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Author has written 15 stories for Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. I wander around a few fandoms, but always seem to end back on the Mass Effect train. Medic, Army brat. Feel free to come chat to me on my tumblr, n0rmandysr1 or via PM. Always happy to answer questions. Currently writing the Mass Effect 'Sea of Stars' series. This will eventually cover all the Original Trilogy, with continuity between characters and events. 1. Encroachment - covers the events of Mass Effect 1. Complete. 2. Respite - set shortly after Encroachment. Giving Shepard and Ashley both a break and some more relationship development. Complete. 3. What Lives In The Dark - set in between Mass Effect 1 and 2, covering Shepard's first run in with Cerberus. Complete. 4. Anabasis - snapshots of what the squadmates got up to during the time Shepard was dead. In Progress. 5. Fianchetto - covers the events of Mass Effect 2. In Progress |
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First Love by DRWPJT reviews
Some people spend their whole lives searching for love, others stumble into it completely by chance. Nicola "Nikki" Shepard was devastated when her childhood sweetheart left Mindoir, but fate is a fickle creature and in the long run it was probably for the best. Starting with brief snapshots on Mindoir and other events pre-ME1 then hopefully continuing throughout the trilogy. F/F
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 94 - Words: 267,760 - Reviews: 266 - Favs: 216 - Follows: 279 - Updated: 6/7 - Published: 6/20/2016 - [OC, Shepard]
The Good Shepard by Scraggles reviews
Talking faith with Ashley is great and all, but... it's not enough. A response to the gigantic cultural and theological holes marring the otherwise fantastic space opera that is Mass Effect. Slow-burn Femshep/Ashley. Rating and genre subject to change. Taking suggestions and requests!
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,017 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 28 - Updated: 3/21 - Published: 12/22/2017 - [Ashley W., J. Garson]
Mass Effect: Of Lions And Angels by jerseydanielgibson reviews
Jane Catherine Shepard and Sara Elaine Ryder, the spacer brat and the Cit-born, the Lion of Elysium and the Angel of Illyeria, lifelong friends and almost-sisters, find themselves mired in events concerning ProTech and a diabolical scheme. Can a SPECTRE and a Corpsman along with an eclectic crew stop a Turians' plan that may rattle the very galaxy itself? (ME AU, major changes)
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 54 - Words: 614,788 - Reviews: 175 - Favs: 154 - Follows: 185 - Updated: 3/15 - Published: 3/7/2018 - [Liara T'Soni, Ashley W.] Shepard, Sara Ryder
Antecedent by Prudential reviews
Heroes are forged from the ordinary through great heat and pressure. Before there was Eden Prime, there was Elysium. Before surviving the Omega 4, she survived Akuze. Before leading the charge on the Reapers she stormed the caves of Torfan. This is the story of the career that shaped Commander Shepard into the savior of the galaxy. A prequel to my story, Survival.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 25,530 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 7/24/2019 - Published: 10/22/2018 - J. Garson, D. Anderson, Admiral Hackett
Shepard Traitor Soldier Spy by TheXGrayXLady reviews
She would let Cerberus collar her like a dog and by the time this was over, they'd forget she had teeth.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 24 - Words: 101,061 - Reviews: 84 - Favs: 56 - Follows: 78 - Updated: 3/24/2019 - Published: 8/30/2017 - J. Garson, Garrus V., Illusive Man, Miranda L.
Moiety by orangeflavor reviews
"The harsh line of her back is like a scream." - 100 word drabbles. Wide range of characters, pairings, genres.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 50 - Words: 5,901 - Reviews: 78 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 21 - Updated: 2/8/2019 - Published: 8/30/2015
Survival by Prudential reviews
Spoilers: The Crucible ended the Reaper War in a blast that destroyed the ancient synthetic machines, severely damaged the Mass Relays, and shattered the Citadel. Though presumed dead, Commander Jessica Shepard—the woman who fired the final shot of the war—survived the destruction of the Citadel. Shepard now faces a galaxy in the aftershock of war, buffeted by a rising threat.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 14 - Words: 72,842 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 38 - Updated: 1/16/2019 - Published: 8/27/2018 - J. Garson, Garrus V., Ashley W., Admiral Hackett
This Sacred Site by karebear reviews
A captain is supposed to go down with her ship. Shepard on Alchera. Oneshot.
