my head.
As someone who always, no matter my Shepard’s morality, let’s Garrus shoot Sidonis (even if I didn’t in Parable, but that doesn’t count), I agree completely with this possiblity.
Garrus is a grown ass man who has every right to kill Sidonis so long as it doesn’t endanger himself or the Normandy crew. Especially from C-sec connecting the dots, but that’s not a part of the games, so there is no reason I see to betray his trust. I can’t see him ever fully trusting (or even starting a romance) with a Shepard that betrays him, so everything @theravenofwynter threw out there as plot points sings to me of a great, angsty fic.
But, alas, Bioware can’t foresee all possibilities in story telling, so we have fanfiction to close the gaps. 😉
Okay but imagine it being well known that Garrus and Shepard have a very healthy sex life. Like, a very health sex life. When they’re not flirting with each other constantly like a couple of teenagers, they’re sneaking off somewhere to having a quickie. They literally can’t keep their hands off each other. Liara finds herself always busy trying to keep their trysts out of the tabloids.
Just imagine Garrus in his office one day, swamped by work when Shepard shows up for a lunch date. Garrus apologizes that he has to cancel, but ultimately it ends up with the two of them all over his desk with papers every.
He missed two meetings that day.
Now I don’t feel so bad about all the sex in Parable 😀
Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Mass Effect – All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: FemaleShepard / Garrus Vakarian Characters: Jane ‘Shepard’ Vakarian / Garrus Vakarian Additional Tags: Drug use, Light BDSM, Additional Tags to be Added Series: Part 15 of Parable Summary:
A collection of one-shots each inspired by a word with each letter of the alphabet
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