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Round Two Fics
Well it appears to have been just me and @playfulclaws this round! So hereâs a very short masterlist lol. I will add the others if they are ever submitted.
Christmas Cheer? by @playfulclaws
Welcome Home by @jessicapendragon
Now Hiring!
Who wants to take over MEFicSwap?!?!Â
Requirements:
You like Mass Effect
You are alive and not alone
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Now Hiring!
Who wants to take over MEFicSwap?!?!Â
Requirements:
You like Mass Effect
You are alive and not alone
Send me an email, message, ask, whatever if you are interested!
Christmas...Cheer?
Title: ChristmasâŠCheer? Genre: HOLIDAY FLUFF Word Count: 700+ (Short Drabble) Summary: Garrus has spent an adequate amount of time preparing for the holidays. Learning the human customs, decorating, gift wrapping. There was just one problem. He took holiday advice from Vega and Joker.
@meficswap piece for @jessicapendragon! Itâs a day late, but I completely lost track of time (which is the exact reason Iâm not participating in the @daficswap) this time aroundâŠ)
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Welcome Home
In which JP tries her hand at a Mass Effect fanfic for @meficswap. @playfulclaws wanted some Shep/Kaidan celebrations so hereâs a little welcome home party after he gets out of the hospital. Hope you like it!Â
âYouâre worrying, Shepard.â
As if anyone can do anything else these days, but itâs not threats of galactic destruction that plague her thoughts right now. Itâs in looking around the mess hall and seeing plates of food laid out, colorful drinks being passed from hand to hand, and hearing the soft, upbeat music pumping through the Normandyâs speakers. Itâs not much, at least there are no banners and festive hats, but she canât help the nervous bubble coming up her throat.
Sheâs taken on hundreds of enemies, faced down Reapers and geth, but itâs the thought of Kaidan walking from the elevator that makes her feel like unraveling. âYou donât think itâs too much?â
Liara offers a smile that calms the storm inside somewhat. âI know the Major will appreciate it and I have a feeling there wonât be many opportunities for moments like this in our near future.â
âI know, itâs just-â She stops as Vegaâs voice bounces off the bulkheads.
âThere he is! Now I can open the good stuff.â
âIf thatâs what you can call that engine grease,â Cortez mutters and receives a smack on the arm.
Kaidanâs eyes sweep across the open room, catching on hers a little bit longer than everybody else. âWhatâs all this?â
Chakwas comes and hands him a bottle. âA get together, Major. In honor of your recent promotion and speedy recovery.â
âItâs not like people come back from the dead often,â Garrus adds before nodding towards Shepard. âWell, most people. Must be a Spectre thing.âÂ
She loses sight of Kaidan for a moment as others come to congratulate him and loses her nerve in the process. Heavy boots carry her over to the snacks where Traynor and a few others mingle. Shepard doesnât even remember what she grabs and throws on a plate, tries her hand at small talk and does her best to keep her eyes away from him. She should stay far away. Her death hurt him once and whatever Cerberus remade her for, it wasnât for white picket fences and views of English Bay. Itâs for pulling the trigger of a smoking gun and going up in the flames.
But sheâs still human. A human enhanced with certain aftermarket parts, but human still.
And even though she isnât one for dancing, itâs something like choreography as the night continues on. Eyes connecting before glancing away, feet moving toward another only to step away and start it all over again. They are two bodies caught in a decaying orbit just waiting for the inevitable collision. It comes at the height of their little party, when Vegaâs voice is even louder challenging Garrus to some type of display of bravado she should probably stop, but somehow she finds herself in a quiet corner with Kaidan and canât look away.
âHaving a good time?â she asks.
