The galaxy struggles to heal 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.

Against all odds, Commander John Shepard has survived the crucible blast and is now embracing a peaceful galaxy while trying for early retirment. However, Shepard is called to the field once again pushing his retirement plans further and further away. With the support of his friends, former crew and fiancé, he might just make it through. M for Language, Blood/Gore and Mature Themes

Kade: A Mercenary in the apocalyptic aftermath of the reaper invasion 100 years into the future. Readers, yes that's right YOU the reader will be able to make choices for the character in the story. By voting in reviews as a collective and by turning to designated Chapters as per your choice. Its a short Prologue but don't worry the chapters will be way longer next time

Having avenged the victims of Project Delta, the Fulcrum works tirelessly to prepare the galaxy for what is coming. The Milky Way is girding itself for the coming war, though few realize it. However, it might not be enough. The Fulcrum now has the attention of the true enemy's vanguard and it is beyond anything she has ever faced before. Part 2/4 of the Fulcrum series.

Part 1/3: After 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-but will the pair survive the training with each other? Original story and characters based on the Mass Effect game series. Rated M for adult language, themes and/or suggestions.

During a mission gone wrong, Jaal and Sara make an unexpected discovery on Voeld.

While on the mission of Operation Overlord, the extent of Cerberus' war atrocities becomes clear to Miranda. She knows she owes Jack an apology for being so insensitive. Relationship grows during canon through Mass Effect 2 and 3.

(Complete) A well written Kasumi centric fanfic about hers and Thanes entwined fates, how small actions can have having massive repercussions. This is the story of how Kasumi grew up helping Thane in his line of work, her fight to correct her wrongdoings and romantic emotional struggle with Thane.

Humans have a custom where the father will buy his son a drink once he comes of age. Shepard doesn't have a son, but he has the next best thing: Grunt.

With the Collector threat ended, the human colonies in the Terminus are safe - for now - and Emilia Shepard's grudging alliance with Cerberus has ended. But an old friend needs help and Shepard finds herself caught up in the galactic underbelly of information brokering, betrayal and mixed loyalties - including her own.

The combat drone installed in the omni-tool Cerberus gave to engineer Evangeline Shepard is a sophisticated piece of equipment, and there aren't a lot of safeguards isolating it from other systems in Shepard's omni-tool or within Normandy's servers. The combat drone's journey to sentience. Part poetry, part prose, part experimental. Multiple POVs. S/G and J/E, but isn't relevant.

Garrus get's a message about a party being thrown on the Normandy. This is a one shot that may end up as part of a larger story. Rated M for adults.

In a galaxy where humanity, united under a single Empire, strikes out into the stars before anyone else... just what is the fate of the races that SHOULD have come before them? What will befall the Asari, when they haven't even stopped their tribal infighting by the time the humans descend upon their world? WARNING: Mature Themes Abound!

Crimson finds himself in a familiar land after dying and plans to change the outcome the better, no matter what the universe throws at him. Even if it means, he will have to put down an old friend that he believes is lost, but hopefully, his friends that decided that a universe without him. will help him bring hope to this galaxy that is doomed to face fear.

Garrus finds himself turning to bad habits in order to remember better times. Slightly AU. Trigger warning.

All who step into war are tested. Those who emerge change. Those who do not are consumed. Amidst this hellish crucible, a young man is torn from the life he knows and finds himself amongst a new band of brothers on the crew of humanity's first Spectre. But with time against them, success is uncertain and survival is not assured. Rated for language and violence.

An alternate perspective on a renegade Commander Shepard, why she fights, and what she lives and dies for. Spans from ME1 through ME3. FemShep/Liara pairing, non-explicit. Rated M for adult situations and just to be on the safe side.

She had debated the best way to go about this in her mind for the past couple weeks. Some of her other children of the past several years had already mourned in their own way, while the rest were still in the process of it, like her. "Oh, Shepard, here we are once again." A drabble of how Chakwas would begin to heal if Shepard didn't survive ME3.

The Systems Alliance has came calling for Lieutenant Commander Havil Shepard to be humanity's hero once more, but fate intervenes before she can prove herself worthy of a role she doesn't want. When the rogue agent Saren crosses her path, it's nevertheless up to her to protect the galaxy by keeping fragile alliances-and herself-together. Femshep/Kaidan.

Isekaid away by cyoa.

The war is over & the Reapers have been destroyed. Korra Shepard should have died aboard the Citadel, with Anderson. However, the Gods of War are not finished with their favorite soldier, & Shepard will soon find that some old ghosts don't die easily; Cerberus is back, and their target is Shepard's greatest strength: her friends & her family. Sequel to Mass Effect: Every Day After.

A short little fanfic about Garrus and Shepard's reunion on Manae! Garrus and Shepard fluff, and some of Joker's snarky comments!

Shepard took the only path her conscience allowed: destroying the Reapers despite the terrible cost. Battered, beaten, nearly broken, the galaxy struggles to rebuild, but the dominoes aren't finished falling ... for the galaxy and for Shepard and Garrus. They thought destroying the Reapers would be the end, but some happy endings take more work to find than others. New chapters!

The Rational part of my brain is screaming that this is all just a dream that I will wake up from. But I know this is not a dream; not when there are others like me in this world. I must find a way to bind us all together, to save this universe and get back home. If I fail, something tells me God wont give me a second chance. Image not owned; Cowritten with IantheMechanic on AO3.

It is year 2684, after hundreds of years of struggle, rebellions and economical collapses, the Empire of Earth and humanity stands as strong as never before, looking once more at distant stars on night sky. With it's first ever first contact ending in a disaster, the Empire swore to cleanse the galaxy out of aggressors, by diplomacy or by capital-class mass drivers. AVE TERRA!