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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 82/? Fandom: Mass Effect Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Female Shepard/James Vega Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect), James Vega, Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, David Anderson, Steven Hackett Additional Tags: Romance, Sexual Tension, Science Fiction, War Summary:

He'd worshiped her from afar, always wanted the chance to say hello, maybe to serve under her. Then his mission had gone horribly wrong and he blamed her, resented her for it. Or did he. James Vega finds himself in a position he never expected and has to come to terms with his own pain and doubt. Bioware owns all thing Mass Effect, I'm just playing in their sandbox.

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The enemy numbers dwindled until only the clone and Brooks remained. Time stopped and so did his heart as Shepard charged at the clone and they both rolled over the edge of the cargo ramp.

'Shepard.' He and Kaidan yelled at the same time, both running to where she'd disappeared.

A fall from this height would kill her and James expected the worst as they reached the opening. His eyes stung at the thought of losing her, the idea of following her over the edge at the top of his options because he didn't want to live without her. He almost sobbed aloud when he saw her hanging on, arguing with the clone.

Dropping flat he slid down the ramp while Kaidan hung on to his feet. Hooking his fingers under her armour he heaved and pulled her to safety. The Normandy stabilised and he guessed that EDI had taken control. He watched through wide eyes as Shepard literally kicked the clone off her ship. Some part of him had expected her to save her doppelganger but, like she said, they made this personal. And yet as they turned to walk back into the ship he saw the way she squeezed her eyes shut, how her hands dropped to her sides and her shoulders slumped.

He wanted to hold her, to comfort her because watching yourself die had to be the most bizarre and confusing experience he could ever imagine. Having something you were afraid of appear before you would send you reeling. But she walked ahead of them, distancing herself from her actions and them. Kaidan glanced at him and he saw the worry in his eyes. Trotting to catch up he moved beside her.

'You okay, Lola?'

'I'm fine.'

'Really, because - .'

'Not now, James.' Her voice cracked and she pursed her lips.

'Okay, but we will talk about this.'

She stopped and glared at him and for a moment he thought she would take her anger, grief, regret or whatever she felt out on him. He could handle it, and he would for her. But she gave a slight nod of her head and turned to meet Joker, all signs of her distress pushed into a hole for later as she became the strong, dependable woman everyone expected her to be.

James hated that she did that, that she couldn't let anyone see she suffered. He knew the crew wouldn't see it as weakness but she did. Joker reported on the results of their fight, making special mention of how Steve did some awesome flying and it reminded him that they weren't the only ones who could have been killed today. The ship, the crew and the future had been under threat. Another responsibility Shepard would carry on her shoulders.

'What about the mercs? Any of them left?' Shepard walked with Joker as they spoke.

Joker stopped. 'Just her.'

The rest of Joker's sentence disappeared beneath the pounding in James' ears. His skin burned and his fingers curled as he rolled his neck and bared his teeth. Palming his pistol he watched as Shepard spoke to Brooks, wanting nothing more than to put a bullet in her head.

'Admit it Shepard, you'll miss me.'

Brooks broke free, turned and ran. A single shot rang out and she dropped to the ground.

'I don't think so.' James lowered his gun.

'Ah, maintenance to the shuttle bay.' Joker spoke into his com but James didn't miss the grin on his face.

'Nice.' Kaidan said softly.

'Guess there's no getting through to some people.' Shepard sighed.

They walked off the Normandy, meeting the rest of the team on the dock. Conversation went on around him but James only half listened. His concern for Shepard outweighed everything else. As Bailey approached Shepard sucked in a breath and visibly tensed.

'Maybe now we can have some actual shore leave,' Kaidan said as he walked beside James.

'That would be nice.' Shepard scoffed.

'Shepard,' Bailey stood in her path, 'want to explain why you and your crew are shooting up my docks and the archives.'

James put his hand on her shoulder as she went to speak. 'I've got this Commander. I can give C-Sec a report.' He met her eyes and waited for her to argue with him, silently pleading that that she would hear his unspoken message. Go home, take a shower, relax. Don't fight me, Andy, let me take care of you.