Mass Effect - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 558 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 7 - Published: 6/9/2018 - Shepard - Complete
Disconnect by soignees reviews
Years after the Reapers' destruction, DI Kolyat Krios is tasked with a missing children case on a remote turian colony. But even an eidetic mind has its limits. When the case escalates to a homicide investigation, Kolyat struggles to unravel both the kidnapping and the murder, at a cost to his career and personal life.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Crime/Mystery - Chapters: 19 - Words: 90,631 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 2/21/2018 - Published: 9/25/2017 - [Oriana L., Kolyat K.] Thane K., OC
Because You're My Friend by TheXGrayXLady reviews
A recurring joke on the Tokyo is that Commander Mira Shepard emerged fully formed from a vat in the Alliance Labs, citing protocol and issuing writeups for uniform violations as part of a project to make the perfect XO.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,157 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/27/2017 - [Kaidan A., J. Garson] - Complete
Mass Effect: Restoration by The Naked Pen reviews
In the opening days of the apocalyptic war against the Reapers, Garrus Vakarian is fighting on Palaven's moon, Menae, world of a thousand buried secrets. But some secrets are better left forgotten... A coda to MASS EFFECT: INTERREGNUM.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13,944 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 29 - Follows: 8 - Published: 3/24/2017 - Complete
The Siege of Shanxi by Made Nightwing reviews
2157: The Turian Hierarchy launches a secretive war against a new species known as 'humanity'. The first major battleground is the outlying colony world of Shanxi, defended by the 3rd Garrison Division of the Systems Alliance Marines. With overwhelming odds against them, the hopes of Shanxi rest with the fledgling Alliance fleet...and unlikely allies within the ranks of their foes.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Tragedy - Chapters: 45 - Words: 237,786 - Reviews: 636 - Favs: 697 - Follows: 683 - Updated: 2/13/2017 - Published: 7/8/2011 - Complete
Honor Among Thieves by Bracketyjack reviews
An Honorverse AU. I know the story-arc of the Honorverse is one of its great glories, but haven't you ever, reading the latest best-selling doorstop, wanted radically to short-circuit the whole thing, and see those morally defective, small-souled Manticoran aristocrats taken down hard? And all Detweilers whatever fed to a passel of treecats, with BBQ sauce? I know I have ...
Honor Harrington - Rated: T - English - Drama/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 8 - Words: 232,032 - Reviews: 124 - Favs: 304 - Follows: 135 - Updated: 10/9/2015 - Published: 9/11/2015 - Complete
Mind Over Matter by eyyowlf reviews
The adventures of the first human Spectre, the Butcher of Torfan, the son of Mindoir. Mild au for original subplots and sidequests. Ruthless Vanguard with concentration on biotics, aliens, milSF, and secondary crew. MShep/Ash, Shep Kaidan friendship.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 16 - Words: 83,539 - Reviews: 145 - Favs: 339 - Follows: 237 - Updated: 5/8/2010 - Published: 1/23/2009 - J. Garson, Ashley W. - Complete
Be All Our Sins Remembered by jtav reviews
Akuze, Chasca, Teltin. Tragedies all, but Cerberus had nothing to do with them. Miranda had nothing to do with them. Right?
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 11,630 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 3/22/2010 - Published: 3/8/2010 - Miranda L., J. Garson - Complete
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Elysium
A young lieutenant, her experienced sergeant and platoon visit idyllic Elysium for much needed rest; but what was meant to be shore leave turns into the fight of their lives. In the middle of a burning city, Lieutenant Shepard must decide the type of officer she is - and how far she's willing to go for victory.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 6 - Words: 28,473 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 7/30 - Published: 5/24
Fianchetto reviews
Emilia Shepard wakes up missing her ship, crew and two years of her life. Stuck in an alliance with her enemies, she struggles to deal with her own death and the mistrust of her government and the woman she loves. But someone has to stop the Collectors, right? Novelisation of a reimagined ME2, past Ashley/Shepard.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 32 - Words: 160,460 - Reviews: 103 - Favs: 83 - Follows: 118 - Updated: 7/27 - Published: 1/7/2019 - [Ashley W., Shepard] Garrus V., Miranda L.
