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A long-term ground mission on Hackett’s orders in the wake of the war. Traveling across forgotten wastelands and destroyed communities with just a ground car and Garrus, Shepard can’t help but let exhaustion and frustration get to her. Even on the open road, she’s never felt more trapped. And with the wall she can’t seem to get past between her and Garrus, her usual escape has never felt further away.
It feels like they’re just chasing ghosts—but who knows? As Shepard starts seeing strange things in the dark, maybe it’s more they’re chasing than a not so long ago past.
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05 Jul 2026
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Grieving Commander Shepard turned Garrus into someone else, and now he's haunted by a ghost wearing her face. This Shepard, he's convinced, is a spirit, or a figment of his dying brain--because he's sure he's dying, lying in a pool of his own blood on Omega, and she's here to help him live through a final act of vengeance before he's gone.
Shepard, too, is tormented by memory and doubt, unsure that she's the person she--and everyone else--remembers. But she's trapped where she is, and more important to her is making sure that Garrus remembers himself before it's too late. As they each face their own struggles with identity, they find a new kind of kinship and intimacy in the wreckage of their former selves.
Think of it as ME2+.
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03 Jul 2026
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She could tell him yes. She could tell him no. He wishes she’d just say it. He could say something outright, as the stars blaze beyond her and she looks at him with such a sense of relief that it makes him dizzy.
“You know me,” he intones, glancing at his glass. “I get on someone’s nerves long enough and eventually wear them down into some semblance of respect.”
She rests her elbow on the back of the couch, chin propped up on her hand. “That so?”
Garrus tilts his head, tracking every small detail of her expression, cataloguing each of her freckles like he didn’t the last time they got up close and personal. The leather creaks as he shifts his weight, arm spread along the back of the couch until the bony point of her elbow rests in the crook of his. If he’s not mistaken, she leans too.
“I’d like to think some of my impressions have been more… favorable than others. Can’t say I’m never willing to give it another shot though. I wasn’t sure if…”
She draws in a breath, holds it, and releases it until his mouth plate twitches. “Garrus, do you think—”
after an interrupted reunion in the battery, garrus takes the initiative
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02 Jul 2026
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Consumed Memories by ContinuousSpec
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
05 Jul 2025
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A steaming mug of darorn fruit, the hum of a bustling market, the crispness of an unworn uniform—mundane things, yet they all pull Garrus back to Shepard. All he has are fragments of their time together, haunting him in the silence of space, not knowing whether she’s dead or alive.
Story told through Garrus' nonlinear memories, as he commands Normandy in the aftermath of the Reaper War. Six months of a perilous journey, the crew faces the harsh realities of survival in a post-war-torn galaxy. With the Mass Relays destroyed, the Normandy's FTL drive is their only lifeline, and every day is a struggle against dwindling resources and the unknown.
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02 Jul 2026
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a connoisseur of fine tastes by lilmissnatcat24
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
18 May 2025
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Shepard, a Spectre, is on the trail of a volus wanted for trading Council secrets with her favored C-Sec liaison, Garrus Vakarian. When the stakeout takes a turn for the worse, they're forced to bunker down on Level 14 of Tayseri Ward, known for its lack of C-Sec involvement and red light district. But taking refuge in a sex club with a partner that's been nothing but flirty, obstinate, and fucking easy to tease comes with its own complications.
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- Part 10 of Shakarian Drabbles
Bookmarked by whitepenguin
28 Jun 2026