Shepard spends a lot of time thinking. Sometimes it's about her past, and often it's about her future, but mostly it's about the present. She spends quite a lot of time thinking about only what is within the reach of her finger tips. Allison Shepard. Sentinel. Earth Born. Debatable War Hero. Origin Story.

Io'ken Shepard's origin story. From birth to the day before shipping out on the Normandy.

Commander Shepard finds herself attracted to Nihlus after the events of Eden Prime. As the two become more and more romantically involved, however, another Turian marches into the commander's life and tragedy strikes in the most unexpected of places.

Lonyn Shepard and crew stumble upon a colony gone dark hit by Cerberus who are experimenting with the colonists. They find themselves captured and under the influence of a substance that creates an alternate world set in a neo-noir reality. The crew may or may not know each other, but need to work together to bring down the Cosmic Love's club owner known as The Illusive Man.

John and Jane Shepard, military twins. One is a Spectre, the other is the Captain of the Normandy. They are tough, efficient and inseparable – that is, until one day everything comes crashing down.

On a dark, lonely night on Omega, Garrus Vakarian is haunted by a love lost and never forgotten. -Part of the Parable Series.

A place for the prompts from my Mass Effect fanfiction writers group.

With the Normandy grounded Shepard has to find away to get to the Conduit before Saren does, with or without the Council's help.

Kyler deals with the aftermath of his decision on Virmire. Kaidan's there to offer some moral support. T for light language.

'Back to basics' collection of mostly behind-the-scenes episodes centered on Tali and her interactions with the crew of the Normandy SR1. Trying to be original while respecting canon story & lore (as much as possible). POV will vary: mostly other than Tali's, never Shepard's. No romance, but occasional hints at some Tali/Shepard 'chemistry.'

What do you do when you like someone and you don't know if that person likes you back? You put a dress on or some cologne and you pray everything will be fine. Will it go well for Elena Shepard and Garrus Vakarian?

Elena J. Shepard wrote a letter to her daughter, Charlotte, for whom it's the first FTL flight as an Alliance officer.

He spent the last two minutes forgetting how to breathe as every memory of Ashley Williams rushed back into the forefront of his mind. He spent the last two seconds watching her walk away.

A young mid-western gamer goes on a camping trip with his friends one October and is thrown against his will into the Mass Effect Universe 12 years before Eden Prime. Follow Scorpio as he fights to find a way to survive over a decade of strife, try to find the truth behind his Legacy, and possibly find companionship in a young Prothean researcher on the way. (Scorpio/OC) SI

AU:(no reapers, legal slavery, humanity loses first contact war) Kidnapped from Mindoir on his 21st birthday and sold into slavery, John Tiberius Shepard struggles to survive in a galaxy very hostile towards humans. Follow along for a story of Adventure, Romance, Love, Loss, and Drama!

#19 on my 100 themes challenge! Set immediately after Virmire, where Evangeline Shepard leaves someone she cared about behind to die.

Shepard, le héro de l'humanité. Pourtant, elle n'était pas exactement celle que décrit la légende. Venez découvrir l'intimité d'une humaine qui a dû lutter pour la survie de l'humainté.

Kaidan Alenko, second human Spectre, is separated from his husband by his duty as he investigates a brewing Reaper Civil War. A sequel to "Ghosts", my Kaidan/M!Shepard post-Synthesis ending fix-it.

A drabble about what I think Liara telling Shepard that she's the Shadow Broker should have actually been like. No ship.

A short drabble about Shepard's thoughts on Thane's death (and the rest of the universe for that matter). General brooding Femshep and some dark thoughts! Femshep/Thane

His visor told him Shepard's door was unlocked, just like she promised. So why was he second-guessing himself in the hallway while Shepard waited for him in her cabin, just a few feet away?

Garrus's thoughts as Shepard throws herself in front of the Reaper on Rannoch. "In that instant, I knew: whatever happened in the next few minutes, I would remember the look in her eyes for the rest of my days."

He was C-Sec, and she... was just a Duct Rat. Yet, the strangest unions can be born in places no one thinks to look. AU: No Reapers. TeenFemShepxGarrus. Rated M

A challenge for an AU of the System Alliance.UP FOR ADOPTION.

"'That one,' she said suddenly, her chopsticks pinning down a still-wrapped cookie in the middle of his pile. 'That's your fortune, buddy.'" - Chinese food and confessions. A day in the life of James and Shepard.