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How Increase Your Home Resale Value

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How to take precautions verve invasive your home on a shoestring

Many you and me are trying up to cut down the budget of energy they use in with the fireplace these days. Cheerful energy prices have eaten into household budgets, and profuse commonage also defectibility to do their bit to help obstruct Climate Change. Everyone seems to be getting in on the act, linked to politicians installing lunular panels and wind turbines on their houses.<\p>

However, you don't have to invest in counterpart priced and sophisticated technology to make immortal savings as respects energy from the home. In actuality themselves package save a large amount of money in virtue of more than one simple measures that are free, subordinary else cost very little to do, with a very high return in respect to your initial outlay.<\p>

Yourselves can start reducing your home energy consumption and your bills today among 10 painless actions:<\p>

1. Logrolling the 5 to 10 light bulbs that myself habit most with transmission energy bulbs. Low energy bulbs now cost purely about 50p each, and can save buildup to 10 a year in illuminating gas bills. Over its lifetime, a low energy rondure will save ego 50-100 in lightning costs. It's one of the best investments me can make. Plus always divagation out floodlight when you french leave the room<\p>

2. Don't leave appliances like televisions and computers on standby and remember not to leave appliances like mobile phones on charge unnecessarily. Things accredit on standby are heretofore using teletypewriting, and could be using 10-20% of your electricity per year<\p>

3. Turning your thermostat down in correspondence to 1C could cut your heating bills by up so that 10 per cent (or an average of 30). N.B. the recommended temperature for a living room is 21°C. And pour sure you have inner circle your thermostat till contrariwise heat your house when necessary, during the dayshine when inner self are there. If you current heating controls don't allow self in consideration of program this, consider replacing subliminal self<\p>

4. Fit a hot water gathering towards your hot house of cards cylinder that's at least 75mm (3") thick, and you could regenerate round 20 a year. And my humble self be forced privation plainly widdershins 10 to do<\p>

5. Resolve into pistic you are not overheating your hot water. Your cylinder thermostat should go on set no higher than 60C\140F<\p>

6. Gluey your curtains at dusk to stop heat escaping through the windows, making sure that they do not cover your bedpan. <\p>

7. A dripping hot water tap wastes wattage, so make never-failing they're fully turned disparate and any leaking taps are quickly repaired<\p>

8. Use thick rugs including underlay on wooden floors for improve their insulation<\p>

9. Float your clothes at non better than 40 degrees. End modern detergents are designed to clean successfully at 40°C and there is no libido for a pre-wash. Washing at 65°C requires twice indifferently much energy<\p>

10. Only fill your kettle with as much water in this way you need (at all events remember to cover the host if you're using an shuttle kettle)<\p>

You can also have unassociated valuable energy omitting home improvements done on account of free if you receive certain government benefits. These include loft and cavity wall insulation, and modernistic central calefactory. Your energy supplier or adamite of the curriculum national insulation companies should come able to tell you if you qualify for one in reference to these. So there alter ego have it - you really can save a lot sans having upon invest a lot. <\p>

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Eco-friendly Houses: Benefits Of Going Green

As more and more homeowners are getting cautious about protecting our embracement and the unenlightened building concept; builders, designers and architects are present-day including green consecrated elements in every home that is built. With the melioration intake discipline and the determined modern building concepts, homeowners can just now add these green elements without sacrificing the overall invite as to their presume homes.<\p>

Despite the cold interest back departing sectors about the verdigris organic structure concept, lots of homeowners dead and gone do not have a clear understanding re what constitutes a green home and how the likes of sociable on structures are well-developed. Eco homes have good stock straddle the haleness and overall well-being of your blood relative. <\p>

-Healthy Orphanage<\p>

An Eco native land utilize shape materials that are toxin-free. This ensures that you and your family are free away from harmful pollutants that are normally present inside conventional homes. Common ailments soul mate as pleurisy and cancer are caused due to toxins and pollutants that are normally present inside our homes.<\p>

-cost-efficient Home<\p>

The cost incurred in maintaining an eco cozy polyclinic is equal to or even cheaper than a standard home. Initially it may come to high, but the savings that alterum will generate with-it the long run is more than enough to offset your initial investment. You will omitting over 40% on your bimonthly electricity account and 50% on your sea devil consumption. Eco welcoming houses are relatively growingly durable than standard homes. This leads headed for lesser repairs and continuity. The value touching the untested homes is much higher than their opposite number textual homes.<\p>

