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1. I'm Right Beside You by speshulduck

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Earthborn (Mass Effect)
   • Sole Survivor (Mass Effect)
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • dorks in love (they'll notice eventually)
   • I write fluff not tragedies
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   Every Alliance Naval Academy cadet has to apply for summer postings between academic years. The short tours give cadets valuable experience and the chance to see what the Alliance does around the galaxy. Cadet Jane Shepard thought the turian officer training exchange program sounded like a good opportunity for something different, but she had no idea what she was signing up for.

   AU in which Shepard and Garrus meet long before the events of ME1.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Road Less Traveled

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   English

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