... there will always be average idiots. The characters of ME are just as ungraceful as the average Joe behind the scenes. Full collection of my one-shots, gathered here for convenience, spanning across multiple timelines and varying Shepards. From Legion adopting a kitten, to Javik getting stuck in goo, to Grunt playing in the snow, we've got them all right here.

Among Turians, eating live rodents is considered the ultimate act of manliness. Ashley Williams is NOT amused.(a small tie-in with my fic How To Be A Rogue, reading it is not necessary).

On the Normandy, breakfast can be serious business. Unless the commander's in a playful mood.

A cynical ex-Alliance marine, Corrigan Blake, finds himself hip-deep in the search for an admiral's missing daughter. The trail leads to some of the shadiest places on the Citadel populated by some of the unfriendliest people. And those are the people that he needs to get to help him. A noir detective story set a few years before the events of the games, with original characters.

A young swede ends up in the Mass Effect universe, only to find that there is something very different about this particular universe. Rated M because, well, why limit oneself? Life is dirty, smutty and violent when lived to its fullest.

Sometimes even new habits can be hard to see end. So it is as leave concludes for Kaidan and Nyx.

Kris Shepard and Kaidan Alenko were friends ever since Sentinel training. Both secretly always longed for more, but never acted on it until the Reaper Invasion puts things in perspective. After their first night together Kris reflects on all the time they already lost before she and Kaidan make up for some lost sexy time. Fluffy Shenko smut.

After the Reaper War, Jack visits her students' graves.

Sara and Scott both have their stories; and they both feel a variety of emotions as they prepare to leave for Andromeda for their second beginning. Sara struggles to let go of her love, while Scott wants to step out of his father's shadow and make a name for himself. This is an Andromeda fic; and FFnet doesn't have the characters to tag just yet! Soon hopefully!

(AU) Tavia Shepard was ejected from the Alliance Military after interfacing with a damaged Prothean beacon on Akuze. Garrus Vakarian was noticed by a Spectre, who was killed in connection with another Prothean beacon on Eden Prime. Now, the cynical contractor and the brash crusader must find a way to balance strengths and handicaps to unravel a plot bigger than both of them.

Conflicting views result in an unconventional decision making process.

Shepard pushes Kaidan away with every weapon in her arsenal after the worst of Cerberus' controls over her comes to light. Angst, romance, emotional hurt/comfort. Post survival ME3, Paragon FemShep/Kaidan, overwhelming Shenko, some language, rated for paranoia

After losing Shepard, Garrus loses himself to his own dark thoughts and self-imposed solitude. With the Turian Hierarchy in disarray after the end of the war, the job of Primarch looms over his head. For Garrus, this is either the end of everything or the beginning of something new, and for the first time, he'll have to make the decision alone. Rated T-M

What if most of the Arks were social experiments? This story details various social experiments as short stories.

After Shepard destroyed the Reapers she and Kaidan still have a job to do. The Asari are repairing the Mass Relays, but until then someone needs to keep the peace between worlds. While the Alliance strives to rebuild the galaxy a few planets at a time, it's a job that falls largely to the surviving and newly recruited Spectres - a job that keeps them apart.

A collection of vignettes about each of the Normandy crew throughout the trilogy, each based on a song. Third story up: Legion. M for coarse language in some chapters. Cross-posted on AO3.

Post-ME3-Destroy Ending. Shepard is alive, barely. Admiral Hackett has requested Kaidan's presence to discuss Shepard's future, and answer a few searching, and potentially career-ending, questions in regards to the nature of his and Shepard's relationship. Shenko.

Things get hot and heavy on the dance floor of Afterlife between Pandora Shepard and Kaidan Alenko!

A mission gone wrong leaves Kaidan and Shepard injured and alone in the dark. Paragon FemShep/Alenko, Shenko, mid ME3. Light language

Exactly why Jenkins had to stand up, saying, "That was awesome!" Why Alenko sent him flying, and what Shepard did about it. Or, why you shouldn't touch an L2's implant without asking. Ever. Pre-FemShep/Alenko, ends with fluffy Shenko, Language. Pre-ME1

Shepherd has a daughter Cece, Kaiden lives, and so does Wrex. Set in the third game this is a story you will not forget! This is JamesXOC I don't think there's enough of these, plus I think James should have been romance able I do not own any Characters or Story lines All Rights to BioWare. I just own Cece and whatever changes she makes to the plot. JamesXOC

Three times Kaidan met Shepard before he finally shook her hand and learned her name. An imagining of the lieutenant coming across the commander before the Normandy, immediately pre-ME1. FemShep, implied pre-Shenko. Language

Commander Natalie Shepard has a bit of a history with her flight lieutenant, but they've long since worked through any lingering awkwardness. Mostly. When she and Kaidan go on a double date with Joker and his girlfriend, it leaves them all thinking about the past, what-ifs, and all the things that are most important. Inspired by a double date prompt on tumblr. [Shenko, Shoker]

ME:A pre-release fic. A different look at how Jonathan got the offer to join the Andromeda Initiative, from an unlikely source - Sara Ryder.

What Jane Shepard is and was. According to everyone else, of course.