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1. A Debt of Survival by Neileen

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   17 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Kasumi Goto
   • Karin Chakwas
   • Miranda Lawson
   • Jacob Taylor
   • Illusive Man | Jack Harper
   • Angst
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Depression
   • Medical Procedures
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Self-Harm
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Medical Trauma
   • Disability
   • Chronic Illness
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Pre-Mass Effect 2
   • Mass Effect 2
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Nightmares
   • Missing Scene
   • Grief/Mourning

   Summary

   Shepard was dead. Half the crew was dead. And Joker was alive. Alive and useless.

   Quick intermission, showing how exactly did Joker end up with the Cerberus, where are his crutches and why is his eye twitching every time someone uses the cloaking tech beside him.
   UPD 6.11.25: Tweaked to match the events of the next fic

   Series

   • Part 1 of Glass bones, thick skin

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   English

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