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that-wildwolf · 2 years

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One of my fave fanfiction tropes for Shakarian is really highlighting that they are are aliens to each other. What kind of weird shit do you think they run into when with each other.

Okay so first of all I am not an expert on Shakarian, I have no qualifications, but I am absolutely thrilled people are sending Shakarian asks my way like I'm some kind of authority on the subject!

Second of all, wow. I wanted to be low-key with answering this ask, but then I decided I'm just. not gonna do that.

So here's a few of my fics where I touch on that subject (more coming because I have two WIPs right now that are specifically about the whole "o shit im dating an alien" thing), including specific chapters of longer fics because I'm just that fun and thorough! *finger guns*

Cute/funny:

the idiots forget that they're literally made of different things and have different heat resistance

Shepard wears her hair up and Garrus's brain short-circuits for a moment

Garrus sees a human couple holding hands in public (scandalous) and his brain just goes !!!

Once Upon A Time Garrus Tried To Cook Human Food And Made Shepard Pancakes With Barbecue Sauce

Grocery shopping is difficult to take seriously when human fruit have such funny names / The battle for setting the thermostat in their shared apartment

Shepard can't tell a few turian colours apart so naturally, Garrus immediately assumes she's colourblind

Fluffy:

Shepard is very very soft. It's almost unnatural how soft she is, really.

Garrus purrs sometimes and Shepard thinks it's weird so she asks Victus some very intrusive questions about how turians work

Garrus tries very hard to understand how human relationships work and what's the difference between friend and boyfriend anyway?

Hurt/comfort:

Shepard wants to spoon, which is a very alien way of cuddling for Garrus

Garrus gets shot on a mission and Shepard realises she has no idea how to treat a wounded turian

#wild answers things #shakarian #shepard x vakarian #wild rambles #i am the shakarian king but that does not make me an authority on shakarian #this is all just 90% headcanon!

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immawraffle · 1 year

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This is a reminder that if you fail to keep Garrus alive during his recruitment mission in ME2, it’s an automatic game over.

Literally no Shepard without Vakarian.

#mass effect #mass effect 2 #garrus vakarian #commander shepard #shepard x vakarian #shakarian #wow that was an embarrassing typo #🧇

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sereniityn7 · 1 year

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Thank you mods for giving me more chances to get that tongue in my mouth 🥵😆

#mass effect 3 #mass effect #shakarian #garrus x femshep #garrus vakarian #garrus my beloved #virtual photography #mass effect legendary edition #bioware #garrus romance #turian #no shepard without vakarian #shepard x vakarian #commander shepard

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mxanigel · 2 years

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Shore leave? In this economy?

I'm working on a fic for Lynn Shepard set during the Citadel DLC in Mass Effect 3. It's been unexpectedly cathartic as I work through stress and grief.

Rating: Teen+

Relationships: F/M

Tags: Banter, Shenanigans, Past Relationship(s), Past Female Shepard/Ashley Williams, Angst, Romance, Drama, Lots of Cursing, physical injuries, Blood, Medical Procedures, Mass Effect 3: Citadel

Summary: Lynn Shepard isn't thrilled about being ordered back to the Citadel for repairs and shore leave. But she can't ignore the fact that both ship and crew need the TLC. She'd like their rest time to be as uneventful as possible. Unfortunately, she's Commander Shepard. "Uneventful" has never applied to her life.

#there's no shepard without vakarian #mass effect #mass effect fanfic #lynn shepard #garrus vakarian #shepard x vakarian #shakarian

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ohmypawsandwhiskers · 1 year

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Last Line Meme tagged by @the-rebel-archivist

Rules: In a new post, show the last line you wrote and tag as many people as there are words.

From my mass effect Valentines prompt:

The look is unfamiliar to Kei. In all the time she has known Garrus, he has never shown hesitancy to be close to her, but she shrugs it off, counting it as something she is reading too much into as she plucks a silver streamer from his fringe and teases, “Between the blush and the streamer, though, it seems like you’re getting into the holiday spirit.”

Tagging: @curiousthimble @askweisswolf @athenril-of-kirkwall @astudyincontrasts @girlwondersteph @hanatsuki89 @kirkwallgremlin @roseategales @roguelioness @in-arlathan @ink-and-dagger @impossible-rat-babies @noire-pandora and anyone that wants to do this!

