Sarah opened her eyes and found herself further in the past than she had anticipated. She was standing in line at the start of her first day in the Alliance Academy. She heard the drill sergeant say, "Alright you little shitbags. You are all training to join the greatest fighting force in the galaxy. You will refer to me as sir at all times, are we clear!"
"Sir, yes, sir!" Sarah said, standing up straight and saluting him. Everyone else just mumbled,
"Yes, sir."
"Alright you pieces of shit. You should take an example from this redhead. She knows respect. What's your name, soldier?"
"Sarah Shepard, Sir!" the former Commander said, saluting the old man. Thinking, 'You may have been a hardass, but that saved my life more times than I'd like to count, old man.'
"I like you, Shepard. You actually have some respect for your superiors. Now, you shitbags are going to go through a standard obstacle course and firing test to see how much work it'll take to forge you into soldiers! Move out!"
"Yes, Sir!" Sarah said, moving towards the obstacle course with the rest of the recruits. When they reached it, she saw that her memory of it was perfect. A few low walls to vault over, a couple to pull yourself onto, several gaps in the ground to jump across, and at the end a large rock wall to climb.
Seeing it, the former Spectre simply grinned, while Drill Sergeant Ellison said,
"This, you weak pieces of shit is a standard Alliance training course to see what you can and cannot do. You are to go through it now. If you useless wads of piss somehow manage to fail this, the odds are you will die trying to pass through it. You will take it one at a time, to prevent you dumbasses bumping into each other. Shepard, you're up first."
"Yes sir!" she replied, running up to the first low wall, and vaulting over it. She continued to sprint down the course, and jumped up to grab the top of the next wall. A split second later, she'd pulled herself over it, and jumped down, landing on the other side of a second wall. As she rolled to avoid injuring herself in the landing, she saw a third low wall, and pulled herself over it. A second later she jumped a gap, and then pulled her way up to the top of the final ledge, and walked on the pathway back to the rest of the group.
"Well done, recruit." Ellison said. "Almost a perfect example of how to take on the course. However, you aren't supposed to jump off the top of that high wall. What if you hadn't landed exactly where you did, Shepard?"
"If I had landed on top of the lower wall I would have rolled off of it, Sir! If I ended up falling into the hole I would have pulled myself out of it, Sir!"
"And how would you have pulled yourself out of it, recruit?"
"The distance of the hole is small enough that I could have one leg on each wall if I was too low to grab the upper ledge. If I could grab the upper ledge I would do so. And, before you mention the hole getting deeper as it goes down, I included that in my calculations. I didn't make that move without thinking it through, Sir!"
The Drill Sergeant looked surprised, as he said, "You're good. Who taught you this?"
Sarah forced tears into her eyes, and said, "With all due respect, Sir, I would rather not talk about it. It brings back painful memories."
"Soldier, this is the military! We don't keep our mouths shut because it would hurt our feelings."
Sarah glared at him, and said, "This time we do, Drill Sergeant Ellison."
"Have you forgotten proper military manners, soldier! You will refer to me as Sir, nothing else."
The former-Spectre grabbed the Drill Sergeant and slammed his head into the ground. A second later she had him pinned to the wall with his own pistol to his back. She then said,
"We aren't going to be talking about who taught me. Are we clear, Drill Sergeant?"
He coughed, and said, "Alright, Soldier. Just let me go. Whoever taught you was damn good. N7 good. Please return my firearm."
Sarah flipped the pistol in her hand, and said, "Sir, yes, Sir."
"You've got guts, kid. And skills. You'll do well here." Ellison said.
-=0=-
Miranda opened her eyes, and found herself sitting on a small ship. Sitting in the seat opposite her was another Cerberus Operative. She had gone by the title Shadow, but Miranda had quickly learned her actual name was Stephanie. The Operative said, "Alright, Lawson. Have you been briefed on the mission?"
"No, Ma'am." Miranda replied.
"Alright. We're going to the Ferris Fields colony. We have reason to believe they're harboring a batarian extremist who wants to attack humanity. Our orders are to find and kill him. Leaving no evidence that we were ever there. Our false identities have already been created and confirmed. You are Selena Jade. You tried to get into the Alliance military, but did not have the skills they were looking for. I'm your sister Terra Jade. You're coming with me to the colony since I pissed off the Third Street Reds back on earth. You got that?"