Points of Departure reviews
Oneshots, fragments and short stories set in the Sea of Stars verse. Chapter 3: The Marsh Flies - a young Second Lieutenant Emilia Shepard is in command for the first time. An ambush has unexpected consequences.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 6 - Words: 9,051 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 4/1 - Published: 5/20/2019 - J. Garson
History Has Its Eyes On You reviews
"I wish it need not have happened in my time." "So do I and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." Ten characters, a hundred one hundred word drabbles.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,081 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 8/22/2019 - Published: 4/7/2019 - [J. Garson, Ashley W.] Shepard
Fragments reviews
A collection of Mass Effect writings not quite long enough to be their own thing, mostly from my tumblr.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 9 - Words: 8,799 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 6/10/2019 - Published: 3/29/2018 - [Ashley W., J. Garson] [Vetra N., Sara Ryder]
Anabasis reviews
The Normandy has been destroyed; Commander Emilia Shepard is dead and her crew scattered across the galaxy. Her friends and family struggle with grief, politics and the knowledge that the Reapers are still coming. Snapshots of the two years Shepard spends dead.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,169 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 24 - Follows: 15 - Updated: 5/23/2019 - Published: 1/22/2019
What Lives In The Dark reviews
The war with the geth is all but over; the Systems Alliance and Commander Emilia Shepard both try to adapt to the new status quo. Desperate to get a breather from the fallout of the Battle of the Citadel, Shepard orders the Normandy back into the endless black ocean. But there's something not quite right in the Traverse, and it's up to the Normandy and her crew to put an end to it.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 12 - Words: 48,568 - Reviews: 35 - Favs: 46 - Follows: 52 - Updated: 12/14/2018 - Published: 10/18/2018 - [Ashley W., J. Garson] - Complete
always roaming with a hungry heart reviews
Ashley Williams has a request of her best friend - Kaidan is just along for the ride. Until he isn't. Written for Loyalty Missions 2018.
Mass Effect - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,055 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 5 - Published: 11/16/2018 - [Ashley W., Kaidan A.] - Complete
Motion reviews
Sam Traynor's life would be a lot easier if Marines could keep their shirts on. Or: a new friendship aboard the Normandy between the ship's comms specialist and her Executive Officer blooms into something else as the war rages. Written for Loyalty Missions 2018.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,191 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 5 - Published: 11/16/2018 - [Ashley W., Samantha T.] - Complete
All The Old Knives reviews
Marian Hawke's return to Kirkwall creates complications for her old friend, the Captain of the Guard, and not just the sort related to bar fights. Post-Trespasser. Written for Black Emporium 2018.
Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,346 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 4 - Published: 11/5/2018 - [Aveline V., unknown 1] Varric T. - Complete
Respite reviews
After the Battle of the Citadel, Emilia Shepard invites Ashley Williams to Benning for some R&R.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,090 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 23 - Updated: 10/16/2018 - Published: 10/11/2018 - [Ashley W., J. Garson] - Complete
Encroachment reviews
If Emilia Shepard had known what was waiting for her aboard the SSV Normandy, she might have never walked through the airlock. But for all the struggles ahead, she has a good ship and a good crew. ME1, Paragade Shepard. Multiple character POVs, expanded minor crew and a focus on the off-camera moments. Contains a great deal of codex entries. Slowburn f!Shepley.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 43 - Words: 214,937 - Reviews: 149 - Favs: 144 - Follows: 159 - Updated: 10/9/2018 - Published: 9/12/2017 - [Ashley W., J. Garson] - Complete
Navy Undercover reviews
To catch a slaver and traitor, Commander Shepard must infiltrate a resort. A pity then, that it's a popular honeymoon destination and the most logical person to accompany her is the Marine she has decidedly unprofessional thoughts about. ME1, not canon to the A Sea of Stars universe.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,402 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 24 - Follows: 8 - Published: 3/16/2018 - [Ashley W., J. Garson] - Complete
Retribution reviews
Event Horizon: the boundary at which light becomes dark. First Lieutenant Shay Shepard lands on the moon of Torfan. Everything changes. Written for Writetober.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 901 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/3/2017 - Complete
The Talk reviews
As Ship's Doctor, the health of the Tempest's crew is Dr Lexi T'Perro's responsibility. This includes making sure any alien banging going on is done safely. Regardless of whether the Pathfinder wants to talk about it at all.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 863 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 6 - Published: 9/12/2017 - [Sara Ryder, Vetra N.] Lexi T'Perro - Complete
