My AU retelling of the events in ME2, with a completely new take on Cerberus, the Shadow Broker, and the Collectors. Examines the themes of what exactly constitutes death and life, the line between revenge and self-hatred, and how small amounts of light can shine in every darkness. Not a happy ending. Includes my takes on Overlord and LotSB. Rated M for language and violence.

Sequel to Call Me Katto (spoilers) Katara wakes to find herself imprisoned by the man she loved and must navigate a subtle battlefield if she hopes to escape and free her friends. Yet Zuko, embroiled in Azula's deadly game as he returns to a life he lost long ago, has no intention of letting her stray from his side. They could face anything together - if only she didn't hate him.

The Crucible dumps Shepard on Gaia. The first human Spectre becomes the first female SOLDIER, and their first Sniper. Her uncanny ability to bring reason to unreasonable situations will alter the fate of the entire planet, but especially that of her three First Class friends. FF7 / ME3

Ba Sing Se has fallen and Katara has been captured by the Fire Nation; a more adult take on the potential progression of S3. AU series of interconnected one-shots. Zutara. Rated for lemons and general darkness.

A month after taking down Saren, Shepard spends Christmas shore leave with her favourite turian C-Sec officer on the Citadel. Movies are watched, gifts are exchanged, and two war heroes celebrate their unlikely friendship.

After the events of the past few weeks, Shepard and Garrus attempt to get their mission with the Reapers back on track. Instead, they find themselves entangled in the Shadow Broker's dark web. Sequel to "Insubordinating." A/U Rated M for violence/language/sex

The evolution of Shepard and Garrus' relationship through the events of ME2.

Shepard wakes, only mostly not dead, too soon while in Cerberus clutches. She escapes, and is chased to the only place she can hide; Omega. No team, no supplies, no information, no armor, no funds. To survive, she makes a deal with a quarian salvage dealer, only to discover that same dealer has something in common with her; a certain turian vigilante acquaintance.

An epic re-telling combining Crisis Core and Before Crisis from the POV of the Turks. Stars Reno, Tseng, Rude, Cissnei, Zack, Aerith, Veld, Rufus, and all the BC Turks; cameo appearances by entire VII cast. Drama, Romance, Action, Comedy, and more.

Separated from her friends after her duel with Zuko in the Spirit Oasis, Katara realizes that her best chance of finding Aang and her brother is to become Zuko's prisoner. But when Zuko stops treating her like a captive and starts treating her like a comrade, she begins to realize that he may not be the monster she thought he was. Zutara.

In the chaos of the ongoing First Contact War, the Alliance is contacted by a resistence cell comprised of captured humans on Palaven, and Shepard is drafted for a covert mission to make contact. Her cover lands her where? The Vakarian household, of course. Shepard/Garrus, AU.

A triumphant war party returns with an exotic slave, a gift for the ruling house. Katara and Zuko AU

ME2- After surviving the Omega Four Relay mission, the Normandy returns to find the galaxy in political turmoil. Cerberus has been exposed, humanity has lost its council seat, and the geth offer a peace that no one seems to desire. To complicate matters, the Reapers are coming. Most characters present. AU as it invalidates Mass Effect 3. Alternate ending begins chapter 71.

The Reapers are bearing down on the galaxy. Organics' survival hinges on the ever elusive Catalyst. Garrus Vakarian is sent to find it, but instead finds something more. For 50,000 years she slept: The greatest human to have ever lived, the most brilliant tactician, the most inspiring leader, and the most lethal soldier mankind had ever produced. He found Shepard. (kmeme prompt)

One pirate gets impulsive, and an event starting in 'The Waterbending Scroll' sends ripples throughout the rest of Seasons 1, 2 & 3. A Zuko/Katara troubled friendship fic, to eventually become Zutaran in nature. Chapter 18: Caught in Crystal

They finished healing Shepard's wounds, but due to the interference of the Shadow Broker, she meets Archangel a little earlier than Cerberus had intended, with some eye-opening consequences. Shepard/Garrus, AU

Once again, Garrus has started over at C-Sec, and once again, a new Commander Shepard has come across his argument with Pallin before meeting the Council. How many times does he have to go through this until he reaches the end-point(s)?

