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Knowing how many lives would be extinguished by her choice was a heavy burden, but it was one she was willing to bear for the remaining moments of her life. Shepard had chosen to destroy the Reapers and leave the woman she loved without ever telling the thief her true feelings. It seemed too late now, but sometimes one journey must end for another to begin.
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Kaidan attempts to teach Shepard the joys of the ocean.
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Igniting Destiny by SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
18 Aug 2025
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Over ten years have passed since the Reaper War, and life is very different for Faith Shepard-Alenko and her husband, Kaidan.
A trip to the Phoenix System throws their perfect life into upheaval, and Kaidan is sent on a journey he is ill-prepared for.
Set ten years after the events of
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We seek what we cannot find by MagicalMuffinMoon
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
15 Aug 2025
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Set during Mass Effect 3, a weird sighting has been reported to Commander Shepard of a possible ‘hybrid’ between aliens roaming free at the Citadel.
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“Normally we would handle such…cases but your needed to help find this ‘hybrid’ and bring her back into custody.” Bailey said over the comm causing Shepard to slightly tilt her head.“Why can’t you handle it?” The commander questioned, taking a sip of her coffee as Bailey answered.
“Because she claims she’s your daughter Shepard.”
I’m writing this at 1am and running on fumes but didn’t want to let this idea go so here we are. Follow thank you @inconsistantartist on tumblr for letting me use her Shakarian daughter design for this fic.
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Where the Stars Come Home by Shepard2186
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect (Comics)
12 Aug 2025
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Set 3 years after the events of Mass Effect 3, follows Commander Shepard (now retired) and Ashley Williams as they settle down and try to start a family. I was really going for a romantic drama here about 2 people whose lives have been put on hold so much by war and conflict finally getting the chance to be together and have a shot at a future.
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With a ship and small crew of her own, Azalea convinces Javik to go with her to explore parts of the galaxy that haven't been checked in on since the defeat of the reapers all for the small chance of there being some other surviving protheans hidden somewhere. When they do find an underground colony of protheans, she's so happy for him to have found at least some who also survived the reapers, but she can't help but feel sad over the thought of him staying behind and no longer travelling with her. She had grown so fond of him. What she doesn't know, and what Javik doesn't realize, is that he has grown fond of her as well.
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You've Lost Your Appetite (For Sacrifice) by CorralingDreams
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
27 Jul 2025
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Five times Vakarian lives on without his Shepard, and one time he no longer has to pretend he's alive.
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Guilt is a hell of a thing. Joker thinks his old friend is carrying too much of it around.
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- Part 3 of After, Life
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Flesh and Bone (and what are you made of?) by Sandetiger
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
22 Jul 2025
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Still an ongoing WIP. This was supposed to be a very self-indulgent oneshot smut fic, and then it became 3 chapters and 20k words, and then I added more worldbuilding and leadup, and now I'm- idk. Here? This is my first fanfic work in probably 15 years, and Mass Effect has me by the metaphorical balls as a diehard krogan simp. Basic premise is Shepard's life post-destroy ending is one of endless political posturing. Everyone wants a piece of her and it's shredding her already tattered soul. So she ends up seeking advice from an unlikely source, and decides to make a major life change. Spoiler alert: I don't see Wrex and Shepard as star-crossed lovers or anything like that (no love-at-first-sight stuff from me) and their friendship is very important to me; I think you should be friends with the people you love, personally. There will be nsfw stuff but them being friends is The Good Shit. Tuchanka stuff starts at Ch. 6. For those that came for the smut, I'll do you a solid and denote the specific chapters when I get them posted. Don't be afraid to leave comments letting me know what you think. Engagement validates me [insert discord pleading eyes emoji].
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Post-Destroy ending, the team is stuck in the Aethon Cluster. Mass Relays are destroyed, and Kaidan is missing his probably dead (again) boyfriend.
Meanwhile, Miranda makes a heel turn with her new, well, old science project. Here's hoping the sequel is just as good as the original.
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Falling Slowly by WesternLarch
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Jul 2025
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You know the story: man meets woman, woman meets man, and together they save the galaxy from wanton destruction. And somewhere in between, there is room for love.
But in the chaos of war and in its messy aftermath, what does it take to make a “happily ever after”?
