Fill: ghost, ghost, i know you live within me (Part 2e/2) Femshep/Garrus
anonymous
June 2 2013, 20:15:45 UTC
Shepard looked back, unblinking. “I had your six,” she said calmly. Garrus clenched his fists and waited. The expected anger didn’t come. He had a moment of pure annoyance -- how could she have his six? She was dead -- but a warmer feeling replaced it. He forced himself not to smile at her.
“Well, next time, make sure I don’t get hit. Even with medi-gel, this still hurts like a bitch.”
“All right, smart guy. Shirt off.” Shepard made a hurry-up sign with her hands. “Let me take a look.”
“Aah, Shepard, as much as I appreciate the gesture, I don’t think you’re a qualified medical professional.”
“Shirt off, Garrus. I want to make sure you’re not hiding any other grievous injuries from me.”
He pulled off his tunic. Shepard reached out to touch his carapace, but stopped an inch away. She moved her hands over his plates without actually touching him, her brows puckering as she traced the contours of his body.
“Turn around,” she said. He grabbed her hands instead. Shepard jumped but didn’t pull away.
“How long have you been following us?”
“Since you first went out with Butler,” she answered, without any shame. “I told you I’d watch him.”
It seemed like a very long time ago that he’d ever had doubts about Butler. Now he knew the man -- he’d even met his wife, a slim-hipped, dark-skinned woman named Nalah who worked in a clinic down in the Gozu district. She’d smiled when Butler introduced them, using Garrus’ real name, but if she had any guesses about who he was, she never voiced them.
Butler wasn’t his right hand, but he was a strong arm.
“You don’t need to worry about Butler,” Garrus told her. “Or any of them. I trust them.”
“It’s not about trust,” said Shepard. “It’s about you, Garrus.”
The warmth was heat now, a fire instead of an ember. “Me?” he asked.
“You’re not joining me.” She pulled her hands away. “I won’t let it happen.” Shepard looked like she was about to say something else, and Garrus found himself very invested in what it was. She shook her head.
“I’ll be down at the bridge,” she said. “Get some rest, Garrus.”
Even if I'm not, I'm so glad you're enjoying this fill! There's so much to come -- it's essentially a two-fold slow-build fill, and I already have the rest of the fic plotted out.
...it's a doozy. I may or may not have made myself cry with a certain scene that I wrote last night.
Thank you so much for reading! I really hope you like what comes next <3
Re: Fill: ghost, ghost, i know you live within me (Part 2e/2) Femshep/Garrus
anonymous
June 3 2013, 03:51:08 UTC
So, are you actually writing smut with Garrus and ghost/spirit/something-in-between Shepard? If so, I'll have to think of a new title for you since "Queen of Shakarian smut" will no longer be adequate.
You know, my awesome beta and I talked about smut and whether or not it fit in this fill, and I'll have to keep talking to them to make sure it doesn't go over-the-top, but yes. Yes, I am writing alien/ghost smut.
And honestly, I should not be so flattered that some of you are calling me the Queen of Shakarian smut! I'm just happy you enjoy my writing and my portrayal of these two. <3
I think you deserve the tittle "queen of Shakarian smut" very much, A!A. And thank you again for filling my prompt, I check up this fic everyday for update, you know?
btw, could you post this fic on ff.net? I really want to put/download it into my collection. :)
A!A here! I'd be happy to post it on ff.net! You can also download it from Ao3, even if you don't have an account on the site. It's under the same name there.
I'll be posting more slowly over there, so the kmeme is still the place to be for the newest material.
And OP, I apologize in advance -- this fic is HUGE. I'd say I've written about a quarter of it, and I'm already 11,000+ words. I love slow builds and I want to spend a lot of time on the romance when it finally arrives. I hope you're enjoying it! I'm loving writing it :)
Don't worry about the fic being huge. In fact, I love long fic! The longer the better (not always but this is not the case for this fic)!
I tried to download fic it from Ao3 once. but it didn't come out the way I like, and I prefer to use my ffdownloader to down from ff.net to have more control over the chapter and other stuff after that. Anyway, thank you for going along with my whiny demands ^^.
“Well, next time, make sure I don’t get hit. Even with medi-gel, this still hurts like a bitch.”
“All right, smart guy. Shirt off.” Shepard made a hurry-up sign with her hands. “Let me take a look.”
“Aah, Shepard, as much as I appreciate the gesture, I don’t think you’re a qualified medical professional.”
“Shirt off, Garrus. I want to make sure you’re not hiding any other grievous injuries from me.”
He pulled off his tunic. Shepard reached out to touch his carapace, but stopped an inch away. She moved her hands over his plates without actually touching him, her brows puckering as she traced the contours of his body.
“Turn around,” she said. He grabbed her hands instead. Shepard jumped but didn’t pull away.
“How long have you been following us?”
“Since you first went out with Butler,” she answered, without any shame. “I told you I’d watch him.”
It seemed like a very long time ago that he’d ever had doubts about Butler. Now he knew the man -- he’d even met his wife, a slim-hipped, dark-skinned woman named Nalah who worked in a clinic down in the Gozu district. She’d smiled when Butler introduced them, using Garrus’ real name, but if she had any guesses about who he was, she never voiced them.
Butler wasn’t his right hand, but he was a strong arm.
“You don’t need to worry about Butler,” Garrus told her. “Or any of them. I trust them.”
“It’s not about trust,” said Shepard. “It’s about you, Garrus.”
The warmth was heat now, a fire instead of an ember. “Me?” he asked.
“You’re not joining me.” She pulled her hands away. “I won’t let it happen.” Shepard looked like she was about to say something else, and Garrus found himself very invested in what it was. She shook her head.
“I’ll be down at the bridge,” she said. “Get some rest, Garrus.”
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Even if I'm not, I'm so glad you're enjoying this fill! There's so much to come -- it's essentially a two-fold slow-build fill, and I already have the rest of the fic plotted out.
...it's a doozy. I may or may not have made myself cry with a certain scene that I wrote last night.
Thank you so much for reading! I really hope you like what comes next <3
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And honestly, I should not be so flattered that some of you are calling me the Queen of Shakarian smut! I'm just happy you enjoy my writing and my portrayal of these two. <3
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btw, could you post this fic on ff.net? I really want to put/download it into my collection. :)
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I'll be posting more slowly over there, so the kmeme is still the place to be for the newest material.
And OP, I apologize in advance -- this fic is HUGE. I'd say I've written about a quarter of it, and I'm already 11,000+ words. I love slow builds and I want to spend a lot of time on the romance when it finally arrives. I hope you're enjoying it! I'm loving writing it :)
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I tried to download fic it from Ao3 once. but it didn't come out the way I like, and I prefer to use my ffdownloader to down from ff.net to have more control over the chapter and other stuff after that. Anyway, thank you for going along with my whiny demands ^^.
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I'll always update here first, but it'll get added to regularly on ff.net. I hope you're still enjoying it :)
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