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    After waking up in a Cerberus space station, Shepard demands answers and finds out that she had died two years prior with the destruction of the Normandy. With two years of her absence, how will the galaxy react to her returning, and how will she react to what the galaxy has become?

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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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    Part 2 of the Chance Effect series, a mostly canon-compliant story that focuses on the relationship between Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian.

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    She knew she wasn’t just imagining things: The way they stood so close to each other when they were alone; The looks they exchanged after one of them caught the other staring; The way they kept implicitly testing the boundaries of their relationship, step by step, and always discovering that the answer was YES.

    Her face felt hot when she stopped in front of the door to the battery. Wow. Okay... she mused cautiously, struggling to keep her knees from shaking. So… what the fuck do I do NOW?

    Before she could hit the panel to let him know she was here, the door opened in front of her.

    “Shepard, thanks for coming by,” Garrus greeted her frantically. “I need your help. You remember Sidonis? The one who betrayed my team?”

    Shepard nodded vaguely, a bit taken aback by his agitated demeanor. “I remember,” she replied.

    He nodded. “I got a lead,” he said, his eyes flashing with anticipation. “He’s on the Citadel- we have to get back there before it’s too late.”

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    He's a seasoned scientist salarian and she's a young vanguard, but that doesn't stop feelings from arising.

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    Eliza Shepard is once again in the role of the hero, saddled with the responsibility of saving the galaxy. Except now, she should still be dead. Except now, she's forced to work with known terrorists. Except now, the galaxy doesn't want her. Her reputation is the lowest it's ever been, her mind is more jumbled than ever before, and some of those she trusted most shun her. Except her best friend, who swears up and down he's with her. But things are different aboard the SR-2, even when it comes to Garrus Vakarian.

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    Commander Eliza Shepard is back from the dead. At least, she thinks she is. Her reflection is unmistakably her, but she's covered in scars she cannot place, and missing all the scars she has memories for.

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    She's the Alliance's most famous soldier - forced into early retirement to be the 'token human' in enemy territory in a desperate bid to maintain intergalactic peace.

    He's a loud-mouthed sharp-shooter who can't quite find his place among his people - and after meeting her, he's not sure he wants to.

    Shakarian AU because...why not?

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    Shepard's used to handling a bad set of dealt cards. It's all she's ever been given growing up in the sleepless cities of New York, but nothing could've prepared her for where a selfless act with a prothean beacon would take her. Now she's in a race against the clock with an unknown timer while carrying the weight of the galaxy's expectations on her back. Luckily, she has a trusty crew willing to help carry some of those burdens with her. Whether or not she can learn to trust them to do so is another question, especially when a certain turian likes to relentlessly take up free real estate in her head.

    -This first work covers ME1-

    *The rating is only for like one or two scenes. There won't be any Shakarian smut this go round. I apologize sincerely but we riding strong into ME2.*

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    “I wasn't dreaming. A sight like that isn't a dream, it was a warning.”

    In 2183, 35 years after a discovery on Mars that leapt humanity forward, a team of scientists make a trip to Eden Prime to transport a newly discovered intact Prothean beacon. Doctor Cassiopeia Shepard is one of those assigned to help transport this potential scientific breakthrough. But a danger long forgotten by galactic civilization reappears and causes turmoil on the idyllic colony, with a looming greater threat overhead, she takes her life into her own hands, with dire consequences given to her decisions.

    Armed with a warning of the future and a threat from the past hunting her, she'll travel through the galaxy to chase down leads alongside Commander Alenko and his team to prevent a galaxy-wide threat that has been rumored to claim species before them. She's on a race against time, she must learn to counter dangers she hasn't planned for and make choices that will stand the test of time.

    But with a rogue Spectre hunting her for being one of the witnesses of the truth and being one step ahead of her, will she be able to prevent his plan of destruction from succeeding or will she die trying to prevent a cycle from continuing?

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    Ottilia (Otti) Shepard woke up after being dead for two years. She was revived by Cerberus, the Council still doesn't care about her or her cause, and the Illusive Man is a dick. She's plagued with nightmares and flashbacks, often lashing out at herself for things frankly out of her control. She's able to keep this under wraps from her crew. That is, until a turian with an obsession for calibrations decides to check on her after noticing the tendency to go directly to her cabin one too many times.

