#shepardxgarrus

[biowarelove]

Underneath your blood is blue by Delomia

[n7shepart]

Garrus Vakarian coloured pencil illustration and graphite sketch

There’s no Shepard without Vakarian!

[crescentbunny]

Chapter 12 is up and ready for your perusal! Little bit of Shrios for those who like it, but Shakarian fans, stay with me! They are figuring it out. Lol

FFN Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13661315/12/Of-Reapers-and-Burnt-Beginnings

Of Reapers and Burnt Beginnings 

Summary:

Trying to save the universe isn't just point and shoot. It's dangerous, gritty, and painful. It's sleepless nights, loss of appetite, addictions, endless politics, and injuries. But there are bright moments where your friends and crew are there for you, when connections are made, and where you love each other unconditionally. You are all brethren born of ash and flame and baptized in battle together. You are shaped by wit and banter, alcohol and war stories. This is the story of how deep friendships go, how they were forged, and how the beginning of the end molds Shepard and Garrus into one solid front against it.

[brin-guivera]

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[kestrelsansjesses]

Stars for shakarian?

[SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG BUT I WENT A LITTLE HOGWILD. AO3 too!] 

They broke through Palaven’s atmosphere in the early afternoon, shuttle glinting and casting long shadows against the rocks and debris.

Logically, Shrike Shepard knew that Palaven had been hit hard by the Reapers. Fuck, they all had taken a beating. But seeing it all spread out before her really brought the scale of the destruction home. “Shit, Garrus. Is there anything left?”

Leaning and looking was not especially conducive to driving a shuttle. As she craned her neck to try and see a small city that now lay in partial ruins, Garrus grabbed the wheel from her hands. “Shepard, please don’t crash and kill us after we survived this much.” Right. Some things never changed, and that included her driving. Factor in two prosthetic legs and it may have gotten worse, if anything.

The journey passed by in silence, Shepard trying to catch sight of things through the windscreen without sending them into a fiery death spiral. She couldn’t drive with music on; something in those faint strains brought back memories both good and bad, pulling her into them until she couldn’t concentrate on anything else.

“It’s not bad. Compared to Earth, I mean. We’ll rebuild. If the hierarchy is good at anything, it’s bureaucratic bullshit that’s going to mobilize everyone left to rebuild.” Maybe Garrus had a point. It wasn’t as if Shepard had much of a point of comparison; she hadn’t seen Palaven before the war. Maybe it was always this… rocky. Maybe that wasn’t rubble, but just a cluster of natural landscape that happened to look slightly like something that was man made. Or turian made, such as it was. “Looks prettier than London.” Fair point.

With skill that would have made Joker proud, Shepard piloted the shuttle past the ruins onto a series of vast plains, for lack of a better word. It was relatively untouched out here; what little towns there were hadn’t been large enough for the Reapers to truly target. Some showed bullet holes and burnt battle scars, but they had suffered few casualties. Life here was moving on, even it was slowly. There was even tourism again, though travel had become almost impossible for most residents of the galaxy. At least it made it easier to book a place for a good rate, a thought that she immediately berated herself for. So many deaths and at least half of them her fault and she was making jokes?

“Hey, Shepard? Come back to me.” Garrus’ voice brought her back. She was still sitting in the driver’s seat, fingers clutched around the wheel, eyes sliding off the burnt remains of some small building. Back. Right. Palaven. That’s where they were.

Garrus could step free of the shuttle and take a deep breath of home air, something like relief coming over his face, shoulders sagging slightly forward. It wasn’t so easy for Shepard; Palaven’s natural radiation would shred through her skin in no time, leaving her stuck in a suit until they were safely inside. The layer against the world  made it feel less real, more isolated; if only she could have a barrier with her at all times.

Before them lay a series of glass geodesic domes, made of reinforced steel and something that prevented harmful rays from soaking through. There were eight of them neatly lined up, all unoccupied. Shepard and Garrus would be the only visitors for quite some time.

