The Spectre and Archangel 70

First of all, please, let me clarify that this chapter doesn't follow 100% the romance plot you can find in the game. If you ever considered this story to be AU or drive the characters OOC to some extent, here it will be even more noticeable. My main reason to alter the story is that here, Garrus is already in love/attracted toShepard and this is not what we find in the game (for instance, his "steamy" dream from page 38 -side note: that is the most commented deviation from my whole Gallery so... ehem ehem... thanks my lovely deviants ).
This doesn't mean I think Bioware did a poor job or that I dislike the game romance: I LOVE how Bioware handled the romance plot; however, by alterning Garrus initial feelings, I felt I couldn't adapt the scene faithfully to the one we find in the game. Or maybe I could, but I choose not
Secondly, I'm not a great fan of Deus Ex Machina solutions, but I could avoid Gardner's intervention here.
Thridly... Nah, just joking, enjoy!

Thanks to for his beta-read!

Chapter 9 - Reach and Flexibility
Page 70: Viewing
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Previous chapters:
Chapter 1 - Trapped
Page 1: [link]
Chapter 2 - Just Like Old Times
Page 12: [link]
Chapter 3 - Take Care of Him
Page 22: [link]
Chapter 4 – Dreams
Page 30: [link]
Chapter 5 – Blowing off Steam
Page 40: [link]
Chapter 6 – The Calm Before the Storm
Page 49: [link]
Chapter 7 – Horizon
Page 53: [link]
Chapter 8 – Alchera
Page 62: [link]


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I’ve been reading many fanfics for almost a year, so if anyone spots something familiar, do tell me and I’ll be delighted to quote the author+fic that inspired it