1 – 6 of 6 Works in Female Shepard
Summary
The Reapers are defeated, and the galactic community is barely holding together after the presumed death of Commander Shepard and the disappearance of the Normandy. The return of both, with unexpected complications, prompts a whole lot of questions, and very few answers.
Update: Now includes podfic!
- Part 1 of Every One That Asketh
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 449,874
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
The war is over, but Shepard's recovery is not. When she gets tired of lying in a hospital bed, Garrus volunteers to become her live-in nurse while she recuperates in a borrowed house. After sharing heat sinks, medi-gel, and war stories for years, they now share a home, a life, and eventually, a bed. A friends to lovers post-ME3 Shepard/Garrus story.
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 57,064
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Commander Eliza Shepard's story, in (roughly) chronological order, with some loose flim-flam at the end.
Anthology containing:
Rise Up! Rise Up!
Eliza Shepard’s life, told in letters.
Heroes and Principalities
Eliza Shepard's N7 mission.
The first time you died went like this: your heart stopped, and your brain stopped, and your breathing stopped, and you were glad, because you finally understood what it means to have failed.
The Eve Of
Garrus and Shepard talk the night before Ilos.
The Pond and the Stream
The hunt begins, and hope is kindled.
Precipice
No one thought it was a goodbye. They thought it was a “see you soon”.
Ghost
For Shepard, death is just another technicality.
(No longer updated.)
Light of the World
Light begets light.
Hesitation
His visor told him Shepard's door was unlocked, just like she promised. So why was he second-guessing himself in the hallway while Shepard waited for him in her cabin, just a few feet away?
Small Mercies
At least someone remembered what day it was.
for; against
If someone only had something to fight against, they'd fall apart, even if they were Commander Shepard.
After Party
They have all the time in the galaxy.
Ghost: Marginalia
Drabbles, Tumblr fics, headcanons from the Ghost universe.
Ghost, Ghost, I Know You Live Within Me -- Companion
A safe repository for the explicit content from Ghost.
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 291,077
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Collected stories featuring the same Shepard and the same Garrus. Each can be read alone, but they all live in the same universe if reading them in order. It should be noted that Just Like Old Times spans the entirety of the three games; for continuity's sake I'm labeling it as the first in the series.
Anthology containing:
Just Like Old Times
Garrus Vakarian's past and present, told through interconnected short stories one letter of the alphabet at a time.
Cold Skies, Keen Perils
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heroes are made, not born. It's a lesson Shepard learns the hard way.
Bad Dreams and Background Checks
Of all the gin joints in all the Wards, Shepard wanders into Garrus Vakarian's.
A Good Day
It’s been a good day. Maybe not quite saving the galaxy at Shepard’s side good, but good.
And then it isn't.All The Jagged Pieces
When Shepard wakes on Lazarus Station, surrounded by strangers wearing an enemy’s colors, she knows things are very, very wrong. She’s willing to do what needs doing for the sake of the disappearing colonists, but not at the cost of losing herself or becoming something she hates. Which is, she finds, easier said than done.
Apodyopsis
Apodyopsis: the act of mentally undressing someone.
Shepard is distracted. So is Garrus. Awkwardness ensues.
Talking Too Much
It was going to be a joke. At least, that’s what she told herself as she opened her mouth and the words, “We could test your reach… and my flexibility,” fell out.
Warm Words on a Cold Evening
When a technical problem strands Shepard and Garrus on an icy planet, Shepard is forced to face the grim reasons why turians are so rightfully phobic of the cold.
Both a Little Broken
"She could scrape away the Cerberus paint and tear away the Cerberus symbols, but she couldn’t change the Cerberus science that had raised her from the dead, or the Cerberus cybernetics under her skin."
After the events of the Omega 4 relay, Shepard is forced to deal with some of the hard truths she's been avoiding.
Something Like Home
Shepard’s in lock-up, the Reapers are coming, and Garrus isn’t going to sit idly by while the galaxy is lost. Garnering turian support means returning to Palaven, but returning to Palaven will involve answering questions—and facing stark realities—he’s been avoiding for years.
Playing for Keeps
He’d given her the opportunity to back away weeks ago, to end what had begun while keeping her dignity and their friendship intact, and she hadn’t taken it. Hadn’t even contemplated it. Because she’d thought he was dead and then he wasn’t; because he’d shaken her hand with both of his; because while his calm demeanor hadn’t faltered, his eyes had told her he was as happy to see her as she was him.
One Step at a Time
Before she died, Shepard loved the stars.
Not so much, anymore.
A Number of Quiet Attentions
It's a Shepard and Vakarian thing.
“Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.” -Laurence Sterne
Winner Takes All
When Shepard strolled into the lounge, wearing civvies and a smile, Garrus knew the time had finally come, whether they were ready or not. She’d lined them up in her scope and was preparing to take her shot.
Life Signs
When a routine reconnaissance mission goes awry, Shepard and Garrus are pushed to the bounds of their endurance.
Body Language
They have become masters of speaking without words.
A Handful of Dust
Ten billion people over here die, so twenty billion over there can live.
After the war, there are pieces to pick up, and lives to rebuild. And even with the Reapers gone, nothing is easy.
Five Birthdays Shepard Remembers, And One She Doesn't
Five birthdays Shepard remembers, and one she doesn't.
Any Four Walls
Shepard and Garrus embark on their next great mission: parenting.
Any Four Walls: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Christmas with the Shepard-Vakarians, complete with hall-decking, cocoa-drinking, Santa Claus and family near and far.
Grace Notes: A Collection of Mass Effect Ficlets
A collection of ficlet drabbles in the same Grace Shepard continuity (though not always centering on her as main character).
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 497,866
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Spectre training was easy. Putting up with her turian teammate during their group lessons was less so. AU story with Shepard, Garrus, Jondum Bau, and as many characters from the Mass Effect universe as I can fit in.
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 136,401
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
After being reunited on Omega, Garrus and Shepard are about to realize that their friendship may be turning into something more, and that love really is worth fighting for, worth being brave for, worth risking everything for... AUish, set in ME2. Garrus/FemShep.
Shelves: Mass Effect
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 57,245
- Status:
- Completed