There were some privileges saving the galaxy granted you, one of which was automatic check-in through a VI, rather than having to deal with any officious hotel staff whose eyes tended to roam from her face down to her legs, twin, gently curved carbon-fiber limbs that held very little resemblance to the more typical flesh and blood appendages. There was no one here but them, and when Garrus held his palm up to a scanner, the door to a metal tube that connected to the first of the domes opened with a green light and a pleasant chime. Home sweet home, at least for tonight.

It was a relief to take her helmet off when the decontamination procedures were through. The place prided itself on cleanliness- ‘so pure that a quarian could visit!’ But the sun had sunk even lower, the first hints of something more appearing on the horizon. It would give Shepard enough time to strip off her armor, back to Garrus, refusing his help as her fingers went through buckles and straps with practiced ease, eyes resting on the N7 logo for a minute.

“Hurry up Shepard, or you’re going to miss the show.” As before, Garrus dragged her back to reality, already resting on a couch clearly designed more for turians than for anything else, the cushions slightly swayed to accomodate a carapace, so high off the ground that her feet were dangling almost comically.

Within the crux of Garrus’ arm, Shepard felt comfortable. “Do you think we deserve this?” she asked as she settled in, his warmth and his scent, gunmetal and some spice she couldn’t name, settling over her.

“I can’t think of anyone who deserves this more than you. Besides, it sure beats elcor Shakespeare.” Ah, yes. A production they hadn’t yet managed to catch, thankfully.

Unlike the stage show, this was one purely natural. On the far north of Palaven’s surface, the radiation and the magnetic atmosphere combined in a way that was only a shallow echo elsewhere. First there was the briefest suggestion of something red to interrupt the blueish green of the sky, and then it spread and spread until it was almost like a dense fog. Orange shot throughout, and then purple and pink. It was like a sunset on Earth, if it had been dialed up to eleven and attained some kind of density that almost looked as if she could run her fingers through it. Together, the two sat rapt, like children in front of a nature vid.

“You ever seen this before?”

“We never had the time to visit. Not with boot camp and then mom, and then everything else,” Garrus answered, arm pulling her closer until Shepard’s head rested on his shoulder. “Always wanted to though. I think Solana did once, but she wouldn’t tell me what it was like. Said you had to experience it for yourself.”

Within the red fog, the first pinpricks of light appeared. The show was far from over, but Shepard’s eyes grew heavy and she found herself nodding off, feeling… safe. What a strange feeling.

When she woke up, it must have been a few hours later. The smell of something burning reached her nostrils and she jolted up, reaching for a gun that wasn’t there. “Vakarian, status report!” The words were garbled from the haze of sleep.

“I, uh, may have burnt dinner Shepard. But look at the sky!” He was quick to distract her from the flames he was combatting on the stove and the… whatever it was he was scraping off a plate and dumping into a trash can. Only a turian could make an MRE look good.

Fires successfully fought, Garrus rejoined her on the couch, inviting Shepard to lay her head in his lap and simply stare upwards through the glass. There wasn’t a hint of red now, but a flicker of green and blue dancing and growing until the sky was streaked with it in a never-ending pattern that moved every time she blinked. Her hands found his, their fingers intertwining and resting on her chest. He wasn’t comfortable in a traditional sense, but there was nowhere in the galaxy she would rather be.

“It might have all been worth this,” Garrus said, and she found she couldn't’ argue with that.

[katherineshep]

A smile of a luckiest man in the world

Did anyone but me notice Garrus's wide smile in ME3 when Shepard shows him human protocols on reunions?))

If not, make screenshots of that talk in Main Battery before and after their kiss.

Then you'll see it - a widest smile of a happy Turian that thinks he's a luckiest man in the world ❤❤❤

[xdepthsofwinterx]

Behind the Character:

1. First Name: Nee or Baka, depends what you prefer 2. Strange Fact About Yourself: Cannot stand the feel of cotton in my mouth!!