#my writing #mass effect #shepard x vakarian #kei shepard #y’all I just love them so much #garrus x femshep #tagging anyone that writes #i think i have some but heaven help me trying to count the amount of people and amount of words #give me a break #my brain is tired

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my-home-is-within-the-stars · 2 years

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Practice Makes Perfect

Pairing: (Genderless) Shepard x Garrus Vakarian

Word count: 1508

Warnings: just the tiniest bit of dirty thoughts. Also cursing.

Summary: After your first kiss with Garrus, you become busy with the demands. Husks and Cerberus keeping your attention. Then you're off to bed. Rinse and repeat. There's finally a break in the system when everyone can catch their breath. Garrus comes to you during this time.

Author notes: I guess this could be a part two of the First Contact. I'm just writing from these prompts I found. For Garrus, Yautja, and Khonshu.

Ao3

It had been days since your first kiss with Garrus. A soft smile gracing your lips at the thought of it again. That twinkle in his blue eyes as he stared down at you. So much loved filled the orbs when he did. Fuck, you loved him. A lot.

Battles and fights had interrupted any quiet time between the two of you. Fighting husks and the bunch made you exhausted down to the bone. By the end of the day, it was an uphill struggle to keep your eyes open long enough to get back to your room. Mordin was starting to worry about you. Well, everyone was.

Today though, was the first day in over a week that you finally can rest. Half of the day had been taken over by you passed out in your somewhat comfortable bed. Now with twenty hours of sleep under your belt, you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps and entered the kitchen. A couple crew members lumbered about, doing rounds.

On the other hand, for you, you stopped in front of the refrigerator and peered in. There was leftovers from yesterday. But, your stomach wasn’t calling for that. No, it seemed feverish for something sweet but not very sugary. However that works.

Red cubs of what looked to be watermelon caught your attention. Perfect. Either that or grapes. Speak of the devil. You also snatched the oversized bowl of grapes as well. Not unhealthy so Mordin won’t scold you but it also would quell that hunger inside of you.

The fruits were placed into a small bowl; the rest returned back to the fridge. Your lower back rested against the counter as you gazed blankly at the Normandy’s floor.

People passed by, none of them would say anything. Not that you were paying attention is they were. Your mind far away in a different galaxy. There wasn’t a thought between your eyes though. Just you and the quietness inside.

When your hand didn’t scoop any fruit up three times, you snapped out of your thoughts and found the bowl empty. Oh. Your stomach felt mildly full, enough that it wouldn’t bother you for the rest of the day. Most likely. That’s when you placed the bowl in the dishwasher and lumbered your way back to your room.

The two doors slid back to reveal an empty cabin. With a deep sigh, you sat down on the big bed, elbows supported by your thighs. The blanket wrinkled below you.

Without meaning to, your gaze shifted over to a spot less than five feet away from you. An all too familiar face appeared inside of your brain. His scared face something you could never forget. Even after death takes you far from this world. He’ll always be there. The little twitches of mandibles; his wonderful voice; being the second-best sniper on this ship.

Your lips tingle as a reminder. They lifted up. One of your fingers soothed over the soft tissue like Garrus was kissing you again. You’ve gotten a small taste and wanted to devour him. The way he warned you. What would’ve he done if you continued? Pin you to the wall and fuck you, hard and deep?

Strangely enough, you couldn’t truly see him full out rough with you. He does have a fuck boy aura to him after Omega but when it came to you, you just couldn’t see it. There was a softness left in him you wished to hold and nourish the hell out of him.

Nevertheless… how would it all work out. There’s very, very few interspecies coupling known let alone researched about. You didn’t want to flail about without a clue on how to couple with him. You wanted your first moment to be special, with little mistakes as possible. Soon, you’ll have to do research about the situation.

Fuck, you wanted him but you had to take it slow or you would scare him off.

Later on, you propped your feet up on the bed, back flat on the ground. This position seemed to be the only one that helped you with back pain. Like mentioned earlier, this bed wasn’t all that comfortable. It did its job okay.

As the pain faded away, almost on the edge of falling asleep, there was a quiet knock at the door. With your eyes closed, you called for that person to enter. Your position was the last thing on your mind at that moment.

Soft footsteps entered after the door opened and grew closer. “Shepard?” an all too familiar voice questioned. Garrus. You hummed without moving, finally feeling relaxed and content. “Are you alright?” So sweet of him.

