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1. from zero by Sissicakes

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

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   28 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Female Shepard & James Vega
   • Female Shepard & Hannah Shepard
   • Female Shepard & Liara T'Soni
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau & Female Shepard
   • Miranda Lawson & Female Shepard
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • James Vega
   • David Anderson (Mass Effect)
   • Hannah Shepard
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Miranda Lawson
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Steven Hackett
   • Shepard Needs Therapy (Mass Effect)
   • Custom Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Biotic Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • POV Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • POV James Vega
   • therapy takes many forms ed-boy
   • the major character death warning is there because she talks about it
   • it's therapy it be like that sometimes
   • (she's commander shepard it be like that every time)
   • shepard makes a snap judgement and vega is her new bestie
   • barely beta-read
   • mostly canon-compliant
   • I did research for this about what all is going on in the 6 months shepard is in gay baby jail
   • i have notes
   • hera is a shameless flirt
   • Post-Mass Effect 2: Arrival
   • Pre-Mass Effect 3
   • Spacer (Mass Effect)
   • Sole Survivor (Mass Effect)
   • dealing with feelings with drinking
   • the tension between shepard's internal thoughts and external words should be their own character
   • tags will update as they become relevant
   • i'm mostly making this up as i go
   • narrative structure inspired by a linkin park album like its 2008
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Parent-Child Relationship
   • as of the most recent chapter we've upgraded our ship tags

   Summary

   Anderson has been trying to get Shepard to do therapy for years, and after the Relay Incident, he suddenly has a captive audience. Shepard is not amused.

   James Vega's been watching his hero fall apart from the outside, and he can't stand by and watch anymore. They get drunk about it.

   (title has been updated after some plot planning, if you're familiar with linkin park you will probably have a rough guess as to how this is going to go)
   formerly known as choke me

   Series

   • Part 1 of Herapy

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   19,933

   Chapters:

   5/13

   Comments:

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