You must always protect your quarians. That's one of the main rules of the Normandy. And if you're a quarian named Tali who is the commander's girlfriend, then this rule is applied doubly to you. It starts in the ME2 beginning, and it's M rated for... probably obvious reasons.

It's been a year since Thane passed. Shepard thought she'd lost it all, the brink of losing herself. When Kolyat forces feelings lying dead to spark back to life, will they be able to push past their differences and find love with one another? When Thane returns from Kalahira's shore, what will happen to their new found love. Post ME2, slight AU, ThanexShepardxKolyat. Trigger Warn.

Maeus and Maelia were inseparable. Served together in the military, and when that was no longer an option the siblings joined the mercenary game. One night his sister was feeling bored, and it was never a good sign. She was a trickster, and loved to push her brother until he couldn't take it anymore and take her. / One shot rough smut.

As we all know, the ending of ME3 majorly sucked. And so I have decided to write myself a good one—without the Catalyst AI at all, keeping with the tone of the Citadel DLC. This piece shows Commander Shepard recovering from her injuries after the events of Mass Effect 3. Includes some Post-Coma!Shepard and lots of Shakarian. This story is parallel to my fanart series on tumblr.

The essence that is Commander Shepard has fought the battle against the Reapers more times than she can count, only to find herself right back where it all started. Never the exact same body, never the same first name or history. The disembodied voice struggles to break her way through to the consciousness of her current incarnation, trying to find a way to break her own cycle.

A book is a tool of knowledge, power and many more watch as one book makes its way recording history. this is a preview read start and enjoy

I think we can all agree waking up as a guy in a woman's body would be jarring to say the least. Waking up as an asari? Horrifying. But waking up as what I had the incredible misfortune to be... Let's just say I wouldn't bet on me surviving long enough to see the Reapers make their grand debut. Asari SI, starts just before ME1.

He was just a kid from earth. Who would've thought that 11 years later he gets sent on the most important mission in human (and galactic) history. Will Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy be able to defeat Saren in the race against time? Takes place before and during Mass Effect 1. (Earthborn/Sole Survivor/Soldier/Default MShep).

He'd agreed to clear out the rest of the geth for them to try and build a few bridges, but he couldn't shake the thought that he was wasting time. Hunting the geth in the ass-end of nowhere was removing some forces that were fighting for the Reapers, yes, but… Okay, cards on the table? Everything out in the open?

This is a gift for Revans Mask and her Elective Surgery series, particularly the "Flesh is Weak" one. Shepard gets remade with alittle something extra. Set at the start of Mass Effect 2. Enjoy!

Movie night onboard the Normandy. Drawing inspiration from the fic Movie Night on the Normandy SR-2 by Blackdeer7.

Spectre Nihlus is one of the best. But even he has sometimes unlucky days, when a mission gets a bit more complicated and all odds are against him. This time however he seems to have company in form of a strange, varren-like creature which is determined to follow him around in the hostile environment.

A glimpse into Mordin's life on Omega before meeting Commander Shepard, written in the style of Film Noir. Dark and moody vignette-ish drabble.

The year is 2181; two years before the events of the Mass Effect trilogy, a chance encounter on our Earth leads a rash, young student to a job in C-Sec's contraband division. Ian Shaw will have to face the worst of the Citadel's criminal underbelly, all while trying to piece together a new life, a way home, and an unlikely partnership with a turian he knows far too much about.

Sequel to "Responsibility." C.O. is back! There's comedy, comfort, and chaos as the kitten brings havoc aboard the Normandy and her crew, as told through a series of one-shots. Rated T for implied adult situations and language. FemShep X Garrus.

Character/relationship driven, dark and edgy retelling of the Mass Effect trilogy. Original characters and pairings, political intrigue, original storylines and completely different ending to the final confrontation with the Reapers. Storyline that take some chars to Andromeda. Dark themes, sexual content and violence as our lovers fight to save the Galaxy one last time.

Post High EMS Destroy Ending. I'd love to give a summary, but in all honesty, I can't. Someone will get seriously hurt and someone else will try and save them.

Shepard and Tali are ready to confess their feelings for each other, but their moment is interrupted by the theft of the Normandy. Now they must hurry to find and retrieve the Normandy, but conspiracies and revelations could destroy the feelings they have found. Concludes the story starting with Mass Effect: The Heart Wants and Mass Effect: First Date.

[The Paths We Are Given, Part 4] The Reapers have been destroyed, and by some miracle, Rhiannon Shepard has survived. Now begins the work of rebuilding shattered lives as she and Kolyat lean on each other for support. But when an assassination attempt leaves Shepard once again fighting for her life, Kolyat must decide how like—or unlike—his father he really is.

Humanity discovered the Ruins over Forty years earlier than they should have. After the First Contact War, they have earned the respect of the galaxy and are respected as equals. But Shepard, survivor of Mindoir, stumbles onto a secret spanning through the millenia, and now the Powers want to control his discovery. Alternate Universe, see Early Discovery for the Backstory.

Being a marine runs in her blood; Commander Shepard may as well have been born with a gun in her hands. But the problem about being a soldier is remembering what it's like to be a human. Fortunately, asari have flawless memory. [Slow-burn romance]

Join the Andromeda Initiative, Work for the great Alec Ryder, Make the first Human Pathfinder's Team, Settle Humanities new Home World, and hopefully get a promotion. These were all on Lieutenant Cora Harper's to-do list. Falling in love with The Pathfinder was never part of the plan. Then again, neither was his Son.

An in-universe summary of events in the Premiseverse's 20th and 21st Centuries, as written by SLotH4. A record of events leading up to the Days of Iron. Rated M for adult language and mature concepts.

Shepard has always been partial to pets, but things get out of hand quickly.

Well, this was it- Doctor Anette Henson thought, her finger hovering over the button to euthanize Shepard's clone. The real Commander had just been woken up, she just needed to follow procedure. "Oh, to hell with procedure."