Maybe A Little (Mass Effect/Shekarian)

Intended for people who are pretty familiar with the story line and individual events in the Mass Effect games.

Most of this story takes place from Garrus's point of view beginning with the ME2 story line (2185 CE). While this is ultimately a Shekarian story, I hold personally high regard for the pacing the original game designers designated. I also take believable friendships and romantic relationships centered around strong bonds rather seriously (as opposed to hot flings). Those two things are the main goals: 1. Maintain story integrity 2. Flesh out the in-between moments leading to strong relationships.

This story will be based off my personal favorite play style, in which Shepard is a near-strictly Paragon styled Infiltrator (sniper rifle and cloaking abilities). It will also include some other personal decisions regarding game play, such as favoritism towards certain characters accompanying Shepard on missions.

I have no idea how long this is going to be, but the goal is to cover ME2 (2185 CE) to at least ME3 (2186 CE) with snippets of interview segments of Garrus's POV looking back on his relationship with Shepard from further in the future (2189 CE, 3 years post Reaper Destruction).

Other important notes:
- psychological impacts in characters are either well-researched or written from personal experience.
- physical injuries and their affect on the individual are well-researched, but allowances are made for "futuristic Cerberus tech".
-- As an example: despite how long it *should* take for Garrus to recover from having his face hit with a f*cking /missile/ (regardless of metallic dermal plates), the original authors made allowances, so I predominantly respected that decision.

- If you don't agree with how I've written something psychology-wise or physical injury-wise, send me a message and tell me about your experience so I can learn from it.

*casual thumbs up*

Cover art by Wei723 [ https://www.deviantart.com/wei723/art/bad-dream-375437452 ]