AU. Where fallen stars are after images, never meant to return. But there is debt to be paid to Commander Alenko. And so here Shepard is: in the limelight and in the clutches of the Reaper War. Set after ME 1 till the end of ME 2. Where Shepard isn't the Commander we know.

A collection of stories following Shepard throughout her life. Some are funny, some romantic, and some sad. Chronologically: Shepard/OC, Shepard/Kaidan, Shepard/Garrus

A month after taking down Saren, Shepard spends Christmas shore leave with her favourite turian C-Sec officer on the Citadel. Movies are watched, gifts are exchanged, and two war heroes celebrate their unlikely friendship.

The evolution of Shepard and Garrus' relationship through the events of ME2.

For Shepard, death is just another technicality (AU, Shakarian).

After she's sent down to Alchera to find the pieces of her ship, Shepard begins to wonder how she might put back together the pieces of herself.

A wise Krogan once said that the only stories worth telling are those of love, sex, and war. This has all three. A story of provocateurs, confidants, and unhealthy attraction. Mass Effect Noir. Rated MA. Original content and a touch of AU pre & post ME1-3 concerning the secrets, origins, and lives of Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian.

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.

In the chaos of the ongoing First Contact War, the Alliance is contacted by a resistence cell comprised of captured humans on Palaven, and Shepard is drafted for a covert mission to make contact. Her cover lands her where? The Vakarian household, of course. Shepard/Garrus, AU.

Is a second chance enough? Instead of the Catalyst's choices, Shepard lucks into a cosmic loophole. Thrown back to the very start of her Spectre career, she has to try and save the galaxy again from the Reapers ... but does she really know what's coming? 2015 NaNoWriMo winner!

Fill for the Prompt: Shep picks up a copy of Fornax on a whim after recruiting Garrus. Upon perusing through the pages she is "dazzled" by the endowments of the turian males she sees gracing the pages. Thus she begins to see her spiky companion in a much different way. Dirty thoughts and awkward flirting commence.

As Commander of the Inquisition it was Cullen's duty to ensure that the men and women fighting for them knew how to protect themselves in a fight, that included their Herald. But the Commander is in for a surprise when he asks Lady Trevelyan to the training yard. [NEW PENNAME. EDITED 5/3. PART 2 ADDED]

They finished healing Shepard's wounds, but due to the interference of the Shadow Broker, she meets Archangel a little earlier than Cerberus had intended, with some eye-opening consequences. Shepard/Garrus, AU

Some backstory to lend credence to decisions made and events that came about in DA:Inquisition. Am trying to play around with the possibility that Trevelyan knew Cullen long before the events in Inquisition. This is my first romance-heavy fic, so go easy on me.

Cerberus, the idea that never dies, kidnaps a barely breathing Shepard from the remains of the Citadel. The only witnesses; a group of scavengers. And Shepard's only hope. They must accept a mission greater than themselves and recruit Shepard's old crew mates for one last mission to save the galaxy's greatest hero before Cerberus can use her to revive it's greatest threat. PostME3

Like a moth to flame, Cullen finds himself drawn to the Herald of Andraste. Brynn Trevelyan is equally enticed by the Commander of the Inquisition's forces. Both are scarred by troubled pasts, searching for something they do not know they need, something they do not realize the other can provide. (F Trevelyan x Cullen) Rated M for future chapters.

Terrible circumstances can certainly bring people together - if the Inquisition has taught anybody anything - but when people come together, things do not always work out as they should. Inquisitor Trevelyan and Commander Cullen are about to find that fact out firsthand, and question the importance of professionalism along the way. f!mage!Trevelyan/Cullen

[What would it have been like if Shepard and Garrus had met as equals?] Spectre Vakarian decides to tag along on Shepard's mission to take down Saren. Their partnership develops in ways neither of them expected, with lots of banter and fluff. This story arc follows ME1 canon with some liberties taken. [FemShep/Garrus]

The story of Garrus and Femshep as told by me. Lots of off-canon. Sequels incoming. TW: It's been brought to my attention that some of Garrus' more animalistic behavior in some scenes have caused panic attacks for victims of abuse. I am so sorry for anyone who had a similar reaction. SO sorry. I would like to make any new readers aware of this beforehand. Thank you.

Twenty years before Shepard ever met Garrus, there was Jaksus and Maria. A young couple that have more against them than just outside forces. Can they forget old prejudices and learn to love one another? Prequel to Fighting Urges

Commander Shepard solves problems. And what else is her one-sided infatuation for her turian squadmate than just another pesky problem?

When Shepard wakes on Lazarus Station, surrounded by strangers wearing an enemy's colors, she knows things are very, very wrong. She's willing to do what needs doing for the sake of the disappearing colonists, but not at the cost of losing herself or becoming something she hates. Which is, she finds, easier said than done. Written for the Mass Effect Big Bang 2014.

AU. Garrus Vakarian didn't get into the Spectres to babysit a popstar. Much to his relief, that didn't turn out to be entirely the case. Hiatus!

