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1. A Brief Detour by bjrit92

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

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

   27 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard & Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Thane Krios
   • Jack | Subject Zero
   • Karin Chakwas
   • Mordin Solus
   • EDI (Mass Effect)
   • Samara (Mass Effect)
   • Miranda Lawson
   • Grunt (Mentioned)
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Kaidan Alenko
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Mass Effect 2
   • Human Garrus Vakarian
   • Angst
   • Angst and Feels
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Smut
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • mild PTSD
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Sexual Tension
   • Romantic Tension
   • Masturbation
   • Masturbation in Shower
   • Garrus is figuring out this 'being human' thing
   • Smut
   • Cunnilingus
   • Penetrative Sex
   • Love Confessions
   • POV Alternating
   • Multiverse
   • Blow Jobs
   • Dominant Garrus
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Rough Sex
   • Soft Smut
   • Eventual Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Protective Garrus Vakarian
   • Dom Garrus Vakarian
   • Garrus Vakarian Needs a Hug
   • No Shepard Without Vakarian
   • POV Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • POV Garrus Vakarian
   • Good Friend Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • no ai here
   • You can pry the em-dashes out of my cold dead hands
   • AI is bad and you should feel bad for using AI
   • Slow Burn
   • Fluff
   • They deserve to be happy dammit
   • Joker/Tali if you squint
   • Shepard Has PTSD (Mass Effect)
   • Let Shepard and Garrus Be Happy Dammit
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   Shepard and her Suicide Squad are gearing up for their trip though the Omega-4 Relay when they're attacked by a collector ship and take an unexpected trip that changes, well, everything. And some things? Some things have changed more than others. What will Jane, Garrus, and the rest of the SR2 Crew do when they find themselves somewhere they don't belong, every one of them changed in life-altering ways?

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