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Summary
Resurrected by Cerberus after a painful death, Cmdr. Shepard is struggling to cope with the terrifying reality that her body was implanted, manipulated, and enhanced without her knowledge or consent. Trapped, unable to return to the Alliance, and wholly at the Illusive Man's mercy, she must do her best to complete her mission for the good of humanity, despite the PTSD resulting from her death over Alchera and the subsequent Lazarus Project. Out of all her crew, Garrus is the only person she's willing to trust, the only one she doesn't need to put on a brave face for. Together they have to find some way to stop the Collectors and deal with Cerberus without being crushed under the Illusive Man's thumb. But his power over them is even greater than anyone on the SR2 realizes...
Fic spanning the length of Mass Effect 2. Slow build romance between Shepard and Garrus that grows out of their friendship and mutual trust and respect. I've never been satisfied with Shepard's reasons for staying with Cerberus in ME2; her decision making has always seemed a little too much like a plot convenience to me. So here, I'm giving the Illusive Man a real leash to put her on.
Series
- Part 1 of And What Shoulder, & What Art