#commander nathan shepard

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Nathan 🖤

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Where I originally have a red-headed, blue-eyed protagonist, be prepared for their brown-haired, fair-eyed opposite 🙈

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A Different Life

Chapter One: The New Normal

Summary: It starts on a regular Saturday... Pairings: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Shepard, Female Shepard & Male Shepard, Kaidan Alenko & Male Shepard, (Past) Female Shepard/Original Male Character TW/CW: Major Character Death

AO3 link: here.

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A Different Life

Chapter Two: The Selfish Request Summary: The Shepards meet up in Zakera Ward and Nathan recalls what he experienced when awakening on Lazarus Station. Pairings: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Shepard, Female Shepard & Male Shepard, Kaidan Alenko & Male Shepard, (Past) Female Shepard/Original Male Character TW/CW: Alcohol mention Rating: Teen & Up

AO3 link: here.

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A Different Life, Ch. 1

Chapter One: The New Normal

Summary: It starts as a regular Saturday...

CW/TW: Major Character Death

Preview of chapter below the cut. AO3 link: here.

The hot pan sizzled as Kaidan carefully poured the last spoonful of pancake mix onto it. A plate with several already made sat on the counter to his right, along with the bacon and eggs he'd already finished cooking. His attention drifted out the window in front of him for a moment, watching as the skycars zoomed by in streaks of varying colors. A view you couldn't get anywhere else on the Citadel, only on the Presidium.

Bubbles began to rise to the top of the pancake, he quickly flipped it before it could start to burn.

As Kaidan stood beside the stove, he noticed a small hand reaching out from behind him. He watched as it gripped a piece of bacon between two tiny fingers and disappeared.

"Hey! Breakfast isn't ready yet," he admonished, playfully swatting at the hand.

A triumphant giggle sounded behind him as it retreated. Kaidan turned his head and looked into the pale blue eyes staring at him from the opposite side of the island at the center of the kitchen, a gleeful smile on the small, freckled face before him.

"I'm the early bird! You didn't have any worms, so I taked your bacon 'stead!" Another giggle sounded as the child devoured their stolen prize, perched precariously on the edge of the bar stool, short legs kicking back and forth as they dangled below her.

"The Canadian in me is very proud," Kaidan said with a gentle chuckle. He turned back toward the pan and moved the pancake to the plate, turning off the eye of the stove and moving the pan aside before grabbing the plate of food and moving toward the island. "Wanna help me set the table, Morgan?"

"Oh-Kay!" she answered enthusiastically, jumping down from the bar stool and following behind Kaidan as he carried the plate of food to the table. He placed it at the center and went to grab the plates and utensils from their respective cabinets. Together, he and Morgan had the table set in just a few minutes. "Can we go get Mama now?"

"Yeah, let's go get her," Kaidan agreed, nodding his head and motioning for her to lead the way.

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Got the bones of the intro to my Sibling Shep AU written and I'm so excited about it because it includes:

Kaidan being a cute little Stepdad

Brief domestic bliss between Natasha & Kaidan

A traumatic flashback of the Normandy attack

Anyway, it's gonna be a fun time!! 🥰

I started working on a Merc!Shep AU too! Which is basically just a fun way for me to have Natasha meet Thane and Wrex pre-canon, and is also gonna be a fun time!

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Better comparison photos. Still deciding between them! Either way, my boy looks good!

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My grumpy boy on Minae 🥰