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With the Devil on Your Back by TotallyTotoro
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
16 Dec 2025
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The second installment in Compromise Who I Am, a Mass Effect trilogy novelization. This piece covers the events of Mass Effect 2, as seen through Shepard's eyes.
This series includes a slow-burn romance with Garrus and an in-depth explorarion of Commander Shepard. Some dialogue is lifted directly from the game and expanded upon, but this story will mostly be filling in the gaps and exploring a struggling Shepard who finds herself now carrying the weight of an entire universe's future on her shoulders.
Tagged side characters are prominently featured and explored. Specific content warnings are listed within chapters.
Comprise Who I Am is a series about pain and healing. It is a story about learning to trust, falling in love with your best friend, and about handling the worst parts of yourself together. Reading the first installment of this series is not required, but is encouraged.
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- Part 2 of Compromise Who I Am
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12 Dec 2025
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The Bridge Between by Stanic
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
15 Dec 2025
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The red wave of the Crucible changed everything. It destroyed the Reapers, disabled the mass relays, and apparently claimed the life of Commander Shepard. But nothing in this new galaxy is quite what it seems. As humanity tears itself apart and new threats gain power in the shadows of conflict, an impossible discovery will reunite the legendary crew of the Normandy for a mission beyond hope itself.
A post-ME3 psychological thriller exploring identity beyond sacrifice, featuring established Shepard/Garrus relationship.
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- Part 1 of The Bridge Between
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21 Sep 2025
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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
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 59,349
- Chapters:
- 9/?
- Collections:
- 1
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- 233
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21 Sep 2025
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I'm Right Beside You by speshulduck
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
29 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
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 117,712
- Chapters:
- 26/26
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 488
- Kudos:
- 518
- Bookmarks:
- 116
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- 14,036
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21 Sep 2025
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Compromise Who I Am by TotallyTotoro
Fandom: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
16 Dec 2025
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Comprise Who I Am is a series about pain and healing. It is a story about learning to trust, falling in love with your best friend, and about handling the worst parts of yourself together.
- Words:
- 321,509
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 7
Bookmarked by Vader8er
05 Sep 2025