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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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Later that day…
After the incident that morning, an anxious energy blankets the Normandy. The news spreads rapidly throughout the ship, rivaling even the rate of Mordin’s mouth. Most of the crew is gathered in the mess hall for supper. Jacob, Miranda, Gardner, Ken, Gabby, Jack, and Joker all sit huddled together, eating. The group is suspiciously quiet, even Joker is silent. An uneasy air permeates the faction and they all keep anxiously watching the hallways for any sign of Shepard. Kasumi silently enters, scaring the group briefly with her sudden appearance. The thief simply arches a shadowed brow under her hood at the jumpiness of the group. She gathers her food and sits with Chakwas, and Mordin. “I take it Shepard hasn’t shown up yet?” The group shakes their heads. “Garrus either?” asks Kasumi. “No, and from the looks of them, the waiting is punishment enough,” the human doctor responds. Mordin cocks his head and studies the group of seven; he dizzily contemplates “Heart rate increase, secreting pheromones indicating high stress and fear level, high agitation, eyes darting back and forth…yes, punishment fitting.”
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Shepard watches the mess hall surveillance from her desk, thoroughly enjoying the apprehension and unease of the seven people. “Garrus, you seeing this?”
Vakarian, glancing up from the battery’s console, responds “Yeah.”
She smiles, “Isn’t it wonderful?”
Garrus chuckles, “You are really enjoying this, aren’t you?”
Lily barks “Hell yes! They so deserve this. You aren’t feeling guilty, are you?”
The turian looks in his omni-tool, Lily’s face is smiling back at him. Her gesture as she says, “Picture this: every time you see Joker, he will make constant insinuations about you…and me. Miranda’s persistent disapproval for distracting me…Jacob’s jealousy…Jack’s crude comments…the gossip from the entire crew. Still feeling guilty?”
Garrus laughs, “I guess not.”
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The next morning…
Shepard and Garrus set the stage for their show; Lily is sitting atop of the mess hall counter, with Garrus positioned between her legs. The couple are both still in their sleepwear, as they impatiently wait for 0500.
<Flashback: Shepard explaining the plan to Garrus>
“Kelly comes down to the mess every morning at 0500 to get a cup of coffee. She’s mind-bogglingly predictable; she is also a notorious gossip. When she comes down, we are going to give her a little show.”
Garrus eyes her uneasily, not sure he even wants to know just what she means. He has a feeling he isn’t going to like what is going on in her devious mind…“Show? Do I even want to know?”
Shepard grins mischievously, “We are going to shock them by making them think their speculations are true. When Chambers walks in, she is going to see us together: kissing, touching.”
“What?!” shouts Garrus.
Lily arches an eyebrow, “What, don’t think we can pull it off?” she challenges.
Vakarian stutters “But—but turians don’t kiss, no lips, remember?”
“Don’t worry about it, just follow my lead.”
His anxiety does not lessen any. He is alternatively terrified and secretly thrilled. This is Shepard, who he has feeling for. He wants her but getting to touch her intimately is a double edged sword. The knowledge that is just for a joke, instead of real desire is painful. The turian will get a taste of his dream; the one he knows will never be real.
“Okay, Garrus, do you want to practice?”
“Prac—practice?” stammers the turian.
“Kissing.” Judging the doubt in Garrus’ eyes, Shepard slowly walks toward him, “I am going to press my lips to your mouth, okay? As long you don’t appear disgusted, you should be fine. A little awkwardness may even make it more believable, come to think of it.”
Garrus groans, watching her mind wander, wondering what he has gotten himself into this time.
Finally, the human reigns in her thoughts. “Ready?” At his hesitant nod, she leans into him, gently brushes her lips against his mouth. When Garrus doesn’t move, she presses her lips more firmly into his. A few moments later, Lily eases away. “Okay? Think you can do it or do you need more practice?”
“N—No. I’ll just follow your lead. It’ll be fine,” Garrus replies lamely.
<End of flashback>
Checking the time, Shepard declares “Showtime…” The ruse begins with Shepard kissing Garrus. He clumsily tries to kiss her back, pressing his mouth against hers. The turian is still unsure how a kiss is supposed to work for someone without lips. It just feels…awkward. *Not that her lips don’t feel…good? I guess that would be the word. They are warm and soft and so unlike anything I’ve felt before. I just don’t know what the hell I am doing!* Garrus thinks.
When Kelly walks in, she halts when she sees them. *Oh! Isn’t this interesting? Either they lost a bet, which judging by the lack of anyone around to witness I doubt, or it’s an act. Shepard looks like she’s waging a war…entirely too aggressive, with no real passion behind it, and poor Garrus looks so rigid and uncomfortable it’s painful to watch.* Chambers is unfortunately much more perceptive than Shepard had anticipated.
