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Shepard Finds Her Soul Mate	By : KTT2123 Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 5865 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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When her team leaves, Garrus carefully and silently replaces her torso armor, unlocks her cuffs, then his before grabbing his pack. Then, he tugs her through a different door. Shepard tries to talk to him, to make him understand that they aren’t threatening her. But he doesn’t react, as if he can’t even hear her. Vakarian doesn’t say a word. When she struggles against his hold, Garrus meets her eyes. His blue eyes soften and he makes a soft cooing sound, coaxing her to trust him, to follow him. The blue on his neck is fading and his fringe is no longer standing up. Lily slumps, his strange behavior is making her concerned. She reluctantly gives up for now and allows him to guide her. He seems calmer when she doesn’t resist, still ready and alert but less tense. They stop in a dead end room and wait. Lily tries to talk to him but he doesn’t respond. Garrus growls as they hear footsteps approach the door, pushing her behind him. Her protests are ignored and he keeps her behind him long after the footsteps retreat.
Once he feels confident the others have left, Vakarian leads her out of the room to another secret door he finds that is somewhat close to the one they had first entered and out of the building. Looking around, Garrus cannot see anyone, even with his keen eyesight and visor. He is unaware of the ghostly presence of Thane is out there, silently watching them, tracking them via the device in Shepard’s omni-tool. The turian stops when he finds a natural cave that satisfies his needs: one with a single entrance, up high where he can see others coming and sheltered. When he lets go of her, Shepard opens her omni-tool intent on talking to Mordin about his strange behavior and what she should do about it. Vakarian immediately rips it away before she can finish the call, smashing it under his feet. A disappointed huff makes his displeasure apparent. Lily is quite stunned.
She stands unmoving as Garrus intently takes off both his and her torso armor. Then, he unzips and peels her under-armor suit down to her hips. The human is clothed only in a nude bra from the waist up. Curiously, Garrus rubs his palms all over her, paying special attention to her hair, face, neck, and waist. Shepard watches him warily, unsure what he’s doing but shows no resistance. Another turian would have easily recognized his behavior for what it was: deliberate scenting and marking but as a human she is clueless. It is marking in its most basic form. Once he’s satisfied that his scent clearly marks her as his with no trace of Red or any others, Vakarian sits against the back wall, cradling Lily protectively in front of him. Even with his heat at her back, goose bumps soon cover her torso from the chilly air in the cave. Garrus notices the strange bumps on her skin, meeting her eyes he trills curiously. “I’m cold,” Lily murmurs. He gently tugs her under-armor suit back up and zips it closed. He settles back against the wall, pulling her firmly against him. She relaxes with her head on his shoulder as he wraps his arms both possessively and tenderly around her.
She tries to work up the energy to be irritated but finds she can’t. Garrus is clearly more affected by her being assaulted than she is judging by the state he’s in. Sure, she is furious and embarrassed that Red dared touch her but she knew he never would have succeeded in his threat to rape her. Shepard had only been waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. Garrus turned, *What was the term Mordin used? Primal?* Protecting her became so important to him that he lost his control, lost himself to the animal within. Her turian has not spoken since, his voice seemingly trapped by his primitive protective mating instincts. The verbal silence is a bit eerie, as is Garrus’ more animalistic way of communicating. Her placidity to his possessive behavior should be entirely uncharacteristic but this isn’t the first time she allowed him to be possessive of her. However, it is definitely the most drastic. Yet, Lily’s instincts are telling her to remain compliant, submissive even. Not from fear that Garrus would hurt her, he is no threat to her and would never hurt her. It is clear from his behavior that he would rather die than allow her harm. She knows he believes he is protecting her, not holding her prisoner. Shepard is hoping her willingness to let him ‘protect’ her will somehow calm him down, help her to get her Garrus back.
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Garrus stays in his primal state the rest of night and the silence isn’t getting any easier to take. When Shepard’s stomach grumbles loudly, he goes into his pack and takes out some of his dextro food. As a biotic she needs food more often than most and she hasn’t eaten for hours. Garrus apparently only took his pack, leaving hers behind. She wishes silently that she hadn’t forgotten to replenish her emergency stash of protein bars that she usually has hidden under her armor. A rookie mistake she is paying for now.
Vakarian offers the dextro food to her with Shepard trying to refuse the food, “That’s dextro, Garrus, I am not a turian!” He merely looks at her with as close to puppy dog eyes as a turian can get, making those cooing, coaxing sounds again. “Can you even hear me, Garrus? I can’t—” Vakarian takes advantage of her open mouth, shoving food inside. He firmly holds her mouth closed, encouraging her to chew then stroking her throat to coax her to swallow, which of course she eventually does. Thankful that at least she won’t die from an allergic reaction, Lily reluctantly consumes the strange dextro food he offers. The texture is a little unpleasant and the taste is a bit strange but she’s had much worse over the years. Vakarian’s throat vibrates with pleased sounds as she eats. On the plus side, she is no longer hungry and her stomach doesn’t reject the food. Although she does wonder if her body can even gain any nutrients from dextro food. Satisfied that his mate is no longer hungry, he finally eats his fill.
