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rpgwrites · 5 years

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“stop making empty promises!” from the angst section of the prompt list. Any pairing of your choice! No obligations to do anything if you're not feeling it!

Thank you so much for the prompt, and I’m really sorry for taking so long with this. I may have run away with this prompt. This prompt turned into a chaptered fic.

Many thanks to @ripley95things who suggested I make use of the MEHEM mod AKA Happy ending mod. And also offered to beta this chapter. Thank you for all the support you gave me with this fic. You gave me the push that I needed.

Chapter 1: Was it worth it?

Shepard did it. Reports were flying in all over the Galaxy, spreading the good news of Reapers that stopped attacking. They did it, they’d won.

It was a call for celebration, but only for so long.

At least they recovered Shepard, but her injuries were…bad. When they rescued her she was barely conscious.

Most of her armor was destroyed. She was covered in blood and she was almost unrecognizable. If it wasn’t for a hoarse voice that came out of her, they wouldn’t have known she was alive.

Joker couldn’t leave her. Not even if he tried.

Both Shepard and Garrus were admitted to the hospital.

The hospitals were in chaos. So many injured. So many had died.

Garrus and Liara were with Shepard on the mission until Garrus was hit with the reaper beam.

Garrus didn’t want to go, and she asked Liara to take him. Liara couldn’t afford to hesitate as Shepard asked, no pleaded, to take him. Liara knew Garrus wouldn’t survive if he went with Shepard. And there was no way Shepard would forgive herself if Garrus died. Not if there was a way to prevent it.

So Liara tried her best not to let it show how much she hated to leave her. Because the look Shepard gave Garrus meant one thing. She wasn’t sure if she was going to make it this time.

Shepard was a survivor.

She survived Mindoir.

She was a war hero, earning the star of Terra after Elysium.

The Normandy defeated Saren, and after Cerberus rebuilt it, they defeated the Collectors. Their chances were slim and one of Liara’s biggest regrets in her life would always be not joining Shepard back then.

But Shepard seemed confident before the Collector ship. Liara could see that she knew they were going to win.

But that look was lost when they separated on the Normandy Shepard’s words were shaky. The words Shepard said to Garrus weren’t just for him to go with Liara. It was for Shepard too. She needed to say goodbye. Because she didn’t know if she’d ever see him again.

Just before taking off, Shepard and Liara shared a look. Liara shook her head in a way that said Shepard didn’t need to say goodbye to her. Neither of them exchanged words. They didn’t have to.

Shepard gave one look of hesitance. One last look before running straight towards the beam.

Liara didn’t know if she’d ever see her best friend again. With all her strength, she turned and helped Garrus inside of the Normandy.

Chakwas could’ve treated most of Garrus’ injuries, but not to the extent that he needed treatment.

When they moved Garrus from the Normandy to the hospital, he was delirious. Coming in and out of consciousness. Somewhere down the line, he asked about Shepard. Mumbled her name. Liara took his talon into her hand and assured him she’s okay.

But she lied, because Shepard wasn’t okay.

Liara promised Shepard that she’d look after Garrus. So that’s exactly what she did.

Directly after Liara assured him, Chakwas gave her a look. Liara had no idea if that was a look of approval or disapproval. Whether Chakwas agreed with her or not. Liara was usually so good at reading people but not now. Not in that state.

Shepard was in a medically induced coma. Her injuries have seen to that. And because of her condition and the section of the hospital that she was in, only family could have gone to see her.

But…Shepard had no family left. At least not blood. Her crew, the Normandy was the only family she had left. Shepard once said to Liara that family isn’t always blood, it’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what. That’s exactly who the people of the Normandy were for her.

They filled that hole. And now her family couldn’t be there for her when she needed them the most.

After a lot of smooth talking and sorting some things out, Hackett could at least drop in. He kept them updated. But the news…was not good. Where Garrus made little improvement every day, the same couldn’t be said about Shepard.

With Liara’s connections, she finally found a way to see her.

The hospital was crowded. The war’s damage was visible everywhere. On people’s expressions. There was a lot of crying. Doctors telling their patients’ loved ones bad news. Their heads bowed when receiving the news. Liara didn’t need to know what was said between them.

Liara could only hope nobody had to give them that news.

Shepard is a survivor.

She’ll be okay.

She’ll survive this like she always did in the past.

This can’t be the end of her story.

Shepard had some evidence on her face of past bruises. There were tubes where none should have been. Liara had seen people in the past who were hooked up with tubes and machines, but seeing Shepard like that was a whole other story on its own. The machine beeped time away.

When everyone thought Shepard was dead, she lost two years of her life. Liara just hoped it wouldn’t be the same this time.

While Shepard and Garrus were in the hospital, time didn’t stand still. Time wouldn’t wait for them.

The problem with the war wasn’t only the damage they cause while the war was going on, but afterwards as well.

Shepard might’ve built up alliances but that didn’t mean that everything would be easy. There were problems. The relays being destroyed was the biggest of them all. That meant that everyone was trapped on the planets they were on.

Everyone had to do their part. And that included the Normandy crew.

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