A strange explosion rocks the Presidium, and the woman found in the epicenter sends shockwaves ripping through the galaxy. With the recently acquired Prothean beacon slowly killing her, Shepard knows this woman is the key to defeating the Reapers. She knows, because this woman claims the impossible: that she's also Commander Shepard.

Post-ME3 (destroy ending). After the destruction of the Reapers and synthetic life, the crew of the Normandy struggle to accept the possible loss of their Commander. As the galaxy begins to pick up the pieces of what they lost, a new discovery could mean the war is still not over ... Garrus/FemShepard pairing, possible others to surface as story continues.

How Garrus spent his summer vacation, or those few months between the Collector Base and the Reaper attack on Palaven. There will be feels. And angst. And, I'm going to guess, interspecies sexing.

Short bits of fic in the Mass Effect universe. Various characters and situations; where Shepard appears, it's usually Val Shepard from my story "Life, Letter by Letter."

He got just close enough to grab her arm before she could reach the request button. "Shepard." When she spun around to face him, her features showed something familiar, something like he had felt all night. Surprise. Garrus could tell himself it was hunger, but he could feel it in the pit of his stomach and all through him that he was just about to do something very stupid. -F!SxGV

Twelve years after the end of the war, Shepard is living a quiet, retired life, having put her past behind her. An encounter with an old friend makes her reconsider some choices and just might give both of them another chance at happiness. A story about friendship, love, and blending families. FemShep/Garrus, references to past FemShep/Kaidan and Garrus/OC.

And in that moment, he was just a man and she was just a woman. He saw past the physical features that made their species so different; human, turian... it didn't matter. She had blossomed into something beautiful and it scared the living hell out of him.

A selection of drabbles for a 30DWC. 21. sunset

Snippets exploring the friendship / relationship between Garrus & Shepard. Set in and around game play events from ME2 & ME3, but not a retelling of the story.

Everything worked out as it was supposed to. The reapers were gone, the relays were repaired, the geth and EDI were brought back online... Everything went according to plan. Everything except for Garrus and Shepard. Her future in shambles, Shepard does what she does best - move forward. Luckily for her the galaxy isn't done with the Hero of the Citadel. FShepxGarrus, FShepxOC

ME3 AU: With the galaxy ending all around him, Garrus finally decides to go after what he wants. Too bad Shepard's too dense to realize that's her.

A full Origins novel. The game story of Elissa and Alistair from the "Here Without You" universe.

AKA The awkward and sometimes inappropriate misadventures of Wilhelmina Hawke. Dragon Age II fic, Act II. Sequel to Maps and Legends, rated M for sexual content, strong language and violence.

After defeating the Reapers, Commander Shepard falls into a five-year coma. When she finally wakes, she finds she's lost more than time. Alternate ending.

An injury causes Shepard to lose her ability to create new memories, with devastating effects on the events of ME3. How can the galaxy overcome its greatest threat without its hero? Is there anything they can do to mend the past or better the future? FemShep/Garrus.

Anders confides in Hawke about his painful past when he heals a man he hasn't seen in years. However with each account confessed, his resolve slowly crumbles to the point that he isn't sure he can keep holding back the passion he feels for his most sacred friend. (takes place during Act 2)

Hawke may be injured, but she still has her feminine wiles. Anders gets flustered. Rated M for future steamy additions.

"Primarch Vakarian? Uh, sir? I'm here to ask you about Commander Shepard." Shepard/Vakarian.

A series of little moments in the Vakarian household. Full of sweet, fluffy stuff.

The untold chronicles of Anders, f!Hawke and Justice: three souls in two bodies trying to become one. A journey through time and memory in alternating POV. Part One: The Spaces Between - DA2 Spoilers Warning -

After being reunited on Omega, Garrus and Shepard are about to realize that their friendship may be turning into something more, and that love really is worth fighting for, worth being brave for, worth risking everything for. AUish, set in ME2. Garrus/FemShep.

A year has passed since the Reapers have been defeated. Shepard has made a slow recovery from her injuries but now faces new challenges. Most of her crew has gone their separate ways to assist with the aftermath of the Reaper invasion. Shepard has struggled to with her demons ever since her recovery but she may face her most difficult obstacle to date: her own crew.

Garrus poked out of cover to snipe the head off of one of mercs Joker had warned him about. His heart sped at the thought of his mate being hunted by these criminals. His omni-tool blipped, automatically syncing itself to a nearby crew member. Shepard was close. And if his readings were correct, her health was going down. Fast.-Story about Citadel DLC, SPOILERS AHEAD!-

(The sequel to Amity in the Stars.) Ellure Shepard is faced with the threat she's tried so hard to stop. Pushing forward, she battles the nightmare unfolding, but she won't have to go it alone. The galaxy needs unity now more than ever, and she calls on her past alliances to join the cause. Sacrifices will be made, choices will have consequences, and fates will be met head on.

Garrus Vakarian's past and present, told through interconnected short stories one letter of the alphabet at a time.