âAt first I didnât know what to think, but yeah, itâs nice.â
âIâm sure itâs nothing like that celebration Udina had planned though.âÂ
He smiles. âItâs better. Besides, Iâm pretty sure that party would have ended sideways all things considered.â
Thereâs a crash of bottles behind them. âItâs still too early to tell for this one.â
âYou know, I remember when this used to be my station, on the old Normandy.âÂ
âLots of things have changed.â
Kaidan runs his hand up the wall next to them and his gaze goes soft, his voice turning to that gentle timber that always makes her fall just that little bit more in love with him. He moves forward, not by much, but itâs more than enough. âLots of things, but not everything. Like I said, nowhere else Iâd rather be.â
She steps closer until thereâs only a few breaths between them. She shouldnât, but she does. Thereâs a lot of things sheâll fight for and only one thing she wants to live for and itâs the golden galaxies trapped within his dark eyes that can only be seen so close. A million stars across millions of light years and this is the place she wants to be. âThen be here.â
âShepard, IâŠâ She watches doubt dampen the light in his gaze and the hope within her chest and suddenly it all hurts too much. It would be better to cut it all away instead of letting this wound fester, but she only, she wantedâŠShe retreats before more damage can be done, but doesnât get far as his hand wraps around her wrist. âWait.â
And then heâs pulling her against him and it feels like a hundred bullets a minute going off inside her chest as their lips meet. Thereâs a desperate edge to his kiss, like heâs searching, chasing the memory, and finds the truth of it in the way she tastes. Fingers grasp into her short hair and sheâs lost to it all, drifting in the ether, and even though her heart hasnât stopped beating since they sewed her back together, it feels alive for the first time in years.
âVakarian wins again!â
They break apart, the moment shattered, but by the look in his eyes not the fragile thing building between them again. She holds on for as long as she dares before giving up ground. âI should-we should go. Back to the party.â
âIâm right behind you. Always.â
Mod Update
Hope everyone had a good holiday season and fabulous new year! Friendly reminder that submissions are due in less than a week (Jan 8th). If I donât catch your tagged submission within a few hours, just send me a message, or you can send me a message as soon as you post it. Been having trouble with tags lately.
Have a good week!
Mod Update
Just checking in! Everyone should have gotten their swap info and the deadline in an email.
Any questions, let me know! Happy Holidays!
MeFicSwap Deadline
Is technically today, but I will take submissions tomorrow too!Â
Hereâs some info.
MEFicSwap Round Two Reminder
The deadline for sign ups is December 5th.Â
The theme this time will be Celebrations. Birthdays, holidays, defeating the reapers, the grand re-opening of that sushi place, the anniversary of Shepâs death, anything that has to do with celebrating something is fair game.
The group is open to any current Mass Effect writers of any kind whether youâre just starting out or have been in the fandom for awhile.Â
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MEFicSwap Round Two
Itâs time for another round of fic swapping at @meficswap! The group is open to any current Mass Effect writers of any kind whether youâre just starting out or have been in the fandom for awhile.Â
The theme this time will be Celebrations. Birthdays, holidays, defeating the reapers, the grand re-opening of that sushi place, the anniversary of Shepâs death, anything that has to do with celebrating something is fair game.Â
The deadline for sign ups is December 5th.
Interested in participating? More information and the sign up form below the cut!
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MEFicSwap Round Two
Itâs time for another round of fic swapping at @meficswap! The group is open to any current Mass Effect writers of any kind whether youâre just starting out or have been in the fandom for awhile.Â
The theme this time will be Celebrations. Birthdays, holidays, defeating the reapers, the grand re-opening of that sushi place, the anniversary of Shepâs death, anything that has to do with celebrating something is fair game.Â
The deadline for sign ups is December 5th.
Interested in participating? More information and the sign up form below the cut!
Round One Completed!
Ha, forgot when I made the deadline. :D Sorry about that!
We just have one more submission incoming from a last minute change, but otherwise everyone has completed their swap! Congrats to everyone who participated and thank you so much for your hard work. All of the entries were really fun to read and I hope you had a good time!Â
I will start another round in a couple week. I have a theme in mind this time, but if you have any suggestions please let me know!
Friends with a Machine? Never
For @meficswap
Tumblr Name: janedoodles.tumblr.com Pick a type of fic below: Character from the series that isnât my OC(if you want two or more interacting, put that here too): Iâd like something about Legion and Kaidan interacting, how Kaidan would respond to a geth on the ship in the war room who is also apparently one of their people. Link to your Fic Masterpost(Example): I donât have a masterpost on Tumblr, but I do have this AO3 series (all of my writing is within the bounds of it so far). Does that count? Anything you absolutely do not want?(genres, characters, situations, etc.): No. Anything else to tell your swap buddy?: No.
