tarysande
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since: 02-24-10, id: 2267751, Profile Updated: 05-12-13
Author has written 13 stories for Mass Effect.

I've been involved with various fandoms for years and years, though I'm new to this particular space. So. Hi.

For right now I think it'll just be Mass Effect fic here. If you want to read my Dragon Age work, it's at AO3. I'm on tumblr, too. (Where I am very chatty and reblog lots of lovely Garrus pictures.) Same username everywhere. I like to make things easy like that.

My current avatar was done by whitethornwolf, who does beautiful work!


Most of my fic (so far) follows the same Shepard and the same Garrus. I wrote them entirely out of order, though, so I figured I'd keep a chronological list here:

1. Just Like Old Times (follows Garrus's life from childhood through the end of ME3)

2. A Good Day (Garrus POV between ME1 and ME2)

3. Talking Too Much (Shepard POV look at the ME2 romance arc)

4. Both a Little Broken (Shepard POV after Omega-4 mission, but before Arrival)

5. Something Like Home (Garrus POV between ME2 and ME3)

6. One Step at a Time (Shepard POV fill in the blank from ME3 during the mission to the geth dreadnought)

7. A Number of Quiet Attentions (Shepard POV. Ahh, courtship.)

8. Winner Takes All (Shepard POV, lighthearted moment on the Normandy during ME3)

9. Life Signs (Shepard and Garrus POVs, a routine mission goes terribly wrong. Set rather late in ME3)

10. A Handful of Dust (Endgame fic. Currently Garrus' POV. More later.)


Also, I know I've been using this account primarily for ME, but if you like DA? w0rdinista and I are posting a Dragon Age 2 AU endgame fic over at our joint account: tarynista


1. A Handful of Dust » reviews
Ten billion people over here die, so twenty billion over there can live. After the war, there are pieces to pick up, and lives to rebuild. And even with the Reapers gone, nothing is easy.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 44,693 - Reviews: 282 - Updated: 5-24-13 - Published: 3-21-13 - Shepard (F) & Garrus V.
2. A Number of Quiet Attentions reviews
It's a Shepard and Vakarian thing.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,858 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 5-12-13 - Shepard (F) & Garrus V. - Complete
3. No Reason at All reviews
She knows what she is. She's a weapon. Point her and shoot. She kills the asari first.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,294 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 3-2-13 - Shepard (F) - Complete
4. Just Like Old Times » reviews
Garrus Vakarian's past and present, told through interconnected short stories one letter of the alphabet at a time.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 26 - Words: 54,228 - Reviews: 296 - Updated: 2-20-13 - Published: 10-17-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
5. Compromised reviews
The Normandy's crew deals with one of Mordin's experiments gone wrong.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,439 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 11-28-12 - Shepard (F) - Complete
6. Something Like Home » reviews
Shepard's in lock-up, the Reapers are coming, and Garrus isn't going to sit idly by while the galaxy is lost. Garnering turian support means returning to Palaven, but returning to Palaven will involve answering questions—and facing stark realities—he's been avoiding for years. Written for the 2012 Mass Effect Big Bang.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 4 - Words: 38,672 - Reviews: 42 - Published: 11-5-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
7. Life Signs » reviews
When a routine reconnaissance mission goes awry, Shepard and Garrus are pushed to the bounds of their endurance.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 49,523 - Reviews: 345 - Updated: 7-19-12 - Published: 5-20-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
8. Winner Takes All reviews
When Shepard strolled into the lounge, wearing civvies and a smile, Garrus knew the time had finally come, whether they were ready or not. She'd lined them up in her scope and was preparing to take her shot.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,009 - Reviews: 26 - Published: 5-16-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
9. Both a Little Broken reviews
She could scrape away the Cerberus paint and tear away the Cerberus symbols, but she couldn't change the Cerberus science that had raised her from the dead, or the Cerberus cybernetics under her skin. Shepard deals with hard truths after Omega 4.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,890 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 5-13-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
10. One Step at a Time reviews
Before she died, Shepard loved the stars. Not so much, anymore.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,220 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 5-2-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
11. Talking Too Much reviews
It was going to be a joke. At least, that's what she told herself as she opened her mouth and the words, "We could test your reach… and my flexibility," fell out.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,465 - Reviews: 33 - Published: 4-26-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
12. A Good Day reviews
It's been a good day. Maybe not quite saving the galaxy at Shepard's side good, but good. And then it isn't.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,250 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-20-12 - Garrus V. & Shepard (F) - Complete
13. Second Guessing reviews
To be fair, Shepard probably shouldn't have been eavesdropping in the first place.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,054 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 4-15-12 - Shepard (F) & Garrus V. - Complete