"Of course." Miranda replied, checking her omni-tool. After she had been typing on it for a couple of minutes, Stephanie asked,
"What are you doing on that? You should be focused on the mission. Not fiddling on your omni-tool."
"I have a loose end from a while back that I need to take care of." Miranda replied.
"But this is your first mission, what loose ends could you have?"
"From before I joined Cerberus." the Operative replied. "There's someone I need to talk to. I owe her an apology."
"Your files didn't indicate that you had anyone in your life you'd need to apologize to."
"Not everything about my past is in my file." Miranda replied.
"Your file is pretty damn extensive. Everything from your time under your father to when you joined up is in it."
"There were some things I was able to keep secret from everyone, especially my father."
Stephanie laughed, and said, "So, you had a girlfriend, and you kept her a secret from everyone?"
"Something like that. When I escaped from my father I didn't tell her, and her family ended up moving to Mindoir. There... most of them died."
"No reason to blame yourself, Lawson. You weren't the one who sent the batarians to Mindoir."
"I still feel responsible. If she'd known where I was, they might have stayed on earth."
"Unlikely." Stephanie said. "People go to colonies all the time. They probably would have even if you hadn't disappeared."
"It doesn't change the fact that I feel guilty. I feel like I owe her an apology."
"Are you sure it isn't just you trying to rekindle the old flame?" Stephanie asked, with a small smirk.
"That isn't an option now." Miranda replied, as she sent Shepard a message. Saying, "Can we meet on the Citadel in three months? I know that once you finish basic, you get some time off. And, I can arrange so that I'm working there when you do. Love, Miri."
-=0=-
Sarah leaned back against the wall, getting a drink of water, when another recruit walked up to her, and said, "Hey, Shepard, how'd you get so good?"
The former N7 finished her water, then said, "If I told you, you wouldn't believe me."
"You're really secretive, you know that?" she asked.
"Listen, Jennifer right? I keep my secrets close to my chest for a reason." Sarah said, while thinking, 'If I don't, it could cause paradoxes which destroy the universe.'
"And what's that?"
"Because, my father made me promise to keep them."
"That was years ago!"
'In the future.' Sarah thought as she said, "It meant a lot to him that I keep my mouth shut about it. So, I'm not going to tell anyone about it."
Jennifer nodded, then asked, "So, who was your father?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Sarah said, looking away. "The memories are painful."
"Okay. There anything that isn't off limits to discuss?" Jennifer asked as Sarah's omni-tool beeped. As she read it, a smile crept across her face.
"What's that? A cat video?"
Sarah laughed, and said, "No, I hate cats. Message from a very close friend."
"You hate cats? Why?"
"You see this scar?" Sarah asked, pointing at a long white line on her right arm, "A cat did this to me when I was just a kid. It was my neighbor's cat, and it was calm for a while. I was just petting it, then it attacked. I've never trusted the sneaky fuckers since."
"Wow. That is horrible luck."
"I know." Sarah said, "But, I don't really believe in luck."
"Right. So, if you encountered one of those cute space monkeys, would you be afraid of them?"
"Pyjaks? Nah, they're harmless so long as you don't mind them taking your food supplies. I once heard that the krogan use rocket turrets to clean out colonies of the things."
"Do you believe that?" Jennifer asked.
"Knowing the krogan, it's not outside the realm of possibility." Sarah said, thinking back to firing the rockets into the poor, defenseless creatures on the krogan homeworld.
"You're really strange, you know that?" Jennifer asked.
"Trust me, I know. Try living in my shoes, and I wouldn't bat an eyelash if someone told me I had to get a turian and a krogan to get along in order to hunt down a rogue Spectre. Or a quarian and a geth so that we could destroy genetically modified protheans who only exist to do whoever modified them's bidding."
"You have a very active imagination, Shepard."
"I never understood why everyone insisted on calling me Shepard. It's like in a game where you can choose the main character's first name, but not the last. So, the voice actors just do the last name."
"I suppose so." Jennifer said, "Would you rather I called you Sarah?"
"It would be a bit more familiar. It's not like I'm your elder, or your superior. No reason to not just be casual." Sarah said, "And, it's not like I'm stressed out and feeling powerless about a really shitty situation and try to make people call me my last name in order to feel some control over what is going on"
"Are you sure you're not crazy?"
