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Fresh off the shocking loss of her whole unit on Akuze, Alliance Marine Lieutenant Jane Shepard stays with her turian best friend on the Citadel, electing for a galactic treatment program instead of one on Earth. Garrus Vakarian, newly employed as a C-Sec patrol officer, is willing to do just about anything to give her a safe space to heal.
He just wasn’t expecting her to fit so comfortably into his life.
Ongoing AU in which Shepard and Garrus meet long before the events of ME1.
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- Part 2 of The Road Less Traveled
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18 May 2026
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I'm Right Beside You by speshulduck
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
30 Aug 2025
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Every Alliance Naval Academy cadet has to apply for summer postings between academic years. The short tours give cadets valuable experience and the chance to see what the Alliance does around the galaxy. Cadet Jane Shepard thought the turian officer training exchange program sounded like a good opportunity for something different, but she had no idea what she was signing up for.
AU in which Shepard and Garrus meet long before the events of ME1.
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- Part 1 of The Road Less Traveled
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18 May 2026
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“Adopted.”
“Indeed.”
“I’ve adopted him?” Shepard repeated, part convinced that everyone else in the room was deluded. “I feel like I’d remember—”
Bakara smiled in such a way that it always reached her eyes. She placed a warm hand on Shepard’s arm and said, “Our family units don’t look the same as humanity’s. It’s easy to misunderstand.”
Shepard felt baffled, and then briefly lightheaded. And then, completely enraged. If Grunt called her for the Rax, that means he knew about this beforehand.
Bakara seemed to understand the microscopic changes in Shepard’s facial expression as they occurred. “It seems the two of you need to have a conversation,” she said gently.Bookmarked by NotReallyExisting
21 Apr 2026
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Orochimaru makes an adjustment in his sales pitch to Sasuke in the Forest of Death and everything changes as a result.
The Leaf is corrupt, Team Seven is disillusioned and Kakashi suddenly has to figure out how to keep three overpowered Genin safe on the run when the whole world wants to take a bite out of them.A couple of steps to the side may take the path an entirely new direction, a few words chosen differently and the story may have an entirely new ending, and a small band of underestimated and untethered ninja who choose each other above anything else may shift the whole world on its axis.
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16 May 2025
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Sakura is twelve when she queues up in front a desk with a bunch of other equally-terrified looking shinobi. The ages range from younger than her to old enough to be her grandpa.
The man sitting at the desk is stony-faced as he doles out assignments. Sakura obediently shuffles forward when it is her turn, and recites her shinobi identification number in a shaky voice when asked.
When the provost marshal looks at her, looks down at his paper, looks back at her, and grimaces, Sakura knows it’s not going to be good.
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How Sakura survives the war, told in bits and pieces.
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11 May 2025