As the revered Elder of the East Coast Brotherhood, Arthur Maxson guides with a ruthless hand, a linear vision, and a severed heart. But from the moment he meets the Sole Survivor, a distant trace of the lost returns. They walk the line to the shackles that bind them, adrift in flames between quartz and steel.

Nova's perplexity over the awkward Lone Wanderer only grows each time the girl walks into Moriarty's Saloon. But as time goes by in a clustered sequence, their burgeoning companionship runs much deeper than the skin they wear. Two people so different, so varied, yet magnetized. They're worlds apart, but linked in the stars.

A debated question endures through the years, its relevance particularly affecting to one humble household robot. Codsworth once knew the standard answer in the time before the Great War, but in the centuries that follow, he realizes his own existence is much more complex at the core.

A temporal distance separates an established legend and a burgeoning hero, but with the future on the line, their paths inevitably cross. Both are marked by steel and fire, entwined in the peripheral much more than they know. As the roads converge, those around them must follow. They're all bound to the lattice… these vagrants in the sky. Follow-up to "Latticework Vagabonds."

They met before in another life, as different people, in a different time. Nick Valentine now exists as a synthetic incarnation, but the Sole Survivor remembers the man of flesh and blood.

Following the events that left her mark on the Commonwealth, the Sole Survivor reflects on her position in the aftermath. The lost had been recovered, but the mother still grieves. She sees only a constructed changeling, and the illusion is not enough.

Two centuries after the Great War, the Sole Survivor of Vault 111 wakes from cryostasis to find himself confronted by a cryptic stranger and a series of revelations. When the atrocities of the past come to light, he must choose whether to walk away or reclaim his fate.

Awaking in his original human body, Charon finds himself in a time not his own, when the great metropolises still stand in a world of technological prosperity. As a mysterious force pushes and tests his mental limits, he partners with an eccentric, secretive man in their backwards traverse through this parallel reality to locate the Lone Wanderer and search for a way home.

In the early days of Project Purity, Madison Li finds herself on the outside looking in as the relationship between James and Catherine blossoms. But despite her place in the background, intricate emotions persist between her and another, woven in a lattice that binds them together. Perpetual changes abound, as the world never stands still for those with the hearts of vagabonds.

Four years after abandoning the Capital to reign as master of the Pitt, a powerful and depraved Lone Wanderer returns for some unfinished business in the bowels of Vault 108, where the very first Gary clone may have information on her greatest threat: her own double. As a ruling force of the Wastes, she proclaims the other must die. Only one can exist; only one gets the throne.

A cold and ruthless Lone Wanderer leads a solitary life in Rivet City after a series of ethically questionable decisions compels her to take a second look at what she has become… or what she has always been. Often at odds with the principled and stern Harkness, she comes to terms with the notion that between her and the android, she is the one more suited for a mechanical heart.

Ten years after she forged her legacy in the Capital, the Lone Wanderer and her family settle in the Commonwealth's Diamond City, where she meets a man who reminds her of herself not so long ago. Follow-up to "Serpent Code."

Stevie Mack traverses a life of public expectation and past controversy in Vault 101, eventually developing a fixation on the young Lone Wanderer during their formative years. He places her on a pedestal of glass, high and shining, but easily shattered. Yet, through the jagged shards, his obsession only grows. Companion piece to "Serpent Code."

In the months following the aftermath of the Kirkwall Rebellion, the queen of Ferelden travels across the Waking Sea to approach the new viscount, bringing with her a proposition of a clandestine and intimate nature. The clock ticks by as they settle on a contract, and once an agreement is reached, the events around them are set into motion.

The Inquisitor walks the world in darkness, but to those at her side, she is a beacon of light. Cole, above all, sees her the brightest, and through quiet moments of spoken color, a bond is forged in silver and gold.

The descent into madness and savagery consumes everything you are, eliminates your future, burns unlike any other. And when it comes to Charon, the change tears him asunder. Broken dreams are a given. Broken hearts are another.

Swank's fixation on a heavily scarred prostitute leads him to uncover several truths about her obscured background in the hours preceding her disappearance. Years later, the veracities come full circle when a Courier arrives as a vindictive force on the Strip, and only Swank recognizes the marks on her back, which had once belonged to the fallen angel who still lived in his dreams.

A little girl spends her days watching him from across the Fort, silent and observant even in the face of his antipathy. They say recollection triggers in twos and threes, but it takes one significant tragedy to jog the Courier's memory.