After they have both eaten, Garrus pulls her into his arms again. She willingly lays her head against his shoulder. In response, his chest puffs like a proud bird and he purrs his contentment. He gently strokes his talons through her messed hair. Shepard soon realizes he is grooming her! She is a bit dismayed, *Next, he’ll be gathering courting gifts or something equally un-Garrus-like!* Lily realizes that while this primal being is a part of Garrus, that the loving behavior is reflective of how he truly feels about her, she’d much rather have her Garrus back. Her Garrus who can be both awkward and confident, with his dry humor that never fails to make her laugh. Who is sweet and surprisingly loving and so completely loyal to her. Lily is not sure how much more of this she can take. She’s a badass Spectre, not a helpless child. She can take care of herself and this passive side of her has its limits which are fast approaching.
Suddenly, his arms tighten protectively around her. A low, threatening rumble sounds. Shepard looks out the cave entrance. In the darkness she can see two familiar figures, Grunt and Jack, standing off at a distance. The lights on their armor reveals both have their shotguns out but their weapons are held down at their sides. They make no attempt to come closer. But apparently, they are too close for Garrus’ comfort. He gets up and his human tries to follow him. The turian makes a harsh huffing sound, pointing at the back of the cave. Lily rolls her eyes at his caveman behavior but obeys. She figures he’ll be calmer if she just does as he says and she doesn’t want Grunt or Jack hurt. Shepard can’t decide whether she is going to hold this behavior over Garrus forever or just let it pass. Lily has a feeling her turian is going to be quite embarrassed when this is all over. Vakarian stalks toward the entrance, eying the two figures carefully. When the pair lifts their faces toward the cave, he advances several feet and roars loud enough for them to hear. The turian stands tall and strong, clearly posturing. The krogan and biotic get their answer, he is still in his primal state. The two calmly walk away, so they can report back to the Normandy.
Once he can no longer see them, Garrus re-enters the cave. Thankfully, the rest of the night is relatively uneventful.
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When Shepard wakes the next morning, she’s sore. Sleeping on top of a turian, especially when he still has his armor on and as does she from the waist down, is not comfortable for an entire night’s sleep. As she moves to stand up, intense blue eyes pop open. “Garrus?” Those blue eyes look slightly confused and they wander around the cave only to return to her more confused than before. “Lily, where the hell are we?”
“Garrus!” Lily squeals, so happy to hear his voice again. “You’re back!”
“Back? I was gone?” Evidently he remembers nothing that happened while he was in his primal state.
“Um…well. Sort of.”
Vakarian stares at her, eyes asking for an explanation.
“Do you remember the missing marines?” He nods. “Being captured by Lucien Red?”
“Red? Is that the leader…the one in that hideously fancy blood red armor with the nasty scar on his face?”
“Yeah, that was Red. Do you remember anything after that?”
“We were driven somewhere. It had a hidden door, we were dragged inside. Then…nothing.”
“Okay. Since you don’t remember anything else, I think we’d better get back to the Normandy before I tell you what happened. I don’t want to you to…er…react again.”
*React?* Garrus is so confused by his memory loss. *Why does Shepard remember but I don’t? Some kind of chemical, maybe? Something that affects turians but not humans? Why are we alone in a cave? Where is everyone? Why in the hell is my scent so strong on Shepard?* Vakarian realizes that at some point her intentionally heavily marked her with his scent. It is so strong that it seems to be coming off her in waves. It is a deliberate and very possessive claim on her. It is not like he hasn’t marked her before. But he is usually much, much more subtle, so she is unaware of it. Of course, Wrex had opened his big mouth, so it’s not a secret anymore. Still, even after she knows about it, he tries to be subtle. To have his scent so strongly on her, Garrus knows he must have done it obviously enough that Shepard had to have noticed. That seems very out of character for him, at least for this stage in their relationship…
“Please, Garrus. I’ll tell you everything but first you need to be checked out by Mordin. Okay?”
He doesn’t like this, doesn’t like not knowing what happened, especially since Shepard seems so concerned about how he will react to whatever happened. Garrus watches as she puts her armor back on before doing the same. The two walk out of the cave. Both feel a bit naked without the comfortable weight of their weapons, Shepard even more so without her amp. It’s just another thing he is confused about. He can’t fathom why neither of them has any weapons.
“He’s himself again. Can you call for a pickup?” Shepard calls out. With her omni-tool broken, she can’t call herself. Garrus wonders who she’s calling out to and why she isn’t using her own omni-tool.