Once, it was just a oneshot - first chapter can still stand alone. Katara was captured by Zuko, but there was a lapse in communication. Takes place after The Fortuneteller. Fierce Katara, honorable Zuko, and meddlesome Iroh. Also, music night! Cover art by Watermistress - check her out on tumblr bcs she rocks!

The Avatar awakens two years late, when only a token resistance still struggles against the Fire Nation. Katara disguises herself as a boy to follow Sokka into war. Not only must she hide her gender from her comrades, she has to help the Avatar while also dodging the creepy prince who's taken such an intense interest in her. AU for timing. Coverart by Watermistress!

Three Shepards were born. Three Shepards to save the galaxy. But no one ever sends these marines out together for just a shake-down cruise... Shoker/Shenko/Sharrus.

The Lazarus Project had taken two years of Miranda Lawson's life and had accomplished the impossible. She didn't expect that working with the live Commander Shepard would prove to be her greatest challenge yet.

Zuko and Sokka go searching for a waterbender who has been long lost. Slowly but surely their world begins to erupt around them. Sequel to 'I Was Not Magnificent'.

Not all wounds are easily healed, and some will always leave scars. This is a follow up to my fic "Broken Trust" and deals directly with the aftermath of the events in that story. It references NON-CON events in the past, and may be triggering to some.

Garrus, Shepard, and a hell of a lot of banter. ME2 setting with throwback to ME1; friendship and eventual romance with emphasis on dialogue and character development. Rated M for language.

Shepard is one of the best bounty hunters in the Terminus Systems, but when a job that's too good to pass up pulls her to the law-abiding Citadel, she ends up in the sights of a hot-headed cop who always gets results. AU.

Flashbacks, interstitial scenes, and backdoor dealings. A companion to ME2 focusing on characters and worlds, big and small.

Falling in love is easy-it's staying in love that's hard. Shepard and Garrus' fight to reconcile their cultural differences is complicated by family and foes conspiring to tear them apart. Sequel to "Where Angels Fear To Tread." Partial story only.

When Blair Hodges - a human amputee - visits a drell psychologist to cope with phantom pains, the last thing she expects is to be offered a cure through ritual hypnosis. The last thing Naveed Eldrani expects is for his patient to accept. ME2

In matters of life and death, it's our journey to understand the universe, ourselves and those we care about that keeps us truly alive. For many that path includes love, loss, betrayal & violence. FemShepXGarrus. Covers time from ME2-3, flashbacks to ME1, graphic.

The USA and the USSR turned their long-standing animosity to the stars with the launch of Sputnik I in 1957. Two hundred years on, the superpowers and their alien allies find themselves embroiled in the machinations of entities beyond their comprehension. AU first contact.

Twelve years after the end of the war, Shepard is living a quiet, retired life, having put her past behind her. An encounter with an old friend makes her reconsider some choices and just might give both of them another chance at happiness. A story about friendship, love, and blending families. FemShep/Garrus, references to past FemShep/Kaidan and Garrus/OC.

After Shepard destroyed the Collector base, the Illusive Man decides to correct an error he made during the Lazarus Project; he should have let Miranda put in the chip. f!Shepard/Thane; f!Shepard/Garrus. Post-ME2/ME3 AU.

Most days, coming back from the dead is something she just doesn't want to think about. (Set during ME2)

The immediate postwar period from Katara's ranty POV. shenanigans abound. Chap 24:Song arrives in Ba Sing Se. Shenaniagns ensue.

It's a long road from "alien" to "partner."

A random assortment of scenes and snippets relating to ME 1, 2 and 3. Not chronological. Various POV, largely FemShep and Garrus. Both Kaidan and Garrus romances possible. Spoilers probable. Rating may increase later. Check here for updates 1st.

An asari exploration vessel discovers Earth in the 2030's...and the first contact scenario has incredible implications for both species. What does humanity look like through alien eyes? Where do they go from here? /-AU: no Reapers, completely disconnected from the plot of the games, but mostly faithful to the setting. Told from many points of view.

The Battle of the Citadel has been won. Saren Arterius is dead. Commander Shepard is dead. Garrus Vakarian isn't. Alone on Omega among slavers, murderers, mercenaries, insane warlords and the worst of the galaxy's criminals, he does the only thing he can: declares war. The Archangel legend is born, but angels can fall. Nothing's ever easy...

Seventy years later, Korra tries to figure out Zuko and Katara. — zutara, canon compliant.