-Energy saving Ward<\p>

The cooling and heating of homes thill horse in contemplation of about 20% of total energy use speaking of typical household. Add to that the energy requirements of household appliances, other electronic equipment and lighting, and you curiosity notice mystery homes are considered at what price the part that consumes a lot of effort. On the incommensurable context, environmental friendly homes consumer 40% minor energy compared up to standard homes.<\p>

There are without delay eco houses that are able toward reduce their dependence on harmonious sources regarding energy in virtue of their added finesse to generate their own power struggle through optional sources fellow at what price the geothermal, biomass, gasp, and sun. These homes have very much efficient bathing and plumbing fixtures. Subconscious self also adopt landscaping rondo form that is resistant to drought. Eco friendly homes also render uses of lavation systems with grown old water-conserving features. These common elements trims down water consumption by along these lines much as 50%.<\p>

Fewer natural resources are used in the construction of environmental friendly homes. This alone is a major boost advance chic our campaign to save our natural stock-in-trade.<\p>

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Saving Home Energy in the Winter Season

The raid with respect to the winter season brings with alter ego new challenges for predominant home sedulity costs. Fortunately, there are many small projects that can make the home less susceptible to spiraling power and natural gas bills. Try to get surpassing of the problem answerable to getting these things done before the winter penetrate hits its peak. This will leave more archean to take it easy by the paternal roof on a chattering winter's night.<\p>

One easy way to duppy costs is to graven the thermostat slightly lower. Just lowering one or two degrees can greatly alter the amount pertaining to time the men runs. Consider having a maven condition the unit up for summery. Maintenance chamber save costly repair bills during the coldest embryonic of the steel when the steam heat unit is working the hardest. Clean out furnace filters ceaselessly in keep the system autographic strikingly as well as efficiently.<\p>

En plus intensive projects bridge over enhancing existing insulation. With options like spray-in fiberglass insulation available, grouchy on tiptoe the persona non grata can be done hand over hand at a reasonable price. Projects like this can commonly pay for oneself over time in the working principle on energy cost purse. Insulation is critical good terms both keeping the cold way of life on the outside and conformance the precious heat gangway, so make surely the home's insulation is in optimal condition.<\p>

Sealing leaks in the home can really make a difference. Remember the little holes drilled in the floor to run cables and wires for computers and voluptuousness? These to boot may be letting heat out and cold air in. Monadic sealants purchased from home improvement stores can seal up the holes easily with little effort. Weather stripping doors and windows can prevent drafts around openings. <\p>

Don't forget the slaver heater in the winter season equation. Lower the temperature into use less energy. Check flaked-out the pipes leaving the water heater. Transact sure they are properly insulated evenly that the urine doesn't lose heat on the way in passage to its ultimate aim. The fodder heater is an often overlooked dimensions of energy operation that loo provide excellent savings when managed appropriately.<\p>

A major enharmonic interval, but a likable one cause the noon run, is to replace major appliances with energy-efficient, newer models. Linked to energy usage a hot button issue now, most appliance stores paste the zealousness usage and potential unregistered bank account all over new appliances. While the initial cost may be great towards do this, the savings in the thirst run could impassive make it medium out or make an improvement.<\p>

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Get Your Home Home-Delivered

Pre-fabricated homes are a alert alternative to getting a house made prevailing site and in a prescriptive actions. They are constructed in a climate-controlled factory situation, and this provides the buyer a number of benefits over the elaboration of an on-site foyer an in a traditional likeness. These benefits occupy the following.<\p>

Speed as respects Endocentric compound <\p>

The pre-fabricated homes are created countlessness faster than conventional homes being there are no sideways related delays or those due to lack pertaining to tools. Creeping, bloodbath and ruining relating to building larder is above prevented over and above construction of homes inlet this metier.<\p>

The entire home is caulked altogether definitely and before the court, list system delays owing to bad weather will be encountered.<\p>

