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Starlight Between the Ribs by reddawne
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Andromeda
20 Jun 2025
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She died a war hero. She woke up a myth.
The Crucible was supposed to end it all — the Reapers, the war, the endless cycle. But when Commander Shepard opens her eyes under the wreckage of the Citadel, everything is wrong. She's not in Alliance hands. Her wounds are healed by unknown means. And the people observing her don't ask about recovery. They ask about the light. About what she saw. About what she became.
As Shepard fights to reclaim her body, her identity, and the shattered pieces of memory and meaning left in the wake of galactic salvation, she realizes the war never really ended. It just changed shape.
Haunted by the lives she couldn’t save, tethered to something she doesn't understand, and stalked by a new power rising in the Terminus Systems, Shepard must rely on old allies, risky truths, and the one constant in her fractured life: Garrus Vakarian. If he'll still have her.
Because this time, Shepard isn't just fighting to save the galaxy.
She's fighting to stay herself.
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Shepard has never been one to sit around and wait for others to figure it out. She’s always preferred her own boots on the ground, no matter how many waves of husks, or Collectors, or goddamned Reapers might stand in her way. She doesn’t like this. She wouldn’t like it if any other ship was missing, and she certainly doesn’t like it now.
How could she ever trust anyone else to find the Normandy? To turn every stone? Earmark every page?
When Shepard wakes up after everything, Garrus isn't there. And with the Normandy currently missing without a trace, neither is anyone else.
Alone, injured, and stuck in a small hospital on Earth, all she can do is wait for progress to come.
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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 deep, dark 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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Eternal Embers (Book Three) by SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
14 Jun 2025
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Three Months after the events of From The Ashes.
Major Kaidan Alenko and Faith Shepard prepare for the biggest day of their lives, but a new faction threatens to rise up and finish what the Reapers failed to start.
I recommend reading both Phoenix Rising (Book One) and From The Ashes (Book Two) before reading this instalment.
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“She’s awake. Dehydrated, bruised black and blue, but stable.” Dr. Chakwas’s voice pulls Kaidan out of the heated back-and-forth he’d been having with the receptionist since he’d arrived ten minutes ago. His eyes fly up to see Dr. Chakwas peeling black latex gloves off her hands, her face weary but pleased. “Second hallway on your left, four doors down.”
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Her own personal Noverian peak. That’s what it was supposed to be. Nothing but the discovery: no distractions, no comfort, no windows looking out—no familiar faces. But it's starting to look like her winning streak might have ended in that pile of Citadel rubble, if it ever extended that far to begin with.
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“How does the Earth idiom go? No use beating a dead—” A long-suffering sigh. “What was it again?”“A dead horse. And yet, you’re here. Beating it.”
Pot, kettle. She wishes he’d just fucking say it.
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After the war, Shepard needs to get away from everything, and Zaeed offers her a place to stay: his new Villa, bought and paid for by The Illusive Man.
They get even closer, and he helps quieten her mind.
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Where the Stars Come Home by Shepard2186
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect (Comics)
20 Jun 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 her ghost between us. by JessariOfErebor for SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
03 Jun 2025
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Liara turned her head to look at him, and Kaiden suddenly realized how close they were. Her eyes fell to his lips. His heart picked up as he did the same, finding her lips to have a beautiful shape. They weren’t the shape he wanted, not at all, but they were pretty just the same.
“Liara,” he said quietly.
She placed a finger over his lips and whispered, “Do not speak.” -
Flesh and Bone (and what are you made of?) by Sandetiger
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
31 May 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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Commander 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?This story will crisscross the Milky Way, taking place in the 10 years after the Reaper War. Set against the backdrop of a galaxy in upheaval, Taproot is an exploration of duty, change, love, and most of all, finding home.
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- Part 1 of Taproot
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Diablo wakes up after being in a coma since the Citadel's explosion.
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- Part 6 of Diablo Shepard Stories
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Comfort can be found in the arms of a lover
Several weeks after the Citadel exploded and the defeat of the Reapers, Commander Diablo Shepard has been found, but her lovers, Major Kaidan Alenko and Lieutenant James Vega are having a difficult time coping. Naturally, they turn to each other to help each other cope.
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- Part 5 of Diablo Shepard Stories
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Commander John Shepard unexpectedly wakes up in 2025, in an unknown hotel room, realizing that in this universe nobody knows him as a war hero, but rather a video game character. His identity is stripped from him, he has no Omni-tool or any ability to prove who he really is. His last hope is a fanfic writer who is passionate about Mass Effect universe—but will she believe him? Will he find out what happened and find his way home?
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Shepard gave her life to end the cosmic cycle of death once and for all. But this time, there’s no Cerberus to bring her back with enough credits and a mad scientist. Even though he’s surrounded by friends, Garrus still spirals into grief and despair. The galaxy may be free — but without Jane, it’s no longer a place for him.
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Kaidan attempts to teach Shepard the joys of the ocean.
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Death And The Healing by IllusiveWritings, kalin7_art
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
22 Apr 2025
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Three days after the sudden collapse of the Reapers and the end of the war, there's only destruction, chaos and pain left in the galaxy. Rebuilding will take years, decades, for now all they can do is heal the wounded, and bury the dead.
Jane Shepard though, has no intention of being counted among those dead.
Written by IllusiveWritings and illustrated by Shipsnthenight
Post-destroy ending, with a twist of indoctrination theory just for fun. I started writing in 2013 and exhumed it because shipsnthenight offered to illustrate it. We have to kill time during the quarantine after all, right?
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- Part 5 of Impossible Odds
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A resistance fighter, a civilian, Sophia Miller, finds a wounded soldier during the Reaper War in London, who turns out to be Commander John Shepard. A spark starts between them, taking them together on an intense adventure—an old and new potential threat rising in the galaxy—John Shepard and his new companion along with his loyal crew are to figure it out and stop it.
A light and comfortable story with some suspense and drama.
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Shepard doesn’t remember. But Garrus does.
It was easier when bad things could be solved with a well-placed bullet.
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It’s 6 months after the Reapers were turned into cosmic dust, when the namesake of Shepard Memorial Hospital wakes up in one of its rooms.
Except it’s not just the 6 months she’s missing.
It’s 5 years. Or everything, if you asked Garrus.
And when everything is on the line once again, he refuses to lose her for the third time.
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Cat's In The Cradle by themaniacisinthemailbox
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect - Various Authors
14 Apr 2025
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A Shepard clone successfully escaped the lab she was born into. Now she has to quickly learn what real life is like. It doesn’t help when you share the face of the most famous woman in the galaxy.
This is a direct sequel to The Future Prometheus.
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You’re in a night club. It’s dark and humid. Bodies are lit in silhouette by the shutter of strobe lights. The music is so loud, you feel the vibrations in your chest. Every thud of the beat outlines your ribs. It reminds you that your body is your own. You can do with it as you please. You choose to dance. You are good at dancing because you are not afraid to be bad at it. You can feel the extra sense in your head, the Well, observing you. It seems to like watching you dance.Series
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