As Garrus walked as quietly as he could not making a single sound… he saw the commanders back turned to him and he could see the teardrops on the floor making a barely visible puddle… beside the commander he saw pictures of him. Garrus felt a broken absolutely to his core seeing the commander so heart broken. It was bad enough that he heard him cry now to actually see him. Shepard was sad beyond measure he wished that he should have died instead of Garrus… "If only I died and he lived that's all I want". "That is not necessary commander…"
"Huh?"
There stood the turian the commander cried for… there he was with that smirk across his face. "Garrus?" "Yeah it's me…" "But you died…."
"Well I'm alive so don't cry over me…please" that last please made Garrus choke on his voice as if about to cry. Shepard on impulse hugged him… a gentle embrace to comfort his friend. Garrus returned the hug without any struggle. "I thought I lost you Garrus…" "I'm sorry Shepard that I put you through this…" "Don't be as long as you are here its okay everything will be okay…" they separated the embrace
"When I saw the candle light vigil you placed for me I was so scared knowing that I could have died… and when I saw your metal placed next to my picture I wanted to cry Shepard…knowing that you cared about me to place your metal next to me…"
"My metal is just an object you are my friend Garrus and you are not replaceable but indispensable to me I care a great deal about you… more than anything I was wishing that I would've died instead of you."
"Shepard…. That means a lot to me…Thanks….But why? I don't see you care about the others like you do to me"
"It's because I…. I don't know…."
"Is it love?" Garrus asked curiously
"Yes Garrus I…. love you I always have…always will."
"When did you start loving me?"
"When I first laid my eyes upon you… when we were at omega and drank together… I don't know exactly when but I just do… do you feel the same way Garrus?"
Shepard braced himself for bad news but one side of him wanted him to say yes…
"I do too and I have for a while I was scared to show it"
"So was I"
Shepard sat down on his bed… Garrus came in from behind and wrapped his legs around Shepard's.
"Now that we shared our feelings with each other how about…"
"Spend the night?" Shepard asked
"You read my mind…"