A chilling premonition forewarns Joshua Graham of the Wasteland's imminent reaping, but for all his redemption in the years since the fall of the Malpais Legate, one question still endures: Where will you hide when the devil comes knocking?

In 2186, the organics won the Reaper War, but at the cost of working technology and decimated populations. In the following years on Earth, all remaining space-related evidence vanished, leaving future generations of humans in a retro-futuristic wasteland. So when Shepard wakes to a Neo-Citadel in 2277, she must learn the reason for her dual memories in this cyberpunk world.

Five years after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, Craig Boone returns to the Mojave to accept the position of flag bearer at the Courier's funeral. As he reminisces about his limited time with the NCR hero, several undisclosed details of her life begin to surface… starting with the identity of the person set to receive her flag.

Vault Boy is the iconic mascot of the Vault-Tec Corporation, known throughout the centuries for his helpful and cheery image in Vault-Tec propaganda. But what if there was a darker story behind that eternal smile?

Coming home after several days of adventuring is something the Dragonborn always looks forward to, especially now that she has adopted children. However, the idyllic family life isn't exactly what greets her when she returns to her once-beautiful manor…

An androgynous and enigmatic Dragonborn endures unrelenting distrust from the general populace, yet engages in secret affairs with the Jarls of both Solitude and Windhelm. Only the observant follower Erandur begins to see the motives that drive this perplexing individual, for there is far more to that shrouded exterior than meets the eye.

Originally used as a political pawn by her ambitious family, an Altmer noblewoman chooses one destiny over another when she learns of the dragon that resides within her blood and soul. As she casts off her elite class mentality through experiences with danger, love, and honor, there are those who would see her perish whether as the Dragonborn or as the new Arch-Mage of the College.

Plagued with issues that run deeper than mere Vault depressive syndrome, Freddie Gomez clings to his destructive relationship with the beautiful but callous Lone Wanderer during their teen years in Vault 101. But when his inner compulsions build and manifest into a more dangerous persona, he finally snaps and reverses their roles to dominate her in an act he can never take back.

After a stormy childhood of mutual loathing, the discovery of a dark secret alters the history between the leader of the Tunnel Snakes and the future Lone Wanderer. When Butch DeLoria learns of her circumstances behind closed doors, he feels something unravel inside him. Regardless of where they stood in the past, even serpents have a code of honor.

Who we were doesn't necessarily define who we are in the present. We're acolytes, bartenders, cops, mercs; everyday citizens residing in a galaxy where Commander Shepard dominates center stage. But we've always been here, going about our lives and coping with the history that shapes us. Although invisible beneath Shepard's shadow, we exist.

The stresses of war have been getting to the both of them, and Garrus knows that it's only a matter of time before the pressure makes her explode. Shepard takes out her frustrations on the one person who will forgive her for it afterward. Rated T for language.

Shepard needs some attention with no strings attached. Who better than their resident geth? Rated M for naked-type stuff. This marks my first time writing Legion, so if his dialogue sounds a little off, bear with me until I get his voice down.

When Shepard shows up pregnant on Tuchanka, it brings out something Wrex didn't even know he had: his soft side. Unabashed fluffiness and some lemon chiffon for all you Wrex shippers out there. Rated M for stuff at the end, because kinkmeme. :)

Fill for the kinkmeme: Nihlus finds some time while aboard the Normandy to have a little solo fun. Before things can get rolling, Shepard shows up and makes things much more interesting. Rated M, because that's just how I roll.

The story of the relationship between Wrex and Shepard, spanning all three games, because I adore that old krogan. :) Rated M for adult situations and language. (Reposting chapter 7, because I don't think the e-mail notifications went out.)

The moment she seals her own fate, Nyreen faces her demise with courage and acceptance. And as ten seconds pass in the hush of the barrier, she reflects on a life of struggle, achievement, and lingering regret.

Shepard and Joker Shepard and Joker have developed an even closer friendship in the years after the war and they wind up as neighbors. During one of these sessions, Shepard jokingly makes a pass at Joker and gets the gears turning in his head again. Rated M for future, just in case.

And another kinkmeme fill. In a non-Reaper AU, F!Shepard is stuck with her former mentor Nihlus and his former mentor Saren on a wrecked ship in space for a length of time. Tensions between them are resolved kinkmeme style.

Masskink response to a prompt requesting Garrus and FemShep thrown back in time to the First Contact War on the way back through the Omega 4 relay. Warnings for time travel and kink. Ties in with "Applied Research" but can stand on its own.

Masskink request for some sort of continuation to Unexpected, where requester asked for a threesome between F!Shepard, Garrus and the turian Councillor.