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  1. Priority: Loved, Needed, Wanted by

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

    30 Jan 2026

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    The first thought Shepard had after seeing Garrus Vakarian for the first time in 10 years was that he looked like his mother, but stood like his father.

    The first thought Garrus had after seeing Shepard for the first time in a decade was that he should have known ‘Commander Shepard - Hope for Humanity’ was in fact Jane Shepard, the same kid, now woman, he had once wished -threatened- to push out an airlock.

    An alternate universe where Shepard and Garrus grew up together, drifted apart, and found each other again during a re-telling of Mass Effect 1. The story is interspersed with important moments from Shepard's childhood.

    This is a 3-Part Series (completed) and totals about ~100k words.

    Part 1: Priority: Old Friends and New covers the events just after Eden Prime to Shepard becoming the First Human Spectre.

    Part 2: Priority: Making and Breaking Amends covers Therum, Noveria, Feros, and some adventures in between.

    Part 3: Priority: Loved, Needed, Wanted covers Virmire, Ilos, and the Battle for the Citadel.

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    English
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