Otempora
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- Mass Effect - All Media Types (26)
- Mass Effect Trilogy (26)
- Bridgerton (TV) (1)
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Rewrite of Playing the Long Game
After the death of his mother, Garrus moves to the Citadel with his dad. Shepard is a scruffy duct rat who saves him from bullies.
Garrus never stood a chance.
Childhood friends AU. Covers pre-canon until post-game.
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- Part 1 of Playing the Long Game
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If one did not watch Michaela closely, nothing would have seemed amiss. She smiled, as always, mirthful, as always; but Francesca was watching closely, and she saw that smile freeze, for just half a second, and then suddenly, like a jam jar coming loose after half an hour’s effort, Francesca understood.
“An innate indifference,” she said, “to men.”
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Scenes from the early days of Francesca's marriage (the early days of her attraction to Michaela)
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Life Behind Enemy Lines by Otempora
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
06 Dec 2023
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The Illusive Man leaned back in his chair and steepled his fingers. “We humans have a saying. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Shepherd was familiar with the phrase, but turians didn’t think that way.
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Species swap AU, Human!Garrus/Turian!Shepard. ME2 retelling. Not a standalone.
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- Part 3 of Species Swap
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Any Port in a Storm by Otempora
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
25 Aug 2023
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Garrus didn’t know what he was planning to do with the two hours before they hit the Omega-4 relay, but potentially the last thing he expected was a summons to Miranda’s quarters. Actually no, that wasn’t quite the last thing – the very last thing he expected was for her to, without so much as a word of explanation, slam him against the wall and attack him with her mouth.
Really, truly shameless smut
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Small Problems by Otempora for misseffect
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
13 Apr 2023
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“The last time a healer gave me sweets was when Mordin had to bribe me into sitting still so he could reset my shoulder.” Shepard grabbed one of Garrus's truffles and popped it into her mouth. “I was eight.”
Garrus always wanted to travel with Shepard, but life on the road has its own challenges.
Or, vignettes in lust.
Set in a universe inspired by the Witcher. Part of a series.
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- Part 6 of Burn, Shepard, Burn
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Playing the Long Game by Otempora
Fandom: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
28 Sep 2025
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Non-canonical offshoots of my Witcher AU. Mostly smut.
Concept of a collected place for AUs inspired by the Opus Multiverse by swaps55.
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Burn, Shepard, Burn by Otempora
Fandom: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
13 Apr 2023
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The adventures of Shepard of Mindoir, witcher for hire, and her devoted "friend" Garrus Vakarian. Series of one-shots, slow burn. Fics organised by preferred reading order, not chronological order.
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Paragon Loves Renegade by Otempora
Fandom: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
20 Nov 2021
- Words:
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Spring Break by misseffect for Otempora
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
15 Sep 2024
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“Hey.” Shepard rolled over to face him. “D’you wanna start a band?”
Garrus didn’t say anything. Or maybe he laughed, he wasn't sure. That was another one of those Shepard questions; the ones where he could feel his life fork like a mountain pass.
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16 Sep 2025
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Swimming In The Deep End by misseffect for Otempora
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
13 Sep 2025
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Shepard had a voice built for arena shows but there was an intimacy to it too, when she slowed things down; an effortless, mellow, jazz-singer quality, coiling the music around her like smoke. Garrus only had to let her pull him in like the drag of a cigarette.
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16 Sep 2025
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Val Shepard is the survivor of Mindoir, Hero of Elysium, first human Spectre, Savior of the Citadel, Destroyer of Bahak, and savior of the galaxy...
... or is she?
Waking up as an ordinary Alliance officer, Shepard tries to make sense of the world around her, where everything seems changed.
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- Part 14 of Val Shepard
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Maybe one day he’d get used to her just walking around, talking and breathing and just generally being very not dead, but not yet.
Garrus in the wake of Omega as he unravels the mystery of his squad’s betrayal and his own loss and grief, and what it means to be back working with Shepard after he put everything he learned from her into practice to such devastating effect.
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08 Nov 2023
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The Art of Krogan Diplomacy by Beepiary
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
29 Dec 2022
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During the Citadel DLC party, Shepard walks in on Grunt describing his battles with the reaperfied rachni during the mission on Utukku. Wrex decides to teach Grunt about krogan diplomacy, while Shepard and Garrus sit in on the lesson (and occasionally heckle from the sidelines).
CW: There is a brief mention of child death in the context of the genophage. Nothing gruesome, but be warned.
Bookmarked by Otempora
08 Nov 2023