An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Artist Credit: @thepixelagora
Chapters: 38/38 - Completed on October 28, 2022
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard, Other Mass Effect Pairings
Characters: Kaidan Alenko, Male Shepard (Mass Effect), Jeff “Joker” Moreau, EDI (Mass Effect), Garrus Vakarian, Liara T'Soni, Karin Chakwas, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Urdnot Wrex, Grunt (Mass Effect), Urdnot Bakara | Eve, Steve Cortez, James Vega, Steven Hackett, David Anderson (Mass Effect), Jack | Subject Zero, Kasumi Goto, Zaeed Massani, Jacob Taylor, Normandy Crew, Original Mass Effect Character(s) Additional Tags: Post-Mass Effect 3, Epilogue, Whump, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Recovery, Injury Recovery, Fluff Summary: Commander Shepard ended the Reaper War and their threat to galactic civilization. That much is certain. In the months following the end of the war, he and the crew of the Normandy grapple with the fallout of the decisions he made to bring salvation to the galaxy even as they navigate their new realities. Kaidan Alenko, his longtime friend and now devoted partner, has the impossible task of putting Shepard back together as the rest of the galaxy asks what he’ll do next.



