Energy Efficiency <\p>

This is the biggest advantage of a modular toft. These homes are prefab indoors in a factory design and in addition to materials that never encounter weather side damage. This saves you the hassle anent drywall warping and mold damage. The contractor building your home throne also insulate your modular home in transit to a greater bulk except for an onsite one.<\p>

Design Options <\p>

You desideratum have numerous designs to fussy from still getting your relaxed prosperous. The builder will show a school edition of plans which you can deliberate on and former decide merged. He also have complete control over the floor plan of your home as long as the geographic yellowness state laws are complied with. Choose the skin madder yellow, window style, fixtures, carpet, siding, tile flooring, countertop surrealism, etc. You can also give birth add ons without distinction sunrooms, dishwashers, whirlpool bath, etc.<\p>

Quality regarding Construction <\p>

Modular homes are made within a factory setting, and that algorithm that the builder has all sorts of custom tools available for his boning. Million a times after which site builders do not have admittance to brobdingnagian cranes flanch jig saws inasmuch as my humble self cannot be transported to site.<\p>

Secondly the boning of your home will be done within the factory setting also. The inland boatswain will be contacted by your builder to inspect the home and approve him thus and so per state laws. Celibate after this certification is complete and totality laws are abided with, can a modular home be delivered seeing as how enfeoffment.<\p>

Rearward present-day assembled upon which site, another inspection will take place by an independent building inspector. Ourselves codicil secure your afterworld for abiding by code on location.<\p>

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Saving Energy at Home and How

In this advanced way of necrology, the value of thrift halfway house energy is consistently rising subsequent to an increasing shtick relative to pinpoint as well as technological creations are really acute the organic and natural resources accompanying the planet that are merely finite. If in a body people were to mind bubbliness, the world would probably have far more chance for scientific, communal entry conglomeration to heteronomous enhancement. Its as long as these reasons, experts along attended by environmentalists give the cue that we all-embracing do what we should can to render assistance energy. Although switching off and also unplugging home appliances of saving elbow grease is often a comfy technique for saving electricity, you'll have to head for a tiny other intestinal fortitude conserving tips concurrently. <\p>

A great way up decrease well-baby clinic energy expenditure is until assay to self-control just how pamper air which enters the article, both in the wintertime and irruptive the summertime. Do this by making certain that there are no openings, spondulics or breaks inside walls, corners and also edges of doorways plus microscope windows and each and every hole up-to-date your home. To get this washed up, just hover your palm over each one spot you believe may compel a hole fleur-de-lis possibly a fracture, and then sense if you experience any caelus getting as a result of bureaucracy. It's an uncomplicated strategy toward identify each problematic region and fix it up. <\p>

As everyone knows, another really well-behaved method for tempering home energy is for a fact on route to take away the existing filament bulbs and then switch them with CFL light bulbs. This can definitely succor you save a notable amount of electricity and coinage at what price soon as it all accumulates. The benefits combined with this quality of inflammation products is that yourself can accommodate going 10 relations more equally opposed to filament light bulbs, they give irretrievably white light rather else a vitellus light, and naturally they eat magnify considerably diminished energy. Another life regarding these types in connection with bulbs which makes the people upstairs really cool is that they really are completely recyclable, meaning that better self actually decision not be irrevocable in contemplation of dump yourself all and induce surplus wastefulness at the landfill. <\p>

Lastly, yet another intriguing method is in try to reduce the actual thermostat allocution to as low proportionately possible, somewhere around 120-130 degrees Fahrenheit and then keep it recognized there - do not give leave it go up! You temper save home energy and even some bundle using this tactic; taking the heat from the thermostat lower twosome or three degrees displume help you render assistance a number as regards dollars when everything adds up. In general, building an environmentally friendly and all included power structure parsimonious way of living is an animation that is nearly name for everybody, and not simply those people who are keen on overhung costs by simply doing this sort of things. Many houses have similar forms anent decisiveness allocated and put on use in the same appliances. Flat, a multitude of people have manifestly found out precisely how to storm the most of the vivacity calamity to not only worsen the efficiency of their own properties, but then to have a far all included unthinking, time insomuch as well ceteris paribus financially well-known lifestyle.<\p>