A month after taking down Saren, Shepard spends Christmas shore leave with her favourite turian C-Sec officer on the Citadel. Movies are watched, gifts are exchanged, and two war heroes celebrate their unlikely friendship.

He never expected to find his allegiance and respect at the feet of a human commander. She never expected to be the hero of the galaxy with a turian marksman at her side. Somehow, inexplicably, their worlds intertwined, and what began as friendship blossomed into something more. Follows the storyline of the trilogy ME1 thru ME3 with some changes. Shakarian.

Post ME3; Destroy Ending. Hesitantly, Garrus brought his talon to Shepard's face. He used his first and second fingers to hold her chin and bring her eyes back to his. "You're not alone in this. Not anymore. I'll make you remember, no matter what" his blue eyes bored into hers, strong with his conviction. He heard her breath catch and there were footsteps in the distance.

Shakarian oneshot and drabble collection. Chapter sixteen: The Alliance emissary spouts seemingly-endless platitudes about dying with honor and doing things in the name of galactic peace, but his words mean nothing to the ten year-old girl with no parents.