    (In which Shepard is a mess, Garrus panics at the thought of his best friend suffering, and they end up together. Only Shepard is still, in fact, a hot mess.)

    I will make a habit of putting content warnings on chapters containing self-harm as well as an indication of which paragraph you can skip to if you don't want to read that. Please take care of yourself while you read if it's a trigger for you. I won't have it mentioned too often, but it will be in there.

    One other thing, my writing style has evolved as I’ve written this fic. The first 4 chapters stick very close to cannon which means it starts slow. I apologize for that, but I promise it gets better starting at chapter 4 and only improves from there!

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    Tiny Scene Tuesday prompt fills from the Big Place Shenko server on Discord.

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    2186. Jay Shepard, ruthless Alliance engineer and hero of the Citadel, killer of Reapers, faces down the Child with a refusal to bend.

    2183. Kay Shepard sets out on the Normandy under Captain Anderson to the colony Eden Prime, but finds the cousin she thought dead bleeding out on board, stowed away. Jay finds himself with a chance to set right everything that once went wrong.

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    Commander Shepard and the Normandy have to save the galaxy. (Again.) With said galaxy trying to stand against her, because of course no one would believe the mountains of evidence she's compiled, it's time to cash in a lot of favors and goodwill to ensure she can mount a war effort before the Reapers arrive.

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    Her hand brushed gently against his mangled face. He was just starting to regain feeling in it. He shivered in anticipation. Her touch was so gentle.

    He bent forward and pressed his forehead to hers. She anticipated his move and stretched up to meet him on the very tips of her toes.

    “You did some research too, huh?” He asked her quietly.

    “A little,” she said. “I’m nervous too. You’re my best friend, Garrus. But… you’re also my best friend.”

    “Not sure I follow your logic there, Shepard.”

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    Commander Eliza Shepard is still reeling from a lot of things. The death of her father. The loss of her unit on Akuze. The troubled relationship she has with her mother.

    And now she has to deal with a rogue turian Spectre hellbent on bringing about the end of the galaxy.

    The only thing making it worthwhile is the rather adorably awkward asari, Doctor Liara T'Soni.

    A novelisation fic of Mass Effect 1 with heavy focus on the Fem!Shepard/Liara T'Soni romance.

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    10/?
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    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.

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    Her masters broke her until she was rescued. Her biotics were uncontrollable until her mentor guided her. Her soul was shattered until her first love mended it. Her compass was broken until her new family taught her how to live again.

    She was a broken girl from Mindoir.

    Until she became the Savior of the Galaxy.

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    It was an easy mission in theory. An acquisition run to the human colony on Mindoir and, with a little luck, the opening of overtures between the Migrant Fleet and the new race flooding into the galaxy from some little yellow-star system uncountable light years from the Tinnuk and Rannoch and all the lost homes of the quarian people.

    A trade for granger-units to grow food on the liveships. Maybe a few little items. Maybe even a fresh start with a species that's never known the geth and might have goodwill to spare the beleaguered nomads of the Migrant Fleet.

    The doors of the starship Gorach open and the quarians are confronted with death and horror.

    And one scared little girl who will one day shape the fate of the galaxy as Jane'Nur vas Normandy nar Shepard.

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    8/?
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    In 2183, Noah Shepard is a Lieutenant Commander in the Alliance Navy, an N7 operative, and a ghost. Ordered to assist Captain David Anderson as the XO for the SSV Normandy, the trajectory of her life is forever changed during a shakedown run to the colony world of Eden Prime. With her shattered mind assaulted by images of galactic-wide genocide, a ship she never wanted under her command, extrajudicial powers she feels unprepared for, and a crew full of aliens with ghosts of their own, how long can Noah keep the universe, and herself, from falling apart?

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    2/?
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    7
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    Annette Shepard has had a hard life. Losing her family on Mindoir, losing her unit on Akuze, losing two years of her life, and now losing the man she once loved. After a brutal reunion on Horizon, Annette has to pick up the pieces and push forward. Luckily she has the galaxy's (second) best shot at her side helping her along the way.

    This will be a bit of a slow burn working through the transition of Garrus and Shep's relationship from best friends to lovers as they hunt down the collectors.

    Feedback and suggestions more than welcome!

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    Chapters:
    23/?
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    39
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    125
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    23
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    4,564

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