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1. Pieces of the Past by Snarkeologist

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   14 Nov 2023

   Tags

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   • Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
   • Kaidan Alenko/Original Non-Binary Character(s)
   • Male Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Karin Chakwas
   • Kaidan Alenko
   • Kaidan Alenko's Mother
   • James Vega
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Grunt (Mass Effect)
   • Original Human Character(s)
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Steven Hackett
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Normandy Crew (Mass Effect)
   • Original Non-Binary Character
   • Alby Ruiz (OC)
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Mass Effect 3
   • Destroy Ending (Mass Effect)
   • migraines
   • Mild Blood
   • faulty technology
   • Kaidan hates hospitals
   • POV Kaidan Alenko
   • Some Humor
   • Biotic Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Earthborn (Mass Effect)
   • War Hero (Mass Effect)
   • Mild Language
   • Shepard worries
   • Making Out
   • Brain Surgery
   • Panic Attacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon Compliant (Mostly)
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction
   • Prostitution
   • Mental Institutions
   • Overdosing
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Romance
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Flashbacks
   • Hot Cocoa
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Skyllian Blitz (Mass Effect)
   • Exposition
   • Fixing things
   • Tattoos
   • Attempted Sexual Assault
   • Ignored Safeword
   • Conversations
   • Sad Waffles
   • Kaidan is a cat
   • Comfort Food
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • Not quite exes
   • Tea is Civilized Dammit
   • Polyamory Negotiations
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • (well mostly implied)
   • Late Night Confessions
   • There Are Pictures?
   • Family Dynamics
   • Kaidan is a Polyglot
   • Memorials
   • Smoking
   • reconnecting
   • Do You Want Kids?
   • Don't Hit The Pilot

   Summary

   Life was just starting to make sense again. The apartment felt almost like home. Shepard was mostly back on his feet again, and Kaidan was looking forward to resuming his teaching duties. Then the headache to end all headaches upended everything.

   The past has a way of coming back to bite you when you least expect it, and Kaidan has a lot more past than he's mentioned.

   Series

   • Part 18 of Pieces of Us

   Language:

   English

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