3. Top Three Physical Things You Find Attractive On A Person ? Beards, body hair and large hands <3

4. A Food You Could Eat Forever And Not Get Bored Of: Pasta

5. A Food You Hate:  Asparagus, peanut butter *ugh*!

6. Guilty Pleasure: Sims 4, Minecraft roleplays, romantic high-school anime. Seriously, when will I grow up?

7. What Do You Sleep In ? Fiancee’s t-shirts and pj bottoms - baggier the better!

8.Serious Relationships or Flings : As mentioned above, happily engaged to bae. Planning for wedding eventually x’D

9. If You Could Go Back In The Past And Change One Thing About Your Life, Would You And What Would It Be ?  Don’t people please kid, it isn’t worth it.

10. Are You An Affectionate Person: I am prickly affectionate. Back scratches make me melt, but give my personal space issues it can be tricky.

11.  A Movie You Could Watch Over & Over Again: I don’t really have the attention span for movies. But probably a Sherlock Holmes or Dark Knight or Harry Potter binge every 6 months or so.

12. Favourite Book: The Hobbit obviously <3

13. You Have The Opportunity To Keen Any Animal As A Pet, What Do You Choose ? Tibetan long-eared owl and my current cat Tonkies <3

14.Top Five Fictional Ships: YatoxHiyori (Noragami), MaharielxTamlen (Dragon Age Origins), F!ShepardxGarrus (Mass Effect), Platonic!DeekinxSoU!PC, Arisato MinatoxOC (shameless guilty pleasure from teens).

15. Pie or Cake: Caaaaaaaaaaaake <3

16. Favourite Scent: Spiced apple

17. Celebrity Crush: Jason Mamoa, also my fiancee man crush <3

18. If You Could Travel Anywhere, Where Would You Go? Japan!!!!

19. Introvert or Extrovert: Introvert

20. Do You Scare Easily: Yes, but I seem to thrive off it.

21. Iphone or Android: Android

22. Do You Play Any Video Games: Stardew Valley, Sims, Minecraft, Dragon Age, Mass Effect <3, Pillars of Eternity, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights (online too), World of Warcraft (long time ago), Persona 3/4/5 <33333 (obsessively), Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Divinity Original Sin 2, Enderal, Skyrim/Oblivion, World’s Dawn.

23: Dream Job: Would have been volcanologist, but I’m pretty content and fulfilled as a teacher.

24. What Would You Do With A Million Dollars:��Pay off student debt, buy house and a pony cuz...ya know...I want a pony again.

25. Fictional Character You Hate: Joffrey Baratheon, Little Finger (rrrAARRRRR!).

26. Fandoms That You Were Once A Part Of But Aren’t Any Longer: Saiyuki, Persona, Dragon Age, Mass Effect.

Tagging: @neverwinterforgottenhero, @pyritea & @

[dirtybiowareconfessions]

Confession: I feel that Samantha Traynor is such a Shepard fangirl prior to being on the Normandy that she goes out and reads all of the fics written by a user known as Shepismysister who is really Tali. Most of them are Tali pairing Shepard with everyone else on the ship. Especially Wrex. But more importantly that Tali has only half-written one fic about ShepardXGarrus and posted it, promising to update it until she puts up a notice that says "Due to circumstances beyond my control. I'm done with this."

[masseffectarchive]

Primary characters involved: Garrus Vakarian, f!Shepard

Primary pairing (if any): f!ShepardxGarrus Vakarian

Verse: Original Trilogy

Word count: 954

[v-v-sfm]

May I request something that involves M!ShepardxTali and F!ShepardxGarrus side by side? They are my favourite pairings...

