Explores the first few weeks after the Normandy crashes on the Jungle planet. Kaidan needs to focus on leading the survivors to avoid falling into depression, but he knows it's only a matter of time before the pain of losing Shepard catches up to him. Story based on High EMS Destroy ending, was started before the EC. Except for some areas fits with EC too.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 33,745 - Reviews: 38 - Favs: 48 - Follows: 42 - Updated: 8/29/2012 - Published: 6/16/2012 - Shepard (M), Kaidan A. - Complete