FILL - Post-ME3 LI Angst - A Future That Will Never Be
anonymous
September 12 2012, 01:50:22 UTC
A response to this prompt:
Post-ME3 LI Angst - A Future That Will Never Be
Shepard didn't walk into that last battle intending to die. LI is going through Shepard's things/computer/omnitool backup etc after either the Control or Synthesis ending, and finds Shepard's plans for the future.
For example, the LI might find sketches/blueprints for a house (though this would be especially poignant for Tali). Maybe they find extranet bookmarks for baby clothes, or engagement rings (an alien LI could find pages about their culture's marriage traditions). There might be an accidentally recorded audio file on the omnitool - Shepard just thinking out loud, wondering to themselves about meeting their LI's family/parents, or about where they might want to settle down after the war.
Make me cry for what might have been, author!anons.
FemShep/Garrus: “This Valley of Dying Stars” 1/2
anonymous
September 12 2012, 01:53:18 UTC
The box had sat, untouched since its arrival, in the corner of his apartment for at least a few months now. He’d tossed an old blanket over it, stacked some other things on top; it hadn’t helped. The weight of it-of what was inside and what it meant-was pulling him under, pulling him down, and he no longer remembered what it felt like to breathe.
Turians don’t swim, Shepard.
They drown.
Piece by piece, he extracted it from where he’d buried it. Just a box. No markings or writing. Deceptively innocent. Grabbing the half-empty bottle from where he’d left it the night before, Garrus sank down to sit next to it on the floor. The Citadel day cycle was creeping towards dusk and the room fell deeper into shadow as he finished the liquid that remained in a few rough swallows.
He ran his talons over the lid, lifting it slowly before letting it drop to the side.
The scent of her overwhelmed him; a ghost waiting to be released, clawing at him in the darkness
( ... )
FemShep/Garrus: “This Valley of Dying Stars” 2/2
anonymous
September 12 2012, 01:55:07 UTC
He’d thought there was nothing left, until his taloned fingers brushed a scrap of fabric tucked down in the very bottom. Drawing it out slowly, he forgot to breathe.
A traditional turian handfasting cloth, used only for the most formal bonding ceremony.
Unbreakable… except in death.
This one, knotted with tiny gems of cobalt blue, would have cost more credits that he’d ever possessed in his life.
That she’d wanted… with him… He’d always hoped, but she’d never even hinted…
Her hands, forever too cool, pulling him close as she brushed her lips against his mouth His chest seized, his heart contracting in sharp jerk that wrenched a wail out of him at last. There were no tears-his physiology made weeping impossible-but he gasped desperately for air all the same. Keening loudly, Garrus buried his face in his hands and mourned the woman who should have been his bondmate; should have been his wife
( ... )
Re: FemShep/Garrus: “This Valley of Dying Stars” 2/2
anonymous
September 26 2012, 17:34:40 UTC
oh my god, what are the odds that i look at this and "the scientist" - coldplay is on the radio? the combination has me in tears (as if the story didn't do that already).
Post-ME3 LI Angst - A Future That Will Never Be
Shepard didn't walk into that last battle intending to die. LI is going through Shepard's things/computer/omnitool backup etc after either the Control or Synthesis ending, and finds Shepard's plans for the future.
For example, the LI might find sketches/blueprints for a house (though this would be especially poignant for Tali). Maybe they find extranet bookmarks for baby clothes, or engagement rings (an alien LI could find pages about their culture's marriage traditions). There might be an accidentally recorded audio file on the omnitool - Shepard just thinking out loud, wondering to themselves about meeting their LI's family/parents, or about where they might want to settle down after the war.
Make me cry for what might have been, author!anons.
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Turians don’t swim, Shepard.
They drown.
Piece by piece, he extracted it from where he’d buried it. Just a box. No markings or writing. Deceptively innocent. Grabbing the half-empty bottle from where he’d left it the night before, Garrus sank down to sit next to it on the floor. The Citadel day cycle was creeping towards dusk and the room fell deeper into shadow as he finished the liquid that remained in a few rough swallows.
He ran his talons over the lid, lifting it slowly before letting it drop to the side.
The scent of her overwhelmed him; a ghost waiting to be released, clawing at him in the darkness ( ... )
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A traditional turian handfasting cloth, used only for the most formal bonding ceremony.
Unbreakable… except in death.
This one, knotted with tiny gems of cobalt blue, would have cost more credits that he’d ever possessed in his life.
That she’d wanted… with him… He’d always hoped, but she’d never even hinted…
Her hands, forever too cool, pulling him close as she brushed her lips against his mouth His chest seized, his heart contracting in sharp jerk that wrenched a wail out of him at last. There were no tears-his physiology made weeping impossible-but he gasped desperately for air all the same. Keening loudly, Garrus buried his face in his hands and mourned the woman who should have been his bondmate; should have been his wife ( ... )
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Oh, I...
I think I need a replacement heart. You've broken mine so well, a!a, that I don't think I can put it back together.
Thank you. (And please watch your step, the floor's a bit wet now.)
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well done, a!a, well done.
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8026948315_1b64ec64fe_b.jpg
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great job.
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