The turian breaks the kiss. Moving his mouth down the human’s neck, he stops where her neck meets her shoulder. His tongue darts out to taste her skin. Surprised by the silky texture of his tongue and the heat it provokes, Lily rolls her head to the side, arching her neck, silently begging him to continue. *Damn, that feels so good,* she thinks. When he pauses, Shepard pleads, “Don’t stop,” completely unaware that she utters her desperate plea out loud. Unable to deny her request, Garrus gives her what she wants, dragging his sleek tongue slowly across her skin. For the first time, they appear to completely oblivious to Kelly’s presence, lost in each other.
The Yeoman smiles broadly at the drastic changes in the couple. Shepard is clinging to Garrus, the embodiment of a woman surrendering to the surprising passion her partner rouses. Garrus’ awkwardness astonishingly disappears in a flash and he radiates confidence, displaying male satisfaction at the power he has over the female. *They have truly forgotten I’m here, forgotten that this isn’t supposed to be real.*
Shepard wraps her legs tightly around Garrus’ hips, driven by her need to get closer to him. All thoughts of her plan and the fact that this isn’t supposed to be real are pushed away as Lily allows herself to simply feel. The turian lifts her up off the counter. Holding her in place, Garrus caresses her bottom, enjoying how soft and pliable it is. He is as lost in the moment as she is, forgetting all about the plan as he simply enjoys touching her. This is what he wanted: to feel her willing body underneath his fingers, for them both to feel pleasure from his touch.
Shepard shivers, feeling his talons through her thin pajama pants as they run carefully along her skin. He turns, steadily making his way to the battery. Lily’s eyes are instinctually closed, she doesn’t want to see Kelly, doesn’t want to remember this is supposed to be an act. Taking advantage of his occupied hands, she slips her hands under his shirt. Shepard lightly nips at his neck, then soothing the spot with her tongue. A shiver runs through Garrus’ body and his gait stutters. His mind and body are battling. His mind desperately wants this to be real, while his body is screaming that it is real. Vakarian knows even if it isn’t real for her, what he is feeling, what she is making him feel is absolutely genuine. Because he wants this, he wants her, even if she doesn’t truly want him. Feeling his reaction, Shepard smirks briefly before continuing to teasingly bite and soothe. Finally making it to his lair, Garrus sets her down on the battery’s console and nuzzles her neck. Both are breathing heavy. The sound of the door closing begins to awaken the two from their lust-filled state and they slowly stop their movements.
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Kelly hasn’t moved. She is intrigued by what she has seen. *How could they have thought I would buy that act? Until, of course, they were no longer acting. Then, what a performance!* Chambers smirks. *But they have underestimated me. People are always underestimating me, must be my perky nature. Unfortunately for them, they seem to have forgotten I’m a psychologist. I see much deeper than most believe. Shepard, as it would have to be her, Garrus would never have thought of paying everyone back by confirming the rumors. She had a pretty brilliant plan to shock them. However, this little act to mess with the crew is going to have a greater impact than they realize…
Watching the two of them interact on the Normandy and in battle has been very informative about how they truly feel about each other. I remember when Garrus first came aboard, Shepard reacted when I said I wanted to comfort Garrus. Shepard was jealous and she couldn’t hide it from me. Her jealousy didn’t abate even after I suggested she and Garrus would make a cute couple. Shepard watched me with suspicion for weeks after that, as if ensuring I didn’t actually try anything. The fact that her jealousy was unconscious, that she didn’t even realize it, showed exactly how much she truly cares for Garrus. She has never looked more worried than she did while waiting for Garrus’ prognosis. Her hands had been slightly shaking when Garrus was brought to Dr. Chakwas. She had been absolutely terrified at the thought of losing him. I have never seen that same level of worry before or after, not even in life or death situations with her and her squad. In battle, the two work perfectly in sync, as if they are one. Her guardedness toward the rest of her squad only makes their unison more noticeable. It is obvious Shepard trusts him more than anyone else and not just because she knew him before. While she trusts both Joker and Dr. Chakwas, there is still a part of herself she keeps hidden from them both, a wall that always remains between them. They know her but they don’t know all of her. Garrus seems to be the only one that she is able to entirely let down her guard with, the only person she is completely open with. And Shepard watches him, not as a commander but as a woman, when she thinks no one is looking. She doesn’t to even be aware of it...