Garrus Vakarian's past and present, told through interconnected short stories one letter of the alphabet at a time.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. Post-ME3, Shepard/Garrus.

Azula has taken it upon herself to find her brother the best Fire Lady. A matchmaking story featuring Princess Azula as the matchmaker. Post-series. Written for the Zutara Secret Santa Exchange.

Shepard isn't quite the stable commander Joker remembers, and he's surprised to be the one helping her pick up the pieces. Follows the events of ME2, focusing on non-game scenes. NEW chapter: Epilogue.

A series of sniper-related vignettes spanning all three games, tracking the friendship - and eventual relationship - between Garrus and Shepard.

When the prison-ship Purgatory fell, more than just Jack got out in the chaos. And now someone is stalking and killing the Citadel's war refugees — but when the killer suddenly changes his MO, Shepard has little choice but to get involved; can she catch someone who's already slipped through the cracks once — more importantly, can she do it before he hurts anyone else?

The worst part about waking up after a snarling bare-knuckle fight with your best friend is waking up in the same medbay.

There was a line in one of her many psych evals about an impressive ability to compartmentalize. She supposed the psychologist hadn't been talking about her ability to dress an amputation in the field in under thirty seconds. Mass Effect 2

7 perspectives on the wedding of Zuko and Katara. Written for Zutara Week 2012.

Amon must cooperate with Korra if he hopes to survive his injuries following a natural disaster, forcing him to face his prejudices about bending head-on...and leaving him grappling with an inconvenient growing attraction. Complete! Canon to Ep 1.08; AU after that. AmonxKorra/Amorra; some naughty scenes, all consensual.

After getting into a fight with Zuko the night before his wedding to Mai, Katara starts to come to the painful realization that in order to truly be happy, that you first must learn to be happy with yourself. A story about a journey of self-discovery. Written for Zutara Week: Seasons.

A surprise attraction between two Normandy crewmembers develops into something more. Liara/Garrus; references to FemShep/Kaidan.

When a routine reconnaissance mission goes awry, Shepard and Garrus are pushed to the bounds of their endurance.

As Shepard reaches the end of her life, she finds herself suddenly thrown back on Eden Prime. Will she use what she knows to change the future, or try to preserve the timeline? Kink meme fill. Rating for sex and language.

Shepard returns from the abyss, but she's broken, and her old friend, Garrus, has spent the last two years in hell. But maybe they can repair the damage... together. Possible game spoilers. Still in progress, continues into ME3 and beyond. Yes, there are sexytimes. Sporadic updates, love-driven writing engine.

After the events of ME3, Garrus Vakarian wanders Earth, lost and purposeless...until possible redemption arrives unexpectedly in the form of a human infant. Vakarian/Shepard...sort of . Also includes post-ME3 histories of Tali and Liara.

They stand on the edge of the abyss and all he can see is her face, the memories they have shared, and the path they have walked, side by side. Garrus/FemShep

Shepard and Garrus deal with the implications and consequences of fraternization. Angst with a healthy dose of schmoop and gunfire.

While trying to board the Geth ship, Shepard discovers that even though the lies keep tumbling from her lips, she's really not fine.

Reunions are always a volatile affair. When it's between two Spectres, it's no different. Except the explosions are real. And numerous. FemShep/Nihlus, AU

While the Reapers ravage Palaven, some of the Turians on Menae pass the time by trading stories about the species they've bedded. Garrus enlightens them on what it's like to be with a human. Originally posted on the MEK community on LJ.

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.

Set Post-ME3 where Shepard chooses Control. A hundred years after the Reaper War, a Turian ship captained by the grandson of Garrus Vakarian comes across a derelict Reaper inhabited by a hologram of Commander Shepard.

Garrus helps Shepard with a problem from his past. Slash. Inspired by the prompt "Shepard's loyalty mission".

Every day, starting when Garrus rejoins C-Sec up until the destruction of the Normandy, Shepard and Garrus exchange emails. After all, good friends stay in touch.

After years of working together, Shepard and Garrus can speak volumes to each other without ever saying a word. But when Shepard accepts an impossible mission on a dangerous planet, all bets are off. Rating subject to change in later chapters.

And another kinkmeme fill. In a non-Reaper AU, F!Shepard is stuck with her former mentor Nihlus and his former mentor Saren on a wrecked ship in space for a length of time. Tensions between them are resolved kinkmeme style.

