Snippet from Juxtaposed Revisions
She can’t understand her own fucked up mind and its reluctance now. It felt so natural and genuine opening herself up on the Citadel with Garrus, but when she tries the same here where she could at least bond over training together, she found everything to be too forced beyond those jokes and forcibly friendly banter. Thinking that perhaps the ease she had found on the Citadel was just a fluke and a one time glimpse into what she’s missing out on, she sends Garrus a message during one of the four hour breaks in her training. It isn’t anything too big, just a simple “hey, what’s up?” Almost immediately, he responds and she’s shocked to find that he isn’t sending her a request not to contact him again when she looks.
“Nothing. I’m at my lunch,” his message starts. “Missing the Citadel already? It’s only been a week.” In the middle of reading his response, she received another message. “Or could it be that you’ve just missed me? I know it’s hard to be away from such a charming person such as myself.”
She laughs quietly, making sure not to attract the attentions of the trainees in the bunks beside hers. Smiling, she realizes that maybe it isn’t so bad that she has at least someone out there to talk freely to. Sure, there are some things she’s keeping from him, but she has hopes that perhaps some of it will surface naturally. She’s positive there’s still hope of that happening. It has to, or there’s no reason to imagine she can move on from all the hell she’s been through.
Falling back into the familiarity so natural from their conversations, she responds, “I don’t know, I think I remember it was you who kept finding me after your supposed work hours.”
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