Thane cautiously pops out from his hidden spot and advances slowly. Vakarian watches him baffled as the drell eyes him warily, almost like he’s approaching a wild animal. Krios had never looked at him like that before, not even after he threatened Thane away from Shepard. “Why are you looking at me like that?” Garrus turns to Lily, asking puzzled “Why is he looking at me like that? Why was Thane hiding? Why were we alone in the cave unarmed with him watching outside?” Vakarian doesn’t like the hesitant, secretive expression that graces her face.
“I’ll explain once you see Mordin, okay?”
He can see he will not get anything out of her. Thane keeps a careful distance from both Shepard and Vakarian, deliberately keeping the turian between him and Lily. The three waste no time in boarding the Normandy. Garrus watches as he is met with even more guarded faces, all carefully eying him as Shepard leads him to Mordin’s lab. Not a single person attempts to speak to or approach either of them. And they all give Garrus and Lily a wide berth. He doesn’t know what the hell he did to cause everyone to look at him that way. It’s frustrating as hell not knowing.
Mordin is working as usual, talking to himself as he works.
“Hey, Mordin. We’re…uh…back,” Shepard declares awkwardly.
“Ah, Shepard, Garrus. Glad to see you, surprised but glad. Unexpected, he came out of it on own. See he scented you, wonder if that influenced change? Need to test blood to ensure entirely out of state. Have serum ready for use.”
Vakarian feels dizzy, trying to makes sense of what the salarian is saying. The only thing he gets out of it is that Mordin can smell his scent on Shepard. She looks surprised by that, then an expression of comprehension forms. *Ah. So that is what he was doing with his palms.* Garrus already knows that a human’s nose isn’t as sensitive as turians and other species. From what he’s learned, humans don’t employ scenting behaviors between intimate partners either.
Solus guides the turian to the table. He quickly releases the seals of his armor, taking it off his arms and torso. Mordin takes blood, continually muttering under his breath. “Hormones still elevated…could trigger another episode…”
“All right. Somebody tell what the hell happened to me?! Episodes? Hormones? Why the fuck is everyone looking at me like I’m going to attack them?!” Garrus blows up, unable to take another moment.
Mordin stops abruptly, “Not good, not good!” He darts out the doors, sealing it behind him. The salarian brushes against Shepard in his haste to escape.
Vakarian can feel his rage trigger something and feels himself being overwhelmed. *Protect mate. Mine! MINE!* His frustration and anger, along with the scent of another unmated male near Shepard, touching her, easily shifts him back into a primal state. A growl bubbles out and he lunges against the door, clawing and gnashing his teeth. The door holds as he throws himself against it, trying to get at the salarian, the man that dared to touch his yazani. It isn’t long before everyone on the level is aware that Garrus has gone back into a primal state. Kelly and Joker watch with wide eyes as the furious, out of control turian slams into the door over and over. They can hear the frightening growls that cause the hair on the back of their necks to stand up.
The onlookers can hear Shepard talking soothingly to Garrus, trying to calm him down. At the sound of her voice, he turns away from the door. His demeanor changes in a flash from violent to loving, the growling stops and in its place a soft trilling sound can be heard. Shepard is embraced by strong turian arms. Joker can see why Tali and Jacob had been so certain that Garrus wouldn’t hurt Shepard in his primal state, he changed from aggression to adoration the second he focused on her. If Joker didn’t fear for his life, he would tease Garrus about it later.
“Shepard, the serum! In needle, prepped and ready. Inject in his neck, must do fast, may break needle before serum injected.”
Garrus instantly reacts again to the sound of Mordin’s voice, the voice of the male that had touched his mate. He pushes Shepard behind him, roaring and charging the door again. Lily grabs the needle, stabbing it in his neck, pushing the stopper down. Garrus turns, meeting her eyes and voices a betrayed whimper. “It’s for your own good,” she replies. A minute later, the tension in his body evaporates and he slumps to the ground. Shepard sinks down next to him, taking his face in her hands, “Garrus?” she asks tenderly. He lets out a pained moan, “What happened?”
Mordin cautiously unlocks the door and approaches the slumped man, who has no reaction. The doctor swiftly draws blood, checking his hormone levels. “Good. Serum effective, hormones already within normal level. Best for him to rest now. Sudden change in hormone levels exhausts the body.” The salarian calls Grunt and Jacob, who help the exhausted turian into the quarters he shares with Shepard. Grunt holds him up while Lily and Jacob take off the rest of his armor. Once Garrus is laid down on the bed, the two others leave quickly and silently. Shepard goes toward her console, intent on checking her messages when she hears Garrus softly plead “Lily…” He can barely keep his eyes open but those intense blue eyes are fuzzy and filled with need. Removing her own armor she crawls into the bed. As she fits her body tightly against him, she feels him deeply inhale near her neck. Whatever he smells seems to satisfy him and Garrus immediately falls asleep.
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