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1. Veteran Zero by KanuKoris

   Fandoms: Mass Effect  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, F/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Feb 2022

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jack | Subject Zero/Zaeed Massani
   • Zaeed Massani
   • Jack | Subject Zero
   • Aria T'Loak
   • Kasumi Goto
   • Original Characters
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Grunt (Mass Effect)
   • Urdnot Wrex
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Post-Destroy Ending
   • Paragon Shepard (is dead)
   • Zaeed and Jack are mercenaries
   • OC mercenary crew
   • OC's are all background/supporting
   • Normandy crew members make appearances
   • Zaeed is a goddamn professional
   • Jack is a hot mess
   • Jack is a slow learner but not hopeless
   • Aria is the final boss in an anime
   • character backstories
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Mercenaries are not nice people
   • They get into a lot of trouble
   • Zaeed says goddamn a lot
   • Not a romance
   • But there's tension and flirting and bickering
   • So much bickering
   • this last updated in 2014 LOL
   • For shippers and non shippers alike
   • This is about finding your home and your people
   • Complete

   Summary

   What do you do when you've saved the galaxy and been big goddamn heroes? Back to business as usual. The Reapers are gone but that doesn't mean there isn't some scum left in the galaxy or some credits to be earned. Zaeed picks up as a bounty hunter again, Jack tagging along for the ride, and between the veteran and the wild card there's lots of trouble to be had.

   A slow-building Zaeed/Jack friendship. With good, old-fashioned rough mercenary flirting, fighting, one-up's-manship and knocking boots. But mostly arguments. Lots of arguments.

   ***After an 8 year hiatus this fic is now complete (because 2022 doesn't make sense)***

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   81,461

   Chapters:

   22/22

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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