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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect), David Anderson (Mass Effect), Nihlus Kryik, Ashley Williams, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Karin Chakwas, Saren Arterius, Donnel Udina, Urdnot Wrex, Dad!Anderson Additional Tags: everyone except shep and anderson are only briefly in the background, PTSD!Shepard, tw: PTSD, Mass Effect 1, extremely early game, batarians killed her family, now shep kills batarians, #healthycopingmechanisms, only goes until shep takes over the Normandy, no realtionships other than an Anderson/Shepard Father/Daughter relationship, Minor Violence
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Summary:
Batarians attack Mindoir. Shepard survives. ONLY Shepard survives. Anderson is part of the Alliance rescue team. He finds himself adopting a traumatized kid. Shepard's hatred of batarians haunts her early career. She makes choices. Anderson keeps on loving her.