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: So, I have three separate things to discuss in this author's note.
1) All of the reviews are fantastic, I really appreciate all of you guys, so keep them coming :D Also, I received a lovely review from Chelsie yesterday, but since she's an anonymous reviewer, I wasn't able to respond. I just wanted to say thank you to Chelsie and all of my other anonymous reviewers, and I hope you get accounts and review so I can reply!
2) In light of the recently released ME3, I'd like to ask you all to please not reveal ME3 spoilers in reviews or PMs to me, since I haven't played it yet. No one has done that so far, but I just want to take preventative measures so the game isn't spoiled for me or other readers.
3) My biology professor was singing Gilbert and Sullivan in class yesterday. I'm starting to wonder if knowing Gilbert and Sullivan is a requirement for becoming a scientist... Anyway, he's a fantastic singer (and from England, so he has a fantastic accent) and it was really funny.
Commander Shepard, You've Got Mail
Part Fourteen
Received: 10:02 a.m. 12/17/83
I. Hate. Camping.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:13 a.m. 12/17/83
Camping?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:19 a.m. 12/17/83
To be more specific, I hate camping on hostile-infested uncharted worlds while bombs explode in the hills around us because the damned mercs I've been sent to flush out are broadcasting a jamming signal and the Normandy can't get a fix on our location to pick us up.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:24 a.m. 12/17/83
Oh. I can see how that might be mildly irritating.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:29 a.m. 12/17/83
Not to mention a stray grenade caught the Mako unshielded and fried its climate control systems. We had to sleep outside because it was too damn hot in the tank.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:33 a.m. 12/17/83
Didn't we do that before?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:38 a.m. 12/17/83
That was because it was a nice night and the atmosphere was breathable, and Ash said she'd never been camping before. This was a bit different.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:42 a.m. 12/17/83
I remember. We landed the Normandy and the whole crew spent the night planetside.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 10:46 a.m. 12/17/83
Yeah, that was pretty nice. I still have pictures.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 10:55 a.m. 12/17/83
Send me copies.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:10 a.m. 12/17/83
Enclosed: picture file
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:16 a.m. 12/17/83
We should do it again.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:21 a.m. 12/17/83
Yeah. Now that Saren's gone and we've got some time on our hands. It might not be the same without all the old crew, though.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:24 a.m. 12/17/83
They'll come back, Shepard.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:27 a.m. 12/17/83
Maybe, maybe not.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:32 a.m. 12/17/83
You'll have me back, anyway.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:35 a.m. 12/17/83
Right. Eventually. I'm looking forward to it.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:41 a.m. 12/17/83
I keep seeing your face all over the news vids.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:44 a.m. 12/17/83
Really? Good or bad?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:47 a.m. 12/17/83
Good, for the most part. I think they airbrushed out that scar on your cheek.
Unnecessary, in my opinion.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:51 a.m. 12/17/83
I meant the reports.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 11:54 a.m. 12/17/83
Oh. Some are clearly biased. A little bitterness about the decimation of the human fleet, but most acknowledge that you made the right choice. Nobody can deny that you're a hero.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 11:59 a.m. 12/17/83
What do they say about you?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:03 p.m. 12/17/83
There was one programme where they did a little two-minute exposé on each of your crew members. Apparently I'm "the right-hand man, the one most often seen by the commander's side, the tech-savvy sniper in blue and black."
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:07 p.m. 12/17/83
Sounds accurate enough.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:12 p.m. 12/17/83
Good thing most other races can't tell one turian from another. Otherwise I might get mobbed by all the adoring fans.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:16 p.m. 12/17/83
I think I could pick you out of a crowd.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:19 p.m. 12/17/83
Really? Even without the face paint?
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:23 p.m. 12/17/83
Definitely.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:26 p.m. 12/17/83
Damn. I'll just have to try that someday.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:28 p.m. 12/17/83
Can you tell humans apart?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:34 p.m. 12/17/83
Some. Especially the ones that stand out. Like you.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:39 p.m. 12/17/83
What if I dyed my hair?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:44 p.m. 12/17/83
Doesn't matter. There's a certain way you hold yourself.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:47 p.m. 12/17/83
It's called military swagger. It's how you tell the real soldiers apart from the FNGs.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 12:51 p.m. 12/17/83
No, on you it's different. Trust me, I'd be able to tell.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 12:56 p.m. 12/17/83
Really? Dress up a redheaded, blue-eyed human woman in my armour, teach her how to strut like an N7 marine, and you'd be able to tell it wasn't me?
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:03 p.m. 12/17/83
Now you're insulting me, Commander.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 1:08 p.m. 12/17/83
Could happen someday. I could disappear and they'd have to find a photo double for the media coverage. Bit of digital manipulation and nobody would see the difference. Hell, with facial reconstruction these days, they could probably make a perfect copy.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:12 p.m. 12/17/83
They've already used models for some of the vids. I definitely do not remember getting pictures taken while we were shooting geth on Virmire, so those have got to be fabricated.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)
Received: 1:17 p.m. 12/17/83
Huh. What's funny is that people probably believe they're real. Like I've been carting around a camera crew on all my missions for this entire time.
(Sent from private terminal of Commander Artemis Shepard, Alliance Navy)
Received: 1:19 p.m. 12/17/83
People will believe anything these days.
(Sent from private terminal of Officer Garrus Vakarian, Citadel Security)