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1. “I didn’t want to die alone, and you were the only one here.” by Frankiesoup

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Original Female Human Character(s)/Original Male Turian Character(s)
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Original Turian Character(s)
   • Original Mass Effect Character(s)
   • Set at the begining of ME:3
   • Starts when Earth is attacked
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • Stalker
   • Rescue
   • Reference to rough sex
   • reference to less-than-healthy past relationships
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • reference to problematic age-gap relationship
   • lying to loved ones
   • depiction of a woman in total meltdown
   • said meltdown definitely has shades of domestic violence to it
   • fuck it - domestic violence
   • Pregnancy
   • Childbirth

   Summary

   After escaping Earth during the initial Reaper attack, Meredith Greenhowe finds herself aboard a failing shuttle with an unconscious Turian - Sius Aetrius. It quickly becomes evident that they have something in their possession which would help with the construction of the Crucible. Hijinks ensue.
   (I don't really know what I'm doing, I'm here for the slow-burn).

   ___

   NB re. the rating: I changed the tag from T to M, because of sex in chapters 25, 29 & 39.
   Chapter 40 - lying to people you love, depictions of a woman in meltdown, probably dv tbh.
   Chapter 44 - depictions of the early stages of labour.

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   English

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