this is a response to a prompt on masskink that got away from me - AU with no reapers, Shepard as a Spectre candidate and Saren as her instructor.

.:She is like a blazing fire, burning with even more intensity than the pain in his mind:. AU. Shepard gets Saren to break free of indoctrination. Not everyone approves of his survival... or his addition to the team when she returns from death's grasp. (chapters 1-4 recently subject to minor rewrite)

Shepard is one of the best bounty hunters in the Terminus Systems, but when a job that's too good to pass up pulls her to the law-abiding Citadel, she ends up in the sights of a hot-headed cop who always gets results. AU.

COMPLETE: It was small, slim, about the length of her hand; the leather cover was soft, the sewn-in binding was crisp, and the thick vellum pages were empty. 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' was printed in ancient, flaking gold leaf across the front. He had been a Slytherin, a prefect, and head boy in 1944. She had checked. HG/TR.

To secure the alliance between the Uchiha and the Senju, certain sacrifices must be made. Izuna and Touka are two of them. Izuna/Touka

The world is ravaged by an unknown disease, and the Infected patrol the realm of night hunting survivors. In this hell on earth, three unlikely people forge an alliance out of necessity. One seeks death, one seeks companionship, and one seeks an escape.

As it turns out, Mary Bennet's internal checklist to Being a Good Person—go to medical school; join Médecins Sans Frontières; save lives—is a somewhat oversimplification of matters.

The Avatar faded from memory and the Fire Nation won. A new hope rises when an enigmatic waterbender is recruited to the imperial army alongside a carefree air nomad, a blind heiress, and the fire lord's brooding son. Unexpected friendship meets battle lines, court intrigue, and slow burning attraction. [AU Zutara, rated for smut & general darkness]

To stand back up every time life bowls you over; to be relentless and adaptive, unyielding in your conviction. Yachiru becomes a captain.

Noun: bold self-confidence; cheek, nerve.

Toph returns to her parents to find things have changed since she’s left home.

The One True Ring, on his perilous odyssey back to Mordor, becomes acquainted with Eleanor Lily Potter and slowly begins to question the meaning of his own existence. side fic to "Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus"

As a painter, living in the woods of California's mountains, Seren enjoyed a life of solitude and quiet until a hole in the air dumped a strange man in the snow before her. Her quest to help him leads her to places that no muse could capture and the truth of her own world will unravel before her eyes.

Kagome, now in college, discovers the tale of Sesshomaru and Rin. Grief can be a prison, but the bonds of love are not easily broken. What is the truth behind fairytales? [SessKag] [COMPLETE]

Sakura's always known how to throw a punch. Character study, genfic, set during the timeskip. One shot, complete.

Hakoda found the boy in the ice eight days before Kya went into labor. Avatar!Katara AU, Book One. Rating just in case, for some violence. COMPLETE.

Absolution, and ways to live without. Kunoichi-centric.

He is domineering, brutal, and used to getting his way. She is cool, detached, and completely irreverent. Unsurprisingly, they don't really get along. Bane x Selina Kyle.

Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why.

At the end, something happened. Hermione clutches at one fraying thread, uncertain whether she is Arachne or Persephone. What she does know is that she will keep fighting to protect her friends even if she must walk a dark path. *time travel*

One hundred years into Youko's rule, and the kingdom of Kou is still without a monarch.

COMPLETE. Chihiro spends a long, hot summer in a tiny seaside community, minding an old auntie's store, but a legend whispered by locals leads the young woman on a quest of rediscovery. A small story with small chapters.

[Nekozawa x Haruhi] It takes twenty eight days to break a habit.

What if Alanna was Tusaine's Lady Knight, instead of Tortall's? What if her mother hadn't died but her father had? This was inspired by sarcastic rabbit's character switch drabbles.

Uchiha Sasuke was holding on to something. In one chance encounter, she brought it back to life. [COMPLETE]