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meeting you in every place i've ever loved by especiallythelies
Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek
20 Dec 2025
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“Human memory is selective and linear. Simply put, a human remembers the best of times in progressive order, beginning with earliest childhood. The rosy memories are only challenged by nightmares. A Cardassian remembers everything on every level all the time. For us, past and present are not neatly separated. We live with everything in the moment–including the nightmares. And so do you. To a human this would be chaotic, unbearable. For us it’s just the way it is”- A Stitch In Time, Andrew J. Robinson
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an indentation in the shape of you by interventionsandlullabies
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
21 Jul 2026
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“Oh no,” Garrus said. “I know that face. That’s your problem-solving face. That’s your I think I can fit through this air vent and drop down behind their reinforcements face.”
“What if we do it first?”
He stared at her. “Shepard. I fear the consequences of the next four words immensely. What do you mean?”
A smile lifted the corner of her mouth. “What if we find you a mate before your dad gets here?”
“Spirits,” he said, the word half curse, half exhalation. “That’s what I was afraid you were going to say.”
They survived the end of the world. They've had a few (relatively) normal years with no catastrophies. But with Garrus’ dad breathing down his neck about finally settling down, they only have 48 hours to produce a suitable partner.
Garrus has just the girl in mind. If only she wasn't the one trying to set him up.
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30 Jul 2026
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A Good Person by Halcyon305
Fandoms: 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Manga), 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Anime)
24 Jul 2026
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Genau feels more than he lets on, but hides his true emotions behind an iron wall of cold pragmatism. He considers this necessary for survival, but is haunted by his partner’s death and the destruction of his village.
This story is a deep-dive into Genau’s emotional state during the Revolte arc and after, and how he slowly comes to accept kindness from without.
Eventual Methode x Genau.
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18 Jun 2026
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As proof positive that I will very happily write anything (and enjoy it!) if asked nicely and promised chocolate, I give you this:
Cosmetic surgery is clearly very easy in the Federation. Easy enough that one can become a Klingon with almost no prep time. Or give Quark a cisfemale body and hormones to match. And heck, if it's that easy, and if you've always been curious about how the other half lives but you don't really want to change the rest of your body... why not just switch genitals?
Happy anniversary, Elim Garak! Julian has a surprise for you!
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15 Jun 2026
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Shepard smiles but something about it feels off, like she’s tired but no amount of sleep will help. The scars crisscrossing her cheek betray that, and it makes his own sting.
The look on her face is gentle, something reserved just for the low lighting of the late hours. A trill she can’t hear vibrates in his chest. It’s good to have her back, even if there’s still a dissonance lingering because he spent the last two years mourning her and coming to terms with that, only for her to come blasting back into his life, as is her style.
“I missed you, Garrus,” she says. “That's so weird to say; I feel like it’s only been a few weeks, but… It’s like I went to sleep for a while and when I woke up everything was different.”
“Yeah,” he mutters. “Guess that’s taking some getting used to.”
Shepard must relearn her place in a galaxy that spent two years moving on and living without her; Garrus finds there are three women he must relearn: the Commander, Shepard, and Jane.
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23 May 2026
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Commander Jane Shepard wakes up in the year 2185 to discover that two years have passed, her ship is destroyed, her crew scattered to the far corners of the galaxy, and she has somehow been captured by Cerberus. After a failed attempt to escape the Human Supremacist terrorist organization, she decides to bide her time until she can plan a better exit strategy. In the meantime, she can investigate the mysterious Collectors and see if there's any merit to Cerberus's theory that they're with the Reapers in some way. While gathering yet another ragtag crew of misfits to save the galaxy, she discovers that one of them is Garrus Vakarian-now better known as Archangel, scourge of Omega's criminal gangs. When he nearly dies during their attempt to escape the siege of his compound, Jane realizes that he's much more than the first friendly face who'll actually stay with her.
Garrus had been staring down his death and coming to terms with the overall uselessness of his life. When Shepard appears back from the dead, the galaxy has color again. He commits to following her anywhere she needs to go, and really starts to appreciate the view of his Commander's six.Series
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12 May 2026