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A Matter of Trust by Scutter (E / 50K)

Kaidan has just received the posting of a lifetime - he's been assigned to the legendary Normandy. But its Commander is far from what he expected, and as they investigate a strange series of events - mechs on multiple worlds are going rogue, killing people, stealing supplies - Kaidan must face up to his own disturbing past, and realise that not everything he believed in is true. Alternate Universe. Reapers don't exist, but everything else is pretty much the same.

In chapter 15: There's one last plot twist before we can finally wrap this up. Read on to discover what it is…

And thank you to all the lovely, lovely people who left comments. You brighten my day and inspire my writing. Thank you.

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Paper and Ink by Lunarflare14 (G / 412)

“I think you missed your calling.”

After all this time Kaidan is still learning new things about Shepard.

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We Are Shepard by HeavenOnFire (E / 42K)

Four years after Shepard fired the Crucible and at the beginning of a new decade, Specter Kaidan Alenko discovers a new and old threat to the galaxy. But within that threat, he also finds a treasure which might be able to help him move on. Torn between duties and overwhelming feelings, the second human Specter is desperately in need of a sanity check.

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A Psalm of Life by ActWriteLoveDie (E / 28K)

It's just days after the end of the Reaper War and everyone is working hard to get back on their feet and move on to whatever might come next. The Crew of the Normandy is trying to do just that when they runs into those that they never thought they'd see again... but things aren't exactly as they seem.

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Citadel Five-0 by synergy (25k)

The trouble starts when his partner Garrus Vakarian goes on vacation and Detective Kaidan Alenko finds himself evading the wooing attempts of John S. But is John a petty criminal, a persistent stalker or is he the prime suspect in Kaidan’s latest case?

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The Coup by elevatordancer (E / 15K)

As Cerberus flooded the Citadel and the councilors looked to him for protection, Kaidan could only think of one thing: how much he wanted Shepard to be there. He got his wish, but it was far from what he wanted.

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Engraved by Arke (E / 22K)

Every Alliance soldier is issued dog tags upon induction. There's absolutely nothing extraordinary about the little pieces of metal – at least, there shouldn’t be. A story of two tags, the man who wears them at all times, and the man who loathes the sight of them.

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All Along the Watchtower by Khirsah (M / 28K)

The climb from enlisted to XO of the galaxy’s first human-Turian ship was a dizzying one. He still wasn’t completely sure how so much had happened so fast.

OR: What if Shepard and Kaidan had met before the Blitz?

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The Salarian Suicide by neolith (M / 21k)

Mild AU where human biotics don't dream of their own, but rather enter other people's dreams.

Kaidan is a homicide investigator in Omega. One night he meets a war veteran in the dream of a Salarian about to be murdered. Then nothing is ever the same again.

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Of Elevators and Eclairs by ArcticLucie (E / 35K)

Shepard and Kaidan's first meeting went like this: I saw you trying to hit the “door close” button in the elevator but I made it in and then I pushed every single button to make you late for work, but now we’re stuck in this fucking elevator as it stops at every single floor and I don’t know what to say other than “you started it”.

And of course, sex ensued.

But where do they go from there?

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The Right Decision by Arke (E / 105k)

When Kaidan had asked for a moment of Shepard’s time at that little café on the Presidium, he had not expected to hear what he wanted, but he had hoped for it. When Shepard had turned him down, he had received his answer, and he had enough sense to quit while he was ahead. Shepard had thought it through. He had weighed all of his options. He had made the right decision. So why does the twinge in the pit of his stomach now feel distinctly like regret?

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Mass Effect: Broken Universe by CReed (E / 74K)

After the defeat of Saren, the crew of the Normandy look to have some mundane missions, maybe even some drinks on the Citadel. But we all know how that went. Commander Shepard survives death, forced into a position he never thought he would be in—working with the enemy to fulfill a common goal. Will he learn to trust those that saved him? Has he turned his back on everything he once swore loyalty? After death and seeing a portion of the horrors he will face, such questions seem so pointless. Shepard just hopes he doesn't buckle beneath the weight of the galaxy. And who is the “Psychotic Biotic” rumored to be in the worst prison in the entire galaxy? Will Shepard doom the mission, and lose himself, by setting this monster free?

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Broken by laissemoidanser (E / 22K)

Shepard survives the explosion on Citadel and finds himself on the salarian space station. Post-canon

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Kindred Spirits by reyescott (T / 15K)

In the aftermath of the Reaper War, when the Normandy's crashlanded on an unknown garden world, Kaidan struggles with juggling his new position as Captain of the Normandy in the wake of Shepard's fate and the dawning realization that, the more time that passes, the less likely it is he'll see Shepard again.

Everyone's dealing with his absence, but Joker's the only one that gets how fresh and raw and wrong everything feels, because EDI hits him just as hard.

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Servant of the People by Michael_Ackart (E / 32K)

Two years have passed since Shepard fired the crucible and ended the war. Though still uneasy, the galaxy has accepted the help of the reprogrammed reapers with fixing the damage. But moving on is hard for Kaidan when he's still grieving for the man he loves. When something peculiar happens, he's not sure if this is the sign of another enemy or if the only monsters are the ones lurking in his mind

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A Land Not Mine by theprosefool (E / 30K)

After being dead for two years, there’s only one person Shepard wants to see. So he writes a letter.

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Falling (Through the Cracks) by PetitAvocat (E / 27K)

Shepard and Kaidan always seem to be falling - in line, in love, out, and sometimes down (but never behind).