"All geniuses are crazy before what they're saying has any frame of reference for regular people to make sense of it. Like, would you believe me if I told you time travel was possible? Of course not, because it hasn't been proven to be possible. So, those who believe it is possible and spout technobabble so incomprehensible that you need a PHD from the University of Knowing Everything Ever Known to even be able to understand what they're saying, are seen as crazy people. But, if they prove that it is possible, suddenly they're geniuses. And, you know what, I'm hungry. I know a great burger joint down the way. Care to join me? I feel like you're the kind of person with a mind for tech."
"That I am. Not as good as Gabby and Ken, though."
"Who?" Sarah asked.
"They're a couple of people in the engineering academy. They are insanely smart. I wouldn't trust them, but Ken's accent almost immediately makes you think he's the most trustworthy person you could ever meet."
Sarah laughed, and said, "It really is quite a small galaxy. I think I met them a while back. Though, they probably don't remember. If it weren't for my eidetic memory, I know I wouldn't."
"You have an eidetic memory?"
"Yup. Didn't when I was born though."
"How? It's not exactly a skill you can learn."
"Science, of course." Sarah said, with a grin. "Not joking. I went through some experiments that ended up giving me a lot of cool improvements. The memory thing is one of the more... mundane ones. But, it can suck. Trust me, you don't want to have to remember seeing the person you love slip out of your hands to their death over and over again because you can't forget."
"I don't think there's any circumstance anyone could forget that. Did you have that happen?"
"Yeah. But, I got lucky."
"How?"
"A little over a year after I thought she was dead, she turned up alive. Her legs had broken in the fall, but she'd managed to recover."
"Is she the person who sent you the message?"
"Yeah." Sarah said as they sat down in the burger joint. She motioned for a waiter to come over, and said, "Two bacon cheeseburgers. Make mine medium rare, and my friend's medium well."
"How do you know how I like my meat?" Jennifer asked.
"Some might say it was just intuition. But, I'll tell you the truth. Alliance military files include personality data. I was able to hack into the database- it was surprisingly easy, I just had to slap some omni-gel on it- and read the files of everyone in my classes. Yours said that you like your beef medium well."
"You're smarter than you let on."
"I try." Sarah said, looking around. "Make everyone think you're not very bright, then surprise them. It gives you an edge if they don't think you're a threat."
"Well, with your stunt earlier, I don't think anyone will see you as anything but a threat."
"Ellison deserved it. You'd swear he though I was a raw recruit. Seriously, who the fuck asks someone who's eyes water up when thinking about their training about it? Then, when told the memories are really painful just says deal with it? That's really rude."
"This is the military, Shepard. People don't care about being polite here."
"They should work on that. I know that you have to put us down so we can deal with it. But, there are some things that's just a low blow."
"Hey, it wasn't me who gave you a hard time."
"I know. You seem like an alright sort." Sarah said.
"You too, Shepard." Jennifer said, seeming uncomfortable.
"What did I say wrong?"
"I'm just not used to people being polite to me. They've always been way worse than anything the military could throw at me."
"Why?" Sarah asked, scanning the room, and laying eyes on her target.
"Well, I come from a very old school family. So, when I tell them that I like other girls, they get pissed. They do... some awful stuff to me."
"I see." Sarah said, as she pulled out her pistol and fired a single round into the man sitting at a table across from her's leg.
"Why did you shoot that guy!"
"He's an agent of the Shadow Broker." Sarah said, slamming the man's head into the table. "And he's going to give his boss a very clear message from me."
"What is it?" The man asked, wiping the blood flowing from his nose.
"That he needs to back off when it comes to one Miranda Lawson. That if he continues to send people after her, I will go to his precious little base, and I will rend him limb from limb." Sarah growled.
"Alright. Alright. Please don't kill me!"
"I won't. You're more useful to me alive." Sarah said. "Trust me, if I was going to kill you I wouldn't have shot your leg." before walking back to the table.
"Who's Miranda Lawson?"
Sarah smiled, and said, "The woman I love. I honestly don't know what I'd do if she were gone. Probably try and take on a dreadnaught capable of ripping any ship in Citadel Space in half, and only be using a machine gun."
"That... sounds like suicide to me."
Sarah laughed, and said, "It's better than a life knowing the only person you'll ever love is dead."
"You don't know that she's the only one you'll ever love."
"Yes I do. The one year I thought she was dead felt like a million."
"Okay." Jennifer said as the food was brought up to them. "What are you going to aim to do, once we finish basic?"
"Meet up with Miri, then as soon as possible go through the special forces training. Work my way up to N7, might even try to become a Spectre. With an N7 designation I can go and lead a team against the batarians. Make them pay for what they did to my family." Sarah said, her face grim. "Then, wherever my superiors send me, I'll go."
