When Shepard was taken from Tali before she could confess how much he really meant to her she was devastated. With his return and the Reaper threat still looming over the galaxy, she wouldn't let him be stolen again. Tells a story of Shepard's and Tali's relationship eventually becoming a romance. Starting from ME2 and ending after ME3.

They thought themselves invulnerable, invincible, and infallible. They thought themselves the apex of all life, they thought of themselves gods. But in their arrogance, the reapers would make a fatal mistake. They would not notice some Prothean refugees discreetly moved both nearby mass relays away form the primitive humanity, thus cutting them off from all reaper influence.

Six months after the Battle of the Citadel, Arlen Kryik is an experienced C-Sec Interceptor on the hunt for a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile, the Joint Security Task Force team are dealing with a sudden, deadly threat to the Citadel. Amidst rising political tensions between the asari and turians, these unrelated incidents will collide in a way that will shake the galaxy to its core.

Ever since she saw Garrus Vakarian, Leena Burke always loved him. The mechanic from the Citadel joins Garrus and Commander Shepard to protect the galaxy. On her adventures Leena will face danger, adventure, and possibly love. Only time will say if she will have the courage to tell the Archangel how she truly feels.

He was born of a dying planet encrusted with rock…

From the gutters to the stars, Gale Shepard clawed a path out the bloodstained dirt of Earth. She always was a firm believer of charging forward. From the skies to the dirt, Liara T'Soni dug a path through the bloodstained bones of Protheans. She always was a firm believer that the most important truths were rooted in the past. They're simple ideologies, complicated by collision.

Garrus' thoughts and feelings regarding Commander John Shepard were easy to understand and explain: He respected and admired the human Spectre and would follow him into hell in a heartbeat. His feelings regarding his crewmate and friend, Lieutenant Jane Shepard, however, weren't as clear cut. She'd taken up residence in his head and wouldn't leave. Parallel AU, Part 1 Complete

After Udina's death and Kaidan's return to the Normandy. Shepard and Garrus react to the day's events.

When confronted with evidence of bribery, asari CEO Benezia T'Soni makes a decision that will irreversibly alter the course of her life. To protect her family's reputation, she offers her body to a devious, lustful human Spectre.

Co-written by Magpie Corvidae - Aria T'Loak will stop at nothing to take Omega back from Cerberus. The key to her secret plan is... Hanar action star Blasto's next blockbuster vid? Yup, but keeping this quiet gets harder when a certain human reporter starts poking around. A comic sequel to both Magpie's 'Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani, Westerlund News' and Fred's 'One Tough Cloaca.'

What would happen if someone with vast knowledge about the Mass Effect Universe, both official (wiki/Codex) and theoretical (fanfics), decent fighting ability and a plan was dropped into that Universe 13 years before Eden Prime? As it turns out, quite a lot! FemShep. Soft HFY. And a very different kind of self-insert.

You all know how these stories go. OC gets inserted into Mass Effect and fights alongside Shepard to save the galaxy. Wait what? What do you mean that it's more complicated than that? What could possibly change? What do you mean "the main character isn't human"? Well, what are they then?

Garrus POV through the Mass Effect Triology He had questioned it at the beginning. Just why was he so willing to walk through fire for this human? -This will follow Canon, but with it being in another person's POV, there will be variations. Moments that are new. Untold stories and more.

The Pulse is what the Quarians call the destructive wave sent out by the Citadel that destroyed the Reapers. It has affected their planet more than anywhere else. Desperate for answers, Tali is tasked - who is still on Earth helping Shepard recover - with finding those answers. What she finds could change everything - for her, for her people, and for those that have been lost.

This story revolves mainly around John Shepard and Miranda Lawson. The story of their separation and reunion... and of course the Reapers are coming. Only John and his friends believes the legend of the Reapers. Can they stop the cycle of extinction which happens every 50000 years?

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.

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.

With friends and family at her side, Dr Liara T'Soni travels the galaxy, digging up the long-lost trail of the Protheans. Setting aside her life as an active Spectre, Shepard settles into domestic life (of sorts) to accompany Liara on her journey. Finally, a life full of peace, love and happiness becomes reality… and the long-awaited little blues get to make their appearance.

Le Commandant Shepard, déclaré mort dans les confins des systèmes Terminus, est finalement rappelé à servir au péril de sa seconde vie pour le bien de la galaxie. Sans que personne ne lui ait demandé son avis, il revient dans le monde des vivants et devra à nouveau porter la charge de l'univers tout entier sur ses épaules. Une guerre a été démarrée et il se doit de la continuer.

What a character must think when you get up during a game, leaving a gap in between responses :P

I'm not a good person. I've killed, and will continue to. However, here and now I have a chance to be better. To make the galaxy better and I'm going to take it. No matter what I have to go through, what I have to endure. I will help Shepard create a better galaxy, even at the cost of my life I will help create a better galaxy. Updates every Saturday.

For centuries Bantons lived on the forested planet of Faultoth, migrating to and from colonies in an endless cycle to allow sites of their homes furrow and farrow, time to replenish from use and abuse….

Goddess of mind, goddess of heart - closed-off without consent, She cannot flourish; unlocked to the universe in trust and control, She protects from all outside influences. Only one sits atop the throne of Shepard's subjectivity. Ashley/FemShep, Liara/FemShep. Miranda/FemShep, Aria/FemShep. Power plays, intense loves. Renegon Infiltrator FemShep. Spans the Mass Effect Trilogy.

Vetra tries to get her hands on a birthday present for her sister. It's more complicated than it sounds.

Garrus, Shepard, and a hell of a lot of banter. ME2 setting with throwback to ME1; friendship and eventual romance with emphasis on dialogue and character development. Rated M for language. 2022 edit: I am much, much better at updating this fic on AO3. Search for Enough by kesla there for weekly updates. All previously published chapters have also been overhauled.