1 - 20 of 25 Works in References to Shepard's Death (Mass Effect)
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Awakening by ShootingStar7123
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Nov 2025
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Shepard is stolen out from under Cerberus’s nose before they can wake her. The warring factions who still want her body lead her right to Omega… and Garrus.
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On the Third Day by Athenias, Hekaerge-Athenias (Athenias)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
20 Oct 2024
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Seconds before an electromagnetic pulse wipes out the Reapers and takes all Quantum Entanglement Communications with it, Miranda receives a message from the Shadow Broker.
When the dust settles, Shepard is left to pick up the pieces of herself and decide, once and for all, who she wants to be without the Alliance or the Council’s influence. She should want peace and quiet, a white picket fence to park herself in with Liara. The universe certainly seems to expect it of her.
Unfortunately for the universe, Shepard can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Habits like that are hard to break.
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- Part 8 of The Ones Left Alive
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April 11th has new meaning for Kaidan, especially as he faces the day, and his grief, alone.
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- 103
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It has been three months since the downing of the SSV Normandy: the ragtag group of starry-eyed explorers are spread across the galaxy, dividing what was once a tight-knit crew led by a tough as nails commander. Whether it's a devotion to a bygone memory or a fear of losing the only thing that reminds the other of their time aboard the ship, Kaidan and Joker go on misadventures together, press each other's buttons, and discover a plot much bigger than either of them threatening the entire world they know. Also, Gunny shows up!
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The Before and After by Badlywrittenstuff
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
11 Jun 2023
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We were all sad that Shep died at the beginning of ME2, but she came back so it was fine. however, i was very sad, and within my sadness i found light. this is how Shep dying went down emotionally for me and i'm bringing you all with me
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“You did say you wanted to spend some time alone together,” Shepard offers. The surveillance camera in the corner of the room doesn’t count as company. “We’re alone; we’re not currently being shot at. Hell, I’d say the date is going pretty well, all things considered.” He’s even wearing something that closely resembles formalwear. Maybe that’s where they’re going wrong. Every time they try and squeeze in a little time for themselves, they forego body armor, and someone inevitably tries to murder them.
Kaidan tugs his wrists to draw Shepard’s attention to the chains holding him in a mirrored position across the room. “This,” he says, the curve of his eyebrows supported entirely by his irritation, “is not exactly what I had in mind.”
No, Kaidan wanted dinner. Soft music. Nice, normal date stuff. Not…whatever the fuck this is.
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The path to reconciliation is littered with landmines.
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One year after the end of the Reaper War it's finally time for the Galaxy to lay its hero, Commander Shepard, to rest.
For her mother it is time to finally grieve all that went wrong with their relationship.
For Kaidan Alenko it's a moment of truth about his long denied feelings for her.Series
- Part 1 of Four Weddings and a Funeral
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"Good news, people, the apocalypse is on hold."
After their sanity check, shore leave seems like the perfect time for Shepard and Kaiden to find the new them.
Cerberus - and a goddamn clone - are there to blow that plan to hell.
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"They always found themselves back at the camp, no matter how much they tuned out and walked, they always ended back there. They’d never been alone before, emotionally yes, but physically no. In the city where they grew up you couldn’t walk five minutes without running into someone, but on Akuze there was no one, nothing."
reposted from my old account
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- 2,197
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In the aftermath of The Reaper War, Commander Shepard’s video logs are recovered. Admiral Hackett thinks Garrus should have them.
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The war has ended and the Reapers are destroyed, but while the galaxy rejoices in the defeat of their greatest enemies, the people of the Normandy are silent in the aftermath. Shepard is gone, the world will claim, but the crew have other ideas. If there's anything he's learnt and taught his companions, it's that there's almost nothing that can separate this found family; not even death.
But for now, all they have are each other.
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Nothing about Zaeed was kind. He was crude and mean and, if Shepard was honest, a nastier son of a bitch than even mercenary life warranted. But he was honest and uncomplicated, and in the absence of any other stability, Shepard would take what he could get.
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Nomad Odyssey: Part 1 by Joester264
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Mass Effect - All Media Types
05 Aug 2020
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A research outpost on the UNSC world of Sidney-III is attacked by the pro-human organization known as Cerberus. Spartan Fireteam Saber, along with Spec-Ops Commander Iden Versio, ODST Captain Rex, and Medical Officer Lexi T'Perro, are sent in to intercept and recover a stolen egg from the labs. A young woman known as May Haruka gets roped in with the soldiers once the egg hatches and the creature known as the Manaphy imprints on her. The mötley crew must now evade Cerberus forces and solve the mystery of what makes the Manaphy so valuable. They will travel to forgotten parts of the galaxy, fight cunning enemies, and put their trust in each other.
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Shepard is tasked to go to Alchera to gather the tags of her fallen crew.
She goes alone, and that is why she suffered.- Language:
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a collection of fanfictions I've written over the years rewritten with what I believe is a far better skill. I hope you enjoy them and I will update the tags and list as this goes along.
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Surface tensions by Artemis_Crimson
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
19 Dec 2018
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In which she can't die anymore
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Kaidan can't pull himself together after Shepard dies. She was everything to him and after all the years they had known each other, to finally have her, held her and love her only to lose her is more than he can bear.
As he sinks deeper into his depression, his Mother's asks Sin, Kaidan's best friend, and Sinara's elder Brother, to come to their home and try to help him pick himself back up. But Kaidan isn't just mourning the woman he loves, he is also drowning in the guilt that he should have never left her behind and died right next to her.
Includes art now too!!
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- Part 2 of A World Full of Sins
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Goodbye, Shepard by Mariah Shepard (Vesania94)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jan 2018
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The Normandy has been destroyed.
Shepard... She made it out, right?
Right?
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this was my destiny, and in it was the voyage of my longing by acupoftea
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
09 Aug 2017
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It was never meant to end like this, with ice instead of fire, an empty casket, Joker’s fists, Garrus’ turned back, Liara’s cold eyes, dog tags in the snow and so much more loss than gain, less pilgrimage more grounding, halting, a group rebuilt out of resentment and grief.
(Post Mass Effect 1, Pre Mass Effect 2, a brief examination into the way I think each of the main members of the normandy crew would deal with their grief over Shepard dying.)