Jennifer laughed, and said, "You've get everything planned out. I just joined to get away from my family."
Sarah nodded, and said, "You did alright in that obstacle course. If you keep up doing that well with the later training, you'll be pretty damn good. I could use people with a high level of skill to work with me."
"That could be fun." Jennifer said, "But I'm not sure that I'll want to do this for a long time."
"It may not seem like the greatest lifestyle, but if you get good at it, you'll make a crazy amount of money. If you do the right stuff, you'll never have to work again after you turn forty."
"Yeah right." Jennifer said, "I've seen what the Alliance pays."
"Trust me, I've got a lot of experience with this line of work."
"Then why are you in basic training?"
"My experience was freelance." Sarah said, glancing around. "Anyways, I need to go. That Shadow Broker Agent was just the first I have to take care of here on earth. You can never be too careful with them."
"How do you know who the Shadow Broker Agents are?"
"A while back I found a data cache that I was able to decrypt that told me who they were." Sarah said, as she walked away.
-=0=-
Miranda sighed as she fell onto the bed. "Cheer up, Lawson." Shadow said, tossing the younger operative an energy bar. "You're acting like your dog died."
Miranda caught it, and said, "We've spent four hours hunting these batarians. And, the only thing anyone has been willing to tell us is that we aren't welcome here."
"It takes time, Lawson. We're going to have to build up their trust." Stephanie said, sitting down beside Miranda.
The Operative shook her head, as her omni-tool beeped. She glanced at it, and saw a message from Sarah. She opened it to see the Commander's smiling face. The Commander said, "Hey, Miri, miss me?"
"Still do, Sarah." The Operative said, smiling back.
"I miss you too. Who's your friend?"
"This is Operative Shadow, a coworker in Cerberus."
"Whoa, Lawson. Don't you think you're telling your girlfriend too much?"
"Please, I know everything that Cerberus is doing right now." Sarah said to Shadow, "And, who you are. A pleasure to finally meet you, Stephanie. From what I've read, you're a skilled soldier. I'm going to need that in the coming years. Meet up with me on the Citadel in 2183."
"Why so far in the future?"
"I'll explain everything when the time has come." Sarah said, "But anyways, I want to talk to Miri, not you."
"Alright. How do you know so much?"
"In my experience, not knowing everything is a problem. I strive to not have that problem. Now go away. I don't want people listening in on a private conversation."
"Alright, alright. For a rookie in the Alliance you're awfully bossy."
"Yeah, well I showed the instructor that I'm a better fighter than he is today. And, it's my first day. So, don't sweat it. I'll be much worse when I actually have a command of my own."
A moment later Stephanie had left the room, and Miranda asked, "So, how are you, Sarah?"
"Not bad. Met Jennifer again."
The Operative nodded, the look on her face one of concern, then said, "Weren't you and she together before..."
"Yeah." Sarah said, "But don't worry. She doesn't hold a candle to you in appearance or personality. I won't leave you, if that's what's got your face all scrunched up."
Miranda sighed with relief at hearing the words. She knew that Jennifer had been incredibly close to Sarah before Akuze. They'd been engaged, at least that was what the reports said. Then Sarah asked, "Did you really think an old flame would make me leave you?"
Miranda said, "I'm sorry, Sarah. I have a lot of difficulty with handling my paranoia."
"Yeah, well I suppose I should be having difficulty handling my jealousy too. The files I read said you and Shadow were a thing back in the day."
"It was just physical." Miranda said. "And it only happened once."
"I know, Miri." Sarah said, a huge smile on her face, "I was just teasing! You really need to improve on knowing when I'm doing that."
"I'll try." the Operative said, smiling at Sarah. "Did you really kick Ellison's ass today?"
"Head to the ground, then pinned to the wall with his own pistol aimed at his back."
"Nicely done. What made you do that?"
"He wanted to know where I learned my skills. Figured telling him the truth wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. But, that doesn't matter. How have you been, Miri?"
"Since we reunited on the Crucible, better than ever. Before... it was a nightmare."
Sarah nodded, and said, "Don't worry about that, Miri. If he tries anything like that again, I'll kill him. He won't lay a hand on you, I promise."
"I know. What are you going to do about... the event?"
