#roxene shepard

man I canNOT think about priority: rannoch without remembering how my roommate at the time full-body yeeted themself across the room to power off the XBox when they failed the reputation check and [SPOILERS SPOILERS]. that paragon interrupt is brutal. had to go all the way back to a save halfway thru me2. what a good quest, tho.

Atlas u just asked me to write a fuckin novel :o

So Roxene and Kaidan hook up in ME1 and continue the relationship - fairly discreetly, considering chain of command ookiness - through Roxy’s death in ME2. I have to mentally rewrite most of the stuff with Kaidan in the sequels because god knows nobody cared whether or not he and Ash were in character but it still hits the major beats. Kaidan is distressed he has to process her sudden Cerberus-funded resurrection, Roxy is distressed he’s distressed, things are said, she takes it as a breakup. Starts getting intimate with Thane who, as previously stated, is kind of her brand.

It gets, uh, kind of hilariously awkward in ME3 when her ex and current bf are both chilling long-term in the hospital with nothing to do. They know it, they both know they know it, Roxy visits them both every chance she gets. They’re adults! They can handle this like adults! They hang out some but it’s a little weird.

I’ve mentally rewritten a lot of the bits I hate but I still haven’t quite processed what to do with Thane’s death yet. I think he still dies before the end of the reaper war, just... not how it happens in game. That playthrough of ME3 was romanceless bc it would have been just too much too soon after that.

After everything’s over Roxene shuts down and basically doesn’t leave her apartment for a long time because she’s Tired and Done. Her friends all check in on her but Kaidan and Liara both go the extra mile making sure her kitchen is always stocked with easy food and that she continues to see her therapist. Because they’re both very very busy with their own individual Spectre and Shadow Broker stuff they start coordinating with each other.