One word:
Beautiful

Nice end!

I never really took into account how Shepard and people in general would deal with something as traumatic as the Reapers. I mean, I've read about and seen documentaries about PTSD, but wow.

This was sad and beautiful, and well written. I really liked it.

Amazing Job! You did really well dealing with Shep's inner demon. No one really seems interested in taking about those kinds of issues but you did it in a way that was almost natural. It's good to see that Garrus is somewhat able to deal with his own sanity by helping his mate. Great Story :D

Ah, the well-deserved happy ending!

I really like your juxtaposition of Shepard and Garrus - he's still dealing with guilt, but Shepard is learning how to free herself from it. She's healing. They both still have a ways to go, but it seems like they'll be able to go the rest of the way together. And the sunblock! What a nice symbol of her freedom and ability to move.

This is a lovely ending - I only wish we could have seen a little more of Shepard's healing, and how Garrus dealt being apart from her, but it's a small complaint (that comes out of pure greed for more of this story).

Wonderful, wonderful job!

Well! We've hit the breaking point, haven't we? Once Anderson showed up, I knew Shepard had reached her limit.

Of course, it couldn't be that easy. First she had to realize she was still running from the mess inside her head, and then she had to realize that Garrus meant well in setting up her therapy. Still not one hundred percent on board with HOW he did it, but I understand why.

I would have really liked to see her process of coming to terms with needing help. She's been so adamantly against it for so long, and it feels rushed when she just agrees to it after a cry. Getting inside her head would help make her eventual agreement more believable. So much of this story depends on internal conflict, so Shepard SHOULD give us a peek inside her mind. Maybe Anderson shows up and cheers her along? :)

You've certainly scraped poor Shepard raw in this chapter - but it's like removing an infection from a wound: now the healing can begin, and healthy flesh can grow again.

I'm a bit uncomfortable with Garrus going behind Shepard's back to get her help, but it's understandable at the same time. He's badly out of his league, and needs just as much help as she does. Hopefully, she'll forgive him the dishonesty and see that it was well-intentioned, if poorly-executed. That said...it's in-character that he'd go about things this way. He's at a loss for what to do. At least he turned to Chakwas (yay Chakwas!), and not just a random doctor. I think that'll make all the difference to Shepard.

And the little physical details between the two of them! Mmm, mandible kissing. Yes please, I would like some more.

Oh, Tali. Oh, Shepard. Just...oh, everyone. This story is proof of that fact that sometimes, survival and victory aren't all they're cracked up to be.

You're portraying the fractures in Shepard's character so well - her stubbornness is a flaw here, and she's aware of it. It's so hard to read about Garrus torturing her, even if it's not really Garrus. The ones who love us are the ones who can hurt us the most.

I found a few issues with tense consistency: "What if this continues and she was certain it will? Will she end up in a padded cell somewhere? That's why she hadn't told the nurse anything. What will be Garrus' reaction? Should she tell him anything at all?" - It would read more consistently along these lines: "What if the hallucinations continued? She was sure, on some level, that they would, and that meant she'd end up in a padded cell..."

Other than that, your writing is clean and showing a lot of polish! Great job.

Oooh, thank you for approaching Shepard's post-war PTSD, and for having Garrus being realistically confused but still supportive of her. It's nice to see her being insistent on getting out of the military, and such an interesting inversion to have Garrus now be the Primarch.

Looking forward to more! :)

That...That was Beautiful! I don't really think I can put it any better! It could perhaps have benefited from another chapter detailing Shepard's progress toward recovery, but the ending as is works just fine. If a little abruptly.

You have a way o writing tragedy that's both sad but in some degree a little hopeful. It was painful to see Garrus suffering through the post-destroy downtime, but at the same time he pushed through every guilty bite and managed to make it to her side. It's rare to experience authentic pity only to rejoice when a character finds some solace. Same goes for you FemShep (who I'm sad is not Teresa :()
To watch her go through all that guilt, but then make the very difficult decision to at least tell Garrus about it says a lot about their trust. I'm looking forward to seeing how these two will heal in a post-destroy world.

That was heartbreaking :(

Seriously I loved destroy because it meant the end of the reapers and their BS. But now that you mention it, there would be more casualties aside from Edi and the Geth. I didn't even think of the Quarian's suits malfunctioning, that's genocide!

On a lighter note it was nice to see Teresa Shepard in any capacity. I've been curious ever since finishing Rhapsody of what she might be like. Tough, yet vulnerable at the moment, wasn't what I envisioned and yet it suits her here. This is a great start and I can't wait to see how you deal with her demons in future chapters.

I love this ending! though I am sad to see it, I have become so attached to this Shepard and Garrus, to their struggle and pain. I adored the whole story and have bookmarked it so I can read it again and again I love it that much, I am so glad to see Chakwas, and that she has helped Shep not have to use the suit, that was how she was for me in the game. The one that fixed things, the mother figure and you showed this here. Well done on ending this sad but touching tale so well, it didn't fall, it kept the emotion and depth you have been growing throughout to come to a wonderful hopeful end that I really love. Thank you for a wonderful story honey. xxx

I always want to write fanfic about planet like Palaven or Kahje. But you took Palaven, so I will write about Kahje. To the review. This fic gives me a feeling to the early human colonists who colonized the first colony. Curiosity, strange. I like how you describe the environment on this alien planet. Palaven is like Mars in real life. We have to wear special clothing in order to survive. I found no spelling or grammar mistake on this chapter. I'd to read more!