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1. Turning Us Into Fire by Otempora

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Oct 2021

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Aria T'Loak
   • Nyreen Kandros
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Mordin Solus
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Paragon-ish Shepard (it's complicated)
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Post-Mass Effect 2: Arrival
   • Colonist (Mass Effect)
   • War Hero (Mass Effect)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Slice of Life
   • (but with mercenaries)
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Mutual Pining
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Angst and Humor
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Moral Ambiguity
   • On Hiatus

   Summary

   “I can’t ask you to throw your life away.”

   Garrus smirked, in his own way. “Aw, but I’m really good at that.”

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   After the destruction of the Alpha Relay, Garrus convinces Shepard to run rather than surrender.

   What remains of the crew of the Normandy re-invent themselves as mercenaries on Omega, waging a guerilla war against Cerberus, waiting for the world to end.

   Life goes on, but not as Shepard’s ever known it.

   Episodic/slice of life, some humor, quite a bit of angst, intermittent plot. Medium-to-slow burn, smut eventually.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,202

   Chapters:

   7/20

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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