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• A Crow Never Forgets by BlightedButDelighted

  Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Lucanis Dellamorte/Rook
  • Lucanis Dellamorte/Rook/Spite
  • Viago de Riva & Rook
  • Andarateia Cantori & Rook
  • Andarateia Cantori/Viago de Riva
  • Illario Dellamorte/Zara Renata
  • Rook (Dragon Age)
  • Lucanis Dellamorte
  • Viago de Riva
  • Andarateia Cantori
  • Caterina Dellamorte
  • Illario Dellamorte
  • Spite (Dragon Age)
  • Zara Renata
  • Female Rook (Dragon Age)
  • Antivan Crow Rook (Dragon Age)
  • Antivan Crows
  • Named Rook (Dragon Age)
  • Past Relationship(s)
  • Angst
  • Angst and Feels
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • will update tags as I go
  • Blood and Injury
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • POV Alternating
  • Repressed Memories
  • Flashbacks
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Trust Issues
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Loss of Parent(s)
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Blood Magic (Dragon Age)
  • Power Imbalance

  Summary

  Viviana De Riva's life changed drastically when Venatori agents attacked the ship she was on. They stole away with the Demon of Vyrantium and left her for dead. A year later, the First Talon of the Crows hands her the means for her revenge.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  70,972

  Chapters:

  26/?

  Comments:

  231

  Kudos:

  157

  Bookmarks:

  50

  Hits:

  4,401

• A Different Life by BlightedButDelighted

  Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
  • F/M, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Major Character Death
  • Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard
  • Kaidan Alenko/Shepard
  • Kaidan Alenko & Male Shepard
  • Female Shepard & Male Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Male Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Kaidan Alenko
  • Paragon Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Renegade Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Shepard Siblings (Mass Effect)
  • Biotic Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Engineer Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • War Hero (Mass Effect)
  • Alternate Universe
  • Ruthless (Mass Effect)
  • Alchera (Mass Effect)
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Shepard Dies (Mass Effect)
  • Stepdad Kaidan
  • POV Multiple
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Past Female Shepard/Original Male Character

  Summary

  It's been two years since the Normandy went down, Commander Shepard along with it. Life has moved on, but now he's back. Time to pick up the pieces.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,396

  Chapters:

  3/?

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  7

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  162

• I'm With You by BlightedButDelighted

  Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kaidan Alenko/Shepard
  • Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard
  • Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Kaidan Alenko
  • Fictober 2021
  • Fictober
  • Flufftober 2021
  • Flufftober
  • Rewrite
  • One Shot
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Established Relationship
  • Smut
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Vaginal Sex
  • Multiple Orgasms
  • Misuse of Biotics
  • Slow Dancing
  • Dorks in Love

  Summary

  Picks up where the last prompt left off; in the moments after Shepard's proposal to Kaidan 💜

  Series

  • Part 11 of Fictober & Flufftober 2021

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,425

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  19

  Hits:

  183

• Lazy Sunday by BlightedButDelighted

  Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kaidan Alenko/Shepard
  • Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard
  • Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Kaidan Alenko
  • Fictober 2021
  • Fictober
  • Flufftober 2021
  • Flufftober
  • Rewrite
  • One Shot
  • Cuddling & Snuggling
  • Breakfast in Bed
  • Established Relationship
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Marriage Proposal

  Summary

  While on shore leave near the end of the Reaper War, Shepard and Kaidan spend a quiet morning together in the Citadel apartment gifted to the commander by Anderson.

  Series

  • Part 10 of Fictober & Flufftober 2021

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,079

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  11

  Kudos:

  18

  Hits:

  137

• Not Part of the Plan by BlightedButDelighted

  Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  23 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Female Shepard/Original Male Character
  • Sheaprd/OC
  • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Shepard (Mass Effect)
  • Kaidan Alenko
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Fictober 2021
  • Fictober
  • Flufftober 2021
  • Flufftober
  • Rewrite
  • One Shot
  • Pre-Canon
  • Pre-Relationship
  • Pre-Kaidan Alenko/Shepard
  • Marriage Proposal
  • New Year's Eve
  • Fireworks

  Summary

  While sitting with Shepard in the mess hall on the Normandy SR-1, Kaidan notices a ring on her chain. Shepard refuses to open up about it, and loses herself in memories of the day she received it.

  Series

  • Part 9 of Fictober & Flufftober 2021

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,270

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  66