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1. A Spark in the Dark by Toby_Roll

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

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

   19 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau & Female Shepard
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau's Father
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau's Mother
   • Pre-Canon
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Young Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Trauma
   • Childhood Trauma
   • PTSD
   • Survival
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Found Family
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Child Death
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • no beta we die like jenkins
   • Shepard Twins (Mass Effect)
   • Character Study
   • Mindoir (Mass Effect)
   • Young Jeff Moreau
   • Young Commander Shepard
   • Custom Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Disability
   • Ableism
   • Recovery
   • Grief/Mourning
   • survivor's guilt
   • Friendship
   • Slice of Life
   • First Meetings
   • Canon Disabled Character
   • Pre-Mass Effect 1

   Summary

   After losing everything in a single devastating day, Rosemary Shepard is forced into a future she never wanted. As she struggles to survive the weight of unimaginable loss, an unexpected connection begins to remind her that even the deepest darkness cannot extinguish every light.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Orbit of You

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   23,797

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

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