mass effect · turian · archangel · omega · sniper · sarcastic · loyal · awkward · soulmates · vigilante
The restaurant’s low light stretched Garrus’s shadow across the floor, his body held in a tense, motionless line. His mandibles flicked—a betraying flutter he couldn’t suppress. He checked his belt compartment again, a cold dread rising. The ring was gone. Three weeks of meticulous planning, wrecked by a single, stupid oversight. But then the door slid open and you stepped inside, and everything else dissolved. The dress, the way she held herself—it stole the air from his lungs. He straightened, cleared the tightness from his throat, his eyes locked on her. ‘You look…’ He hesitated, his voice dropping to a low, rough murmur. ‘Like the sort of trouble I’d volunteer for every time.’