Falling Slowly is a triptych of vignettes set pre and post war. Inspired by Richard Linklater's Before trilogy of films, the story unfolds through intimate conversations, depicting the small, but meaningful moments that build intimacy across the years.
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In the aftermath of the Reaper War, Garrus faces a battle unlike any he’s ever known: a hospital where Shepard lies unresponsive, but alive. With limited resources and mounting political pressure, he must confront difficult decisions about loyalty, love, and what it truly means to protect someone.
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Commander John Shepard has been suffering from recurring nightmares of a woman he cannot remember, who is begging him not to leave her. His mind blocked this memory away, but one thing is certain—it has something to do with Elysium.
Who is this woman? Why is she haunting him? Is it just another soldier trauma, PTSD?A psychological drama involving betrayal, treachery, romance and regret, fear and dedication to find out the truth. This story has multiple arcs, from a large scale one affecting many humans in the galaxy to smaller subplots of the personal struggles of Commander John Shepard and his loyal crew assisting him on his adventures.
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In retrospect, maybe he should’ve noticed the signs.
There are some things he had found interesting as they happened, but part of Garrus always brought him back to reality. He was reading too much into small things.
Humans like to touch more than it was strictly needed, she didn’t mean anything by it. Right?
Right?
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Commander Shepard and Kaidan Alenko never quite fully believed they would see a world on the other side of the Reapers. But maybe - just maybe - the galaxy has a little bit of softness left over for two old soldiers in the wake of war.
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- Part 2 of After, Life
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Insatiable Curiosity: The Palaven Adventures by DeMusica
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
30 Jun 2025
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When Primarch Victus asks Aurora Shepard Vakarian and Garrus Vakarian to come help him with the post-war rebuilding efforts on Palaven, they don't hesitate to seize the opportunity. Shepard needs some quiet time away from the increasing demands of the Alliance so that she can properly heal and Garrus needs to settle the issue of clan rights for his bondmate with his father, the head of Clan Vakarian. But nothing with these two is ever that simple. Underneath Palaven's surface of everyday politics and orderly reconstruction, old grudges fester - grudges that will threaten not just Shepard, but everyone that she loves.
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- Part 5 of Insatiable Curiosity
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Retirement of Admirals and Primarchs. by AdmiralVakarian
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
28 Jun 2025
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Garrus and Shepard have settled into married life on the Citadel two years after the Reaper war. Garrus has taken the position of Primarch, representing the 3 million Turian refugees and citizens that now live on the Citadel after the damage suffered on Palaven. Shepard has spent her time after the war rehabbing and retiring from service. Settling into civilian life is finally feeling like normalcy, and their recently adopted daughter adds even more to their seemingly, now normal, lives.
But remnants of the divisions created by the Reaper War still remain, and life was never meant to be quiet for the newly formed Vakarian family.
***Completed Work***
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- Part 5 of The Universe Said No
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After resolving galaxy-threatening crisis, Shepard has to face brand new challenge - meeting turian in-laws. Despite Garrus' perfectly calibrated plan for a nice day out with his family, every stage of it goes wrong, wrong, and then wrong once again. Will these three wrongs make at least one right? God, they hope so.
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Diablo chose to Destroy the Reapers but something isn't quite right when she "Wakes" up.
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- Part 7 of Diablo Shepard Stories
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- English
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Starlight Between the Ribs by reddawne
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Andromeda
22 Jun 2025
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The Reapers are gone. The war is over. And Commander Shepard should be dead.
But when she wakes in the wreckage of the Citadel - scarred, altered, and hunted - Shepard discovers the battle never truly ended. Shadow operatives, AI cultists, and fractured remnants of galactic power now fight over the Reaper's secrets, and whatever imprint the Catalyst left behind… inside her.
As she reunites with old allies and uncovers a covert organization known only as Aegis, Shepard must outrun those trying to exploit her resurrection while confronting the horrifying possibility that she didn’t return alone.
Beside her is Garrus Vakarian, the sniper who stood with her through hell and back. But as they fight to hold the line once more, ghosts of war and the looming future test their partnership like never before. Because saving the galaxy again might mean risking the one thing they’ve both dared to hope for: a future together… maybe even a family.
In the aftermath of annihilation, what remains is forged not just by survival, but by choice.
(AKA there will be smut, alien romance, drama, canon-typical fights of epic proportions, and baby krogans galore)