“Yeah. My back was hurting,” you explained and stretched your arms up towards the ceiling. Garrus moved closer and held one of your hands. “What are you up to?” It wasn’t unusual for him to visit, but you felt the need to ask him. Your cabin was entirely on a different floor than everyone else’s. It’s not like he was in the neighborhood.

Garrus made a noise of empathy then laid his hardened lips on your fingers. “I can try my best at a back massage,” he offered and pulled back. You smile gently up at him, eyes still closed but knew he was staring at you.

“Please, anything would help,” you begged; your free hand rested on top of his. There was a chance you could get up easily, you were just afraid it might hurt a lot. Plus, he was strong and you liked to see him work.

“Of course.” He released your hands and stepped back but stopped at your high-pitched whine. “What’s wrong?”

The partial reason you wanted his help was how lazy you were being right now. “Help me up, please,” you pleaded with the alien, finally opening your eyes.

His handsome face greeted you, mandibles twitching as your gazes’ locked onto one another. Garrus wore a causal shirt and pants, not showing much of his skin. Not as much as you wanted to explore. But that was for another time.

Garrus chuckled, stood above, and grabbed your hands. You moved so your feet were back on the ground, between his legs. Unfortunately, your back sprouted with pain with the movement. “Ready?” Truly, you weren’t but here goes nothing. You nodded and braced for him to yank you up.

Instead, the turian pulled you up gentle, but enough for you to be a little unsteady on your feet. You accidentally bump into his chest but stayed there, eyes gazing up at him. The blue that made up his orbs seemed to sparkle in the low light. You hesitantly reached out a hand and placed it on the not scared side of his face. From what you’ve heard, it still hurts to this day. Maybe he shouldn’t catch rockets with his face.

Your other hand curled around the front lip of his carapace. It was strong and sturdy underneath your grasp. Unlike last time, you take the first dive and pulled him to you.

Soft against hard lips pressed against one another. Garrus was the one to lick at yours first and gained entrance to your mouth. Both of yours played with one another. Your eyes drifted closed at you melted into the feeling he caused to rush through your veins.

When the call for oxygen grew too great to ignore, you pulled away and rested your forehead against his. The biggest of smiles appeared on your face as his own mandibles lifted in the same style. “I’ve missed you,” you spoke softly, eye opening to find him with his closed. That only made you fall further for him.

He carefully nuzzled your forehead with his. Your eyes shutting once more. “Me too. I’m glad we have a moment to ourselves.” You hummed in agreement and enjoyed the serene moment between you two.

After an unknown amount of time, Garrus chuckled softly to himself. You made a puzzled noise. “I remember practicing how to ask you out in the mirror. But here we are,” he explained. You laughed as well at his words. But then a blush overtook your cheeks. He’s been wanting to ask you out. You knew he loved you back. That new knowledge solidifies everything.

“If nothing comes up for the next two days, we can have some shore leave back on the Citadel? You can ask me out then,” you offered and stroke his cheek. He nuzzled up to your hand with a minute purr, barely heard over the ship’s engine.

“That would be perfect.” It was a done deal then. The two of you have unofficially made date plans. Only thing, you prayed no one would mess that up for you. If someone did, you would happily fight them then hide their body.

You kissed his cheek again, loving his reaction. This turian was going to be the death of you, you could tell this already. “Now about that back massage…” Like you were going to forget about that!

#garrus x male shepard #garrus x femshep #garrus x shepard #mass effect garrus #garrus romance #garrus vakarian #commander shepard #shakarian #femshep #shepard x vakarian #mass effect #turian #i'm having fun with these prompts

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bonjourviolette · 9 months

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#shepard x vakarian #date night #mass effect #just playing around during the citadel dlc and putting off the ending #leila shepard #shakarian #mass effect photo mode

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saintlethanavir · 2 years

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Exclusive mass effect piece for patweon !!!

#mass effect #bioware #commander shepard #garrus vakarian #shepard x vakarian #shakarian #draws

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phantomsthought · 1 year

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A short imagine i had in mind

Main characters: Garrus Vakarian, Kaiden Alenko, Crow Shepard

Kaiden Alenko had just gotten out of the hospital, Commander Crow Shepard coming to see him on his hospital release. Kaiden and Crow had worked together on many occasions, and they had a very strong bond. Saving the galaxy once or twice with someone will definitely make you close to someone. They had also grieved Ashley’s death together, after Virmire.