I’m not actually taking anymore requests for the timebeing as I have a bit of a wait list. But you can certainly still make your request. Since there are going to be 4 of them, it will take me double the time once I do get to start on it. I’m unsure whether you’re after a SFW render or a NSFW one. For NSFW renders, just a heads-up that I don’t do the kind of hardcore porn images you see elsewhere :) My existing work should give you an idea what my style is. If you’d like to discuss further, come off anon and we can chat privately :)

[biowarelove]

My favorite space love birds by Delomia

[capeshifters]

♥ a few! lol I know we've talked about NelliexGilmore, RyderxDoc (she deserves better), ummmmmmmmmm shepardxgarrus? :'') idk i'd be up for discussing more if you want!

what do you mean, Salla would love Doc to pieces ^-^ She needs someone well more experienced XD  And Nellie and Gilmore are the cutest probably and I ship them so much!

Garrus and Shepard always my favorite : ) No Shepard without A+ Vakarian -I hope your Shepard likes my version of Garrus and I most def ship it. Though I have to say that my Garrus is shippable with Sheapard from me2 onward : )though he already had a deep crush on Shepard on me 1 :) But since she kind of dies in between the two it messes him up a bit.

[mosaiccreme]

A Year in Review: 2017

I was tagged by @wrathofkalros​. Thanks!

1. Your 3 fanfics with the most comments in 2017                                          

1. The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series - This hot mess of a fic series is my first but dearly loved. The premise is that when activating the Catalyst, something happened to Shepard that put them back in time, inside of a different Shepard’s head. Over and over again. At the end of each life, the past Shepards accumulate in the next Shepard’s head but can never be heard until now. These Shepards, lead by Jane in particular, are going insane repeating the years of the War and hope that their newest Shepard host, Dawn, can find a way to end it. This fic has poly relationships: ShepardxGarrus, ShepardxThane, and GarrusxJack.

2. Targeted Interference series - This is an AU in which Shepard became an Alliance based assassin instead of an N7 soldier. In the line of duty, she encounters Thane Krios. Initially there’s tension between the two of them, but it eventually turns into romance.

3. Alphas of Omega - This is a co-written piece with myself and MizDirected. It’s on a bit of a hiatus, but it was mad popular. I’m pretty sure I have MizDirected’s notoriety to thank for that. It’s based in the ME2 time period. I write from Garrus’ POV and she writes from Shepard’s POV. The premise is that Shepard woke up from Project Lazarus early and seriously traumatized. She made her way to Omega, and ended up finding Garrus where they begin to explore their relationship.

2. Your 3 fanfics with the most kudos in 2017:

1. Targeted Interference series

2. Alphas of Omega

3. The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series

3. Your 3 fanfics with the most Bookmarks in 2017:

1. Targeted Interference series

2. Alphas of Omega 

3. The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series

4. Your first fanfic in 2017

Um, well, beyond still continuing with WIPs, I think The Run and Go was my first new(ish) fic of 2017. It’s a one-shot songfic tied into the  Targeted Interference series.

5. Your last fanfic in 2017

Besides for continuing other WIPs, I think the last new fic of 2017 is The Parable of the Shepards. This is co-written with @squigglysquidd and is a spinoff type of fic where her main characters from her Parable series are transported to the parallel universe in which  The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series are. It’s basically just a fun thing for us to do as we work out how our different versions of the characters would interact. It does not alter the events in either The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series or the Parable series.

6. Favorite Opening line from a fic in 2017

From a poor, neglected fic called Kalahira Be Praised:

“Fire. Everything burned. She gasped, sucking in putrid air, reeking of death and decay. Coughing, her lungs spewed blood, choking her. Shepard tried to roll to her side, desperate to clear her airways, but the slightest movement sent fresh jolts of agony coursing through her body, consuming her brain in flames. Her screams echoed back to her in the stillness. Alone. Surrounded by death and dying. She was dying. Alone. Again.”

7. Favorite ending line from a fic in 2017

I feel like I’ve written waaaayyyy too many chapters (and didn’t actually finish/end many fics in 2017) to be too literal with this, so I’m going to go ahead and use another from Kalahira Be Praised:

“Big, warm hands lifted her from her mother's arms and pulled her in close to him. ‘Hello, beautiful.’

