Title: Commander Shepard, You've Got Mail
Summary: Every day, starting when Garrus rejoins C-Sec up until the destruction of the Normandy, Shepard and Garrus exchange emails. After all, good friends stay in touch.
Rating: K+
Pairing: Garrus/Shepard friendship, flirting
Spoilers: All of ME1
Timeline: post-ME1, pre-ME2
Commander Shepard, You've Got Mail
Part Four
Received: 8:02 a.m. 12/9/83
I hate paperwork.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 8:24 a.m. 12/9/83
Sometimes justice comes at a price.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 8:49 a.m. 12/9/83
I'm not even allowed to type. Official forms have to be hand-written.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:00 a.m. 12/9/83
Oh, the agony. Are you skiving off paperwork to email me?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:04 a.m. 12/9/83
Maybe.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:33 a.m. 12/9/83
I feel like I should be reprimanding you. Or something else official-sounding.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:41 a.m. 12/9/83
Hah. To be honest, Commander, taking orders from anyone else just doesn't feel right.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:59 a.m. 12/9/83
You want me to order you around?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:07 a.m. 12/9/83
Maybe that didn't come out right.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:32 a.m. 12/9/83
Do your paperwork. There.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:45 a.m. 12/9/83
It isn't working. I think I need to hear your voice. You know, drill instructor style.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:50 a.m. 12/9/83
Enclosed: audio file
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:52 a.m. 12/9/83
Kaidan just gave me the weirdest look. I think he thinks I'm telling myself to go do paperwork.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:59 a.m. 12/9/83
Aye, aye, Commander!
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:14 a.m. 12/9/83
Does this mean you aren't talking to me anymore?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:38 a.m. 12/9/83
I can multi-task.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:47 a.m. 12/9/83
Hang on. Joker's patching a message through. Might not respond for a while.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:14 p.m. 12/9/83
It was the admiral. I've finally got something interesting to do.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:17 p.m. 12/9/83
What kind of interesting? Stakeout-in-a-nightclub interesting, or blowing-up-mechs interesting?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:34 p.m. 12/9/83
The second one, I think.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:49 p.m. 12/9/83
Telling you to be careful would ring a little hollow, wouldn't it?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:53 p.m. 12/9/83
You're the one who got "shot full of holes" the other day and then didn't respond to my messages for more than 24 hours. Also, I command you, not the other way around.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:10 p.m. 12/9/83
Understood, Commander. Have fun at work.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:21 p.m. 12/9/83
Do turians make a habit of mocking their C.O.?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:48 p.m. 12/9/83
Well, you sound like you're having more fun than I am.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:04 p.m. 12/9/83
How did the mission go?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:58 a.m. 12/10/83
Commander?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 5:37 a.m. 12/10/83
If you were trying to get back at me, you succeeded. Congratulations.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:22 p.m. 12/10/83
It's been 24 hours.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 4:15 p.m. 12/10/83
Bad extranet connection?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 6:19 p.m. 12/10/83
Garrus, it's Kaidan. The commander asked me to check her messages.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 6:21 p.m. 12/10/83
What happened?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 6:45 p.m. 12/10/83
Bit of a scuffle planet-side. The commander took her helmet off to give Private Lee CPR. Inhaled some debris from the atmosphere, a bit of internal bleeding. She's recovering, but the doctor wants her to stay in bed.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 6:47 p.m. 12/10/83
Understood, Lieutenant. Thank you.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 6:52 p.m. 12/10/83
You and the commander have exchanged a lot of messages?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 7:08 p.m. 12/10/83
A few, yeah.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 7:13 p.m. 12/10/83
So that's what she's always doing at the terminal.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:39 p.m. 12/10/83
Kaidan was snooping through our messages?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:52 p.m. 12/10/83
Commander? Is that you?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:01 p.m. 12/10/83
No, it's Wrex. Of course it's me.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:17 p.m. 12/10/83
With all due respect, Commander, it doesn't take much snooping to figure out we're communicating regularly.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:24 p.m. 12/10/83
It's still none of his business. I asked him to check my messages, not prowl through my inbox.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:29 p.m. 12/10/83
Anyway. Sorry about the wait. Were you worried about me?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:34 p.m. 12/10/83
Of course not. My C.O. can take care of herself.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:48 p.m. 12/10/83
If only Kaidan thought the same thing. He's been hovering.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:56 p.m. 12/10/83
That's a bad thing?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:03 p.m. 12/10/83
Sweet, but unnecessary.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:17 p.m. 12/10/83
I see.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:48 a.m. 12/11/83
Is that contemplative silence, busy silence, or I'm-asleep silence?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:59 a.m. 12/11/83
Contemplative for now. Asleep soon.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:04 a.m. 12/11/83
Don't let me keep you up.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)