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 3 in progress.

The Reapers are coming, but nearly all remain blissfully unaware of their encroaching doom. In this time of false peace, many find themselves in the company of unlikely allies, driven together by a strange mixture of fate and necessity. This is the story of one such crew, the exploits of whom shall color a final chapter in the history of the galaxy as we know it. (SYOC - Open)

Duty binds the honorable to a cause which was not theirs to uphold. The story I seek to create may not be what you are expecting. It will be a long and arduous journey. None aboard the Normandy will be left unscathed by the time it is all said and done.  This will not be a 1:1 with the games, but will follow in its shadow. I sincerely hope you enjoy this story. Any critique or

Everyone knows Shepard's story, but who were the soldiers who also fought in the Reaper War? This story revolves around five women who have pledged their service to the Alliance together. Time span: starts before ME1, ends after ME 3. In the later chapters encounters with well-known characters!

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.

The Reaper War may have ended twenty-five years ago but the scars that it has left behind on the galaxy still run deep and red. Aboard the SSV Hippocrates, flagship of the Systems Alliance Research and Development, three Spectres find themselves up against a new horror. Come bear witness to a humble bromance, badly-timed flashbacks, and the re-imagined fates of old friends.

In a quiet hospital in Europe, months after the end of the Reaper War, there is a patient. He cannot wake, cannot dream. Every day, a quarian watches over him. Protecting him. Loving him. And hating every moment without him.

If EDI was able to frown, she would have. It was the second time in a few days that both Normandy's commander and weapons officer had woken up at the exact same moment. And both showed the same signs of physical and emotional agitation. (Tags: ME2; canon divergence; friends to lovers; mutual pining)

There is bitterness in victory, as in defeat. The heroine of Mass Effect III's final outcome finds she must not only clean up Reaper corpses, and bury the dead. She must heal the heart of a broken galaxy, as well as her own.

The War was lost, after nearly thirty thousand years of space exploration humanity and their alien allies were on the brink of destruction. The Long War with the Reapers had ended in their imminent defeat. With only Sol left to stand against the Reaper onslaught. Thus, a desperate gamble was attempted. To bring a second chance and defeat the Reapers once and for all. [AU]

Ten billion people over here die, so twenty billion over there can live. After the war, there are pieces to pick up, and lives to rebuild. And even with the Reapers gone, nothing is easy.

If you, dear reader, would like to read the intimate tales of the most remarkable volus within our galaxy, read on, and I shall keep you within my heart week after week for as long as you shall have me. Behold, these are the Annals of Niftu Cal, Biotic God!

Lt. Commander Shepard, White Death of Elysium, borderline pariah, new commander the SSV Normandy. Hackett tasks her with the thankless, redaction-heavy missions N7s train for. Along the way she forms an unlikely band of misfits into a highly effective army, and discovers just how thin the galaxy's veneers of normalcy are. (An AU/"Reaper-free" TV-Show-format series.)

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.

The Systems Alliance launches multiple programs as an effort to mend humanity's image to the galactic community as a whole, as well as expose the marines to other species to facilitate proactive collaboration. Ensign Shepard signs up for research patrol duty as her first assignment. [Slight AU: Jane and Liara meet 10 years earlier than the events of ME1. Co-author: HappyMistake].

Continuation of the story One for the Many by sbing0304. Please read that before reading this. I had this chapter written because I like the story so much and had it written for a couple of years now and did nothing with it.

Assassin, Mercenary, Bounty Hunter,Hero he is all of these things and more. A killer with very few redeeming qualities but with a sense of justice a mile long. Follow Hunter as he helps Commander Shepard on his mission to stop Saren and the Reapers to save the Galaxy. Watch out Saren The Hunter of the Terminus has caught your scent and he is on the prowl.

Commander Shepard wakes up after being killed in a surprise attack by a mysterious alien ship two years earlier to discover she's not the real Shepard, but a clone created to house spare parts in the event something happened to her true self. Jane has to wrestle with the circumstances of her creation and forge a new identity beyond the shadow of the galaxy's biggest hero.

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.

A single spark can ignite a flame that will consume the lives of many. From a battle over a lonely relay, to a treaty signed on a space station that has acted as the crypt for a thousand civilizations, this is the first contact war

I was chosen because I had thought it through and because I knew what pain and suffering was. Now I have the chance to see if my ideas can help Shepard save the galaxy. SI.

Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy try to adjust to a galaxy reeling from the costly victory against the Reapers. However, when a new threat emerges and threatens galactic peace, Shepard and the Normandy embark on one final mission.

Commander Circe Shepard is well acquainted with death. Her life is full of death. But for Shepard, living is harder. What happens when the fight is over? Set against the backdrop of a galaxy in upheaval, 'Taproot' is an exploration of duty, change, love, and most of all, finding home. This story takes place in the 10 years after the Reaper War.

New version posted Dec. 30, 2022. In this war, there's no where safe to flee to — just one very fast ship, her (in)famous commander, her ace pilot, and all the people they collect. A Star to Steer Her By sequel.

A rewrite of one of my older stories: The Challenger Deep is the deepest part of the ocean, and for millions of years has kept its secrets for itself. In the year 1960 a team of scientists made the first dive to the Challenger Deep. What they discovered was something that would forever change the course of human history.