POST ME3. Spoilers ahoy. After the crew of the Normandy crash lands on a planet, they look to Garrus Vakarian to get them off the planet and land them safely home. However, fate takes a nasty turn when the Alliance picks up a distress signal from the most unlikely of places... the Citadel itself.

"Human identity is the most fragile thing we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth." The Reapers have been destroyed, the synthetics lost, and Shepard presumed dead. The Normandy crew struggles to return to the Citadel and their ravaged homes, but they're surprised by what they find.

Shepard is in bed sick with a fever and Garrus ends up taking care of her. He doesn't mind, she's his friend after all, but the experience leaves him with some new feelings he wasn't prepared for. When Garrus falls ill himself, it is Shepard's turn to care for him and get a crash course in what he really means to her. (Happy New Year!)

Post ME3: Shepard breaks the Reapers' indoctrination, and makes it back to Garrus alive. But what is in store for two heroes who are not content to stop the fight for justice? M for language and occasional interspecies "relations."

Killing a Reaper, coming back from the dead, and dealing with an ego-maniac who smokes a lot. Who would have thought that getting drunk and sleeping with your best friend was the tough part? Sequel to "Boyfriend".

The ability for Reniselille to produce an heir had always been in question, but even if she did, would it be a normal, healthy babe? How far will a mother go for her son? What will a father, and a king, do for his wife and child?

Peacetime is anything but ordinary as Shepard and Garrus return to duty after a long and interminable medical leave. Now, she must build another crew, a mixture of new and old, to prepare for a shakedown cruise that only she and Hackett know the truth about, and face a threat that only the crew of the starship Normandy could be trusted to handle. Shepard/Vakarian.

Snippets of life, the downtime between missions. Highs and lows, tears and laughter. A series of non-chronological but connected fics over the course of three games. Might order chronologically if there's too much time whiplash. DISCONTINUED.

In whom do we seek shelter? Sebastian and Hawke, figuring things out over the course of a story. NSFW after Ch. 14.

When a routine reconnaissance mission goes awry, Shepard and Garrus are pushed to the bounds of their endurance.

This is a digital book filled with small chapters of nothing but banter, for the times we need to relax and forget that the galaxy as we know it is getting Reaped. ME3 ShepFxGarrus Warnings and explanations inside

Every day, starting when Garrus rejoins C-Sec up until the destruction of the Normandy, Shepard and Garrus exchange emails. After all, good friends stay in touch.

Garrus thought she was gone forever. Garrus was wrong. Maybe it would have been better that way.

Their lives were made in these small hours, the little moments that slip away. Added - Grief: It's never easy to say goodbye to a friend

Sometimes what comes after is the hardest part. Prequel to Here Without You.

The blight was over, the mother and architect defeated, and all of Ferelden celebrated with the hope of a brighter future. With a new evil rising the same hero had to journey once again to face it, but did she still even believe the world was worth saving

Anders shorts for a Dragon Age 2 canon. No set universe, only a set character. Rated T with the potential for M.

Kirkwall was never a place Wilhelmina Hawke wanted to call home, but there's a chance the people she meets there might make it worthwhile. Or not. DA2 fic, Act I. Rated T for violence, language and adult situations.

Having already lost so much, she can not take losing anything more. Takes place between Act 2 and Act 3. I would imagine after losing so much Hawke might be a little needy and have a hard time letting go for fear of being alone.

Post-DA2, Endgame Spoilers.

The saga of Warden-Commander Brand Cousland six years after the end of the Blight as she confronts a love lost and the potential destruction of all she holds dear. Cousland/Exiled Alistair w. Cousland/Anders Rated M for violence and adult themes.

Five years after the defeat of the Archdemon, Alistair and Elissa are brought together by a common threat, and must try to know each other again in the roles of their new lives.

She seeks to escape the confines of the palace and the King's resentful glares; he desires refuge from the Tower that imprisoned him simply for being what he is. Have they found freedom, or just a different kind of prison? An AU prelude to DAII.

50 prompts; focused around the relationship between Líadan Cousland and her mage.

Every relationship has to start somewhere. A prequel to A Rush to the Start. *Nov. 13, 2010: all chapters have been edited.*

When Eirin Cousland attends her first Tournament at Redcliffe, she rescues an odd little boy. Years later, she will find it wasn't such a chance encounter as it seemed.

In "As You Wish", they made a promise to each other. But betrayals and blights change people...is there anything left to salvage? Elissa and Nathaniel rediscover each other, and try to come to terms with their shared pasts and their uncertain futures.

Sierra can't sleep. Not since the defeat of the Archdemon. That's when the nightmares came...but are they really nightmares, or something more? She must risk it all to find the truth...and possibly save the one she couldn't save on top of Fort Drakon.

ME1/ME2; SPOILERS. Calla Shepard has spent most of her life trying to achieve an ideal, but does this mean finally having what she wants or will she realize what she needs?

Five years since The Blight was driven back, and you have not returned to Denerim. Until now. Complete