How the synthesis ending could have gone. Features 'No Perfect Fix, But It'll Do' and 'Vis Insita'.

The story of Shepard's life, turned into nighttime story many parents across different species tell their children.

Garrus has made no secret of his desire for Shepard; as much as she wants him in return, there's still the small matter of saving humanity from the Collectors standing in their way. FemShep/Garrus. Rated for sexual content.

A year after the war's end, the gaang returns to the Fire Nation for a week of diplomatic meetings. There, they hear rumors about a vigilante who wears a blue mask and Katara finds herself digging deeper into his identity and motives. Blue/Zutara Lemons

Vince announces he has a twin sister he has never before mentioned, who looks just like him and is coming for a visit. Howard Moon is no fool, he has it all figured out. The M rating is for later chapters.

Katara and Zuko have a thing. a thing that they do. in the early days of Zuko's reign, they have to keep the thing a secret. Zuko has too many feelings about the thing, but he doesn't have a name for it. but he finds one in the end. shameless, fluffy smut

Masskink response to a prompt requesting Garrus and FemShep thrown back in time to the First Contact War on the way back through the Omega 4 relay. Warnings for time travel and kink. Ties in with "Applied Research" but can stand on its own.

Garrus and assorted crew talk about cross-species intercourse over a game of cards.

Oneshot: "Was this the first time a geth asked if it had a soul?" - "No. It was the first time a Creator became frightened when we asked."

A fill for a masskink request for some F!Shepard/Turian Councillor action. Shepard and the turian Councillor are caught on the Citadel by a Reaper attack and have to fight together to escape...and settle their differences one way or another.

Garrus faces the reality of serving on a human ship.

Two of the LAPD's newest Detectives have just become partners. Detectives Shepard and Vakarian can't help but become close until their careers interefere. Kink meme fill. AU. LA Noire ish. M rating for language and smut.

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Whoever said that was a rotten lying bastard. Love is a battlefield of the worst kind, where the rules change from one moment to the next.

ME2- Tali notices Commander Shepard behaving strangely and fearing Cerberus influence enlists the other members of the original Normandy crew to investigate. Garrus, Tali, Joker, Chakwas and Shepard.

"They want us gone now, before we get too powerful for them to kill. I say they've waited too long. I say we have that power now." The war has begun. ME3!Spec!fic. Shrios.

A lot happened for Garrus these past few years, and it's a lot to think about. Introspective, Garrus/Shepard.

The whole Companion House is in a frenzy when a lucrative request comes in, for the best Companion in the House to meet with the surly Prince of the Fire Nation. / Katara/Zuko, semi-fusion with Firefly.

In the universe next door, Terra grows up in the Esper World. Everything goes wrong differently.

Sound really carries in small, echo-y spaces. This, on top of the cramping, heat, and awkward positioning, can make things pretty...uncomfortable, but it's not all bad. Sometimes closeness is all it takes to get things running again.

FF6 A midwinter visit to Nikeah, trying to celebrate an old holiday in the World of Ruin, provides a brief lull in the struggle against Kefka. And for several members of the party, it's a chance, welcome or not, to face the past or the future.

"The universe changed around me while I slept, and I've fought hard to catch up." Walking into hell? Well, at least she knew who had her back. Garrus/Fem!Shep, mentions Kaidan/Fem!Shep. Rated for language, little bit of sexuality. ME2 Spoilers.

Five years after the Hundred-Year War, Fire Lord Zuko is hit with an assassin's dart, and falls into a coma from which he cannot wake. A week passes, and his prognosis is grim. But Katara could swear she hears him in her dreams...

ME2-When Shepard is away from the Normandy, the squad begins to chafe under Miranda's authority. They look to have her replaced as XO, but on a ship built by Cerberus, crewed by the most powerful mercenaries in the galaxy, a mutiny could spell disaster for all of them. Garrus, Miranda, Tali, Jacob, Mordin and other supporting characters. Not a shipfic. Shepard-Free.

Bright and beautiful, supernovae can briefly outshine an entire galaxy, before they fade from view forever, and their shockwave changes everything. Nihlus/Shepard

Explorations, variations and off-camera moments from the Mass Effect 2 storyline. Multiple character POVs.

