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When he least expects it, Garrus finds Shepard at the door of his apartment on the Citadel, looking for a place to spend the night.
Set between ME1 & ME2. Prompt called for a fill on humor & sex.
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14 Apr 2026
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A Shakarian romance that goes above & beyond (or at least before & after) what we were given in the games - including eventually into Andromeda. Some canon, some AU - the characters don't always follow the arc they were given. This is my take on my favorite romance. Enjoy!
Title inspired the theme and was inspired by the song from The Greatest Showman.
**MATURE CONTENT WARNING** See individual works for specifics.
**BioWare owns the games and the characters (minus a couple smalls OCs), I'm just reveling in the love they gave us**
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08 Apr 2026
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It's a long road from from "alien" to "partner."
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- 20/20
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08 Apr 2026
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In the aftermath of the Reaper war, Garrus Vakarian's father struggles with some new additions to the Vakarian family.
Winner of the 5th Annual MEKM People's Choice Awards for "Most Emotionally Touching Story"
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- Part 1 of Bloodlines Universe
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- English
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- 12,688
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- 10/10
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- 182
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06 Apr 2026
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What to Expect (When You're Expecting the Worst) by AceQueenKing
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
14 Sep 2014
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Shepard knew when she married Garrus Vakarian that they would never have biological children.
Of course, that was before the pregnancy test came back positive.
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- Part 2 of Bloodlines Universe
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06 Apr 2026
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AU. The First Contact war is ended with peace negotiated by asari and salarians and a forced marriage of the two best soldiers from turian and human militaries. A fill for k-meme prompt.
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- 17/17
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06 Apr 2026
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Son of Palaven, Daughter of Earth by miceenscene for Kelenloth, itsnatunusual, Chemicallywrit
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jan 2021
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Commander Shepard was there the day Earth lost the First Contact War. Major Garrus Vakarian personally watched Humanity surrender to the Turians. But they never could have dreamed the roles they would have in the oncoming fight.
Yeah, it's an arranged marriage AU. Cuz I'm Shakarian trash. So. Enjoy.
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- Part 5 of Shakarian - A Descent into Madness
- Part 1 of The SoPDoE Verse
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- 66/66
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05 Apr 2026
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First Contact Protocol by Otempora
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
31 May 2021
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During a top secret mission near the turian border, Shepard crash-lands on a hostile alien world. She manages to take the turian that shot her down prisoner.
Problem: she has to keep them both alive during a two-week trek across said hostile alien world.
Another problem: she's beginning to like her prisoner.
Yet another problem: she's beginning to REALLY like her prisoner.
Shepard's never met a problem she couldn't solve before, but this one might just kill her.
First Contact War AU. Enemies to friends to lovers, angst and humor, non-explicit sex but still kind of dirty.
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02 Apr 2026
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What do you need me to do?
Survive, he growls, and the end must really be close now, because she swears she hears his voice echo in the space around her.
---Post ME3 Shakarian fix-it. The Normandy is stranded without comms, the Reapers are destroyed, and Shepard is alive but with no way to make contact. Because I just finished LE and I have a lot of Big Feelings to work through.
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- Part 2 of Cosmic Love (Shakarian fics)
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30 Mar 2026
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The reasons for the Jardaans creating the Angara are still largely unknown, but what if they had left a parting gift of biological diversity and adaptability?
This is the story of what happens when Sara Ryder has no idea she's pregnant until she's in labour with the first ever Human/Angaran hybrid.
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- Part 1 of Sincerely
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25 Mar 2026
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You Do What You Have To For Family by RVTstudent
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
19 Apr 2018
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"Family is like music. Some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song."
A turian male, retiring from his service to the Hierarchy, and a human female, caring for a chronically ill turian child cross paths and end up finding everything they were looking for.
2018/04/19 - Last 3 chapters are up!
2018/08/07 - Artwork on Chapter 1!Series
- Part 1 of Finding Family
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18 Mar 2026
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It's been over a year since Jake left Sherry behind, ceasing all contact and communication. So when he shows up at her doorstep one night, soaked through and with that trademark shit-eating grin, Sherry is more than caught off guard.
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25 Feb 2026
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They’re inching towards the final battle and Shepard and Garrus are making arrangements in the likely event they do not survive. Even if they can’t save themselves, they may be able to save Garrus’ family…
Then, seriously wounded during the battle, they’re separated by light years, unsure if the other has survived. They fight to survive, not knowing whether their partner lives or is waiting for them at the bar.
A story spanning from the final weeks before London to the first years after the end of the war.
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- Part 19 of No Shepard without Vakarian
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- 71/71
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24 Feb 2026
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While she’s on (forced) medical leave, a certain turian crash lands in Shepard’s backyard. Instead of leaving him to bleed to death like any sane person would do, she takes him into her home and nurses him back to health.
(Because, as Vega would put it, she’s a goddamn girl scout with the self-preservation instinct of a moth near a flamethrower.)
A first contact AU where rather than immediately going to war with the turians, the first human to meet a turian instead maybe sort of falls in love with him.
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- Part 1 of Points of Contact
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15 Feb 2026
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First Contact by ReginaPrimata
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 - Fandom
14 Dec 2018
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In the hours before the final assault on the Collector Base, Shepard and Garrus finally add benefits to their friendship. Or, as one reader phrased it, went from head bump to bed hump.
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- English
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- 5,163
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- 37/37
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15 Feb 2026
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Johnny Silverhand is given a third shot at life, back in his own body. V, forever grateful and hard working, helps him adjust to life back on the surface. Shit ain't easy, it is Night City, but that's to be expected. What neither party did expect was a shift in dynamics.
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- Part 2 of Love Lost, Love Found
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- 63,198
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- 18/18
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Bookmarked by PhantomShadow_68
26 Jul 2025
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"Misery made strange bedfellows out of them, but if that’s what it took to come to terms with what was happening to her, then so be it. Things weren't going to get any better for V, certainly weren't looking great for Johnny either. But, making the best of a bad situation lands them in a place of understanding. Rotten work for sure, but then again that's all V ever did."
Prequel to "And All That Could Have," but can be read alone if so desired!
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- Part 1 of Love Lost, Love Found
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26 Jul 2025
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Direct sequel to Night of the Dancing Flame.
A year after the destruction of the Nemesis threat, Aloy returns to the Memorial Grove on the night of another blaze moon. When someone unexpected wields Fire's Wail during the ceremony, she notices the Chief Hekarro himself is more affected than anyone else in the tribe.
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- Part 2 of Paint and Fire
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25 Jul 2025
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When hunter-killer machines begin attacking the Memorial Grove, Aloy returns there to lend her aid. She arrives on the night of the blaze moon, a Tenakth ceremony that sweeps her up in it before she realizes it's happening. Suddenly suitors are seeking her out around every corner until she and Kotallo stumble into an...unorthodox solution.
That might cause more problems than it solves.
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- Part 1 of Paint and Fire
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- 15/15
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25 Jul 2025
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For V, loneliness is an insidious corruption, an endless sickness. For Johnny, loneliness is a way of life, a deliberate method of self preservation. In the aftermath of an unimaginable collision, two people with nothing left to lose find themselves clinging to one another for salvation. For them, deliverance and desire are two sides of the same coin; a coin they are both watching spin, waiting to see how it falls.
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- 10/10
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25 Jul 2025