Crow gently punched Kaidens shoulder, “Welcome back soldier.” He laughed lightly, shooing her hand away. Crow fixed their jacket that had “N7” on the right of the chest, and a long red stripe down the left arm. It mimicked the Normandy’s signature uniform.

There was a suffocating silence before Kaiden spoke up, “So, what happened at Horizon…” this was a conversation that was begging to be talked about, but both of them felt it was awkward or uncomfortable to bring it up.

Before Crow had ‘died,’ Kaiden and her were romantically involved with eachother. Both loved eachother to the ends of the universe. After she ‘died,’ Cerberus had claimed her body, and reconstructed the human specter. She was brought back to life, two years later. On a mission to collect intel on collectors and save a colony on horizon, Kaiden had seen Crow. They’d been separated for two years.

Kaiden had grieved her for the two years, he couldn’t seem to accept his commander, his lover, was just dead. It seemed he was right not to accept it, because there she was standing right in front of him. He yelled at her, after they hugged. He was upset, he blamed Crow for a moment, for dying. For not contacting him when she came back. It wasn’t her fault, and he knew that, but he was so upset, so shocked. He had broken up with her, leaving crow behind on horizon.

A few days after Kaiden had sent a message to Crow, realizing how ridiculous he sounded. He tried explaining himself, and after that they hadn’t spoken much. A year or so later, Crow Shepard and Kaiden met again when the reapers were starting to attack. His heart skipped a beat when he saw her. Her red hair was tied back into a ponytail, a few strands of hair falling over her forehead. Her Snow White eyes that, weren’t originally like that. When Cerberus reconstructed her, her eyes had changed from the dark green to a silver. She stood confidently, she walked as if nothing could stand in her way. Kaiden missed her.

Crow cleared her throat, “what about horizon?” Kaiden looked down at the floor as they walked to the elevator, “are we good?” Crow Shepards eyebrows furrowed in confusion, “yeah, we’re fine. I have your back, you have mine right?” She asked, leaning against the wall of the elevator as he punched in a location.

Kaiden shook his head “yes but- that’s not what I meant. You had my back in the field but you also genuinely talked to me. You listened, when I was heart broken, about brain camp, all of it. We were really close. Are we still, good?” Crow looked over at the second human specter, whose eyes were looking into hers, waiting for an answer. He looked nervous. Crow nodded, “we’re good, Alenko. I’ll always be here if you need me.” The tenseness in his shoulders eased as he heard commander Shepard confirm that they were still close.

“Good. I’m here for you too commander.” Kaiden stated with a nod. Their elevator stopped, and they walked out into the dock holding area. It was like a refugee camp at this point, so many people stuck there. Crow walked out of the elevator, heading down the stairs. Kaiden wanted to ask if she had lost feelings for him, romantically, but before he could ask he heard a voice call “Shepard!” It sounded like Garrus. And when the two turned around, bud guess was right. He looked at Crow, how she practically glowed when she saw the Turian.

“Garrus! I was just about to see if you were here.” Crow said, walking to the approaching Turian. Garrus glanced at Kaiden, looking at the jealousy in his eyes. He looked back at Shepard, putting a hand on her shoulder, “Aw, miss me?” He laughed. Crow nodded “of course, it’s boring without archangel.” She teased, and Garrus chuckled. “But I wanted advice, since Kaiden got released from the hospital and is now the second human specter, I wanted to have a celebration for him.” She spoke, motioning to Alenko.

Kaiden raised a brow “Celebration? Commander it’s not that big of a deal you don’t have to.” Crow waved away his words “But I want to. You could use some fun after being tucked away in a hospital for so long.” She looked back at Garrus, whose eyes were trained on her. “I think it’s a great idea Shepard. We can throw a party on the Normandy.” He offered, to which Crow excitedly agreed, turning to Kaiden, “You can finally see the upgrades our baby got.” Kaiden chuckled “Our baby?” He asked, teasing Crow. She’s always referred to the Normandy as her baby, she cared a lot about the ship. With good reason, it had a lot of good memories.

Garrus watched as Crow and Kaiden spoke, and he took this as an opportunity to move his arm around Shepards shoulders. She didn’t do anything but lean into the Turian slightly, as if this was natural. Garrus watched as Kaidens eyes flickered from his arm, to Crow, to Garrus, to Shepard again. The jealousy flared again. Garrus knew that Kaiden and Crow were partners before, he was who Crow went to to talk about their relationship the most. Garrus had always been there for Crow, since the first meeting.

