For the fanfic trope ask: college AU and space pirate(s) AU :^)
Mshenko: Kaidan Alenko is the head of his University‘s Queer Student Alliance. Recently, the spots old ‘meditation’ rooms in the Student Union have just become vacant, and the QSA is eyeing it up for a new QUILTBAG Student Lounge. Only problem is, two other student groups are currently vying for the space. Cerberus, a student group dedicated to ‘Family Values’, and the You Reap What You Sow (’Reapers’) Alt-Right Reading Group. They need to have a plan for the space, and Kaidan reaches out to the only architecture student he knows to help: John Shepard. But who knows if he’ll support their cause, or even if he’ll have time with all his ROTC commitments...
Space PIrates (I think I used all my energy on the college AU...)
Mshenko: Captain Alenko, eyepatch and prosthetic leg, seeks his own personal Moby Dick, the creature who left him this way: EDI. The last report on the beast’s whereabouts have her encountering Shepard’s band of privateers on a distant moon. Kaidan means to shanghai them into his crew to help in the search, but it seems Shepard is more than willing for them to join forces. Maybe he knows more than he’s letting on...
Cortega: Pirate captain Steve Cortez and cabin-boy James Vega?