It had been hours since Garrus had spoken with Kasumi and Tali about the situation on Tuchanka. He had taken his time getting back to the main battery, taking notice in parts of the new Normandy that he had never paid attention to before. It seemed like there were more windows on this replication of the SR-1 than he remembered. Every so often he would stop and look out at the planet below thinking about the Commander and her team on that mission, the mission that he wasn't welcomed on.
I owe you one Wrex, you even called Shep a fertile female.
Eventually, Garrus was given word by EDI that the Commander and her team had safely returned to the Normandy. He subdued the urge to march up to Shepard and demand answers for what happened while on Tuchanka. Instead, he heeded the advice from his two friends, and decided to wait for her to make contact with him. Garrus had tried to keep occupied as he processed new algorithms. However his attempts had amounted to nothing as he found himself drifting back to thoughts of Shepard.
It's like she wants me close, but finds the easiest reasons to pull away from me again. Maybe this is one of those female things that I just don't understand.
"Garrus, Commander Shepard is requesting that you meet with her in her cabin." EDI's calm voice came through his com system.
"Thank you EDI, inform her that I am on my way." Garrus closed the interface he had been blankly staring at while trying to occupy his time.
She actually called me up to her room just like Kasumi and Tali said she would. I don't think I have ever heard Shepard apologize, I guess this would be a first.
Garrus could feel anticipation beginning to build as he took the elevator to Shepard's floor. Thoughts of what she might tell him ran through his head as memories of her touching his armor caused him to get tingles in sections of his plates. He glanced at his talons remembering how she felt underneath his own skin. It seemed like "The Incident" had happened so long ago, but the warmth of her front plates still freshly lingered in his mind.
Easy Garrus. Let her do all the talking, you didn't do anything wrong on Tuchanka remember?
When the door finally opened to her floor, Garrus noticed that her armor was in the small hallway to her room rather than inside her actual cabin. He walked over to Shepard's uniform and grabbed the N7 chest plate with his right talons.
This uniform is so form fitting when she has it on, it has to be custom sized just for her. Look there are even spots for her front plates to fit into.
Garrus put his left talons on the left breast and tapped it. It was nothing like her actual plates that were soft and supple. He tapped it again, a little harder, remembering he had learned long ago that the human heart was located on this side of the armor. He continued to tap the left breast for a moment before just letting his hand rest on it.
These little pockets protect those squishy plates and her fragile human structure.
"After having the real thing in your hands I don't think that's going to compare Garrus." Shepard was leaning in the door frame with a smile on her face. Garrus was so involved with her armor he hadn't noticed when the door opened.
"Shepard I…" I looked at his talons on the plate pocket and back at Shepard "I didn't realize… There are little pockets… Turian females…" He dropped the armor back in its little pile. She motioned for him to follow her into her cabin as he flexed his mandibles in embarrassment.
Great, I came up her to talk to her and she finds me playing with these pockets on her armor. I couldn't look like more of a pervert. She's going to think I'm obsessed with her human female plates.
Shepard picked up her data pad as she sat down on the couch as Garrus stood in front of her. He glanced at the bottles of red capsules that were on the corner of the table with an opened bottle of wine.
Sleeping pills? No wonder you she has that "you can't wake the dead" saying. She must need to ease tension more than I do…
"Are you going to sit down or just stand there?" Shepard put the data pad on the small table in front of her as she crossed her legs. Garrus sat as he was instructed.
"You wanted to see me Commander?" Garrus observed her crossed legs.
Why do her legs look so appealing when they are sitting like that? They are so long and graceful… She never sits like that when she stops by to see me down in the main battery.
"I wanted to talk to you about Tuchanka, to make sure that you didn't take what happened personally."
"An order is just that Shepard, an order. I may not like them or agree with them at times, but you are still my CO." Garrus looked at her and twitched his mandibles.
"Good… It was nice to see Wrex again, it seems like he really has plans to get things in order down there." Shepard was clearly trying to change the subject.
"Yea, it looks like the krogan might finally have some kind of hope again." Garrus placed his arm along the backside of the couch trying to appear more comfortable that he actually was. Shepard uncrossed her legs and stood, moving over to where Garrus was sitting. She placed herself beside him.
"I'm not good at this Garrus." She ran her fingers through her fringe and placed a hand on his leg. "I have to be Commander Shepard at all times. I can't let what we have jeopardize a mission… Thank you for doing what I asked."
"No worries Shepard." He looked at Shepard's hand that was still resting on his leg and placed his talons on top of it. "I'm here whenever you need me." Garrus could feel her fingers moving underneath his. He noticed that she was breathing faster as she brought her head closer to his.
Is she twitching? I could swear I feel little vibrations are coming from her. Why is she breathing faster than before?
"Commander, why are you doing that?" He nodded his head to her hand that was shaking more noticeably. "You're vibrating." Garrus looked up at Shepard who was now so close he could feel her breath. It looked to him like she was getting ready to do the mouth to mouth greeting thing that she used to do with Liara. He could feel that tingly sensation in every plate in his body and placed his talons on her cheek.
"Garrus I…" Before Shepard could finish that sentence she collapsed, her head ending face down in-between his legs.
"Shepard?" Garrus tapped her shoulder. Shepard was breathing but clearly in a deep sleep. "Shepard?" He tried to gently shake her.
So much for trying to "wake the dead".