“Her heart leapt with joy only to plummet into the pit of her stomach when her father disappeared, leaving her staring up at Kalahira. Squirming, she tried to free herself from the goddess' impossibly strong arms. ‘I don't like this. Put me down, I can walk.’

“Kalahira met her gaze, a soft smile tugging up her lips. ‘You cannot. You must let go of your mortal ties. This is the way.’“

8. Your favourite character to write for in 2017

Probably Jasmine Shepard from the Targeted Interference series. I adore her personality and her confidence, even if it’s not exactly unshakable. It’s a lot of fun exploring the mindset of a Shepard who didn’t take the N7 track.

9. Your favourite pairing to write for in 2017

IDK, I think I’ve really enjoyed all of the relationships I explore in my fics. I’ve written more Shrios than Shakarian, since  Targeted Interference series is Shrios and The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series is both. I don’t go too into the Jakarian in The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard series because the story isn’t from either of their POVs, but I do really love showing the occasional moment where Jack and Garrus are together.

10. Your proudest fic from 2017:

Definitely the Targeted Interference series. Not only do I just get so much joy out of writing this story, but it’s the first fic for which I’ve had a beta, and I’ve watched my writing transform through this series.

11. Your Longest Fanfic in 2017:

The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard is currently at  731,506 words, and I’m nowhere near done with the series. 

12. Any goals for 2018?

Just to keep writing. I know that both  The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard and the Targeted Interference series are going to be years in the making before they’re done. I think I’d really like to get back to Kalahira Be Praised, I never meant to leave it hanging as long as I have.

13. Tag some people

I tag anyone who feels like doing this! Plus @squigglysquidd and @hoxadrine, if you haven’t already done so (and want to!).

[artimecwing]

I'm really curious about your fandoms, like what are they? Pls include Hakuoki cause I'd like to know your Fave characters, any OTPs (including any OCs you have for them like Shizuka with Souji or sth) :D

Fandom: Hakuoki

Favorite Character: Okita Souji with Hijikata becoming a very close second

OTP: SoujixShizuka (but it would be ChizuruxHeisuke if I didn’t include Shizuka)

As for other fandoms, I haven’t really gotten into any other fandoms after entering and graduating from college. You really hit the ground running right after college. I do occasionally read fanfictions from Fire Emblem, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Harry Potter, and Naruto (once in a blue moon since it is the first manga I ever read), but it has been a while. One of the reasons I’m actually still in the Hakuoki fandom is because I’m always actively writing MS.

Fire Emblem

Favorite Character: Soren from Radiant Dawn.

OTP: None

Dragon Age

Favorite Character: Solas from Inquisition

OTP: AlistairxCousland

Mass Effect

Favorite Character: Garrus, Tali, Wrex, Liara, Legion

OTP: ShepardxGarrus

Harry Potter

Favorite Character: Fred and George Weasley

OTP: None

Naruto

Favorite Character: Shiranui Genma

OTP: None

[kestrelsansjesses]

Learning how to make traditional holiday foods for the other please!!

[[I had so much fun with this, thank you.

There were no secrets, even on a ship the size of the Normandy. If Shepard wanted something done in secret, she had to do it in her cabin or not at all, which may have explained her rather odd requests.

“You need an oven… in your cabin.” The ship’s cook blinked at her once and then twice, before shaking his head. “Fire regulations. It’s never going to happen. I’m sorry Commander.” And that was the end of that argument, over as quickly as it started.

“Kaidan, I need you to take Garrus out. Bring Grunt with you. Make it a boys’ day. Shoot guns. Do whatever alpha male shit you have to do. Just get off my ship for at least four hours.” Though he was confused, Kaidan saluted, sending off a series of quick messages using his omni-tool and a tablet, trying not to look bemused and utterly failing.

