#mshenko fic

Years ago Akuze was the biggest coverup the Alliance ever accomplished and John Shepard learned that in space, no one can hear you scream. Now he has to save the galaxy again from a threat just as terrifying as the Reapers.

~“Jane,” Shepard interjected. “Kaidan’s down there.”~

For the Mass Effect Big Bang 2020 ( @mebigbang )I had the pleasure of working with @azzydarling and @nightmarestudio606 as artists for my aliens fic! @maxrev was a huge help in ensuring I actually finished the story. Thank you everyone!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25057729

“I’ve seen the darkness and fought against it myself. I can’t pretend to understand what you’re going through. As for me, I’ve found even bad days have a gift in them somewhere. Promise me you’ll try looking for it.”

This has not been a very good month for me, but I’m trying to stay positive and this really helped.

Kaidan has just received the posting of a lifetime - he's been assigned to the legendary Normandy. But its Commander is far from what he expected, and as they investigate a strange series of events - mechs on multiple worlds are going rogue, killing people, stealing supplies - Kaidan must face up to his own disturbing past, and realise that not everything he believed in is true. Alternate Universe. Reapers don't exist, but everything else is pretty much the same.

In chapter 15: There's one last plot twist before we can finally wrap this up. Read on to discover what it is…

When Kaidan regains consciousness after his attack on Mars, Liara pays him a visit to talk about his and Shepard's feelings for each other.

"You have a visitor," the Salarian nurse informed him warmly, before ducking back out into the hallway.

A visitor? For a brief moment butterflies fluttered in his stomach, but before he could even register his hope that Shepard had come to visit him, Liara walked into the room.

"Liara, hey," he said, shifting up into a sitting position and wincing slightly.

"Kaidan," she smiled. "How are you?"

"I feel like I've had my head smashed in, but other than that... I'm fine."

"Shepard was really worried about you. We all were, but Shepard more so."

"Well, tell him thanks, but... He doesn't have to worry about me."

"Tell him yourself."

"How can I, when he hasn't been to see me?" Kaidan pointed out, trying not to sound as hurt as he felt. Just because he was still holding a grudge against Shepard for working with Cerberus, didn't mean he didn't still care about him. But maybe Shepard didn't care about him.

"He's been here almost every day," Liara told him, taking his hand in hers. She squeezed it lightly. "He always found a reason to return to the Citadel in between missions, and he'd sit with you for hours. Now that you're awake, though, he isn't sure if he's welcome."

Kaidan stared at her. "Shepard..." He cleared his throat. "Shepard was here?"

“I think you missed your calling.”

Omegaverse fic. Kaidan is an omega. He’s been taking suppressants for years to avoid going into heat, but now, he and Shepard are stranded on Mavigon in a week long blizzard, and his suppressants have run out… Smut ensues. This was supposed to be a PWP, but somehow it got really long and emotionally intense and managed to grow a plot. Of sorts. Sorry. I’d recommend not reading it.

Part 1 of A Most Unexpected Man

Reckless Longings by Scutter (E / 7K)

This is a continuation of my ‘Unexpected Man’ series, which started with ‘Choices All My Own.’ This is an Omegaverse fic. Two months ago, Kaidan ran out of omega suppressants and unexpectedly went into heat. Shepard, an alpha, helped him through the experience. And now, Kaidan is experiencing… repercussions from the mating. (No mpreg… that’s just not my kink.)

Part 2 of A Most Unexpected Man

The Mavigon Solution by Scutter (E / 36K)

The third part in my ‘Unexpected Man’ omegaverse series. The reaper war is over, Earth is rebuilding, and Shepard and Kaidan try to come to terms with their respective sexualities. But a new crisis dawns on the horizon. The manufacturer of the omegas’ hormonal suppressants has been destroyed in the war, and now, thousands of omegas the world over are about to go into heat.

(It’s actually a lot less smutty than it sounds – no massive group orgies or anything, just Shepard and Kaidan trying to save the world… in a different kind of way, this time.)

Part 3 of A Most Unexpected Man

Guilty Pleasures by Scutter (E / 3K)

Kaidan is away on a business trip, and Shepard decides to try a little solo action. But things don't go quite as smoothly as he planned.

This is a sort of sidebar story to the Unexpected Man series. Still in the Omegaverse, and I'd strongly recommend you read the rest of the series before this, as it references a lot of the subplot details from the main series. This installment features the 'Alpha Solo Pro.' If you can't remember what that is, try re-reading the last chapter of 'The Mavigon Solution'.

Part 4 of A Most Unexpected Man

Caught By Surprise by Scutter (E / 8K)

A sidebar story to the 'Unexpected Man' series. Kaidan goes through his second heat. But it's nothing like he expected.

Part 5 of A Most Unexpected Man

Dance With the Devil by Scutter (E / 67K)

The seventh fic in the Unexpected Man series. The Alliance has discovered the truth about the 'mating clinic' that Shepard and Chakwas ran, and there are serious consequences to be had. Meanwhile, Kaidan and Shepard attempt to work out the implications of their bonding... and Kaidan finds himself overcome with jealousy, as a former flame of Shepard's steps back into the limelight.

NOW WITH FANART!!!

Shepard and Kaidan's first meeting went like this: I saw you trying to hit the “door close” button in the elevator but I made it in and then I pushed every single button to make you late for work, but now we’re stuck in this fucking elevator as it stops at every single floor and I don’t know what to say other than “you started it”.

And of course, sex ensued.