Sarah sighed, looked up at the ceiling, and said, "I don't know. I may just devastate the threshers. Or, I could maneuver them so that they don't die. I think Jen would probably be a good match for Kelly. What do you think?"
Miranda laughed a bit, and said, "Maybe Garrus?"
"Nah. She isn't into guys. Gotta find her a special lady friend. OOOH! Maybe Ori?"
"Sarah, no." Miranda said, her voice serious, but the look of mirth in her eyes giving away that she was struggling to keep from laughing.
"Alright, alright." Sarah said, "I'd suggest Jack, but I think she and Kasumi are a thing."
"They are." Miranda nodded. "Maybe Samara?"
"Nah. Since Samara's had the issue with her daughters, she wouldn't go for anyone."
"Figures. We could put her with Morinth." Miranda joked.
Sarah laughed, and said, "Then we'd go pirate. Robbing all the dreadnaughts in the galaxy. Steal the Citadel, and fly off into deep space, having had the Normandy repainted gold so that it looks like the Ark."
As the two just laughed, Miranda said, "You have the strangest tastes."
"Hey, in our line of work you have to find joy however you can."
"True." Miranda said, "Do you think she'd go for Liara? That would be a definite way to keep the blue bitch from trying to put her hands on you."
"Nah." Sarah said, "I'd rather Jen wasn't miserable being with a bitch like T'Soni. Maybe Samantha?"
"Who?"
"Oh right... you haven't met her. She's a communications specialist with the Alliance. British."
"Maybe. You could probably hook her up with a reporter. You've met quite a few."
"That's an idea. Play matchmaker and have her end up with Wong. Or Allers."
"The woman who does Battlespace?"
"Yeah. She was on the Normandy during the Reaper Invasion. Idiot tried hitting on me."
Miranda laughed, and said, "I assume you let her down gently?"
"If by telling her no, and that if she thought she could even hold a candle to you in any way she was a complete idiot."
"Nicer than I would have been. I'd have just broken her neck. Nobody gets to be with you but me." Miranda said, smirking slightly.
"Wouldn't have it any other way, Babe." Sarah said, "But I need to go. More training. See you on the Citadel. OOOH, we could go visit Ori while she's young!"
"We could." Miranda said. "But, I think give her another year or two. Any earlier and we'll just seem creepy."
"Alright." Sarah said, "I love you, Miri. We'll talk again soon."
"I love you too, Sarah." Miranda replied, "Now go and do what you have to, then find me on the Citadel."
"Aye-aye." the soldier replied, as the communications line was severed.
-=0=-
Sarah walked into the training room, where she was greeted by a single terminal, and Ellison. He said, "We just received this transmission. Admiral Hackett ordered that you be brought here to talk. I don't know why."
Sarah nodded, and said, "Thanks, Sir." before he left, and sat down at the terminal. As it came to life, Sarah's mother came into vision. She said,
"Sarah, how are you?"
"I'm good, mom. What's going on?" The soldier asked.
"I just got some surprising news. I thought you'd need to hear it."
"What is it, Mom?" Sarah asked, curious about what was going on.
"It's about your father."
"He's alive." Sarah said, "I know."
"He told you first?" Hannah asked, looking slightly irritated.
"Mom, it's complicated." Sarah said.
"Indeed. I have explained the entire situation to her. Including the reversals and Lucis Entia." John said.
"You weren't joking?" Hannah asked.
"Not at all." John said. "This is too serious to joke about."
Hannah sighed, and said, "I see. I guess I'm not allowed to tell anyone about this."
"Right." Sarah said, "Dad must have had to pull a lot of strings to be allowed to tell you what he did."
"Or just disregard the rules." he said, laughing.
"You didn't... you know what happens to people who risk revealing this to the galaxy."
"I didn't, Sarah." John replied.
"What about Jessica and Cynthia?" Hannah asked.
John shook his head, and said, "If they had become Lucis Entia it would have torn our universe apart."
"Why?"
"Because," Sarah said, "They are intended to live in alternate realities. To become what I am going to become once more. The first human Spectre and Savior of the Citadel. If they were around, it could lead to interference that could change who it is. Those are large enough events that if they were changed, the fabric of space and time in our universe would be ripped to shreds. Nothing would survive."
Hannah sighed, and said, "I see. Anyways, John told me that you have a girlfriend you've been keeping secret from me."
"Yeah," Sarah said, nervously scratching the back of her head, "I do. Her name's Miranda Lawson. When I, well, died, she was the one who brought me back."