All this was to explain what Commander Shepard, recently reinstated back to her beloved Normandy, Hero of Akuze, was stuck in the ship’s kitchen, the sounds of her cursing filling the air. There was a distinct scent floating through the ship as well, air purifying system struggling to purge it and evidently giving up entirely. Spices, at first, pleasant and almost heady, but later on it became something briney and rapidly burning, the peak of it setting off a fire alarm and almost causing EDI to lock down the ship entirely, threatening an evacuation.

In the midst of enough pots and pans to cook enough food for a small army, Shepard stood, looking utterly dwarfed by her failure, sweat matting red hair to her brow, chewing on her lip in frustration and concentration. “I brined the god damn bird for at least thirty minutes. What the hell is wrong?” The cook opened his mouth but very wisely shut it before he could actually voice a single word, shaking his head at what his beloved domain had become.

“Shepard, I’ve just looked up a recipe online. Would you like me to correct your mistakes for you?” EDI’s enhanced mobility meant she could pop up at unnerving times, gleaming silver right behind your shoulder.

“Great. Sure. Do that. Read all my mistakes, EDI. I love that.”

Oblivious, EDI spoke. “You are supposed to wrap the turkey in foil to prevent moisture from evaporating. I see you’ve also forgotten to season the potato pancakes. From my readings, these are not common mistakes.”

With a groan, Shepard sunk her head into her hands, resting it there for a moment until running her fingers through her hair. Right. Okay. How much time did she have?

None at all, if the voices now echoing through the open space was any indication.

“Shepard, we’re back early. Grunt decided to try and eat some fish out of a fountain. Long story short, I don’t think we’re going to be allowed back on this planet for a while.” A rather nonchalant Garrus was followed by a disheveled Kaidan and a contrite Grunt, staring down at his feet and trying to appear as small as possible- no easy feat when you were a krogan. All three stopped abruptly to sniff the air, glancing at each other before Garrus spoke up again, saying, “Shepard, why does it smell like you lit the Normandy on fire?”

If there had been something at hand to throw, Shepard might have done it. Instead, she settled for slowly slumping against the wall, collapsing downwards until she was sitting, staring out into nothing. “Well, Garrus. Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. I’ve prepared a real feast.” If Garrus squinted, he could almost see where Shepard’s handiwork may have, at one point in time, resembled a turkey and latkes. Now everything was charred and shriveled. “They say I’m the galaxy’s next top chef.”

Given his armor and his anatomy, Garrus was able to sit down to join her with surprising ease, shooting a look that managed to clear out the immediate area, at least in a six foot radius. “I’m sure it tastes fantastic,” he said while reaching up to tear off a strip of turkey with considerable difficulty, the tough skin refusing to yield. Popping it in his mouth, he managed to offer a smile and a thumbs up for all of a few seconds before coughing it back up in his hands. “You know, turians can’t eat this human shit anyway.”

“I just wanted to give you a slice of human holidays,” Shepard mumbled into Garrus’ shoulder, giving up all pretense of looking okay with the situation.

If she was searching for sympathy, she certainly found it. “We can go get one of those trees you humans are so crazy about. Throw some ornaments on it, wrap some weapons up for the crew. It’ll be a Normandy holiday. Who needs normal?”

He had a point. Normal was not the way Shepard operated, and as she lifted her face to look at him, she offered the smallest of smiles. “You know, I think we could fit a few lights in your carapace…”

“Don’t stretch your luck.” Shoving her gently, Garrus stood, offering Shepard a hand.

Their moment now deemed over, people drifted over, a few of them giving the food a game nibble before throwing it out (and on one occasion, throwing a piece at Shepard herself, which she gamely threw back.) Drawn by the scent, Grunt drifted over, taking first one bite of the turkey and the burnt mat that had been latkes and then another. “Is anyone else going to finish this? No?” And with that, he took his newly acquired food off to a quiet corner to enjoy his feast.