A/N: So this will be a collection of some drabbles from the Mass Effect universe, mostly Fem!Shepard/Garrus centered. It'll jump between Mass Effect 1 and 2. If I'm still writing it by the time 3 comes out, that may end up being included as well. They will mostly be unrelated and are based off a series of prompts I found while exploring the extranet ;) Feedback is welcome and encouraged. Enjoy!

1. Air

She drifted away from the Normandy SR1's remains. As disconcerting as the silence of space was, it held an odd peace, even with the menace of the unknown ship behind her and the potentially worse menace of the planet in front of her. Peace and quiet, an almost unknown situation for –

A hissing noise filled her helmet. She gasped, feeling a breeze across her face. No! she thought, twisting around, seeing the vapor from her precious O2 slip into space. She struggled, the faces of her crew flashing through her mind.

Wrex's face as he took out enemy after enemy, at home in the heat of battle. A strange joy overcoming him as he took out geth after geth.

Had she ever told him how grateful she was that he had joined the team?

Liara, her eyes alight with laughter as they sat together in that little office in the medical bay. They would spend hours talking and laughing together during the down time between missions. Shepard could honestly say that Liara was one of her very few close friends…

Did the Asari know how much Shepard valued their time together? Did she know that the commander practically considered them sisters?

Standing on the beach at Virmire with Ashley, promising that when it was all over, they would find a beach like this to just relax on. She hadn't know that "all over" for Ash would be later that day.

Well, they could take that shore leave together now.

Tali, the orange lights of the displays flickering on her mask while she examined the Normandy's engines with a joy like a little child at Christmas.

Shepard had promised to help her finish her pilgrimage. Tali would have to finish it on her own now. It wasn't right. She wasn't a woman to leave promises unfinished.

Kaidan, a soft smile on his handsome face as they sat and talked deep into the artificial nights.

She had turned him down, wanting to wait until the battle was over to start a relationship with him. There had been so much potential there, the chance for so much happiness. Now they had both lost their chance for that. Going back, she wishes that she hadn't told him they should wait. She wished that she had taken his hand, embraced him on that final night before Ilos…but it was too late now.

Garrus…

As images of the Turian filled her mind, Sheppard's air ran out. Her final thoughts were not of the man she might have loved, but of the Turian that had her back no matter what.