Full synopsis:

Legends don't die. Even if they do legends will live for ever. Shepard dies saving the galaxy, but it's not over yet. Kaidan is stranded with the Normandy, everything needs rebuilding and while a new council forms uniting the races to restore order to the galaxy an old enemy returns. Will Kaidan be able to rescue Shepard so they can stop this new thread to galactic peace?

Spoilers: obviously content from the games including the Ending.

For the most part this will follow ME lore, just adding and adapting.

Rated M since i don't want to limit what i can and can't do as the story progresses.

Silence

Perfect silence, not a single gun shot, no reapers, no husks, not even a boot on the floor.
Only his own shallow breathing broke that perfect silence.

It took him a moment to remember what happened. The beam, Harbinger, the horrible hallway filled with corpses.
Then the Illusive man, almost losing just because that son of a bitch had to interfere.

Anderson.
It struck him, Anderson died. The last victim of the illusive man before that bastard finally shot himself.
Seeing that piece of shit kill himself was better then pulling the trigger himself.

Then there was the explosion, off course the crucible had to explode. Not like anyone could have installed a big red button to press.

He tried to move, "Why can't I feel my legs?" Feeling around in the dark with his right hand he noticed the problem. A big beam had fell on him. Crap, why doesn't it hurt? Something like that should hurt like hell.

"Maybe I can lift the beam" But the second he tried to activate his biotics he felt a searing pain in the back of his skull. He raised his hand and rubbed his neck. Blood. Okay this isn't going as planned.

Was it actually getting colder? No, must be the blood loss. He tried Yelling for help but his voice just broke away. Okay it's getting really cold and the silence, well that is just unsettling.

This was it then, dying alone in a pile of rubble.

He grabbed his dog tags and removed the ring from it's chain.
It was dark but he could just barely see the engravings on the inside.

Ashley
Legion
Mordin
Thane
and a small silhouette of the Normandy.

He turned the ring between his fingers absent of thought.

"Commander who's the lucky girl?"

"Huh?" Slowly he turned around to see who spoke.

Joker grinned at him. "Citadel to Shepard! So, who is going to steal you away?"

"Joker, no one is stealing me away from my team."

"So what's with the ring? Secret admirer?"

"Jeff, I gave Shepard that ring. It's a 'Victory' ring made from different materials from each council races home world. I though it was appropriate for Shepard to have, though Alliance regulations prohibit him from wearing it while in uniform."

Shepard swore he heard someone murmuring something about "calibrating" his ring.

The next morning his ring was gone. He had searched for it but it seemed lost.
But wen he had arrived in his cabin on the Normandy it lay there on his bed together with a note.

Sorry Shep, I 'stole' your ring last night.
Garrus thought he could 'calibrate' it to become priceless.

Kasumi

PS.:You should really be more careful wen someone accidentally bumps in to you!

He looked up to the darkness of space in front of him. No fighting, no sound only the peaceful silence now.

They had won.

He felt tired, maybe he should just close his eyes for a moment.

"Meet me at the bar." He whispered with his last breath.

His hand dropped to his side and the ring fell between the rubble.