“It’s settled then. I can go buy the stuff and you boys can head up to the Normandy.” Crow said, crossing her arms. Kaiden shook his head, “You’ll need some help with getting everything, I mean the parties you throw are always big. I can help.” Garrus stepped in as well, “how about Edi and Joker take Kaiden, and you and I could go get the supplies?” He suggested.

Crow paused, thinking the choices over. “I don’t mind seeing the ship later, I want to help you out first commander.” Kaiden assured her, and then looked at Garrus “Don’t you have a thing with Calibrating? I don’t want to keep you from that, it’s pretty important to you.” At this point, he was picking at Garrus a bit. They used to do this playfully, but it was more targeted this time. Garrus chuckled airily and held Crow tighter “I don’t mind putting some calibrations off to help my Shepard.”

Kaiden couldn’t tell if he mixed up commander and crows last name, or if it was on purpose. Crow rolled her eyes “okay girls you’re both pretty. Kaiden you can look for food you want around the citadel restaurants and get them and bring them to the Normandy. I’ll get the booze, Garrus-“ “you have a bad taste in booze. I’ll help.” Garrus playfully made fun of her, to which she scoffed “Y’know what maybe I’ll just take Kaiden instead.” Crow said playfully, pushing the Turian.

They all decided to wander around the citadel shops until they had what they needed, rendezvousing at the Normandy.

They set everything up, and sat in the crew deck drinking a little, playing games, catching up. Kaiden and Crow played card games with the crew, and he ended up losing, and Crow ended up winning almost all of the time. Kaiden noticed Garrus was always close to Shepard, sitting next to her, standing behind her when she was playing cards and he wasn’t. Kaiden started wondering if Crow had moved on, and it was to Vakarian.

Kaiden pulled Crow to the side at some point, “Can we go somewhere quiet for a bit? It’s a little loud.” He asked. Crow nodded immediately “are you having another one of your headaches?” She asked, putting a hand on the hand he had put on her arm to get her attention. He hesitated, but nodded. It made sense, he had headaches constantly because of his biotic implants. She grabbed two glasses of water, and slipped back over to Kaiden. “We can go over to observation, it’s quiet there.” She offered.

The two made it to the observation deck, the doors sliding closed behind them as they sat down in the middle of the floor. Crow had opened the shutters so they could look out at the stars, and placed the glasses of water between the two of them. It was quiet, but a comfortable quiet. Kaiden glanced over at Crow, the commander pulling her knees to her chest and looking outside. “I missed the Normandy.” Kaiden said, to which Crow hummed. “You can always be apart of the crew again, you know.”

Kaiden sighed, “yeah I thought about that. I want to go out and do stuff as a specter first. See what’s out there on my own. But, I’ll definitely come back for you. And the crew.” Crow nodded slightly, looking over at him “there will always be a room waiting for you Specter Kaiden Alenko.” She smiled softly and picked up her glass, motioning to his “drink it, it’ll help with the headache.” He did so, taking small sips of his water as Shepard and him caught up, having small chats.

He missed this. They used to do this on the first Normandy, he and Crow would sit in one of the quieter rooms and just talk. Not about anything particular, just whatever came to mind. It was refreshing. When it went silent, Kaiden tried to build up the courage to ask a question. After a moment he did. “So,, are you and Garrus a thing?” He asked. Crow glanced over, and sighed.

She turned to face him, putting her glass down. “What you did at Horizon, it hurt. You left me. You blamed me, for dying. Not contacting you while I was dead. What you said to me, I couldn’t help but feel bad about. Garrus, he’s been there for me the day I met him. He’s always come back to us. Even when it was hard. I went to find him on Omega, and he was the same. He was my rock when things got really hard. And when you abandoned me on horizon, he was there for me.”

Kaiden nodded slowly. “I’m sorry, Crow.” She shrugged, “it’s fine. It doesn’t bother me as much anymore.” They sat there for a while, before they returned to the party. Kaiden was jealous of Crow and Garrus, but he was happy for Crow. He knew he would never let her go though. Never again would he let go of Commander Crow Shepard.

He’d always love her. as long as she was happy he’d be okay. And if she was happy with Vakarian, who was he to try and fill a position that was already taken when he left on horizon.

Excuze how badly written this is it’s 1 am and I am writing about my comfort game

#mass effect #fan fiction #garrus vakarian #shepard x vakarian #kaiden alenko #mass effect 3 #giggles and kicks my legs

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