When Adrien Victus saw Commander Jane Shepard racing across Menae, he thought her one of the warrior goddesses of old. However, once aboard the Normandy, he learns how much more there is to her than the embodiment of war. Through the stresses and heartaches of war, the two form a deep friendship, perhaps even more. Written for the MEBB 2016. Cover at by Commander Hot Pants

Miranda Lawson spent two years researching and bringing one person, the famous Commander Shepard, back to life. So she shouldn't have been surprised when Shepard woke up and absolutely loathed her./ Garrus knew his best friend was dead. When Shepard proves him wrong, she's not exactly what he was expecting. ME2 through the eyes of Miranda and Garrus. F!Shep/Miranda slow burn.

Shepard chose to end the cycle and destroy the Reapers, but what did they take with them, and what should she do now that they're gone? She wakes in a med bay, completely alone, unrecognizable, and living in a universe whose state is similar to her own - a shadow of what it once was.

Shepard took the only path her conscience allowed: destroying the Reapers despite the terrible cost. Battered, beaten, nearly broken, the galaxy struggles to rebuild, but the dominoes aren't finished falling ... for the galaxy and for Shepard and Garrus. They thought destroying the Reapers would be the end, but some happy endings take more work to find than others. New chapters!

Ten billion people over here die, so twenty billion over there can live. After the war, there are pieces to pick up, and lives to rebuild. And even with the Reapers gone, nothing is easy.

With the Reapers gone and the war over, Shepard and Garrus can finally enjoy that home life they fought so hard for. A collection of little snippets of domestic bliss, with some humor and lots of fluff.

They should have been back at Earth, not trapped here on a backwater planet somewhere in the galaxy with a ship that wasn't functioning anymore. [Post ME3, Destroy Ending]

Heroes are made, not born. It's a lesson Shepard learns the hard way. "A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer." Ralph Waldo Emerson