"So, when are you going to introduce me to her?" Hannah asked.
"I'll have to figure it out with her. She can be a bit... secretive."
"Why?" Hannah asked.
"It's complicated. And, I've got 'training' to do."
"With the skills of a Spectre and N7, I'm sure you can last missing one session." Hannah said.
"Alright, fine." Sarah sighed. "Her dad illegal created her. She doesn't have a mother. His Y chromosome was modified using desirable traits from multiple sources. He raised her in a cold environment where beatings were the only result of anything less than perfection. She was constantly watched. Never had a real friend unless they had been carefully screened by her father. So that they wouldn't push her down paths he didn't want her to go down.
"After a while, she was found to have a single genetic problem. It's a really sensitive matter, she wouldn't want me to tell you. So, he grew a new sister. Miri told me while we were going to save this sister from being abducted by Eclipse for her father that she wasn't the first. Miri had to go to some rather... unsavory sources to get protection for both herself and her sister. Her work with this group is what made her the one to restore me, and it combined with her father has made her secretive."
"I see." Hannah said. "Well, let me know when I can meet her. I want to know the woman who my daughter cares about so much."
"We'll set something up, Mom. I promise. I didn't tell you about Miri because before we had a chance to talk after my first restoration, she fell to her death. Slipped just out of my grasp. It was the worst moment of my life. Even thinking about her made me break down and cry. With her gone... I was isolated. The entire world seemed grey, colorless."
"I know what that's like." Hannah said, smiling at John.
John then said, "Sarah, I have received news from Bryce. It is regarding Halthas."
"What about him?"
"After the reversal Bryce spoke to the King. And, he has gained some rather... disturbing knowledge."
"What?" Sarah asked.
"Halthas is the son of the King. He is the Prince of the Lucis Entia."
Hannah asked, "Why is he fighting his own father?"
"Because, he did not want to become a Lucis Entia. He wanted to fade away. The King knows a way to force the conversion to one of us. And, he used it on Halthas."
"That's horrible. Why tell me this? Now I'm questioning your boss."
"So you will know that it is possible that Halthas could reinforce his own army with Lucis Entia of his creation. The King shared the process with no one, save for his own son."
"So, I may be up against some serious resistance when I go after Halthas."
"Indeed." John said.
"Enough. Can't this just be a family reunion?" Hannah asked.
"It can now." John said, "But Sarah needed to know what she may well come up against. That way she can prepare."
"So, what are you guys planning to do? I know Miranda and I are gonna be meeting on the Citadel in a few months. That might be a good time to introduce her to the family."
"That sounds excellent. We can set up a specific date, spend the day as an entire family."
"Yeah. We might also end up picking up a C-Sec agent too. A guy I see as a brother."
"Has he been affected too?"
"Maybe not this far back."
"He hasn't." John replied.
"Okay, so we won't include him." Sarah said.
-=0=-
A/N: Well, surprisingly enough, this is full length. And, I wrote it in a single day. All five thousand words. I don't know why, but the urge to write has been strong in me the last few days.
Anyways, thank you for reading, and please for the love of all that is Femshep/Miri, review. It makes my day. And, it also makes me less likely to become a religious prude, and decide that lesbianism is wrong(instead of incredibly hot.) so please review to keep me from finding religion and ending my lesbian fanfiction career.
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Also, if you like this and are looking for more fanfiction writen like this, why not check out Mass Effect Meus Mundus, my first ever fanfic(it's still ongoing.) it's a really long, in depth AU filled with all the Femshep/Miri you guys love. (At least I'm guessing you like it. Why you'd be reading a Femshep/Miri fic if you don't like Femshep/Miri is beyond me. Unless... it's the crazy AU stuff you like. But, hey, crazy AU-ness is in Meus Mundus in spades, just as it is in this. You even saw Jessica from Meus Mundus in this a couple chapters back when Sarah's memories were being restored.
Also check out Beyond the Light and the Dark. It's a Frevan/Bastila fic that also has AU goodness and in depth plot, and ladies loving other ladies. And, has a bunch of funny moments. (At least that's what my reviewers say.) It's really good, and I'd love it if you would read that too. (Assuming you aren't already reading it.) Of course, you will have to deal with it being a KotOR fanfic(don't worry, I'm faaaaar from actually being in KotOR yet. 24 chapters in, and Revan hasn't even told the Council, "Fuck you guys, I'm going to war." And, is around ten months away from doing so. :-)
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