quondamhide bio
Author has written 25 stories for Mass Effect, and Once Upon a Time. If it wasn't obvious, I'm really bad at naming my fics. 'Family' Series Order: Uncle Dad Mom |
No blacksmiths by ofwingsandthings reviews
Originally my one-shot where a man and his daughter discuss Lady Arya Stark's return to Winterfell, but has since gained more and more chapters. Parts, namely the story of the Lone knight, was inspired by the story written by MarisaKateBella, called 'The Song of the Smith and the Stranger' I do believe. It's good! And I loved the idea, so I'd recommend checking it out.
A Song of Ice and Fire - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 13 - Words: 30,114 - Reviews: 137 - Favs: 284 - Follows: 102 - Updated: 7/12/2012 - Published: 6/22/2012 - Arya S., Gendry - Complete
Sort: Category . Published . Updated . Title . Words . Chapters . Reviews . Status .
Welcome, Ghosts reviews
Abusing an old human privilege belonging to Captains of ships, Shepard marries herself and Garrus the night before the big push on Earth.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,599 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 6 - Published: 3/23/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
Jigsaw
Though she knows she shouldn't, Shepard reads the Shadow Broker's dossiers on her crew. What she reads about Garrus' mother forces her to confess her crimes and offer help.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,050 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 5 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
Someone in the Crowd
The war is over, but on Earth, Garrus is unable to avoid someone from Commander John Shepard's past. This was a very old prompt that asked for a world in which both John and Jane existed as separate characters.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,069 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
No Surprises
Mid-ME3. Shepard makes a decision not to continue a pregnancy in favor of their mission.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,505 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
Feels Like Fire
Though she never expected to survive what happened on the Citadel, Shepard wakes on Earth to news that the Normandy has vanished without a trace. On her own, she gets to work.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,657 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 7 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
The Vakarian Code reviews
The story of the hundred years that follow Shepard's death. Garrus struggles through his grief, marries, becomes a father, and learns what it is to keep living. This is a companion piece to my story, "The Shepard Code."
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,466 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 6 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
Distant Past
Shepard doesn't find death in the cold black of space, under the crushing weight of a reaper, or even in the blast that tears the Citadel apart. She dies when everyone least expects it, on a street with the sun shining on her face.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,498 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 3 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard
Hang On Me reviews
Shepard puts Garrus back on the Normandy while she heads to the beam on her own. Garrus refuses to accept that they're leaving her behind.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,793 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Kaidan A., Shepard, James V.
Killed the Cat reviews
Shepard arrives on Menae intent on fetching the new Primarch, but finds that despite the war raging on around them, the Turian soldiers have their own interest in her. A much requested follow up to a very old one-shot: Curiosity.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,099 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 8 - Published: 3/22/2021 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Earth Family Shakarian reviews
A series of one-shots set within my 'Family' series of stories featuring life Post-Reapers for Garrus Vakarian, Commander Shepard, and the family they hoped to have.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,333 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 59 - Follows: 60 - Updated: 3/31/2013 - Published: 8/1/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard
Portland reviews
Before Emma met Neal and his promise of Tallahassee, she had Portland. The unlikely and improbable story of the man she knew first and his inability to ever get anything right.
Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 4 - Words: 36,968 - Reviews: 30 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 3/3/2013 - Published: 1/19/2013 - Emma S., Pinocchio/August B.
Burning Down the House reviews
When Garrus begins to suffer from the illness that plagued his mother, Shepard is pushed to the limit to find out just how far she would go to help the person she loves. Set during ME3.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,198 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 22 - Updated: 1/13/2013 - Published: 1/8/2013 - Garrus V., Shepard
Coming Home reviews
For August, twenty-eight years go by and the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,447 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/29/2012 - Pinocchio/August B., Emma S. - Complete
Only Skin reviews
On the final assault of the Cronos Station, Shepard discovers what she always feared the most: that she wasn't just a reconstruction, but a clone of the original Commander Shepard. She and those close to her must come to their own terms with what this revelation means to them. This story is a mix of FShepard/Kaidan and FShepard/Garrus.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 10 - Words: 51,198 - Reviews: 77 - Favs: 102 - Follows: 50 - Updated: 10/6/2012 - Published: 9/3/2012 - Garrus V., Kaidan A., Shepard - Complete
Bath reviews
Post-ME3 Destroy end. Garrus cares for Shepard while she struggles with recovering from her injuries, and in the process discovers that it isn't just her body that needs healing.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,260 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 51 - Follows: 10 - Published: 8/8/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
The Sweetest Kind of Comfort reviews
Before the final mission to disarm the bomb on Tuchanka, Shepard and Tarquin Victus spend the night finding comfort in one another.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,990 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 55 - Follows: 9 - Published: 8/8/2012 - Shepard, Tarquin Victus - Complete
We'll Have a Home reviews
The Quarians may reclaim Rannoch at the end of the war, but for Tali and Shepard, it won't be enough until they share a home there.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,357 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 41 - Follows: 13 - Published: 7/7/2012 - Shepard, Tali'Zorah - Complete
Mom reviews
Third story in the 'Uncle' and 'Dad' trilogy. Already mother to two human daughters, Shepard encounters unique circumstances involving a Turian child while working as an advisor to the new Council. From MEK on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 7 - Words: 38,253 - Reviews: 65 - Favs: 176 - Follows: 64 - Updated: 7/3/2012 - Published: 6/12/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Grooming reviews
A slice of life: Garrus and Shepard learn there are little things they both wouldn't mind helping each other with. Inspired by a prompt from MEK community on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,097 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 73 - Follows: 11 - Published: 5/30/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Curiosity reviews
While the Reapers ravage Palaven, some of the Turians on Menae pass the time by trading stories about the species they've bedded. Garrus enlightens them on what it's like to be with a human. Originally posted on the MEK community on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,214 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 388 - Follows: 51 - Published: 5/30/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Pillow Talk reviews
Garrus and Shepard share some pillow talk the night after he rejoins the crew of the Normandy in ME3. Written for a prompt from MEK on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,698 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 81 - Follows: 9 - Published: 5/24/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
The Other Way Around reviews
When Shepard wakes after surviving the Catalyst, she has to come to terms with the fact that Garrus isn't there waiting. Prompt from MEK on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,960 - Reviews: 24 - Favs: 52 - Follows: 7 - Published: 5/20/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
The Shepard Code reviews
Set Post-ME3 where Shepard chooses Control. A hundred years after the Reaper War, a Turian ship captained by the grandson of Garrus Vakarian comes across a derelict Reaper inhabited by a hologram of Commander Shepard.
Mass Effect - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,111 - Reviews: 143 - Favs: 777 - Follows: 175 - Published: 5/5/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Dad reviews
Sequel to 'Uncle.' Garrus and Shepard finally settle down and become parents, despite all the struggles that come with it.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 7 - Words: 26,438 - Reviews: 24 - Favs: 156 - Follows: 32 - Published: 5/5/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete
Uncle reviews
Three years after the end of the Reaper War, Shepard and Garrus visit Palaven to meet Garrus' nephew. While there, they're forced to assess who they are now, and what they want for their relationship together. Prompt from MEK on LJ.
Mass Effect - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 16,132 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 165 - Follows: 37 - Published: 5/5/2012 - Garrus V., Shepard - Complete