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1. How to Raise Your Human by capnmarvl

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Shepard & Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard/Original Turian Character(s)
   • Castis Vakarian/Garrus Vakarian's Mother
   • Castis Vakarian
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Garrus Vakarian's Mother
   • Original Male Turian Character(s)
   • (the relationship is NOT the focus of this)
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
   • Fostered Rivalry AU
   • touches upon a few things
   • Child Death
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Sexual Assault
   • I'm billing this as a comedic tragedy
   • Retelling from a different pov

   Summary

   Castis is a turian who tries to do right by his family, but he changes their lives forever when he makes one very daring promise to a very daring little human girl.

   A partial retelling of Fostered Rivalry through Castis’ POV. I’ll do my best to add TLDRs to each chapter for relevant info from the longer fic, but it is the main source material.

   Series

   • Part 4 of Fostered Rivalry

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,980

   Chapters:

   4/10

   Comments:

   29

   Kudos:

   17

   Bookmarks:

   5

   Hits:

   391