And Garrus…Garrus had barely recovered from his injuries when he risked his life by exposing himself to the plague. He knew turians were vulnerable to it, that he would probably be infected. Even knowing he might not be cured, he went anyway, simply to protect Shepard’s back. He went beyond what a soldier would do for a commander, even for a friend. It was unnecessarily reckless. She didn’t even ask him, had in fact tried fervently to convince him she didn’t need him. But he demanded to go, stubbornly refused to be left behind. He couldn’t, wouldn’t trust anyone else to have her back. Shepard had reluctantly let him go. Garrus had been infected but thankfully, Mordin had been able to cure him. On every mission since, he has gone with Shepard and is hyper vigilant about protecting the woman. At times, it seems he is more concerned about her safety than his own. He’s been hurt more than once because his attention was on her, on her safety instead of what was in front of him. Garrus tends to watch Shepard when he doesn’t think anyone is watching, as much as she does him…
What is remarkable is that the two’s behaviors seem completely unconscious, neither aware of what they are expressing through their actions if a person simply pays close enough attention. If a person looked beyond their façades. Both are soldiers, used to hiding their feelings. Neither seems to be aware of the other’s feelings. Their behavior appears so obvious to me but it seems no one sees it but me.
I know far more about their personalities than they give me credit for. Neither Shepard nor Garrus would have willingly chosen such a public place, even if driven by passion. They wouldn’t take the risk of being caught necking like a couple of teenagers, especially after all the rumors floating around since the night Garrus spent with the Commander. Shepard keeps her personal life very private, even more so after Horizon. She does not trust Cerberus and has been hesitant to fully trust me and the other Cerberus employees. Garrus appears naturally reserved about his personal life, and rarely shares it with others. Very little is known about him, only that he was previously C-Sec, helped Shepard go after Saren, was Archangel on Omega, that he loves to ‘calibrate’ the guns, and that he’s Shepard’s right hand man. I don’t know if even Joker or Chakwas know any more than that. The only time either one seems to relax or share is in the presence of the other. Both soldiers are too private to risk exposure of such an intimate moment for such an obviously new relationship, especially since the relationship is much more than just sex to the two of them. If they were going to expose their relationship to the crew it would be deliberate, not because someone ‘stumbled’ over them.
Everyone knows I get coffee at the same time every morning. Shepard is more than aware of that, as is Garrus. They knew I would walk in on them; they wanted me to catch them.
Despite their ‘fake’ act, they both care more deeply for each other than they are aware of, what with each trying to hide their feelings from the other and everyone else. For being such smart and perceptive people, Shepard and Garrus are completely unaware to all the signs. How they can’t see it…or anyone else for that matter continually baffles me. This show will force them to confront their feelings for each other much earlier than even I anticipated.*
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With the door closed, Shepard pushes all the feelings Garrus has provoked away, and forces an effortless sounding laugh. She has had a lot of practice in hiding her feelings since Mindoir. “That will be all over the ship before you know it. Kelly has the biggest mouth on the Normandy. Imagine their faces!”
Garrus, however, isn’t as happy as Shepard pretends to be. The turian is not as unaffected as the Commander appears to be. Once he had gotten a taste of her skin, Garrus was no longer pretending. Of course, neither was Shepard. But he doesn’t know that. Remembering the sweet and sharp taste of her skin like expensive turian chocolate, the softness of her bottom under his fingers, Garrus subtly tries to shift away from her. He knows if they stay this close, she will feel that his member has begun to emerge from the protective pouch, which shields it from Palaven’s radiation. She almost lets him go but as he shifts she feels his arousal first. Lily abruptly looks down at their joined hips then at him. Garrus ducks his head and looks away, again attempting to step away from her. Embarrassment is written all over his face, evident by the blue blush rising up his neck. She tightens her legs around him, forcing him to stay pressed against her. “Garrus?” He hesitatingly glances up into Shepard’s eyes.
Astonishingly, she smiles encouragingly at him. Staring into his unsure icy blue eyes, she leans forward, kissing him and then slowly grinding her hips into his. Shepard, remembering the feeling of Garrus’ tongue on her skin, wonders how it would feel against her own. Moving her lips against his, she murmurs against his mouth, “Open your mouth for me, Garrus.” Still not understanding the appeal of kissing, at least for a turian, he reluctantly obeys. Shepard slides her tongue into his mouth, running it lightly along his sharp teeth, before gliding it against the turian’s sleek, pointed tongue. Garrus sucks in a shocked breath, taken aback by the intimate feel, the pleasure, of the human’s tongue upon his. Turians don’t do this. Hesitantly, he touches his tongue to hers. The contrast of his incredibly smooth firm tongue against her slightly textured, spongy one feels amazing. Gaining confidence, Garrus wraps his tongue around hers. Shepard growls in response. *Now this…this I get* he thinks. She guides his tongue into her mouth and gently sucks. Lily moans as she feels the vibrations of the deep purr coming from Garrus’ subvocals through his tongue. The pair quickly loses themselves in each other, once again forgetting all about their scheme.
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