Since Akuze is my fav Mass Effect playground since 2020, it's time for a masterpost.
20 times Akuze almost gets Shepard (AO3, tumblr): After Akuze, Shepard fights to gain back agency. // 8k, pre-ME1, PTSD, recovery, Captain Anderson
Ghosts from the Past, pt. 01 (AO3, tumblr): Fifteen months after surviving the thresher maw massacre on Akuze, Shepard is confronted with ghosts from her past, when a relative of one of her dead former comrades takes a position on the same vessel that she’s assigned to. // 2k, pre-ME1, Engineer Adams
Ghosts from the Past, pt. 02 (AO3): With both of them hurting a relative’s death, Adams tries to mend burning bridges. // 3.5k, pre-ME1, Engineer Adams
Area secure, Commander (AO3): Tali’s first encounter with a thresher maw doesn’t exactly go ideal, but little does she know. // 1.5k, ME1, PTSD, Tali, Garrus
The Good, Bad, And The Ugly (work in progress): An episode long fic for the post-Akuze recovery, losely following the 20 Times timeline, but adjusting things and diving deeper into the struggles, people and places important during the long way back. It takes fire to forge a N7 soldier. // ~18 chapters, pre-ME1, PTSD, recovery, Captain Anderson, James vega, Jeff Joker Moreau
Of all things Akuze has taken from her, the ability to communicate is the most excruciating one.
at some point post-Akuze in the rehab facility, Shepard meets a young James Vega
post Akuze promotion portrait
meta human portraits Reda Shepard&James Vega & updated version
illustration for the post-Akuze rehab long fic
[previews below, please see the original posts above for quali!)
Akuze Giving Me A Headache (random musings)
Mass Effect Writing Masterpost incl. non-Akuze writings
