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
A/N: Expect that one-shot up in the next couple of days. Review please!
Commander Shepard, You've Got Mail
Part Ten
Received: 7:18 a.m. 12/15/83
Good news. The Normandy's due back to the Citadel in ten days.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 7:21 a.m. 12/15/83
For how long?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 7:54 a.m. 12/15/83
I think we're looking at a good week of shore leave. Joker will make the rounds, transfer the crew to shuttles to their home worlds, and then come back to pick me up.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 8:15 a.m. 12/15/83
Have you got a place to stay?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 8:23 a.m. 12/15/83
I was thinking of finding a hotel. It'll be expensive, but I've still got a bunch of credits shored up from the last mission.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 8:36 a.m. 12/15/83
There's an empty flat across from mine. Neighbours just moved out. Rent isn't bad.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 8:49 a.m. 12/15/83
You wouldn't mind having your C.O. so close by?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:00 a.m. 12/15/83
Not at all. I'll tell the owner to hold it for you.
Might have to move some furniture in, too.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:06 a.m. 12/15/83
Don't go out of your way. I know you're busy and I can take care of myself.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:14 a.m. 12/15/83
I don't mind.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:20 a.m. 12/15/83
Thanks, Garrus. I'll have to pay Anderson a visit, too. I talk to him during conferences with the Council, but it'll be nice to get drinks and catch up.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:35 a.m. 12/15/83
I see him occasionally. He's a good man, Shepard. Always has a kind word for me.
Can't say as much about your Ambassador.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 9:47 a.m. 12/15/83
Yes, well. Politics are a nasty business.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 9:59 a.m. 12/15/83
Turian-human relations are still tangled, even on the Citadel. Councillor Valern was never very friendly to you, either.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:04 a.m. 12/15/83
Let's not talk politics. I have enough of a headache already.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:19 a.m. 12/15/83
Problem, Shepard?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:34 a.m. 12/15/83
Might be coming down with a cold. Nothing major.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:47 a.m. 12/15/83
Does it involve sneezing?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:54 a.m. 12/15/83
...yes, it does. Why?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:08 a.m. 12/15/83
Human sneezes are fascinating. The total loss of control, like a yawn, but much more explosive and violent-I nearly jumped out of my skin the first time I saw someone do it. Thought his head was exploding.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:16 a.m. 12/15/83
You would love hiccoughs.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:31 a.m. 12/15/83
Hiccoughs?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:46 a.m. 12/15/83
Even humans think they're hilarious. Give me a carbonated drink sometime and I'll show you.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:57 a.m. 12/15/83
Sounds promising.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:09 p.m. 12/15/83
Turians get colds, don't they?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:15 p.m. 12/15/83
Yes, but the symptoms are different. They also don't last very long.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:34 p.m. 12/15/83
Lucky. I'm going to be sneezing up a storm for the next few days. Hard to give convincing orders when you sound like a foghorn.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:47 p.m. 12/15/83
That sounds amusing. I wish I could see it.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:53 p.m. 12/15/83
No, you don't. Being sick does weird things to biotics.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:04 p.m. 12/15/83
Such as?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 1:22 p.m. 12/15/83
Throwing random objects across the room. Accidentally phasing through chairs. Making everyone's hair stand on end for a couple of seconds. Sort of like a haunting, except I'm not invisible.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:35 p.m. 12/15/83
Combat could be tricky.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 1:48 p.m. 12/15/83
I'm not planning on fighting anything but this cold for the next few days.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:59 p.m. 12/15/83
Fantastic. It's already started.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:08 p.m. 12/15/83
What happened?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:14 p.m. 12/15/83
Sneezed and fell through my chair.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:19 p.m. 12/15/83
You're not serious.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:30 p.m. 12/15/83
I am completely serious. This could be dangerous. Might have to go to Chakwas for a sneeze suppressant.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 2:43 p.m. 12/15/83
Good idea. Wouldn't want you to accidentally phase through an airlock.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 2:57 p.m. 12/15/83
Yes, that could be potentially awkward. "Death by sneeze." Wouldn't look so great on a tombstone.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:04 p.m. 12/15/83
I think you could pull it off. Make some big martyr act out of it.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:09 p.m. 12/15/83
Garrus, I'm good. But I'm not THAT good.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:21 p.m. 12/15/83
Preventative measures, then. Take the sneeze suppressants.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:27 p.m. 12/15/83
Now who's ordering who?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:39 p.m. 12/15/83
I'm being a good turian and looking out for my C.O. You should be proud of me.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 3:47 p.m. 12/15/83
Sorry. Too busy hacking up my lungs.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 3:56 p.m. 12/15/83
Right. Illness symptoms manifest more quickly in biotics. I remember that from training.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 4:14 p.m. 12/15/83
They burn through faster, too. Don't keep us down as long. Still, it's not very comfortable.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 4:20 p.m. 12/15/83
As much as I sympathise with your discomfort, Commander, I wish I had this on video.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 4:27 p.m. 12/15/83
Use your imagination. I'm certainly not recording myself in a sneezing fit for your benefit.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 4:35 p.m. 12/15/83
I'll just make a copy of the security footage the next time the Normandy docks.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 4:41 p.m. 12/15/83
I'll stay in my cabin, then. There aren't any cameras in here.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 4:45 p.m. 12/15/83
And if there are, Joker's in some serious trouble.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)