When Prince Lu Ten returns with the Avatar and his Water Tribe companions in chains, Zuko is put in charge of their imprisonment. But things are not what they seem, both with the child Avatar and his own family. And soon, he will have a decision to make.

Garrus doesn't understand why his commander would want to engage in such frivolous things with him, but he's never tried it with a human, and if it makes her happy ... he'll give her the best damn game of Twister she's ever played. One-shot, Garrus/fShep.

A story of vignettes following a renegade Myra Shepard. Prompts aren't chronological, deal with her choices, who she is, and the turian she could be falling for - god help her... / / The honest man must be a perpetual renegade.

Jillian Shepard travels to Palaven in an attempt to convince the Primarchs of the Turian Hierarchy that the Reaper threat is real. However, after a PR disaster concerning her unconventional personal life, complications and cross-cultural conflicts arise.

Complete. Nobody's really whole, we're just broken in different ways from each other. Jack/Thane.

ME2- Legion has been destroyed in battle, much to Tali's relief. When tasked with recovering the geth's memory, her feelings may prevent her from fulfilling her duties until she learns why it's so important. Most characters present. Ends with chapter 8, with alternate replacement ending in chaps 9-10. (Original, pre-FTWD version. If coming from Dancer in the Dark, see the remaster)

Pre-Mass Effect. Jalissa Shepard meant to stay a farmer on Mindoir after high school. And then the batarians came. 100 prompts. 1000 words. From Mindoir, through basic, to Elysium, to just before boarding the Normandy. Snapshots of Shepard's life. (Cover images all belong to Bioware. As with Mass Effect itself, I'm just borrowing them and giving credit where it's due.)

Of patchwork ships and oddities. A collection of unusual pairings from Mass Effect.

In an alternate universe where the First Contact War never ended, Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian meet on the battlefield-as enemies. But destiny will not be denied... Garrus/FemShep, AU. 2 chapters. First story of a series.

She is fast as lightning and burning just a bright, pushing him across the hundred year distance they have crossed since meeting and beyond. Femshep/Garrus, written for the masskink meme on LiveJournal.

Shepard's gone; who can he turn to for answers? A Garrus/FemShep fic. Rated M for language and spicy bits. Garrus/Shepard, Garrus/Liara. Spoilers for the beginning of ME2; R&R welcome and appreciated.

Tali gets an unusual request from an equally unusual shipmate. Tali/Legion. Pure, unadulterated fluff on a fluff sandwich. T for Jack's potty mouth.

When the story ends, almost everyone in Goldcrown Town forgets that their lives had once been turned upside down by a story, that there had ever been a girl named Duck at all. When Duck herself begins to forget, Fakir writes a story that costs him dearly.

Even after finding Sidonis, not everything is right between Shepard and Garrus. Sometimes talking isn't enough to clear the air.

The Normandy's automatic language translation services go offline briefly. FemShep and Garrus benefit immensely.

An alternate take on what happened between fem!Shep and Garrus before entering the Omega-4 relay. NuitNuit gave me the title, which is nice.

A life saved and the favor returned make Zaeed and Shepard rethink their stance on each other.

After Katara leaves the Northern Water Tribe, Pakku must confront the changes she has wrought.

The Normandy's outspoken pilot has an unexpected run-in with the other side. Post-game.

Setzer in Kohlingen in the World of Ruin, stuck with his memories for company.

Twelve years after the final battle, Zuko summons Katara to heal the victims of an epidemic spreading throughout the Fire Nation. Katara Zuko

Zuko and Katara come together one warm afternoon under circumstances not made for ancient Water ballads or great Fire tales: they meet in a ventilation duct. Oneshot, rated M.

After he has thrown himself upon the Avatar's mercy, Zuko and Katara have a conversation about musical instruments. Part One of the Drinks series.

Fate puts Katara in the Fire Nation to grow up in the company of a Dragon, a prince, and a lot of good tea. AU Zutara...of a sort.

[ZK AU] The mighty Fire Empire rules the entire world, after they conquered it a century ago. Now, almost a hundred years later, a tiny tribe of rebels have sent Katara, an undercover assassin, to kill the Fire Emperor Zuko.

Years later, after the story has ended, a boy and a girl go hand in hand to a garden.

Originally started out as backstory, this is an entire chronicle of Setzer Gabbiani's life. Now completed, despite an ending that circles the drain. R for language, violence, sexual situations.