We have all seen the ending where Shepard takes a breath after Destroy. Well I desperately wanted my Shepard to live and enjoy her life with everybody's favorite Turian. This story depicts the struggles of a long and hard recovery, from Garrus' point of view. Based on my first playthrough. Rated M for language, alcohol use and adult themes. Enjoy!

One shot. Commander Shepard and his wife, Tali, return to Earth to enjoy a belated honeymoon before he must face the consequences of his actions.

Garrus ends up making a huge mistake with Shepard after their suicide mission to the collector base, and now, he needs help making things right with his lover. Garrus/FShepard all the way! Rated M for sexual content and language

ME2- After surviving the Omega Four Relay mission, the Normandy returns to find the galaxy in political turmoil. Cerberus has been exposed, humanity has lost its council seat, and the geth offer a peace that no one seems to desire. To complicate matters, the Reapers are coming. Most characters present. AU as it invalidates Mass Effect 3. (Re-edit in progress w/fixes and new scenes)

As humanity and other Council races develop along the path set by the Reapers, a different civilization is born. Developing alongside but separately from other species, isolated from the wider galaxy. An Empire with its own FTL technology, independent of Mass Relays. What will happen if a civilization so different from others in almost every way, joins the Galactic community?

After stopping the coup attempt on the Citadel, Kaiden rejoins the crew on Normandy, with a lot of questions for Commader Kacey Shepard about her time with Cerberus. It's about time he got an explanation! A causal retelling of Mass Effect 2 and a slight AU for Mass Effect 3. KaidenXFemShepard

A woman with a dark past, with even darker secrets. Some even unknown to her. Everything begins to unravel once Mercy Shepard herself unravels, allowing herself to remember who she was in a different reality.

A group of college students traverse to Mars on a mission created by NASA, only to discover an Prothean integrated Remnant device that transports them hundreds of years into the future and another far off galaxy: Andromeda. Our lead heroine, Evangeline Roberts, gets swept up in current events when she encounters the Pathfinder, Scott Ryder, who's professionalism seems overbearing.

Born into the Mass Effect universe 400 hundred years too early, to a mother who will hunt me down and a mass murdering twin sister as sprinkling. But I can move objects in with my mind, so that's nice. Updates sporadically for now.

After Lieutenant Vega stumbles across the doppelgangers of Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian the two look-a-likes are hired to help protect the Citadel Council when an assassination plot is uncovered. Original story and characters based on the Mass Effect game series. Rated M for adult language, themes and/or suggestions. New chapter posted each Monday night-would love reviews

An Ardat-Yakshi Spectre joins the chaos of Mass Effect 2 on the side of the good guys. A story through the perspective of one of the most powerful and lonely biotics in the galaxy as she joins the fight against the Reapers. Mass Effect and associated characters, plots, and other things are owned by BioWare and EA.

The Krogan say the only stories worth telling are those of love, sex, and war. Dark/Surreal. OC AU pre-ME1-3 with an Omega-raised survivor/paragede Jane Shepard Garrus Vakarian Thane Krios. Study of Garrus's metamorphosis into Archangel, Liara to SB, exploration of Thane and drell beliefs. REWRITE of original. Updated regularly at A03. DM me for copy of OG fic if you miss it.

A context/companion piece to A Divided Earth: The First War. Through succeeding in the Suez Crisis, Britain and France reassert themselves as major world powers, and after the Cuban Missile Crisis form a third pillar in the Cold War. By 2157, the British and French Empires dominate global politics, and extra solar colonisation, though they are not without competitors...

A THIRD set of updates to the original! That's right, I'm so incompetent I had to redo it YET AGAIN. Expanded notes on every aspect of the Systems Alliance, from ships, weapons, and armor to government, complete orders of battle, and more terms. Now updated (May 2021) with tactical considerations, plus the March 2020 updates.

A woman from present day participates in a CIA Black-Ops experiment playing with the idea of reincarnation. When it works, she wakes up to a literal sinking ship and is saved by a blue-eyed stranger that, for some reason, she trusts completely. When she finds out where and when she is, she offers to assist them in their impossible quest. What Agent doesn't want to save the world?

In the prologue, Moria Shepard fights to find an alternative path from the three terrible choices laid out by the Crucible, desperately hoping for one that will honor the free will of those in the galaxy and maybe let her see Garrus once again... then Shakarian struggle to cope in the wake of the devastating changes caused by Shepard's decision. But will it be in vain?

After the conflict that would later be known as the First Contact War comes to an end, humanity enters a new era as a spacefaring species. In the midst of this new reality growing around them, Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian desperately try to figure out their relationship—which proves even more difficult when they're both pushed into the spotlight. Sequel to Crossing A Line.

The Protheans eliminated the Reapers but their population has dwindled to hundreds and unable to continue their empire. How the story would go without the Reapers. FemShep.

Commander Hayden J. Shepard of the SSV Normandy recruits an elite recon squad to cross a turmoiled galaxy in a desperate race to stop the return of an enemy who holds no mercy. To prevent this outcome, Shepard must act outside the limits of the law without remorse and hesitation. Her only imperative is to preserve the safety of civilized life in the galaxy - at any cost.

Kind of a different approach to fan fiction: almost like a graphic novel. There is an overarching universe, but each chapter is supposed to stand on its own. Instead of telling one narrative story, every chapter focuses on and investigates a different aspect of a character. Some dramatic, some romantic, some action-oriented. Mainly set between ME2 and 3. This is my first fan fic.

Lieutenant Commander Shepard didn't know that she was never supposed to be on the Normandy, much less receive visions from the beacon on Eden Prime. But Fate, it seems, is a fickle mistress, and now she finds herself chasing a rogue Spectre across the galaxy. A re-imagining of ME1 with additional content that expands on the events of the game.

"Mordin is the most celebrated geneticist and doctor in the galaxy, and Miranda brought me back to life from scraps. What makes you think there's any good reason that you have to die?"

Tali'Zorah was just looking for a worthy pilgrimage gift, but is sucked into the adventure of her liftime instead. At the helm: Commander Shepard, greatest hero of the Alliance. But with a life of violence and loss behind him and the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders, Tali soon finds that perhaps John Shepard needs her just as much as she needs him... Mostly Tali/Shepard POV

The galaxy struggles to heal from from the unimaginable sacrifices that stopped the Reapers. Its many peoples look to the future with hope, yet some seek to capitalize on chaos. As new choices and battles loom on the horizon, two bound souls and the family that fought with them struggle to move forward and keep the galaxy they saved from sliding back into conflicts of the past.

The war is nearly at its end, but what could happen after? A new story, please follow and leave a review so I know how I'm doing! Cover Art Credit: deviantart . com/jennifer-manzanera/art/Commander-Shepard-624130725