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Bake It So-an meficswap thingy!
Prompt for this fic: Javik and James -The Extranet Cooking Show, doesnât have to make much sense or have a plot, should be hilarious
For iamsonothere. Hope you enjoy, luv!
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Crashing Kaidanâs Date
This is my half of a swap with @blackjackkent for @meficswap. I used her her Kaidan and Thane-mancer. Â I took a couple of small liberties with her appearance at the start of ME2. Â Hope you donât mind!
It couldnât possibly be⊠Kaidan thought to himself. But it was.
He had to be seeing things. That ship had been blasted into so many pieces that all known salvagers, even the damned vorcha organizations, had given up months ago. And this one was too big; at least twice the size of the one he knew. Could the Alliance have built another without him catching word? Unlikely.
But the turians⊠No. He was imagining this. The Normandy was gone.
Despite the off-the-wall, Elvis-style rumors, she was gone. Heâd seen her float into space, her suit leaking, her body going limp as the pod rocketed him away, helpless.
She was right.
She had always been. That last night heâd been mildly annoyed at her insistence that something was wrong. Of course, heâd thoroughly enjoyed the hours theyâd shared despite that and now, in retrospect, he wouldnât have traded it for the world. He shook his head to chase away the memories of her, of them, which tried to bully their way in.
The crew of the SR-1 all knew that the attack could haunt them forever and PTSD was nothing to sniff at, let alone ignore. But seeing the whole ship pass by a window in a peaceful, everyday manner in the Citadel? Too big and with a new coat of paint? That didnât fit. It was probably a combination of nerves and his implant playing tricks on him. Yes, that must be it.
âKaidan?â Melissa asked with a nervous tone. âAre you in there?â Shepard would have been amused with his distracted state, and likely would have joined him on a tangent discussing the distraction, forgetting whatever it was they had been concerned with in the immediately preceding moments.
She. Is. Gone. This is moving on, he told himself.
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Time for Overcoming
I picked up two pieces for the @meficswap and this is the second of them. Â Rijal is the turian OC of @playfulclaws. Â She was a blast to write and I hope that I did her justice.
Also a big thanks to @thesecondsealwrites for reviewing the piece and helping me polish it out.
TW: Addiction and withdrawal.
âGarrus,â the Commander called softly as the others were leaving.
âShepard?â he questioned as he turned to face her, admittedly more than curious as to why sheâd stopped him from leaving the conference room with the rest of the crew. Â Certainly theyâd already covered everything there was to discuss in their debriefing and he had more than enough work to keep himself busy for the next year.
âAbout RijalâŠâ Shepard trailed off as conflict washed over her face.  She took a long, deep breath before regarding him frankly.   âLook.  Addiction isnât easy to live with and withdrawal will be worse for her.  It could kill her, I know, but thereâs no way that we can allow contraband on board.  I donât want to have to force her hand; getting better should be a choice.  Her choice.  Butââ
âYou have to,â he cut her off. Â Like it or not, he knew the same thing she did. He had been struggling with the notion since Rij had shown up on Palaven shortly after heâd returned there himself. Â He wanted her in his life but even then, he had known that it wouldnât be possible for her to share in it if she were still addicted to hallex. Â
He needed his family to accept her and for that, she needed to go clean, completely. Â Overcoming her addiction to hallex was an important first step. Â The family could love her if given the chance. Â Her intelligence, determination, and cunning would impress both his father and Solana, though hiding her criminal past would require some work. Â As would convincing the senior Vakarian that a barefaced mate would be acceptable.
As if that werenât enough, he had to be ever mindful of who he was in the hierarchy now, or what would remain of it after they defeated the Reapers. Â And they would defeat them. Â The scrutiny placed on Garrus would extend to her and while he knew just how mentally tough she was, he didnât believe that anyone could withstand the pressures theyâd place on her as his mate.
Even if none of that mattered, the Normandy was about to play host to a litany of dignitaries and it couldnât withstand the presence of illicit drugs like hallex. Â The ship, its crew, and its reputation needed to be squeaky-clean, as the humans were fond of saying.
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