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    The Space Between Orders by

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

    06 Feb 2026

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    First contact was supposed to be historic.
    Instead, it was a war.

    Two years into the conflict between humanity and the Turian Hierarchy, Commander Stella Shepard—callsign Valkyrie—has become one of the Alliance’s most effective weapons: a biotic vanguard who wins battles with precision, restraint, and an inconvenient habit of asking why.

    On the other side of the front, Garrus Vakarian—Centurion—is tasked with stopping her. He studies her patterns, counters her moves, and begins to suspect that the war itself is being handled with catastrophic short-sightedness.

    Somewhere between enemy fire, illicit communications, and one reckless, impossible meeting on Omega, respect becomes understanding—and understanding becomes something far more dangerous.

    When command decides that ending the war requires annihilation, not restraint, both are forced to choose between loyalty and conscience, survival and truth.

    This is a story about first contact done wrong, the cost of obedience, and what happens when two people decide the future is worth risking everything for—even each other.

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    02 Feb 2026

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    Variations on a Theme, with Tank and Gunfire by

    Fandoms: Mass Effect  

    28 Sep 2012

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    Shepard finds herself reliving the last few years, from finding the beacon on Eden Prime to the battle for Earth. Again, and again, and again. How much can she change? How much should she change?

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    01 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 1

    Priority: Loved, Needed, Wanted by

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

    30 Jan 2026

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    The first thought Shepard had after seeing Garrus Vakarian for the first time in 10 years was that he looked like his mother, but stood like his father.

    The first thought Garrus had after seeing Shepard for the first time in a decade was that he should have known ‘Commander Shepard - Hope for Humanity’ was in fact Jane Shepard, the same kid, now woman, he had once wished -threatened- to push out an airlock.

    An alternate universe where Shepard and Garrus grew up together, drifted apart, and found each other again during a re-telling of Mass Effect 1. The story is interspersed with important moments from Shepard's childhood.

    This is a 3-Part Series (completed) and totals about ~100k words.

    Part 1: Priority: Old Friends and New covers the events just after Eden Prime to Shepard becoming the First Human Spectre.

    Part 2: Priority: Making and Breaking Amends covers Therum, Noveria, Feros, and some adventures in between.

    Part 3: Priority: Loved, Needed, Wanted covers Virmire, Ilos, and the Battle for the Citadel.

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    29 Jan 2026

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    Love Among the Stars by

    Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

    21 Jan 2026

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    From their mission to stop rogue Spectre Saren Arterius to the Reaper War, Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian forge a bond that grows from trust to love. Through battles, humor, and heartbreak, their romance deepens across the trilogy and beyond, proving that even in the galaxy's darkest hours, some connections are worth fighting for.

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    20 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 22

    Juxtaposed Amended by

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

    07 Feb 2026

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    What if Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian find each other and marry before the events of the games take place? How will it alter their futures, Shepard's decisions, and the battle against the Reapers?

    This is a rewrite of my first fanfic, Juxtaposed, and the beginning of an all new Parable story. Expect similarities, but also see how some things change.

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    14 Jan 2026